2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 13. Investment of Public Funds › Chapter 6. Deposit of Public Funds › 5-13-6-1. Procedure for Deposit of Public Funds

Sec. 1. (a) All public funds paid into the treasury of the state or the treasuries of the respective political subdivisions shall be deposited not later than the business day following the receipt of funds on business days of the depository in one (1) or more depositories in the name of the state or political subdivision by the officer having control of the funds.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (d), (f), and (g), all public funds collected by state officers, other than the treasurer of state, shall be deposited with the treasurer of state, or an approved depository selected by the treasurer of state not later than the business day following the receipt of the funds. The treasurer of state shall deposit daily on business days of the depository all public funds deposited with the treasurer of state. Deposits do not relieve any state officer from the duty of maintaining a cashbook under IC 5-13-5-1.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (g), all local officers, except township trustees, who collect public funds of their respective political subdivisions, shall deposit funds not later than the business day following the receipt of funds on business days of the depository in the depository or depositories selected by the several local boards of finance that have jurisdiction of the funds. The public funds collected by township trustees shall be deposited in the designated depository on or before the first and fifteenth day of each month. Public funds deposited under this subsection shall be deposited in the same form in which they were received.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (g), a city (other than a consolidated city) or a town shall deposit funds not later than the next business day following the receipt of the funds in depositories:
(1) selected by the city or town as provided in an ordinance adopted by the city or the town; and
(2) approved as depositories of state funds.
(e) All local investment officers shall reconcile at least monthly the balance of public funds, as disclosed by the records of the local officers, with the balance statements provided by the respective depositories.
(f) An office of:
(1) the department of natural resources; or
(2) the department of state revenue;
that is detached from the main office of the department is not required to deposit funds on the business day following receipt if the funds on hand do not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). However, the office must deposit the funds on hand not later than the business day following the day that the funds exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
(g) The following are not required to deposit funds on the business day following receipt if the funds on hand do not exceed five hundred dollars ($500):
(1) An office of the legislative branch of state government.
(2) A local officer of a political subdivision required to deposit funds under subsection (c) other than a township trustee.
(3) A city or a town required to deposit funds under subsection (d).
However, the funds on hand must be deposited not later than the business day following the day that the funds exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
As added by P.L.19-1987, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.45-1990, SEC.1; P.L.45-1991, SEC.1; P.L.18-1994, SEC.3; P.L.18-1996, SEC.6; P.L.10-1997, SEC.7; P.L.35-1999, SEC.4; P.L.234-2007, SEC.295; P.L.151-2012, SEC.4; P.L.139-2015, SEC.1.