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2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 5. Conduct of Sports Wagering › 4-38-5-12. Mobile Devices; Registration Requirements

Sec. 12. A certificate holder or vendor may accept wagers placed using a mobile device from a patron located in Indiana if the patron registers with the certificate holder or vendor as a mobile device user. A patron may register under this section in person at the certificate holder's licensed facility or online using mobile applications and digital platforms approved by the commission.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-3. Application Fee; Submission of Information; Commission Duties; Payment of Additional Costs

Sec. 3. (a) A person applying for a vendor's license under this chapter must pay a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the commission. The commission shall deposit fees received under this section in the sports wagering fund established by IC 4-38-8-2.
(b) An applicant must submit the following on forms provided by the commission:
(1) If the applicant is an individual, two (2) sets of the individual's fingerprints.
(2) If the applicant is not an individual, two (2) sets of fingerprints for each officer and director of the applicant.
(c) The commission shall review the applications for a vendor's license under this chapter and shall inform each applicant of the commission's decision concerning the issuance of the vendor's license.
(d) The costs of investigating an applicant for a vendor's license under this chapter shall be paid from the application fee paid by the applicant.
(e) An applicant for a vendor's license under this chapter must pay all additional costs that are:
(1) associated with the investigation of the applicant; and
(2) greater than the amount of the application fee paid by the applicant.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-4. Commission Considerations in Granting a Vendor's License

Sec. 4. In determining whether to grant a vendor's license to an applicant, the commission shall consider the character, reputation, experience, and financial integrity of the following:
(1) The applicant.
(2) A person that:
(A) directly or indirectly controls the applicant; or
(B) is directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant or by a person that directly or indirectly controls the applicant.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-5. State Police Assistance With Background Investigations; Fingerprints; Reimbursement of State Police Costs; Background Investigations

Sec. 5. (a) The state police department may assist the commission in conducting background investigations of applicants for a vendor's license. The commission may forward all fingerprints required to be submitted by license applicants under this chapter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other agency for the purpose of screening applicants. The commission shall reimburse the state police department for the costs incurred by the state police department as a result of the assistance. The commission shall make the payment from fees collected from applicants.
(b) The commission through its gaming agents shall conduct background investigations of applicants. Costs incurred conducting the investigations must be paid from fees collected from applicants.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-6. Annual Administrative Fee

Sec. 6. A person holding a vendor's license shall pay to the commission an annual administrative fee of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The fee imposed by this section is due one (1) year after the date that the vendor begins performing services under a contract with a certificate holder in the conduct of sports wagering under this article and on each annual anniversary date thereafter. The commission shall deposit the administrative fees received under this section in the sports wagering fund established by IC 4-38-8-2.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-7. Temporary Licenses

Sec. 7. When considering a person's application for a vendor's license, the commission may issue the person a temporary license to conduct business under this article if:
(1) the person has filed with the commission:
(A) a completed application; or
(B) a substantially complete application as determined by the commission; and
(2) the person agrees in writing to the following conditions of the temporary license issued under this section:
(A) The temporary license does not create a right or privilege to continue conducting business under this article if the person's application for a vendor's license is rejected by the commission.
(B) The commission may rescind the person's temporary license and the authority to conduct business under this article at any time, with or without notice to the person, if:
(i) the commission is informed that the suitability of the person may be at issue; and
(ii) the person fails to cooperate with the commission in the commission's investigation into the qualifications and suitability of the person for a vendor's license.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 6. Vendors › 4-38-6-8. Certificate Holder Contracts With Vendors to Conduct Mobile Sports Wagering Restrictions

Sec. 8. A certificate holder may not contract with more than three (3) individually branded vendors to conduct mobile sports wagering under IC 4-38-5-12.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 7. Sports Wagering Service Providers › 4-38-7-1. Sports Wagering Service Provider Licenses

Sec. 1. A person must hold a license issued under this chapter before operating as a sports wagering service provider with a certificate holder, a vendor, or an applicant for a certificate of authority under IC 4-38-4 or a vendor's license.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 7. Sports Wagering Service Providers › 4-38-7-3. Application Fee; Submission of Application

Sec. 3. (a) A person applying for a sports wagering service provider license under this chapter must pay a nonrefundable application fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the commission. The commission shall deposit fees received under this section in the sports wagering fund established by IC 4-38-8-2.
(b) An applicant must submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the commission.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 7. Sports Wagering Service Providers › 4-38-7-4. Temporary Licenses

Sec. 4. While considering a person's application for a sports wagering service provider license, the commission may issue the person a temporary license to conduct business under this article if the following criteria are met:
(1) The person has filed with the commission either of the following:
(A) A completed application.
(B) A substantially complete application as determined by the commission.
(2) The person agrees in writing to the following conditions of the temporary license issued under this section:
(A) The temporary license does not create a right or privilege to continue conducting business under this article if the person's application for a sports wagering service provider license is rejected by the commission.
(B) The commission may rescind the person's temporary license and the authority to conduct business under this article at any time, with or without notice to the person, if:
(i) the commission is informed that the suitability of the person may be at issue; and
(ii) the person fails to cooperate with the commission in the commission's investigation into the qualifications and suitability of the person for a sports wagering service provider license.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 7. Sports Wagering Service Providers › 4-38-7-5. Commission Duties in Reviewing Applications for a Sports Wagering Service Provider License

Sec. 5. When reviewing a person's application for a sports wagering service provider license, the commission:
(1) shall consider the suitability findings of other jurisdictions in which the person is licensed, certified, or authorized to conduct business as a sports wagering service provider; and
(2) may waive requirements set forth in the application form prescribed by the commission if:
(A) the suitability findings of other jurisdictions provide sufficient information to fully consider the person's application; and
(B) the person provides all the information otherwise requested by the commission.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 8. Annual License Fees › 4-38-8-1. Annual Administrative Fee

Sec. 1. A certificate holder shall pay to the commission an annual administrative fee of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The fee imposed by this section is due one (1) year after the date that the certificate holder commences sports wagering operations under this article and on each annual anniversary date thereafter. The commission shall deposit the administrative fees received under this section in the sports wagering fund established by section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 8. Annual License Fees › 4-38-8-2. Sports Wagering Fund Established

Sec. 2. (a) The sports wagering fund is established.
(b) The commission shall administer the fund.
(c) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Initial fees deposited in the fund under IC 4-38-4-5.
(2) Fees deposited in the fund under IC 4-38-6.
(3) Fees deposited in the fund under IC 4-38-7.
(4) Administrative fees deposited in the fund under section 1 of this chapter.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the fund.
(e) 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 that other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(g) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the commission for the purpose of administering this article.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43. Amended by P.L.1-2020, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-1. Background Checks; Suitability Requirements

Sec. 1. (a) A certificate holder or vendor shall conduct:
(1) background checks on newly hired employees engaged in activities related to the conducting of sports wagering; and
(2) annual background checks on all existing employees engaged in activities related to the conducting of sports wagering.
A background check conducted under this section must include a search for criminal history and any charges or convictions involving corruption or manipulation of sporting events and any association with organized crime.
(b) A person may not obtain any of the following required for conducting business under this article unless the person meets the suitability requirements determined by the commission:
(1) A vendor's license.
(2) A sports wagering service provider license.
(3) A supplier's license.
(4) An occupational license.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-2. Security of Data and Information

Sec. 2. (a) A certificate holder, vendor, or sports wagering service provider shall employ commercially reasonable methods to maintain the security of wagering data, customer data, and other confidential information from unauthorized access and dissemination.
(b) Nothing in this article precludes the use of Internet or cloud based hosting of data described in subsection (a) or any disclosure of information required by court order, other law, or this article.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-3. Acceptable Wagers

Sec. 3. The commission shall require a certificate holder and vendor to take commercially reasonable measures to ensure that a certificate holder or vendor does not accept wagers placed by any of the following:
(1) A partnership, a corporation, an association, or any other entity that is not an individual.
(2) A person who is not at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(3) A certificate holder, a vendor, a director, officer, or employee of the certificate holder or vendor, or a relative living in the same household of a certificate holder or vendor.
(4) A sports wagering service provider, a director, officer, or employee of a sports wagering service provider, or a relative living in the same household of a sports wagering service provider.
(5) With respect to a sporting event sponsored, organized, or conducted by a particular sports governing body, any of the following:
(A) An employee of the sports governing body.
(B) A game official employed by or under contract with the sports governing body.
(C) A coach, manager, or other personnel employed by or under contract with a member club of the sports governing body.
(D) An athlete who is:
(i) under contract with a member club of the sports governing body in the case of a team sport; or
(ii) eligible to participate in events conducted by the sports governing body in the case of an individual sport.
(E) An employee of a union representing athletes or game officials.
(F) A relative living in the same household of an individual described in clauses (A) through (E).
(6) An individual convicted of a state or federal crime relating to sports wagering.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-4. Information From a Sports Governing Body; Requests From a Sports Governing Body

Sec. 4. (a) The commission may use information received from a sports governing body to determine whether to allow:
(1) wagering on a particular event; or
(2) patrons to make wagers of a particular type.
(b) If a sports governing body requests wagering information or requests the commission to prohibit wagering on a particular event or making wagers of a particular type, the commission shall grant the request upon a demonstration of good cause from the sports governing body.
(c) The commission shall respond to a request from a sports governing body concerning a particular event:
(1) before the start of the event; or
(2) if it is not feasible to respond before the start of the event, as expeditiously as possible.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-5. Investigations Conducted by Sports Governing Bodies or Law Enforcement Agencies

Sec. 5. The commission and each certificate holder or vendor shall cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing bodies or law enforcement agencies, including by providing or facilitating the provision of betting information and audio or video files relating to persons placing wagers. Information shared under this section is confidential.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-6. Required Reports to the Commission

Sec. 6. A certificate holder or vendor shall promptly report to the commission any information relating to:
(1) criminal or disciplinary proceedings commenced against the certificate holder or vendor in connection with its operations;
(2) bets or wagers that violate state or federal law;
(3) abnormal betting activity or patterns that may indicate a concern regarding the integrity of a sporting event or events;
(4) any potential breach of the relevant sport's governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct pertaining to sports wagering;
(5) any other conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of a sporting event or events for purposes of financial gain; and
(6) suspicious or illegal wagering activities, including use of funds derived from illegal activity, wagers to conceal or launder funds derived from illegal activity, using agents to place wagers, and using false identification.
A certificate holder or vendor shall also promptly report information relating to conduct described in subdivision (3), (4), or (5) to the relevant sports governing body.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-7. Confidentiality of Information Provided by a Sports Governing Body to Certificate Holders or Vendors

Sec. 7. A certificate holder or vendor shall maintain the confidentiality of information provided by a sports governing body to the certificate holder or vendor, unless disclosure is required by this article, the commission, other law, or court order.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 9. Integrity Requirements › 4-38-9-8. Confidentiality of Information Provided by a Sports Governing Body to the Commission

Sec. 8. Information provided to the commission by a sports governing body is confidential and may not be disclosed under IC 5-14.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 10. Sports Wagering Tax › 4-38-10-1. Sports Wagering Tax

Sec. 1. A sports wagering tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts received from authorized sports wagering offered by a certificate holder under this article at a rate of nine and one-half percent (9.5%).
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 10. Sports Wagering Tax › 4-38-10-2. Sports Wagering Tax Payment Date

Sec. 2. A certificate holder shall pay the sports wagering taxes imposed under section 1 of this chapter to the department on the twenty-fourth calendar day of each month. Any taxes collected during the month but after the day on which the taxes are required to be paid to the department shall be paid to the department at the same time the following month's taxes are due.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 10. Sports Wagering Tax › 4-38-10-3. Deposit of Sports Wagering Tax; Transfer to Addiction Services Fund

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the department shall deposit the tax revenue collected under section 2 of this chapter in the state general fund.
(b) The department shall transfer an amount equal to three and thirty-three hundredths percent (3.33%) of the tax revenue collected under section 2 of this chapter to the addiction services fund established by IC 12-23-2-2.
(c) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the tax revenue transferred under subsection (b) must be allocated to:
(1) the prevention of;
(2) education regarding;
(3) provider credentialing for; and
(4) treatment of;
compulsive gambling.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 10. Sports Wagering Tax › 4-38-10-4. Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority for Failure to Submit Tax Payments

Sec. 4. The commission may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a certificate holder that does not submit the payment or the tax return form within the required time.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 10. Sports Wagering Tax › 4-38-10-5. Payment of Taxes

Sec. 5. The payment of the tax under this chapter must be reported and remitted electronically through the department's online tax filing program.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43. Amended by P.L.137-2022, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 11. Child Support › 4-38-11-1. Withholding Delinquent Child Support From Winnings; Notice; Priority of Order Over Other Claims

Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall provide information to a certificate holder concerning persons who are delinquent in child support.
(b) Prior to a certificate holder disbursing a payout of six hundred dollars ($600) or more, in winnings, from sports wagering to a person who is delinquent in child support and who is claiming the winning sports wager in person at the certificate holder's facility, the certificate holder:
(1) may deduct and retain an administrative fee in the amount of the lesser of:
(A) three percent (3%) of the amount of delinquent child support withheld under subdivision (2)(A); or
(B) one hundred dollars ($100); and
(2) shall:
(A) withhold the amount of delinquent child support owed from winnings;
(B) transmit to the bureau:
(i) the amount withheld for delinquent child support; and
(ii) identifying information, including the full name, address, and Social Security number of the obligor and the child support case identifier, the date and amount of the payment, and the name and location of the licensed owner, operating agent, or trustee; and
(C) issue the obligor a receipt in a form prescribed by the bureau with the total amount withheld for delinquent child support and the administrative fee.
(c) The bureau shall notify the obligor at the address provided by the certificate holder that the bureau intends to offset the obligor's delinquent child support with the winnings.
(d) The bureau shall hold the amount withheld from the winnings of an obligor for ten (10) business days before applying the amount as payment to the obligor's delinquent child support.
(e) The delinquent child support required to be withheld under this section and an administrative fee described under subsection (b)(1) have priority over any secured or unsecured claim on winnings except claims for federal or state taxes that are required to be withheld under federal or state law.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 38. Sports Wagering › Chapter 11. Child Support › 4-38-11-2. Application of Other Child Support Laws

Sec. 2. IC 4-31-6-11, IC 4-33-8.5, and IC 4-35-6.7 apply, as appropriate, to sports wagering conducted at a licensed facility.
As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 1. Bonds and Other Obligations Legalized › 5-1-1-2. Repealed

Formerly: Acts 1967, c.90, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.1-1989, SEC.75.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 2. Nonreverting Appropriations › 5-1-2-1. Specific Projects; Lapse

Sec. 1. Appropriations of money from the capital projects fund and proceeds of bonds, notes, and other written obligations issued by or in the name of any:
(1) county, township, city, incorporated town;
(2) school corporation or state educational institution; or
(3) other political, municipal, public or quasi-public corporation, special assessment or taxing district, or any authorized body of that corporation or district;
for a specific project shall not lapse at the end of the year in which the appropriation was made, but shall remain in full force and effect without reappropriation until the purpose for which the appropriation was made has been accomplished or abandoned.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.150, s.1. As amended by P.L.47-1989, SEC.1; P.L.41-1993, SEC.2; P.L.2-2007, SEC.65.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 3. Facsimile Signatures on Obligations › 5-1-3-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:
(1) "electronic signature" has the meaning set forth in IC 26-2-8-102(10);
(2) "obligations" shall include any bond, note, warrant, or other obligation; and
(3) "public entity" shall include any political subdivision as defined by IC 36-1-2, state commission, state authority, and all other public bodies corporate and politic.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.40, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.13; P.L.88-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 3. Facsimile Signatures on Obligations › 5-1-3-2. Facsimile or Electronic Signature

Sec. 2. (a) Whenever any existing statute requires the manual execution, attesting or authentication of any obligation issued by any public entity named in IC 5-1-1-1 by one (1) or more officials or persons, facsimile signatures or electronic signatures of the officials or persons may be used instead of and with the same force and effect as manually executing the obligations, including the signature of the officials or persons or of any trustee, paying agent, registrar, co-registrar, transfer agent, or other fiduciary charged with authenticating the obligations.
(b) Any obligation executed by the facsimile signature or electronic signature of officials or persons is valid and binding, if the officials or persons satisfied the provisions of the statute under which the obligation is issued on the date that the signature was printed on the obligation, even if the obligation is delivered after the official or person whose facsimile signature or electronic signature appears thereon no longer satisfies the provisions of the statute.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.40, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.44-1983, SEC.2; P.L.88-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 3. Facsimile Signatures on Obligations › 5-1-3-3. Interest Coupons; Signatures

Sec. 3. These provisions shall not be construed to require manual signing of any interest coupons and signatures on interest coupons may all be facsimile signatures.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.40, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-1. Declaration of Policy

Sec. 1. It is declared that for the benefit of the people of the state, the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity and the improvement of their health and living conditions it is essential that hospitals within the state be provided with appropriate additional means to expand, enlarge and establish health care, hospital and other related facilities; and that it is the purpose of this chapter to provide a measure of assistance and alternative methods to enable hospitals within this state to refund or refinance outstanding indebtedness incurred for the facilities and to provide additional facilities and structures which are required to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner provided in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1; Acts 1975, P.L.35, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-2. Short Title

Sec. 2. Short title. This chapter may be referred to and cited as the "Indiana Hospital Authority Act."
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-4. Creation of Authority

Sec. 4. (a) The legislative body of any county, second or third class city, or town in which is located one (1) or more participating hospitals, upon request in writing by the board of trustees or other governing board of any such participating hospital, may adopt a resolution for the creation of an authority under this chapter.
(b) Upon the adoption of the resolution, there is created an authority which shall be a body corporate and politic for the purpose of financing, acquiring, constructing, equipping, and leasing a project or projects to participating hospitals located in the county, city, or town or refunding outstanding indebtedness of participating hospitals located in the county, city, or town as authorized by this chapter, or both.
(c) If the authority is created by a resolution of the legislative body of a county, it shall be known as the "Hospital Authority of __________ County" (include the name of the county).
(d) If the authority is created by resolution of the legislative body of a second or third class city or town, it shall be known as the "Hospital Authority of __________" (include the name of the city or town).
(e) The county auditor, the city clerk, or the town clerk-treasurer, as the case may be, shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the executive of the county, city, or town, as the case may be, in which the authority is created.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1; Acts 1975, P.L.35, SEC.3. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.23, SEC.2; Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.1; Acts 1982, P.L.30, SEC.1; P.L.40-1985, SEC.1; P.L.8-1989, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-5. Organization of Authority; Directors

Sec. 5. (a) Within sixty (60) days from the filing of the certified copy of the resolution in accordance with section 4 of this chapter, the board of commissioners of the county or the executive of the city or town shall appoint five (5) residents of the county, city, or town, as the case may be, as directors of the authority.
(b) Each appointment shall be evidenced by a written certificate of appointment signed by the appointing authority who shall cause a written notice to be sent to each appointee. One (1) director shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) director for a term of two (2) years, one (1) director for a term of three (3) years, and two (2) directors for a term of four (4) years. At the expiration of the respective terms of the directors, the appointing authority shall appoint successors for four (4) year terms.
(c) Each director shall serve as such until the director's successor is appointed and qualified. In the event that any director shall die, resign, cease to be a resident of the county, city, or town, as the case may be, or be removed, the appointing authority shall appoint another person as director for the remainder of such term. If any person appointed as a director shall fail to qualify within ten (10) days after the mailing to the appointee of notice of the appointment, the appointing authority shall appoint another person as director for the term.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.30, SEC.2; P.L.7-1983, SEC.6; P.L.40-1985, SEC.2; P.L.8-1989, SEC.15; P.L.4-1991, SEC.134.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-6. Oath of Office

Sec. 6. Oath of Office. Each director, before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath of office in usual form to be endorsed upon his certificate of appointment, which shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-7. Removal From Office

Sec. 7. Any director may be removed from office for neglect of duty, incompetency, disability to perform the director's duties, or any other good cause, by an order of the circuit court, superior court, or probate court in the county in which such authority is located, subject to the following procedure: a complaint may be filed by any person against such director, setting forth the charges preferred; the cause shall be placed on the advanced calendar and be tried as other civil causes are tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. If such charges be sustained, the court shall declare such office vacant. A change of venue from the judge shall be granted upon motion but no change of venue from the county may be taken.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-8. Meetings; Selection of Officers; Bylaws

Sec. 8. The directors originally appointed shall meet within thirty (30) days after their appointment, at a time and place designated by the board of county commissioners, for the purpose of organization. The directors shall elect the following officers from among their members: president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall perform the duties usually pertaining to those offices. Such officers shall serve until the expiration of the first term to expire and the directors shall meet annually to reorganize within thirty (30) days after the appointment of each successor director for a full term. The directors are authorized to adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to the proper conduct of their proceedings, the carrying out of their duties, and the safeguarding of the funds and property of the authority. In addition to such meetings as above provided, other regular and special meetings shall be held at such times as they may determine and upon such notice as they may fix, either by resolution or in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws, rules and regulations adopted. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum and the concurrence of a majority shall be necessary to authorize any action. Directors shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-9. Pecuniary Interest of Directors; Transaction Void

Sec. 9. Pecuniary Interest of Director - Transaction Void. No director shall have any pecuniary interest in any contract, employment, purchase or sale made under the provisions of this chapter, and any transaction made in which any director has a pecuniary interest shall be void.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-11. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 11. Payment of Expenses. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this chapter and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by an Authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this chapter, or otherwise appropriated by law to such Authority.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-12. Acquisition of Property

Sec. 12. Acquisition of Property by Authority. Any authority is authorized and empowered, directly or by and through a participating hospital, as its agent, to acquire by purchase or by gift or devise such lands, structures, property, real or personal, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other interests in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, and including existing facilities of a participating hospital as it may deem necessary or convenient for the construction, acquisition or operation of a project, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such Authority or in the name of a participating hospital as its agent.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1; Acts 1975, P.L.35, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-14. Bond Resolutions

Sec. 14. Bonds Resolution. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized, as to: (1) pledging or assigning the revenues of the project with respect to which such bonds are to be issued; (2) the rentals, fees and other amounts to be charged, and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of such amounts; (3) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation, investment and disposition thereof; (4) limitations on the use of the project; (5) limitations on the purpose to which or the investments in which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue of the bonds; (6) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding bonds; (7) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (8) limitations on the amount of moneys derived from the project to be expended for operating, administrative or other expenses of an Authority; (9) defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of an Authority to holders of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of such holders in the event of a default; (10) the mortgaging of a project and the site thereof for the purpose of securing the bondholders; and (11) any other matters relating to the bonds which an Authority deems desirable.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-15. Trust Agreement to Secure Bonds

Sec. 15. In the discretion of any authority any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between such authority and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledged and may convey or mortgage the project or any portion of the project. Any pledge or assignment made by an authority pursuant to this section shall be valid and binding from the time that the pledge or assignment is made, and the revenues pledged and received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge or assignment without physical delivery or further act. The lien of the pledge or assignment shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether the parties have notice. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created or assignment made need be filed or recorded in any public records in order to perfect a lien against third parties except that a copy of the records shall be filed in the records of the authority. The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including particularly provisions as have been specifically authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of an authority authorizing bonds. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues or other moneys may furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities as may be required by an authority. Any trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee or trustees, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. Any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.17; P.L.10-2019, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-15.5. Loans to Participating Hospitals

Sec. 15.5. Loans to Participating Hospitals. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the authority may finance the cost of a project or refund outstanding indebtedness of a participating hospital as authorized by section 10(m) of this chapter by issuing its bonds for the purpose of purchasing the securities of a participating hospital. Any such securities shall have the same principal amounts, maturities and interest rates as the bonds so being issued, may be secured by a first mortgage lien, subject to such exceptions as the authority may approve and created by a mortgage instrument satisfactory to the authority, and may be insured or guaranteed by others. Any such bonds shall be secured by a pledge of such securities under the trust agreement or indenture creating such bonds, shall be payable solely out of the payments to be made on such securities and shall not exceed in principal amount the cost of such project or the refunding of such indebtedness as determined by the participating hospital and approved by the authority. In other respects any such bonds shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter including sections 13 and 14 and the trust agreement or indenture creating such bonds may contain such of the provisions set forth in section 15 hereof as the authority may consider appropriate.
In the event that a project is financed pursuant to this section, the title to such project shall remain in the participating hospital owning the same, subject to the lien of the mortgage securing the securities then being purchased, and there shall be no lease of such facility between the authority and such participating hospital.
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.35, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-16. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 16. An Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued by it under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by such Authority, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements, extensions or enlargements of the project in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued. Such refunding bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenues of the project (including any such improvements, extensions or enlargements thereto) to which the bonds being refunded relate. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as the same may be applicable.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-17. Payment of Bonds

Sec. 17. Payment of Bonds. Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized herein, unless such bonds are refunded by refunding bonds, issued under the provisions of this chapter, which refunding bonds shall be payable solely from funds pledged for their payment as authorized herein. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not an obligation of the State of Indiana, or of any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues pledged for their payment. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to authorize any Authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 4. Hospital Bonding Authorities › 5-1-4-18. Rents and Charges

Sec. 18. Rents and Charges. Each Authority shall fix, revise, charge and collect rents for the use of each project and contract with any participating hospital, in respect thereof. Each lease entered into by an Authority with a participating hospital shall provide that the rents payable by the participating hospital shall be sufficient at all times (a) to pay its share of the administrative costs and expenses of such Authority, (b) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the project and each and every portion thereof, (c) to pay the principal of, the premium, if any, and the interest on outstanding bonds of the Authority issued in respect of such project as the same shall become due and payable, and (d) to create and maintain reserves which may but need not be required or provided for in the bond resolution or trust agreement relating to such bonds of the Authority.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1.