2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 11. Accounting for Public Funds › Chapter 5.5. False Claims and Whistleblower Protection › 5-11-5.5-15. Civil Investigative Demands; Possession of Responses and Transcripts; Examination of Responses

Sec. 15. (a) The official who issued the civil investigative demand is the custodian of the documentary material, answers to interrogatories, and transcripts of oral testimony received under this chapter.
(b) An investigator who receives documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony under this section shall transmit them to the official who issued the civil investigative demand. The official shall take physical possession of the material, answers, or transcripts and is responsible for the use made of them and for the return of documentary material.
(c) The official who issued the civil investigative demand may make copies of documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony as required for official use by the attorney general, the inspector general, or the state police. The material, answers, or transcripts may be used in connection with the taking of oral testimony under this chapter.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony, while in the possession of the official who issued the civil investigative demand, may not be made available for examination to any person other than:
(1) the attorney general or designated personnel of the attorney general's office;
(2) the inspector general or designated personnel of the inspector general's office; or
(3) an officer of the state police who has been authorized by the official who issued the civil investigative demand.
(e) The restricted availability of documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony does not apply:
(1) if the person who provided:
(A) the documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or oral testimony; or
(B) a product of discovery that includes documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or oral testimony;
consents to disclosure;
(2) to the general assembly or a committee or subcommittee of the general assembly; or
(3) to a state agency that requires the information to carry out its statutory responsibility.
Documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony requested by a state agency may be disclosed only under a court order finding that the state agency has a substantial need for the use of the information in carrying out its statutory responsibility.
(f) While in the possession of the official who issued the civil investigative demand, documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony shall be made available to the person, or to the representative of the person who produced the material, answered the interrogatories, or gave oral testimony. The official who issued the civil investigative demand may impose reasonable conditions upon the examination or use of the documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony.
(g) The official who issued the civil investigative demand and any attorney employed in the same office as the official who issued the civil investigative demand may use the documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony in connection with a proceeding before a grand jury, a court, or an agency. Upon the completion of the proceeding, the attorney shall return to the official who issued the civil investigative demand any documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony that are not under the control of the grand jury, court, or agency.
(h) Upon written request of a person who produced documentary material in response to a civil investigative demand, the official who issued the civil investigative demand shall return any documentary material in the official's possession to the person who produced documentary material, if:
(1) a proceeding before a grand jury, a court, or an agency involving the documentary material has been completed; or
(2) a proceeding before a grand jury, a court, or an agency involving the documentary material has not been commenced within a reasonable time after the completion of the investigation.
The official who issued the civil investigative demand is not required to return documentary material that is in the custody of a grand jury, a court, or an agency.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.99.