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2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-2.1. Repeal of Statutes Not Compiled and Enacted After the 1975 Regular Session and Before the 1985 Regular Session; Provisions Not Repealed

Sec. 2.1. (a) This section applies to all statutes and parts of statutes:
(1) enacted:
(A) after the 1975 regular session of the Indiana general assembly; and
(B) before the 1985 regular session of the Indiana general assembly; and
(2) not compiled in the Indiana Code.
(b) The statutes and parts of statutes subject to this section are repealed, except for the following:
(1) The following provisions concerning judicial proceedings:
Acts 1976, P.L.148, SECTION 26.
Acts 1977, P.L.26, SECTION 26.
Acts 1977, P.L.340, SECTIONS 149-150.
Acts 1978, P.L.145, SECTION 14.
Acts 1979, P.L.294, SECTION 2.
Acts 1980, P.L.204, SECTION 3.
Acts 1981, P.L.298, SECTIONS 8-9.
P.L.334-1983, SECTION 4.
P.L.79-1984, SECTION 3.
(2) The following provisions concerning appropriations:
Acts 1979, P.L.307, SECTIONS 1-4 and 6-7.
Acts 1981, P.L.322, SECTIONS 1-4 and 6-7.
P.L.1-1982(ss), SECTIONS 15-20.
P.L.381-1983, SECTIONS 1-4 and 6-7.
P.L.217-1984, SECTIONS 1-5.
(3) The following special provisions:
Acts 1980, P.L.8, SECTION 180.
P.L.374-1983, SECTION 1.
(4) The following transitional provisions:
Acts 1976, P.L.140, SECTION 9.
Acts 1977, P.L.239, SECTION 4.
Acts 1977, P.L.241, SECTION 4.
Acts 1979, P.L.205, SECTION 2.
Acts 1981, P.L.137, SECTION 19.
Acts 1981, P.L.220, SECTION 5.
P.L.274-1983, SECTION 2.
P.L.317-1983, SECTION 2.
P.L.51-1984, SECTION 2.
P.L.68-1984, SECTION 3.
As added by P.L.1-1989, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-3. Procedural Statutes

Sec. 3. Procedural Statutes. Notwithstanding the inclusion in the Indiana Code of provisions relating to process, practice, procedure, or appeals that have been superseded by rules of court, those provisions have only such force as they had before the enactment of the Indiana Code.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-4. Invalid Statutes

Sec. 4. Invalid Statutes. Notwithstanding the inclusion in the Indiana Code of statutory provisions declared impliedly repealed, unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, those provisions have only such force as they had before the enactment of the Indiana Code.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-5. Construction of Statutes

Sec. 5. (a) The operation of any law repealed and replaced by the Indiana Code is intended to be continuous. All rules and regulations in force on January 21, 1976, shall be treated as if they were adopted under the corresponding provisions of this Code.
(b) Any appropriation repealed and replaced by a provision of the Indiana Code has only such force as it did before the enactment of the Code.
(c) If a conflict existed between provisions of law that have been replaced by this Code, to resolve the conflict, the dates of enactment of the conflicting provisions may be considered along with other appropriate aids to statutory construction, but the order in which the corresponding provisions appear in this Code may not be considered.
(d) References in the text of the Indiana Code, or in other statutes, to provisions of laws replaced by provisions of the Indiana Code, are intended to refer respectively to the corresponding provisions of this Code.
(e) The numerical or alphabetical designations assigned to the several provisions of the Indiana Code, as originally enacted, or as added by amendment, are part of the law and may be altered only by specific amendment.
(f) The headings of titles, articles, and chapters as they appear in the Indiana Code, as originally enacted or added by amendment, are not part of the law and may be altered by the lawful compilers, in any official publication, to more clearly indicate content. These descriptive headings are intended for organizational purposes only and are not intended to affect the meaning, application or construction of the statute they precede.
(g) Each parenthetical source and history line published with the Indiana Code is for historical reference purposes only and is not a part of the law.
(h) A reference by citation to any provision of the Indiana Code shall be construed to include any later amendments to that provision, unless otherwise provided.
As amended by P.L.1-1991, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-6. Preservation of Penalties, Offenses, Rights, and Liabilities

Sec. 6. Preservation of Penalties, Offenses, Rights, Liabilities. All felonies and misdemeanors committed under acts in force before the effectiveness of the Indiana Code may be prosecuted and remain punishable as provided in those acts.
This Code does not affect rights, privileges, or liabilities accrued, remedies provided, duties imposed, penalties incurred, or proceedings begun before the effectiveness of this Code. Punishments, penalties or forfeitures may be imposed and enforced as if this Code had not been enacted.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-7. Periods of Limitation and Requirements of Notice

Sec. 7. Periods of Limitation and Requirements of Notice. The running of any period of limitation or any requirement of notice contained in any provisions of law repealed and replaced by provisions of the Indiana Code are not affected by the enactment of the Code. All actions, proceedings, and prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts committed before the effectiveness of this Code, may be commenced and prosecuted as if this Code had not been enacted.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-8. Severability

Sec. 8. Severability (a) If any provision of this Code as now or later amended or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(b) Except in the case of a statute containing a nonseverability provision, each part and application of every statute is severable. If any provision or application of a statute is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect the remainder of the statute unless:
(1) the remainder is so essentially and inseparably connected with, and so dependent upon, the invalid provision or application that it cannot be presumed that the remainder would have been enacted without the invalid provision or application; or
(2) the remainder is incomplete and incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent without the invalid provision or application.
This subsection applies to every statute, regardless of whether enacted before or after the passage of this subsection. The general assembly may preserve the legislative history of this subsection by adoption of a concurrent resolution and publication of the resolution in the legislative journals.
(c) The repeal of a statute stating that the provisions of an act are severable as provided in subsection (b) does not affect the operation of subsection (b) with respect to that act.
As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.1, SEC.1; P.L.220-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-8.5. Severability of Provisions of p.l.240-1991; Provisions of p.l.95-2004 Not Severable

Sec. 8.5. Notwithstanding section 8 of this chapter, the following apply:
(1) Both of the following apply to P.L.240-1991:
(A) Section 8 of this chapter does not apply to P.L.240-1991.
(B) If any SECTION, legislative district, or other provision of P.L.240-1991 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that SECTION, legislative district, or provision does not affect other SECTIONS, legislative districts, or provisions of P.L.240-1991 that can be given effect without the invalid SECTION, legislative district, or provision.
(2) The provisions of P.L.95-2004 are not severable.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-8.6. Severability

Sec. 8.6. The provisions of HEA 1123-2021 are severable in the manner provided by section 8(b) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.64-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1. Implementary Provisions for the Indiana Code › 1-1-1-8.7. Effect to Be Given to Provisions of p.l.224-2003

Sec. 8.7. If a provision of P.L.224-2003 is found by a court with jurisdiction to be in violation of Article 4, Section 23 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, it is the intent of the general assembly that the provision be given general application.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-1. Application of Chapter to Noncode Provisions Enacted After the 1984 Regular Session and Before the 2010 Regular Session

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all noncode statutes and parts of noncode statutes enacted:
(1) after the 1984 regular session of the Indiana general assembly; and
(2) before the 2010 regular session of the Indiana general assembly.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-2. Repeal of Noncode Statutes; Exceptions

Sec. 2. Except as provided in this chapter, the statutes and parts of statutes described in section 1 of this chapter are repealed.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-3. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes With Expiration Dates; Expiration of Such Statutes

Sec. 3. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal a statute described in section 1 of this chapter that expires after June 30, 2011. However, such a statute expires on the expiration date provided in the statute.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-4. Effect of Striking Reference to Preserved Noncode Statute; Effect of Repeal of Ic 1-1-1-2, Ic 1-1-1-2.1, or Section of Chapter

Sec. 4. (a) An act of the general assembly that strikes a statute listed in IC 1-1-1-2, IC 1-1-1-2.1, or this chapter has the effect of repealing that listed statute.
(b) An act of the general assembly that repeals IC 1-1-1-2, IC 1-1-1-2.1, or another section of this chapter has the effect of repealing all the statutes listed in IC 1-1-1-2, IC 1-1-1-2.1, or that section of this chapter, whichever is applicable.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-5. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statute Concerning Transfer of State Agency or Facility to Private Control

Sec. 5. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal P.L.9-1991, SECTION 124 (concerning the construction of that act relating to the transfer of state agency or facility to private control).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-6. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning the Change of Fiscal Years by a Holding Company or Regulated Financial Corporation

Sec. 6. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal either P.L.347-1989, SECTION 30 or P.L.21-1990, SECTION 60 (the latter statute amending the former statute) (concerning the change of fiscal years by a holding company or regulated financial corporation).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-7. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statute Concerning Certain Reports Required by the Indiana Department of Transportation

Sec. 7. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal P.L.234-2007, SECTION 223 (requiring the Indiana department of transportation to submit a quarterly report describing the projects that the department has expended or encumbered money for major moves construction program).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-8. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Motor Vehicles

Sec. 8. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal P.L.2-1991, SECTION 110 (concerning the effect of the enactment of the amendments to IC 9-8-6-20 (before its repeal)).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.257-2017, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-9. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Human Services

Sec. 9. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal the following statutes concerning human services:
(1) P.L.109-1986, SECTION 3 (concerning the application of IC 12-3-6.1-1 (before its repeal) to a director of a children's home).
(2) P.L.28-2004, SECTION 199 (concerning a report to be submitted by the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-10. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Family Law and Juvenile Law

Sec. 10. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal the following statutes concerning family law and juvenile law:
(1) P.L.289-1987, SECTION 2 (concerning application of amendments to a statute concerning child support).
(2) P.L.211-1999, SECTION 6 (concerning special needs foster children and therapeutic foster children).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-11. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Conveyance of Real Estate to the University of Evansville

Sec. 11. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal either P.L.202-1988, SECTION 1 or P.L.250-1997, SECTION 1 (the latter statute amending the former statute) (concerning conveyance of real estate to the University of Evansville).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-12. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Amendments to Certain Local Acts

Sec. 12. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal the following amendments to local acts:
(1) P.L.1-1990, SECTION 370 (amendments to Local Acts 1851, c.39, s.1 concerning the trustees of Indiana Asbury University).
(2) P.L.1-1990, SECTION 371 (amendments to Local Acts 1851, c.1, s.10 concerning the duties of the mayor of Vernon, Indiana).
(3) P.L.1-1990, SECTION 373 (amendments to Local Acts 1851, c.1, s.35 removing the term "justice of the peace").
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-14. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Education Finance

Sec. 14. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal the following statutes concerning education finance:
(1) P.L.65-1985, SECTIONS 1, 7, and 12 (concerning school corporation general fund levies).
(2) The following statutes concerning tuition support: P.L.372-1985, SECTION 3; P.L.5-1988, SECTIONS 229 and 230; P.L.59-1988, SECTIONS 13 through 16, and 18; P.L.240-1991, SECTION 30; P.L.43-1992, SECTION 19; P.L.277-1993, SECTION 30; P.L.278-1993, SECTION 1; P.L.340-1995, SECTION 30; P.L.30-1996, SECTION 7; P.L.178-2002, SECTION 156; P.L.224-2003, SECTION 31; P.L.276-2003, SECTION 39; P.L.246-2005, SECTION 31; P.L.162-2006, SECTION 58; P.L.234-2007, SECTION 31; P.L.146-2008, SECTION 854.
(3) P.L.85-1987, SECTION 5 (concerning school corporation cumulative building fund levies).
(4) P.L.382-1987, SECTIONS 1 through 12, SECTION 18, SECTIONS 27 through 48, and SECTION 51 (concerning school finance).
(5) P.L.59-1991, SECTION 4 (concerning the effect of amendments to statutes relating to education finance).
(6) P.L.277-1993, SECTION 137 (concerning transfer of money from excess levy funds).
(7) P.L.30-1996, SECTION 6 (concerning transfers of money between school corporation funds).
(8) P.L.273-1999, SECTION 159 (concerning primetime distributions).
(9) P.L.3-2000, SECTION 15 (concerning which vocational education formula to use in 2001).
(10) P.L.111-2002, SECTION 12 (concerning transfer tuition).
(11) P.L.146-2008, SECTION 855 (abolishing the tuition reserve account in the state general fund and transferring money to the state tuition reserve fund).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 1.1. Repeal of Certain Noncode Statutes; Preservation of Other Noncode Statutes › 1-1-1.1-17. Preservation of Certain Noncode Statutes Concerning Taxation

Sec. 17. Section 2 of this chapter does not repeal the following statutes concerning taxation:
(1) P.L.74-1987, SECTION 29 (concerning application of certain property tax statutes).
(2) P.L.91-1989, SECTION 3 (concerning actions for refund of a tax).
(3) P.L.100-1989, SECTION 3 (concerning adjudications before the Indiana tax court).
(4) P.L.50-1990, SECTION 16, as amended by P.L.61-1991, SECTION 6 (concerning property tax sales).
(5) P.L.59-1990, SECTION 5 (concerning the jurisdiction of the Indiana tax court).
(6) P.L.41-1993, SECTION 55 (concerning application of property tax amendments).
(7) P.L.6-1997, SECTION 246 (concerning proceedings pending before the state board of tax commissioners).
(8) P.L.38-1998, SECTION 8 (concerning excess payments transferred to a surplus tax fund).
(9) P.L.129-2001, SECTION 35 (concerning tax collection proceedings).
(10) P.L.198-2001, SECTION 112, as amended by P.L.1-2002, SECTION 166 (concerning application of property tax amendments).
(11) P.L.198-2001, SECTION 117, as amended by P.L.178-2002, SECTION 143 (concerning petitions for review, petitions for judicial review, and refund of property taxes).
(12) P.L.1-2004, SECTION 69 (legalizing certain actions taken by the department of local government finance).
(13) P.L.1-2004, SECTION 71 (concerning tax refunds that result from assessment reductions).
(14) P.L.1-2004, SECTION 84 (concerning controlled projects).
(15) P.L.23-2004, SECTION 72 (legalizing certain actions taken by the department of local government finance).
(16) P.L.23-2004, SECTION 74 (concerning refunds that result from assessment reductions).
(17) P.L.23-2004, SECTION 81 (concerning reviews of an assessment of real property for the 2003 assessment date).
(18) P.L.23-2004, SECTION 87 (concerning controlled projects).
(19) P.L.154-2006, SECTION 97 (concerning application of property tax amendments).
(20) P.L.219-2007, SECTION 156 (concerning administrative and judicial review of matters relating to property taxes).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2. Laws Governing the State › 1-1-2-1. Hierarchy of Law

Sec. 1. The law governing this state is declared to be:
First. The Constitution of the United States and of this state.
Second. All statutes of the general assembly of the state in force, and not inconsistent with such constitutions.
Third. All statutes of the United States in force, and relating to subjects over which congress has power to legislate for the states, and not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States.
Fourth. The common law of England, and statutes of the British Parliament made in aid thereof prior to the fourth year of the reign of James the First (except the second section of the sixth chapter of forty-third Elizabeth, the eighth chapter of thirteenth Elizabeth, and the ninth chapter of thirty-seventh Henry the Eighth,) and which are of a general nature, not local to that kingdom, and not inconsistent with the first, second and third specifications of this section.
Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.61, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2. Laws Governing the State › 1-1-2-2. Criminal Law Statutory

Sec. 2. Crimes shall be defined and punishment therefor fixed by statutes of this state and not otherwise.
Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.61, s.2. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.101.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2. Laws Governing the State › 1-1-2-3. Health Insurance; Preexisting Condition

Sec. 3. It is the policy of the state that no person may be denied coverage for a preexisting condition under a plan of health coverage offered or administered by the state, including the following:
(1) A state employee health plan offered under IC 5-10-8.
(2) Medicaid under IC 12-15, including the healthy Indiana plan under IC 12-15-44.2.
(3) The children's health insurance program under IC 12-17.6.
As added by P.L.108-2019, SEC.36.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2. Laws Governing the State › 1-1-2-4. Construction of References to a Conviction

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "reference to a conviction for an Indiana criminal offense" means both a specific reference to a conviction for a criminal offense in Indiana (with or without an Indiana Code citation reference) and a general reference to a conviction for a class or type of criminal offense, such as:
(1) a felony;
(2) a misdemeanor;
(3) a sex offense;
(4) a violent crime;
(5) a crime of domestic violence;
(6) a crime of dishonesty;
(7) fraud;
(8) a crime resulting in a specified injury or committed against a specified victim; or
(9) a crime under IC 35-42 or IC 9-30-5 or under any other statute describing one (1) or more criminal offenses.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a reference to a conviction for an Indiana criminal offense appearing within the Indiana Code also includes a conviction for any of the following:
(1) An attempt to commit the offense, unless the offense is murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
(2) A conspiracy to commit the offense.
(3) A substantially similar offense committed in another jurisdiction, including an attempt or conspiracy to commit the offense, even if the reference to the conviction for the Indiana criminal offense specifically refers to an "Indiana conviction" or a conviction "in Indiana" or under "Indiana law" or "laws of this state".
(c) A reference to a conviction for an Indiana criminal offense appearing within the Indiana Code does not include an offense described in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(3) if:
(1) the reference expressly excludes an offense described in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(3); or
(2) with respect to an offense described in subsection (b)(3), the reference imposes an additional qualifier on the offense committed in another jurisdiction.
(d) If there is a conflict between a provision in this section and another provision of the Indiana Code, this section controls.
As added by P.L.142-2020, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2.5. Regulation of Intrastate Commerce › 1-1-2.5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all:
(1) goods grown, manufactured, or made; and
(2) services performed;
in Indiana after July 1, 2012.
As added by P.L.152-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 2.5. Regulation of Intrastate Commerce › 1-1-2.5-2. General Assembly Declarations

Sec. 2. The general assembly declares the following:
(1) The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that the only powers that the federal government may exercise are those that have been delegated to the federal government in the Constitution of the United States.
(2) The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees to the people rights not enumerated in the Constitution and reserves to the people of Indiana those rights.
(3) Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, the federal government is empowered to regulate commerce among the several states.
(4) The power to regulate intrastate commerce is reserved to the states or the people under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
(5) During the Constitutional Convention, the founders considered a plan that would have authorized the federal government not only to regulate commerce among the several states, but also to regulate any activity having spillover effects across state lines. The founders rejected this latter idea.
(6) All:
(A) goods grown, manufactured, or made in Indiana; and
(B) services performed in Indiana;
when the goods or services are sold, maintained, and retained in Indiana are not subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States under the constitutional power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states.
As added by P.L.152-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3. Proclamation Date; Effective Dates of Session Laws › 1-1-3-1. Certificate of Receipt

Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the several clerks of circuit courts in this state, immediately on the receipt of the laws of any session as provided for by IC 2-6-1.5-5, to transmit to the governor a certificate stating the day when such laws were so received.
Formerly: Acts 1855, c.100, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.3, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3. Proclamation Date; Effective Dates of Session Laws › 1-1-3-2. Proclamation by Governor

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), so soon as certificates from all the counties have been received, the governor shall issue and publish the governor's proclamation in the Indiana Register under IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the latest filing took place; of the facts contained in which proclamation, all courts shall take notice.
(b) This subsection applies only in calendar year 2021. So soon as certificates from all the counties have been received under IC 2-6-1.5-5(f), the governor shall:
(1) for the distribution under IC 2-6-1.5-5(f)(1), issue and publish a governor's proclamation in the Indiana Register under IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the latest filing took place; of the facts contained in which proclamation, all courts shall take notice; and
(2) for the distribution under IC 2-6-1.5-5(f)(2), issue and publish a governor's proclamation in the Indiana Register under IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the latest filing took place; of the facts contained in which proclamation, all courts shall take notice.
This subsection expires February 1, 2022.
Formerly: Acts 1855, c.100, s.2. As amended by P.L.72-2018, SEC.1; P.L.133-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3. Proclamation Date; Effective Dates of Session Laws › 1-1-3-3. Effective Dates

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "regular session" includes a regular technical session.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), each provision of each act passed at a regular session of the general assembly takes effect on July 1 next following its enactment, unless a different time is specified in the act.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), each provision of each act passed at a special session of the general assembly takes effect on the first day of the third calendar month after the calendar month of sine die adjournment, unless a different time is specified in the act.
(d) If an act contains a SECTION that specifies an effective date or dates for one (1) or more other provisions of the act or declares that an emergency exists for the act, then the SECTION takes effect at the same time as the earliest date that any other provision of the act takes effect.
(e) This section does not apply to acts that are vetoed by the governor.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.3, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1983, SEC.1; P.L.1-1987, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.1; P.L.4-1995, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.1. Effectiveness of Acts Passed Over Governor's Veto › 1-1-3.1-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to an act passed by the general assembly over the governor's veto under Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.1. Effectiveness of Acts Passed Over Governor's Veto › 1-1-3.1-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. For purposes of this chapter, "approval of the act" occurs at the time the second house of the general assembly votes to approve a bill over the governor's veto under Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. "Second house of the general assembly" refers to the house of the general assembly that reconsiders a bill vetoed by the governor under Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana after the house in which the bill originated has passed the bill over the governor's veto.
As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.1. Effectiveness of Acts Passed Over Governor's Veto › 1-1-3.1-3. Acts Containing Declaration of Emergency

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies only to an act that contains a declaration that an emergency exists.
(b) If the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect:
(1) upon passage; or
(2) retroactively to a specified date;
then the provision takes effect upon approval of the act.
(c) If:
(1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and
(2) approval of the act occurs on or before the specified date;
then the provision takes effect on the specified effective date.
(d) If:
(1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and
(2) approval of the act occurs after the specified date;
then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act.
(e) If the act does not provide an effective date for a provision of the act, then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act, subject to section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.1. Effectiveness of Acts Passed Over Governor's Veto › 1-1-3.1-4. Acts Not Containing Declaration of Emergency

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only to an act that does not contain a declaration that an emergency exists.
(b) If:
(1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and
(2) approval of the act occurs on or before the specified date;
then the provision takes effect on the specified effective date, unless promulgation of the act must occur under subsection (c).
(c) If, in a case described in subsection (b), the specified effective date occurs before promulgation of the act, then the provision takes effect when promulgation of the act is completed. As used in this subsection, "promulgation" means the publication and circulation of an act in accordance with Article 4, Section 28 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(d) If:
(1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and
(2) approval of the act occurs after the specified date;
then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act.
(e) If the act does not provide an effective date for a provision of the act, then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act, subject to section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.1. Effectiveness of Acts Passed Over Governor's Veto › 1-1-3.1-5. Effective Date Sections

Sec. 5. If an act described in either section 3 or section 4 of this chapter contains a SECTION that specifies an effective date or dates for one (1) or more other provisions of the act, then the effective date SECTION takes effect at the same time as the earliest date that any other provision of the act takes effect.
As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-1.5. "Corrected Population Count"

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "corrected population count" means a certification of census population count for a political subdivision that:
(1) is issued by the Bureau of the Census after the tabulation of population of Indiana in the federal decennial census has been reported to the governor by the United States Secretary of Commerce under 13 U.S.C. 141(c);
(2) is issued:
(A) to correct an error in the enumeration of persons residing in the political subdivision on the date of the federal decennial census or federal special census; or
(B) to provide a population count for a municipality incorporated following the most recent federal decennial census; and
(3) supersedes any previous tabulation of population reported for the political subdivision in the federal decennial census or federal special census.
The term does not include a statistical adjustment made in the tabulation of population by the Bureau of the Census to compensate for a predicted undercount or overcount in a federal decennial census or federal special census.
As added by P.L.1-1988, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "federal decennial census" means a United States decennial census of population conducted under 13 U.S.C. 141.
(b) As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. The term does not include congressional districts, state legislative districts, local office election districts, or school board office election districts.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.1, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1988, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-2.3. Special Census

Sec. 2.3. As used in this chapter, "special census" means a basic enumeration of population, housing units, group quarters and transitory locations conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau at the request of a political subdivision.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-2.5. Special Tabulation

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "special tabulation" means a certification of the census population count for a political subdivision that:
(1) is issued by the Bureau of the Census:
(A) at the request of a political subdivision; and
(B) after the tabulation of population of Indiana in the federal decennial census has been reported to the governor by the United States Secretary of Commerce under 13 U.S.C. 141(c); and
(2) indicates the census count population for the political subdivision that would have been reported under subdivision (1) if individuals residing in territory:
(A) not located within the political subdivision according to the Boundary and Annexation Survey used as the basis for the tabulation of population reported under subdivision (1); and
(B) located within the political subdivision after the tabulation of population reported under subdivision (1);
had been included in the tabulation of population of the political subdivision reported to the governor by the United States Secretary of Commerce.
As added by P.L.2-1990, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-3. Use of Census Data in Indiana Statutes

Sec. 3. (a) For purposes of the statutes described in section 5(c) of this chapter, a reference to population is a reference to population as determined by the most recent of the following:
(1) Federal decennial census.
(2) Federal special census.
(3) Special tabulation.
(4) Corrected population count.
(b) For purposes of statutes relating to drawing boundaries of county executive districts, county fiscal body districts, municipal legislative body districts, or the districts of any other political subdivision, the political subdivision shall use population as reported by the most recent of the following, even if those population data are not yet effective under subsection (f):
(1) Federal decennial census.
(2) Federal special census.
(3) Special tabulation.
(4) Corrected population count.
(c) For purposes of a noncode statute, a reference to population is the population determined by the most recent federal decennial census in effect before the passage of the statute, unless the population description in the statute is changed by subsequent legislation.
(d) For purposes of statutes classifying political subdivisions by population, a political subdivision's population is considered to be the political subdivision's population as reported by the most recent federal decennial census in effect, unless the statute specifically provides otherwise.
(e) This subsection applies to a political subdivision located in more than one (1) county. If a political subdivision is described in a statute by reference to the county in which the political subdivision is located, the reference is to the county that contains a majority of the population of the political subdivision.
(f) The effective date of each:
(1) federal decennial census;
(2) federal special census;
(3) special tabulation; or
(4) corrected population count;
is April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the tabulation of population or corrected population count is delivered to the state by the United States Secretary of Commerce under 13 U.S.C. 141 and received by the governor.
(g) Promptly upon receiving the tabulation of population or corrected population count, the governor shall issue an executive order:
(1) evidencing the date of receipt; and
(2) noting that the effective date of the tabulation of population or corrected population count for purposes of any statute described in this section is April 1 of the following year.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.1, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1988, SEC.3; P.L.2-1990, SEC.2; P.L.170-2002, SEC.1; P.L.66-2003, SEC.1; P.L.221-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-5. Notification of Effective Date of Tabulation of Population

Sec. 5. (a) The governor shall forward a copy of the executive order issued under section 3 of this chapter to:
(1) the director of the Indiana state library;
(2) the election division; and
(3) the Indiana Register.
(b) The director of the Indiana state library, or an employee of the Indiana state library designated by the director to supervise a state data center established under IC 4-23-7.1, shall notify each state agency using population counts as a basis for the distribution of funds or services of the effective date of the tabulation of population or corrected population count.
(c) The agencies that the director of the Indiana state library must notify under subsection (b) include the following:
(1) The auditor of state, for distribution of money from the following:
(A) The cigarette tax fund in accordance with IC 6-7-1-30.1.
(B) Excise tax revenue allocated under IC 7.1-4-7-8.
(C) The local road and street account in accordance with IC 8-14-2-4.
(2) The board of trustees of Ivy Tech Community College for the board's division of Indiana into service regions under IC 21-22-6-1.
(3) The division of disability and rehabilitative services, for establishing priorities for community residential facilities under IC 12-11-1.1 and IC 12-28-4-12.
(4) The department of state revenue, for distribution of money from the motor vehicle highway account fund under IC 8-14-1-3.
(5) The Indiana economic development corporation, for the evaluation of enterprise zone applications under IC 5-28-15.
(6) The alcohol and tobacco commission, for the issuance of permits under IC 7.1.
(7) The state board of accounts, for calculating the state share of salaries paid under IC 33-38-5, IC 33-39-6, and IC 33-41-2.
As added by P.L.2-1990, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.25; P.L.2-1993, SEC.30; P.L.4-1993, SEC.1; P.L.5-1993, SEC.1; P.L.5-1995, SEC.1; P.L.6-1995, SEC.1; P.L.3-1997, SEC.1; P.L.272-1999, SEC.1; P.L.204-2001, SEC.1; P.L.98-2004, SEC.24; P.L.4-2005, SEC.1; P.L.127-2005, SEC.1; P.L.141-2006, SEC.1; P.L.2-2007, SEC.1; P.L.1-2009, SEC.1; P.L.42-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 3.5. Political Subdivisions Classified by Population; Effective Date of Decennial Census › 1-1-3.5-9. Effect of Amendments Relating to Population Parameters Made During 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly

Sec. 9. (a) A reference in this section to amendments made to a statute is a reference to amendments made during the 2022 regular session of the general assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other bill enacted during the 2022 regular session of the Indiana general assembly, this subsection applies to each SECTION of each bill enacted during the 2022 regular session of the Indiana general assembly that satisfies all the following:
(1) The SECTION amends a noncode statute or a provision of the Indiana Code.
(2) The SECTION takes effect before April 1, 2022.
(3) The SECTION contains an amendment to a population parameter.
The amendment to a population parameter in a SECTION described in this subsection takes effect April 1, 2022, and the amendment to other provisions in a SECTION described in this subsection take effect as otherwise provided in the bill described in this subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding any other bill enacted during the 2022 regular session of the Indiana general assembly, this subsection applies to each SECTION of each bill enacted during the 2022 regular session of the Indiana general assembly that satisfies all the following:
(1) The SECTION enacts a noncode statute or a new provision of the Indiana Code.
(2) The SECTION takes effect before April 1, 2022.
(3) The SECTION contains a population parameter.
Notwithstanding section 3 of this chapter, a population parameter in a SECTION described in this subsection refers to the population of the described political subdivisions as tabulated following the 2020 Decennial Census and delivered to the state by the United States Secretary of Commerce under 13 U.S.C. 141 and received by the governor during 2021.
As added by P.L.104-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 4. Construction of Statutes › 1-1-4-1. Rules

Sec. 1. The construction of all statutes of this state shall be by the following rules, unless the construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislature or of the context of the statute:
(1) Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain, or ordinary and usual, sense. Technical words and phrases having a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their technical import.
(2) Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons shall be construed as authority to a majority of the persons, unless otherwise declared in the statute giving authority.
(3) Words importing the singular number only may be also applied to the plural of persons and things.
(4) Words importing the masculine gender only may be extended to females also.
(5) When a statute requires an act to be done which, by law, an agent or deputy as well may do as the principal, the requisition is satisfied by the performance of the act by an authorized agent or deputy.
(6) When a person is required to be disinterested or indifferent in acting on any question or matter affecting other parties, consanguinity or affinity within the sixth degree, inclusive, by the civil law rules, or within the degree of second cousin, inclusive, disqualifies the person from acting, except by consent of parties.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 2 RS PART II, c.17, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.102; Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.1; P.L.1-1988, SEC.4; P.L.1-1990, SEC.2; P.L.1-1991, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 4. Construction of Statutes › 1-1-4-2. Repealed

Formerly: Acts 1852, 2RS PART II, c.17, s.2. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.2, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.1-1990, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 4. Construction of Statutes › 1-1-4-3. Uniform Determination of Death Act

Sec. 3. (a) Only an individual who has sustained either:
(1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or
(2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem;
is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
(b) This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among states enacting it.
(c) This section may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
As added by P.L.1-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 1. General Provisions › Article 1. Laws Governing the State › Chapter 4. Construction of Statutes › 1-1-4-4. Internal Revenue Code Definition; Applicability

Sec. 4. Except as otherwise provided, the definition of Internal Revenue Code set forth in IC 6-3-1-11 applies to all statutes referring to the Internal Revenue Code.
As added by P.L.2-1987, SEC.1.