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2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-8. "State Agency"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-10. Office to Adopt Guidelines; Collaboration With State Agencies and Political Subdivisions

Sec. 10. (a) The office shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including guidelines governing the following:
(1) The form and content of requests to provide eligible broadband service in connection with an eligible broadband project.
(2) The form and content of applications for grants under this chapter.
(3) A competitive bidding process or a process for requests for proposals for eligible broadband projects.
(4) Standards for determining whether a broadband service provider has demonstrated:
(A) financial;
(B) technical; and
(C) operational;
capability in building and operating a broadband network, as necessary to qualify as an eligible broadband service provider for purposes of this chapter.
(5) Standards establishing population parameters or another appropriate metric for defining a community that qualifies as a small municipality for purposes of section 7(2) of this chapter.
(6) Standards for determining the types and categories of expenses that are:
(A) directly related to an eligible broadband project; and
(B) eligible to receive funding under this chapter.
(7) Standards for assigning weight to the funding priorities set forth in section 9(e) of this chapter.
(b) In adopting the guidelines described in subsection (a) or in otherwise administering this chapter, the office may collaborate with other state agencies or with political subdivisions of the state.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-11. Rural Broadband Fund

Sec. 11. (a) The rural broadband fund is established for the purpose of:
(1) awarding grants under:
(A) this chapter after July 31, 2019; and
(B) IC 4-4-38 before August 1, 2019;
(2) providing financial assistance under the program established by the office under section 10.5 of this chapter for expenses described in section 10.5(b) of this chapter incurred before July 1, 2025;
(3) providing funding for the creation and annual maintenance of the public broadband portal created and administered by the office under IC 4-4-41-8; and
(4) awarding grants under the Indiana broadband connectivity program under IC 4-4-41.
(b) The office shall administer the fund.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) money appropriated by the general assembly;
(2) money received by the office from federal grants or programs for broadband infrastructure; and
(3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.
(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter and IC 4-4-38.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.9; P.L.137-2021, SEC.16; P.L.158-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-12. Awarding of Grants After July 31, 2019; Limitation on Transfer of Assets; Grant Agreement Required; Funds Conditioned on Project Completion

Sec. 12. (a) After July 31, 2019, a state agency may award grants under this chapter from the fund to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects, in accordance with:
(1) the procedures established by the office under section 9 of this chapter; and
(2) the guidelines adopted by the office under section 10 of this chapter.
(b) Once funds have been released from the fund in accordance with this chapter, all authority and ownership of the eligible broadband infrastructure vests with the eligible broadband service provider that built the infrastructure. The office may not allow for the transfer of eligible broadband assets paid for with funds under this chapter to any entity other than an eligible broadband service provider.
(c) The office shall sign a grant agreement with an eligible broadband service provider awarded a grant under this chapter for an eligible broadband project. A grant agreement required under this subsection must:
(1) outline a start date and end date for completion of the eligible broadband project; and
(2) condition the release of any grant funds awarded under this chapter on the progressive completion of the eligible broadband project.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-13. Broadband Grant Goals and Assessment Metrics; Annual Report to Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications; Annual Audit by State Board of Accounts

Sec. 13. (a) The office shall establish and publish on the office's Internet web site:
(1) specific, measurable goals; and
(2) metrics to be used in assessing the progress made toward accomplishing those goals;
for the disbursement of state broadband grant funds.
(b) Beginning in 2020, not later than August 1 of each year, the office shall submit to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) a report on the awarding of grants under this chapter during the most recent state fiscal year, including the following:
(1) The number, amounts, and recipients of grants awarded under this chapter, along with the state agency awarding each grant.
(2) The status of any funded eligible broadband projects.
(3) Expenses incurred and funds spent by the office in administering this chapter.
(4) A list of the entities, if any, that the office collaborated with in administering this chapter.
(5) An accounting of money in the fund, including funds awarded as grants under this chapter.
(6) The number of:
(A) school corporation buildings described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;
(B) rural health clinics described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;
(C) access points described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and
(D) locations in rural areas described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter;
to which broadband infrastructure has been deployed with the use of grant funds under this chapter, including address-level information for newly connected locations.
(7) The overall progress of the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service:
(A) to school corporation buildings, as described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;
(B) to rural health clinics, as described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;
(C) so as to ensure that eligible students have access points providing a connection to eligible broadband service, as described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and
(D) in rural areas in Indiana, as described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter.
A report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) Every year, beginning in 2021, the state board of accounts shall conduct an audit of the awarding of grants under:
(1) IC 4-4-38; and
(2) this chapter;
as appropriate, during the most recent state fiscal year. A report of an audit conducted under this subsection shall be submitted to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 not later than September 1 of the calendar year that includes the end of the state fiscal year covered by the audit.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas › 4-4-38.5-14. Confidential or Proprietary Business Information; Nondisclosure

Sec. 14. The office, and any state agency or any political subdivision with which the office cooperates or consults in administering this chapter:
(1) shall not disclose information designated as confidential or proprietary business information by a grant applicant or recipient; and
(2) shall execute appropriate nondisclosure agreements to prevent the disclosure of confidential or proprietary business information in connection with grants awarded under this chapter.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-1. "Broadband Internet"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "broadband Internet" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at least five (5) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-2. "Fund"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the rural broadband fund established by IC 4-4-38.5-11.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-3. "Minimum Broadband Internet"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "minimum broadband Internet" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least twenty-five (25) megabits per second downstream and at least three (3) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-4. "Office"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by IC 4-4-9.7-4.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-5. "Program"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the Indiana broadband connectivity program established by section 7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-6. "Registered Provider"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "registered provider" means a company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that provides broadband Internet service in Indiana and that has registered with the program under section 8 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-7. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program; Establishment, Purpose, and Administration

Sec. 7. (a) The Indiana broadband connectivity program is established for the purpose of expanding the availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana by:
(1) connecting Indiana residents and businesses that lack access to broadband Internet service with providers of broadband Internet service through the public broadband portal created under section 8 of this chapter; and
(2) providing funding under section 9 of this chapter to assist broadband Internet providers in meeting the expense of extending broadband Internet service to addresses at which minimum broadband Internet service is unavailable.
(b) The office shall administer the program.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-9. Broadband Connectivity Grants; Grant Agreements; Grant Amounts

Sec. 9. (a) The office shall:
(1) award a grant from the fund to a provider selected by the office under section 8(g) of this chapter to extend broadband Internet service to an address; and
(2) enter into an agreement with the provider under which:
(A) the provider agrees to extend broadband Internet service to the address; and
(B) the office agrees to distribute the amount of the grant to the provider upon the provider's satisfactory completion of extension of broadband Internet service to the address and the provider's submission of:
(i) an invoice for the provider's expenses in extending broadband Internet service to the address; and
(ii) a statement that broadband Internet service is now available at the address.
(b) The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed the following:
(1) A per-line extension amount that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), regardless of the number of addresses served by the line extension.
(2) A per-passing amount that exceeds the state's cost per passing for all grants awarded from the fund under IC 4-4-38.5 as of the last day of the immediately preceding state fiscal year, as calculated by the office.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-10. Annual Report to General Assembly

Sec. 10. (a) Not later than November 1 of each year, the office shall:
(1) issue to the executive director of the legislative services agency, for distribution to the members of the general assembly convening in November of that year; and
(2) post to the office's Internet web site;
a report regarding the program.
(b) The report under subsection (a) must include the following information with regard to the immediately preceding calendar year:
(1) The number of addresses submitted under section 8(b)(2) of this chapter:
(A) in total; and
(B) categorized by the Indiana legislative district in which the address is located.
(2) The number of grants, and the amount of the grants, awarded under this chapter:
(A) in total; and
(B) categorized by the Indiana legislative district in which the grant was used to extend broadband Internet service.
(c) The report issued under subsection (a)(1) must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program › 4-4-41-11. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 11. The office shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary for the administration of this chapter. In adopting the rules required by this section, the office may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1. Notwithstanding IC 4-22-2-37.1(g), an emergency rule adopted by the office under this section and in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1 expires on the date on which a rule that supersedes the emergency rule is adopted by the office under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 4. Lieutenant Governor › Chapter 43. Indiana Broadband Mapping Program › 4-4-43-1. Geographic Information System for Broadband Coverage; Evaluation of Federal Communications Commission Internet Coverage Map

Sec. 1. (a) The office may maintain a geographic information system or similar data base that contains spatial data regarding the availability of broadband Internet service in Indiana.
(b) The office may create and may, subject to subsection (c), regularly update the data base using broadband Internet coverage information compiled by the Federal Communications Commission.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2022, the office:
(1) may evaluate the broadband Internet coverage map created by the Federal Communications Commission under the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (Public Law 116-130); and
(2) if the office determines that the map provides broadband Internet coverage information:
(A) at a level of detail that allows for determination of broadband Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses; or
(B) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site;
may use the information to update the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site.
(d) If the office determines in the office's evaluation under subsection (c) that the map does not provide broadband Internet coverage information:
(1) at a level of detail that allows for determination of broadband Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses; or
(2) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site;
the office shall present the office's determination to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications during the 2022 legislative interim.
As added by P.L.158-2021, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-1. Commencement of Term; Bond

Sec. 1. (a) The individual elected as secretary of state shall take office on January 1 following the individual's election.
(b) The secretary of state, before entering upon the duties of office, shall execute an official bond with freehold or corporate security. Freehold surety must be approved by the governor.
Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.96, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.1; P.L.8-1995, SEC.67.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-3. Copies of Records and Documents; Evidence; Official Acts and Proceedings of Governor; Inspection of Records

Sec. 3. (a) If certified and sealed by the secretary of state with the state seal, any copy (including a copy that has been reproduced from a micrographic copy prepared under section 2 of this chapter) of any records, laws, acts, official bonds, registers, rules, or papers that are required by law to be kept in the office of the secretary of state shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the originals.
(b) The secretary of state shall attest all the official acts and proceedings of the governor and affix the seal of state, with the attestation, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required.
(c) The secretary of state shall permit all the books, bonds, conveyances, registers, papers, accounts, and transactions of the secretary of state's office to be open at all times to the inspection and examination of any committee of either branch of the general assembly.
(d) The secretary of state shall furnish information in writing upon any subject relating to the duties of the secretary of state's office to the governor, whenever required.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.3; P.L.31-1985, SEC.40; P.L.215-2016, SEC.28.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-4. Certified Copies of Documents

Sec. 4. The secretary of state shall furnish, on demand, to any person, a duly certified copy of all or any part of any law, act, record, public register, public document, or other instrument of writing on file, or deposited, under law, to be kept, in the secretary of state's office, and of which a copy may be properly given.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.4. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.29.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-9. Deputy

Sec. 9. The secretary may appoint a deputy, who may perform the duties of the office of secretary.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.10. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-11. Secretary of State Adoption of Rules to Enforce Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

Sec. 11. The secretary of state may adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 that are necessary to carry out IC 9-32.
As added by P.L.184-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.106-2008, SEC.2; P.L.197-2011, SEC.2; P.L.92-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-12. Dealer Services Division; Director to Be Appointed

Sec. 12. (a) The secretary of state shall establish a dealer services division within the office of the secretary of state. The dealer services division shall administer IC 9-32.
(b) The secretary of state shall appoint a director of the dealer services division established by subsection (a).
As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.174-2016, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 1. Secretary of State › 4-5-1-13. Adoption of Rules to Carry Out Precious Metal Dealer Registration

Sec. 13. The secretary of state may adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out IC 24-4-19-13(b) concerning precious metal dealer registration.
As added by P.L.222-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 2. Custodian of Public Records › 4-5-2-1. Custodian of Public Records; Duties

Sec. 1. The secretary of state shall be the custodian of the public records of the state of Indiana, except as required by law to be deposited elsewhere, and shall keep the secretary of state's office and all books and papers pertaining to the office in places in the state buildings as may be assigned. The secretary of state shall arrange, record, file, register, index, and keep all books, blanks, reports, orders, receipts, accounts, papers, documents, and business pertaining to the secretary of state's office, or deposited in the secretary of state's office, and in a form and manner as will make the items most convenient to access.
Formerly: Acts 1873, c.81, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.5; P.L.215-2016, SEC.30.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 10. Technology Enhancement and Service Improvement › 4-5-10-1. Purpose; Public Information System; Business Formation

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "person" includes:
(1) an individual engaged in a trade or business; and
(2) a business entity or association described in IC 23.
(b) The office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and the secretary of state shall establish policies and procedures for providing electronic and enhanced access under this chapter to create and maintain uniform policies and procedures for electronic and enhanced access by the public.
(c) The secretary of state, in collaboration with other state agencies, including the department of workforce development and the department of state revenue, shall develop and maintain an Internet web site through which a person is able to submit information simultaneously to the secretary of state and other state agencies about the person's formation, existence, or other trade, business, business entity, or association activities for the purpose of complying with the requirements of state law, including requirements concerning:
(1) pre-establishment;
(2) establishment;
(3) registration;
(4) reinstatement;
(5) licenses or permits;
(6) filings or reports; and
(7) transacting payments or refunds.
The secretary of state shall assign to each business entity registered through the Internet web site a unique business identification number. The secretary of state, the department of state revenue, the department of workforce development, and other state agencies sharing information on the Internet web site relating to a business entity shall use the business entity's unique business identification number.
(d) If the secretary of state requests assistance from a state agency in the development and maintenance of the Internet web site described in subsection (c), the state agency, including the department of workforce development and the department of state revenue, shall furnish the requested assistance. The assistance shall be provided at no cost to the secretary of state.
(e) The secretary of state shall annually, on or before November 1, report to the legislative council about the progress of the Internet web site described in subsection (c). The report must be made:
(1) in an electronic format submitted in accordance with IC 5-14-6; and
(2) in person, if requested by the legislative council.
As added by P.L.260-1997(ss), SEC.38. Amended by P.L.177-2005, SEC.3; P.L.114-2011, SEC.1; P.L.146-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 10. Technology Enhancement and Service Improvement › 4-5-10-2. Fees

Sec. 2. The secretary of state may:
(1) establish; and
(2) modify;
at any time fees to provide electronic, expedited, and enhanced access to information maintained by the secretary of state.
As added by P.L.260-1997(ss), SEC.38. Amended by P.L.177-2019, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 10. Technology Enhancement and Service Improvement › 4-5-10-3. Access to Information Through Computer Gateway

Sec. 3. Electronic and enhanced access to information shall be provided through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
As added by P.L.260-1997(ss), SEC.38. Amended by P.L.177-2005, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 10. Technology Enhancement and Service Improvement › 4-5-10-4. Applicability of Ic 5-14-3 to Records

Sec. 4. IC 5-14-3 shall apply to all records of a private party to an agreement with the secretary of state under this chapter which are directly related to the subject matter of the agreement.
As added by P.L.260-1997(ss), SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 5. Secretary of State › Chapter 10. Technology Enhancement and Service Improvement › 4-5-10-5. Electronic and Enhanced Access Fund

Sec. 5. (a) The electronic and enhanced access fund is established to do the following:
(1) Improve and enhance the technology necessary and desirable to fulfill the duties of the secretary of state and state agencies as provided in section 1 of this chapter.
(2) Improve service to customers of the secretary of state and state agencies as provided in section 1 of this chapter.
(3) Provide the public electronic and other enhanced access to information maintained by:
(A) the secretary of state under IC 23, IC 24, IC 26, or IC 33; and
(B) the secretary of state and state agencies as provided in section 1 of this chapter.
(4) Allow the public to conduct business electronically with the secretary of state and state agencies as provided in section 1 of this chapter.
(5) Acquire and finance technology necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes stated in subdivisions (1) through (4), including the purchase or lease of hardware, software, and other appropriate goods and services.
The secretary of state may enter into one (1) or more agreements in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The fund consists solely of the following:
(1) Electronic and enhanced access fees established and collected by the secretary of state under section 2 of this chapter.
(2) Other money specifically provided to the fund by law.
Fees collected by the secretary of state under IC 23, IC 24, IC 26, or IC 33 may not be deposited into the fund.
(c) The secretary of state shall administer the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(f) The secretary of state may use money in the fund to pay expenses related to the purposes of the fund as set forth in section 5 of the chapter, to make payments under any agreement authorized by subsection (a) or authorized by law and directly relating to the purpose of the fund, and monies in the fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(g) Money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund may be invested by either of the following:
(1) The treasurer of state in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(2) A financial institution designated by trust agreement with the secretary of state.
Interest that accrues from investment of money in the fund shall be deposited into the fund.
As added by P.L.260-1997(ss), SEC.38. Amended by P.L.114-2011, SEC.2; P.L.177-2019, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 1. The Attorney General › 4-6-1-2. Creation of Office; Election; Time of Taking Office

Sec. 2. There is created the office of attorney general for the state to be administered by an attorney general who shall be elected under IC 3-10-2-6 by the voters of the state. The term of office of the attorney general is four (4) years, beginning on the second Monday in January after election and continuing until a successor is elected and qualified.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.109, s.2. As amended by P.L.5-1986, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 1. The Attorney General › 4-6-1-3. Qualifications; Oath; Bond

Sec. 3. The attorney general shall be a citizen of and duly licensed to practice law in Indiana. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the attorney general's office, the attorney general shall take and subscribe an oath of office to be administered to the attorney general in the usual form by any officer authorized to administer oaths; which oath shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state. The attorney general shall also, previous to entering upon the duties of the office, properly execute and file with the secretary of state the attorney general's bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable to the state of Indiana, with surety to the approval of the secretary of state, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of the attorney general's duties as attorney general; the premium on the bond shall be payable from state funds to be appropriated.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.109, s.3. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 1. The Attorney General › 4-6-1-4. Deputies, Assistants, Clerks, and Stenographers; Appointment; Oath

Sec. 4. The attorney general shall have deputies, assistants, clerks, and stenographers as the attorney general considers necessary to promptly and efficiently perform the duties of the attorney general's office, and which shall be selected and appointed by the attorney general; they shall take and subscribe an oath of office to be administered in the usual form by any officer authorized to administer oaths, which shall be kept on file in the attorney general's office.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.109, s.4. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 1. The Attorney General › 4-6-1-5. Salaries; Expenses; Seal; Administration of Oaths; Acknowledgments

Sec. 5. (a) The salaries of the deputies, assistants, clerks, and stenographers appointed by the attorney general are the reasonable amounts the attorney general may fix and determine, but not exceeding a total amount as will be appropriated therefor. In addition thereto, all expenses incident to the proper performance, including traveling expenses when engaged in the performance of their duties, shall be paid from public funds.
(b) The attorney general shall provide an official seal which shall imprint the words "Attorney General, State of Indiana". The attorney general and each of the attorney general's deputies and assistants are authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments throughout Indiana. Verifications need not be attested by the official seal. Any acknowledgment shall be attested by the official seal of the attorney general.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.109, s.5; Acts 1945, c.163, s.1. As amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 1. The Attorney General › 4-6-1-6. Rights, Powers, and Duties; Consultation and Advice to Prosecuting Attorneys; Assisting in Criminal Prosecutions; Representation of State

Sec. 6. All the rights, powers, and duties conferred by law upon the attorney general are conferred upon the attorney general created by this chapter; in addition thereto, the attorney general shall consult with and advise the several prosecuting attorneys of the state in relation to the duties of their office, and when, in the attorney general's judgment, the interest of the public requires it, the attorney general shall attend the trial of any party accused of an offense, and assist in the prosecution; and shall represent the state in any matter involving the rights or interests of the state, including actions in the name of the state, for which provision is not otherwise made by law.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.109, s.6. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.402; P.L.215-2016, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-1. Prosecuting and Defending Suits by or Against State and State Officers

Sec. 1. (a) The attorney general shall prosecute and defend all suits instituted by or against the state of Indiana, the prosecution and defense of which is not otherwise provided for by law, whenever the attorney general has been given ten (10) days' notice of the pendency of the suit by the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending, or whenever the governor or a majority of the officers of state require the attorney general in writing, with reasonable notice, to prosecute or defend a suit. The attorney general shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the Supreme Court, and shall defend all suits brought against the state officers in their official relations, except suits brought against them by the state; and the attorney general shall be required to attend to the interests of the state in all suits, actions, or claims in which the state is or may become interested in the Supreme Court of this state.
(b) The attorney general may not defend a member (as defined in IC 2-2.1-4-5) in an action for legislative bolting brought under IC 2-2.1-4.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.4; Acts 1921, c.85, s.2. As amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.43; P.L.215-2016, SEC.34.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-1.1. Concurrent Jurisdiction With Prosecuting Attorney of Certain Actions

Sec. 1.1. The attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with the prosecuting attorney in the prosecution of the following:
(1) Actions in which a person is accused of committing, while a member of an unlawful assembly as defined in IC 35-45-1-1, a homicide (IC 35-42-1).
(2) Actions in which a person is accused of assisting a criminal (IC 35-44.1-2-5), if the person alleged to have been assisted is a person described in subdivision (1).
(3) Actions in which a sheriff is accused of any offense that involves a failure to protect the life of a prisoner in the sheriff's custody.
(4) Actions in which a violation of IC 2-8.2-4-6 (concerning constitutional convention delegates) has occurred.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.6; P.L.182-2013, SEC.2; P.L.205-2013, SEC.54.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-1.3. Regulation of Athlete Agents

Sec. 1.3. The attorney general shall perform all functions, duties, and responsibilities necessary to regulate athlete agents under IC 25-5.2.
As added by P.L.54-2001, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-2. Authority to Prosecute or Defend Suits

Sec. 2. The attorney general shall not, in any case, be required to exhibit to any court the attorney general's authority for appearing in and conducting the prosecution or defense of any suit, unless the attorney general's authority be denied under oath, in which case the attorney general's commission shall be all the evidence required.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.5. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.35.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-3. Residence; Office; Presence in Office During Business Hours

Sec. 3. The attorney general shall reside in Indiana, and the attorney general shall keep the attorney general's office in the statehouse, and the attorney general shall, on all business days, during business hours, be at the office, in person or by deputy, unless engaged in court or elsewhere in the service of the state.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.6. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.36; P.L.69-2017, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-4. Opinions; Records; Accounts; Pending Cases

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to keep a record of all opinions given by the attorney general to the governor, the general assembly, or to any of the state officers, and an accurate account of all money collected or received by the attorney general, and to pay over to the proper officer all money collected at the end of each month; and the attorney general shall also keep a record of all criminal cases pending in the Supreme Court, and of all civil cases in which it is the attorney general's duty to appear. The records and opinions under this section may be retained and published in electronic format.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.7. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.37; P.L.222-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-5. Opinions

Sec. 5. The attorney general shall give the attorney general's legal opinion to the governor upon request, touching upon any question or point of law in which the interests of the state may be involved. The attorney general shall give the attorney general's opinion to any other state officer touching upon any question or point of law concerning the duties of the officer; and also, to either house of the general assembly or to any legislative agency created under action of the general assembly, on the constitutionality of any existing or proposed law, upon request by resolution of the house or legislative agency, and the attorney general shall not be required to advise any other officer or person.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.8; Acts 1959, c.230, s.1. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-6. Collection of Costs, Licenses, Money, Fines, Penalties, or Forfeitures; Escheats; Reports of Money Due State

Sec. 6. (a) The attorney general shall ascertain the amounts paid to any person for court costs under IC 33-37, licenses, money unclaimed in estates or guardianships, fines, penalties, or forfeitures, or monies that escheat to the state under IC 29-1-2-1 or from any other source where the money is required to be paid to the state or to any officer in trust for the state. In all cases where an officer required to collect the money fails to do so after the cause of action in favor of the state has accrued, or fails to sue for and recover any property belonging to or which may escheat to the state, the attorney general shall institute all necessary proceedings to compel the payment of the money or recovery of the property. The payment to or collection by the attorney general of any of the funds does not render an officer liable to an action on the officer's bond by any other officer or person.
(b) The officers having the custody of the money shall report to the attorney general, upon oath or affirmation, all facts pertaining to it, upon the attorney general's demand, in person, by deputy or assistants, or in writing.
(c) An officer who fails to render the information upon demand commits a Class C infraction.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.9. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.2, SEC.3; Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.403; P.L.192-1986, SEC.2; P.L.305-1987, SEC.2; P.L.98-2004, SEC.46.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-8. Reports

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to make a biennial report to the governor of the business and condition of the attorney general's office, and to make a report to the auditor of state at the end of each fiscal year of all collections made by the attorney general and the manner of disbursement.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.12. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.39.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-9. Reports of Officers; Money Collected by Attorney General

Sec. 9. (a) It shall be the duty of any officer or person from whom the attorney general, or any of the attorney general's deputies or assistants, shall collect or receive money due the state, to report at once to the auditor of state, on blanks to be furnished by the attorney general, the sum or sums received or collected.
(b) The auditor of state shall keep a record of the reports described in subsection (a).
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.13. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.40.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-10. Law Books

Sec. 10. Such law books as the Supreme Court in their judgment shall deem necessary for use in the attorney-general's office shall be purchased and paid for out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-11. Compromise of Claims

Sec. 11. No claim in favor of the state shall be compromised without the approval of the governor and attorney-general, and such officers are hereby empowered to make such compromise when, in their judgment, it is the interest of the state so to do.
Formerly: Acts 1889, c.71, s.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 2. Powers and Duties › 4-6-2-12. Authority of the Attorney General to Investigate Human Trafficking

Sec. 12. (a) The attorney general has the same authority as a law enforcement agency (as defined in IC 35-47-15-2) to:
(1) access (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3); and
(2) maintain;
information regarding a violation of IC 35-42-3.5-1 through IC 35-42-3.5-1.4 (human trafficking).
(b) The attorney general may assist with the investigation and prosecution of an alleged violation of IC 35-42-3.5-1 through IC 35-42-3.5-1.4 (human trafficking). However, the attorney general does not have the power to arrest or criminally prosecute individuals for a violation of IC 35-42-3.5-1 through IC 35-42-3.5-1.4.
As added by P.L.162-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.144-2018, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 3. Duties in Civil Actions › 4-6-3-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:
"Documentary material" means the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document.
"Local agency" means an administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of a political subdivision created or established pursuant to law.
"Person" means a human being, an incorporated or unincorporated organization, or association, a trustee or legal representative, the state of Indiana, a political subdivision, a state or local agency, or a group of such persons acting in concert.
"Political subdivision" means a county, township, city, town, municipal corporation as defined in IC 36-1-2-10, or a special taxing district.
"State agency" means an administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of state government created or established pursuant to law.
Formerly: Acts 1899, c.133, s.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.20, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 6. Attorney General › Chapter 3. Duties in Civil Actions › 4-6-3-2. Direction of Prosecutions Brought in the Name of the State

Sec. 2. (a) The attorney general shall have charge of and direct the prosecution of all civil actions that are brought in the name of the state of Indiana or any state agency.
(b) In no instance under this section shall the state or a state agency be required to file a bond.
(c) This section does not affect the authority of prosecuting attorneys to prosecute civil actions.
(d) This section does not affect the authority of the inspector general to prosecute a civil action under IC 4-2-7-6 for the recovery of any of the following:
(1) Funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained.
(2) A civil penalty imposed by the state ethics commission under IC 4-2-6-12.
(e) The attorney general may bring an action to collect unpaid registration fees owed by a commercial dog broker or a commercial dog breeder under IC 15-21.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.20, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.222-2005, SEC.15; P.L.111-2009, SEC.1; P.L.126-2012, SEC.7; P.L.136-2012, SEC.2.