First Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2005)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1137
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 2-5-1.1-12.1; (05)HE1137.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 2-5-1.1-12.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 12.1. The legislative
council may contract with the intelenet commission established by
IC 5-21-2-1 office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 or
another public or private person to provide video or audio coverage, or
both, over the Internet or another broadcast medium of any of the
following:
(1) Sessions of the general assembly.
(2) Other legislative activities authorized by the legislative
council.
SOURCE: IC 4-4-29-6; (05)HE1137.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 4-4-29-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 6. The council shall do the
following:
(1) Assist in developing goals and objectives for the tourism
division of the department, including the following:
(A) Development of Indiana's agricultural and horticultural
base.
(B) Job creation and retention in rural Indiana.
(C) Development of agritourism opportunities to provide
additional income for Indiana's agricultural and horticultural
workers.
(D) Product development, including the creation of outlets for
the sale of crafts, foods, and other items produced in Indiana.
(E) Preservation and development of historic rural resources
in Indiana.
(F) Local, national, and international direct marketing to
increase revenue and enhance the viability of agricultural,
horticultural, and agribusiness operations in Indiana.
(G) Public education about the impact of agriculture and
horticulture on a community's quality of life.
(H) Capital and business assistance for agricultural,
horticultural, and agribusiness workers to increase the
viability, sustainability, and growth of agritourism businesses
and services in Indiana.
(2) Establish advisory groups to make recommendations to the
department on tourism research, development, and marketing.
(3) Analyze the results and effectiveness of grants made by the
department.
(4) Build commitment and unity among tourism industry groups.
(5) Create a forum for sharing talent, resources, and ideas
regarding tourism.
(6) Encourage public and private participation necessary for the
promotion of tourism.
(7) Promote agritourism in Indiana to national and international
visitors.
(8) Sustain the viability and growth of the agritourism industry in
Indiana.
(9) Establish and promote an Internet web site that is linked to the
computer gateway administered by the intelenet commission
under IC 5-21-2 and known as accessIndiana. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(10) Create regional agritourism development plans for the twelve
(12) regional offices of the department.
(11) Coordinate efforts to educate the public about agritourism
and Indiana's agricultural heritage and history.
(12) Provide information concerning funding opportunities,
including grants, loans, and partnerships, to persons who are
interested in starting an agritourism business or who operate an
agritourism business.
(13) Make recommendations to the department and the general
assembly regarding any matter involving agritourism.
Recommendations to the general assembly under this subdivision
must be reported in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(14) Generate economic vitality and tourism activity for Indiana.
(15) Position Indiana as the recognized agritourism center of the
nation.
(16) Make recommendations to the department regarding any
matter involving tourism.
SOURCE: IC 4-5-10-1; (05)HE1137.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 4-5-10-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1. The intelenet commission
established under IC 5-21-2 or the state enhanced data access review
committee under IC 5-21-6 office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1 and the secretary of state shall establish policies and
procedures for providing electronic and enhanced access under this
chapter to create and maintain uniform policies and procedures for
electronic and enhanced access by the public.
SOURCE: IC 4-5-10-3; (05)HE1137.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 4-5-10-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3. Electronic and enhanced access
to information shall be provided through the computer gateway
administered by the intelenet commission under IC 5-21-2. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 4-13-1-4; (05)HE1137.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 4-13-1-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 4. The department shall, subject to
this chapter, do the following:
(1) Execute and administer all appropriations as provided by law,
and execute and administer all provisions of law that impose
duties and functions upon the executive department of
government, including executive investigation of state agencies
supported by appropriations and the assembly of all required data
and information for the use of the executive department and the
legislative department.
(2) Supervise and regulate the making of contracts by state
agencies.
(3) Perform the property management functions required by
IC 4-20.5-6.
(4) Assign office space and storage space for state agencies in the
manner provided by IC 4-20.5-5.
(5) Maintain and operate the following for state agencies:
(A) Central duplicating.
(B) Printing.
(C) Machine tabulating.
(D) Mailing services.
(E) Centrally available supplemental personnel and other
essential supporting services.
(F) Information services.
(G) Telecommunication services.
The department may require state agencies to use these general
services in the interests of economy and efficiency. The general
services rotary fund
the telephone rotary fund, and the data
processing rotary fund are is established through which
these
services may be rendered to state agencies. The budget agency
shall determine the amount for
each the general services rotary
fund.
(6) Control and supervise the acquisition, operation, maintenance,
and replacement of state owned vehicles by all state agencies. The
department may establish and operate, in the interest of economy
and efficiency, a motor vehicle pool, and may finance the pool by
a rotary fund. The budget agency shall determine the amount to
be deposited in the rotary fund.
(7) Promulgate and enforce rules relative to the travel of officers
and employees of all state agencies when engaged in the
performance of state business. These rules may allow
reimbursement for travel expenses by any of the following
methods:
(A) Per diem.
(B) For expenses necessarily and actually incurred.
(C) Any combination of the methods in clauses (A) and (B).
The rules must require the approval of the travel by the
commissioner and the head of the officer's or employee's
department prior to payment.
(8) Administer IC 4-13.6.
(9) Prescribe the amount and form of certified checks, deposits,
or bonds to be submitted in connection with bids and contracts
when not otherwise provided for by law.
(10) Rent out, with the approval of the governor, any state
property, real or personal:
(A) not needed for public use; or
(B) for the purpose of providing services to the state or
employees of the state;
the rental of which is not otherwise provided for or prohibited by
law. Property may not be rented out under this subdivision for a
term exceeding ten (10) years at a time. However, if property is
rented out for a term of more than four (4) years, the
commissioner must make a written determination stating the
reasons that it is in the best interests of the state to rent property
for the longer term. This subdivision does not include the power
to grant or issue permits or leases to explore for or take coal, sand,
gravel, stone, gas, oil, or other minerals or substances from or
under the bed of any of the navigable waters of the state or other
lands owned by the state.
(11) Have charge of all central storerooms, supply rooms, and
warehouses established and operated by the state and serving
more than one (1) agency.
(12) Enter into contracts and issue orders for printing as provided
by IC 4-13-4.1.
(13) Sell or dispose of surplus property under IC 5-22-22, or if
advantageous, to exchange or trade in the surplus property toward
the purchase of other supplies, materials, or equipment, and to
make proper adjustments in the accounts and inventory pertaining
to the state agencies concerned.
(14) With respect to power, heating, and lighting plants owned,
operated, or maintained by any state agency:
(A) inspect;
(B) regulate their operation; and
(C) recommend improvements to those plants to promote
economical and efficient operation.
(15) Administer, determine salaries, and determine other
personnel matters of the department of correction ombudsman
bureau established by IC 4-13-1.2-3.
SOURCE: IC 4-13-17-2; (05)HE1137.1.6. -->
SECTION 6. IC 4-13-17-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 2. As used in this
chapter, "Internet purchasing site" means an open and interactive
electronic environment that is:
(1) designed to facilitate the purchase and sale of supplies
conducted under IC 5-22;
(2) approved and managed by the department; and
(3) linked to the electronic computer gateway administered by
the intelenet commission established by IC 5-21-2-1. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 4-13-17-7; (05)HE1137.1.7. -->
SECTION 7. IC 4-13-17-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 7. The department shall
provide authorized users and the public with access to Internet
purchasing sites by links to the electronic computer gateway
administered by the intelenet commission. office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 4-13-17-8; (05)HE1137.1.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 4-13-17-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 8. The following shall
cooperate with the department to implement this chapter:
(1) The intelenet commission. office of technology established
by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(2) The state board of accounts.
(3) The attorney general.
(4) The auditor of state.
SOURCE: IC 4-13.1; (05)HE1137.1.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 4-13.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW ARTICLE TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2005]:
ARTICLE 13.1. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 1. Definitions
Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this
article.
Sec. 2. "Information technology" includes the resources,
technologies, and services associated with the fields of:
(1) information processing;
(2) office automation;
(3) telecommunication facilities and networks;
(4) data input and storage; and
(5) information system applications.
Sec. 3. "Office" means the office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1.
Sec. 4. (a) "State agency" means an authority, a board, a
branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or
another instrumentality of the executive, including the
administrative, department of state government.
(b) The term does not include:
(1) the judicial or legislative departments of state
government;
(2) a state educational institution (as defined in
IC 20-12-0.5-1); or
(3) the Indiana higher education telecommunications system
(IC 20-12-12).
Sec. 5. "Telecommunication" means the transmission of any
document, picture, datum, sound, or other symbol by television,
radio, microwave, optical, or other electromagnetic signal.
Chapter 2. Office of Technology
Sec. 1. The office of technology is established for the following
purposes:
(1) Establish the standards for the technology infrastructure
of the state.
(2) Focus state information technology services to improve
service levels to citizens and lower the costs of providing
information technology services.
(3) Bring the best and most appropriate technology solutions
to bear on state technology applications.
(4) Improve and expand government services provided
electronically.
(5) Provide for the technology and procedures for the state to
do business with the greatest security possible.
Sec. 2. (a) The office shall do the following:
(1) Develop and maintain overall strategy and architecture for
the use of information technology in state government.
(2) Review state agency budget requests and proposed
contracts relating to information technology at the request of
the budget agency.
(3) Coordinate state information technology master planning.
(4) Maintain an inventory of significant information
technology resources and expenditures.
(5) Manage a computer gateway to carry out or facilitate
public, educational, and governmental functions.
(6) Provide technical staff support services for state agencies.
(7) Provide services that may be requested by the following:
(A) The judicial department of state government.
(B) The legislative department of state government.
(C) A state educational institution (as defined in
IC 20-12-0.5-1).
(D) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
(E) A body corporate and politic created by statute.
(F) An entity created by the state.
(8) Monitor trends and advances in information technology.
(9) Review projects, architecture, security, staffing, and
expenditures.
(10) Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and
guidelines for the effective and secure use of information
technology in state government.
(11) Advise the state personnel department on guidelines for
information technology staff for state agencies.
(12) Conduct periodic management reviews of information
technology activities within state agencies upon request.
(13) Seek funding for technology services from the following:
(A) Grants.
(B) Federal sources.
(C) Gifts, donations, and bequests.
(D) Partnerships with other governmental entities or the
private sector.
(E) Appropriations.
(F) Any other source of funds.
(14) Perform other information technology related functions
and duties as directed by the governor.
(b) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that are
necessary or appropriate in carrying out its powers and duties.
Sec. 3. (a) The governor shall appoint a chief information officer
of the office, who serves at the pleasure of the governor.
(b) The chief information officer:
(1) is the executive head of the office;
(2) is responsible for strategic planning and the architecture
for information technology functions of state government;
and
(3) shall provide leadership for information technology issues
facing state agencies.
Sec. 4. The chief information officer, in conjunction with:
(1) the state librarian or the state librarian's designee;
(2) the director of the state commission on public records or
the director's designee; and
(3) a representative from each of the two (2) state agencies
that generate the most revenue under this section;
shall establish reasonable fees for enhanced access to public
records and other electronic records, so that the revenues
generated are sufficient to develop, maintain, operate, and expand
services that make public records available electronically. A
meeting to establish or revise the fees described in this section is
subject to the requirements of IC 5-14-1.5.
Sec. 5. State agencies shall use information technology services
provided by the office when directed by the governor.
Sec. 6. (a) The office may request the director of information
technology services or another knowledgeable individual employed
by a state agency to advise and assist the office in carrying out the
functions of the office.
(b) State agencies may consult with the office concerning hiring
information technology directors and staff.
(c) At the request of the office, a state agency shall submit an
inventory of all significant information technology hardware,
software, personnel, and information technology contracts.
Sec. 7. The office may establish a rotary fund necessary to
perform the functions of the office.
Sec. 8. (a) If requested by a political subdivision, the office may
do the following:
(1) Subject to the approval of the budget agency, develop a
schedule of fees for agencies using services of the office.
(2) Assist a political subdivision in coordinating information
technology systems.
(3) Provide consulting and technical advisory services.
(4) Review information technology project plans and
expenditures.
(5) Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and guidelines
for the effective use of information technology in interactions
between political subdivisions and state agencies.
(b) The office may request a director of information technology
services or other knowledgeable individuals employed by a political
subdivision to advise and assist the office in exercising the powers
granted in this section.
(c) The office may conduct studies and reviews that the office
considers necessary to promote the use of high quality, cost
effective information technology within local government.
Chapter 3. Accessibility Standards
Sec. 1. (a) The office shall appoint a group to develop standards
that are compatible with principles and goals contained in the
electronic and information technology accessibility standards
adopted by the architectural and transportation barriers
compliance board under Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended. The office shall adopt
rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the standards developed under
this section. Those standards must conform with the requirements
of Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
794d), as amended.
(b) The group shall consist of at least the following:
(1) A representative of an organization with experience in and
knowledge of assistive technology policy.
(2) An individual with a disability.
(3) Representatives of the judicial and legislative branches of
state government.
(4) Representatives of the administrative branch of state
government.
(5) At least three (3) representatives of local units of
government.
(c) If an entity subject to the requirements of this section cannot
readily comply with the information technology accessibility
standards without undue burden, the entity shall submit a plan to
the office with a proposed time for later compliance with the
standards. A plan submitted under this subsection must provide
alternative means for accessibility during the period of
noncompliance.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the standards developed
under subsection (a) apply to the executive, legislative, judicial, and
administrative branches of state and local government.
SOURCE: IC 4-13.6-5-8; (05)HE1137.1.10. -->
SECTION 10. IC 4-13.6-5-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 8. (a) This section
applies only to public works contracts bid under section 2 of this
chapter.
(b) The division shall solicit sealed bids by public notice inserted
once each week for two (2) successive weeks before the final date of
submitting bids in:
(1) one (1) newspaper of general circulation in Marion County,
Indiana; and
(2) if any part of the project is located in an area outside Marion
County, Indiana, one (1) newspaper of general circulation in that
area.
The commissioner shall designate the newspapers for these
publications. The commissioner may designate different newspapers
according to the nature of the project and may direct that additional
notices be published.
(c) The division shall also solicit sealed bids for public works
projects by:
(1) sending notices by mail to prospective contractors known to
the division;
(2) posting notices on a public bulletin board in its office; and
(3) providing electronic access to notices through the computer
gateway administered by the intelenet commission under
IC 5-21-2; office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1;
at least seven (7) days before the final date for submitting bids for the
public works project.
SOURCE: IC 4-34-3-4; (05)HE1137.1.11. -->
SECTION 11. IC 4-34-3-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 4. Money in the fund
shall be allocated annually to the intelenet commission (IC 5-21-2-1)
office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 to make matching
grants to school corporations or to make payments directly to vendors
for Internet connections and related equipment for a school
corporation. The intelenet commission office of technology shall
develop a plan to implement grants under this section. The budget
committee shall review the plan. The budget agency must approve of
the plan.
SOURCE: IC 5-2-6-3.5; (05)HE1137.1.12. -->
SECTION 12. IC 5-2-6-3.5, AS AMENDED BY SEA 230-2005,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3.5. (a) The sex and violent offender directory
established under section 3 of this chapter must include the names of
each offender who is or has been required to register under IC 5-2-12.
(b) The institute shall do the following:
(1) Update the directory at least one (1) time every six (6) months.
(2) Publish the directory on the Internet through the computer
gateway administered by the intelenet commission under
IC 5-21-2 and known as Access Indiana. office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(3) Make the directory available on a computer disk and, at least
one (1) time every six (6) months, send a copy of the computer
disk to the following:
(A) All school corporations (as defined in IC 20-18-2-16).
(B) All nonpublic schools (as defined in IC 20-18-2-12).
(C) All state agencies that license individuals who work with
children.
(D) The state personnel department to screen individuals who
may be hired to work with children.
(E) All child care facilities licensed by or registered in the
state.
(F) A neighborhood association that:
(i) registers with the institute;
(ii) includes a description of the geographic boundaries of
the neighborhood association with its registration;
(iii) requests a copy of the directory; and
(iv) submits the name and address of a neighborhood
association contact person to the institute at least one (1)
time each year.
(G) Other entities that:
(i) provide services to children; and
(ii) request the directory.
(4) Maintain a hyperlink on the institute's computer web site that
permits users to connect to the Indiana sheriffs' sex offender
registry web site established under IC 36-2-13-5.5.
(5) Make a paper copy of the directory available upon request.
(c) A copy of the directory:
(1) provided to a child care facility under subsection (b)(3)(E);
(2) provided to another entity that provides services to children
under subsection (b)(3)(F); or
(3) that is published on the Internet under subsection (b)(2);
must include the home address of an offender whose name appears in
the directory.
(d) When the institute publishes on the Internet or distributes a copy
of the directory under subsection (b), the institute shall include a notice
using the following or similar language:
"Based on information submitted to the criminal justice institute,
a person whose name appears in this directory has been convicted
of a sex offense or a violent offense or has been adjudicated a
delinquent child for an act that would be a sex offense or violent
offense if committed by an adult.".
SOURCE: IC 5-3-1-6; (05)HE1137.1.13. -->
SECTION 13. IC 5-3-1-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 6. (a) In all cases where notices are
required by law to be published in the public newspaper by or under
the supervision of any state officer, board, commission, or institution
of the state of Indiana, said notices are hereby required to be published
in each of two (2) daily newspapers published in the city of
Indianapolis and in such other cities as is required by law, said notices
to be in all cases published in two (2) newspapers in each city where
they are required to be published. In all cases where the officer, board,
commission, or institution making said publication is located outside
of the city of Indianapolis, said notices shall also be published in
newspapers published within the county where said officer, board,
commission, or institution maintains its office. The rate charged for all
such notices and advertising shall be the same as is set out in section
1 of this chapter.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a state officer,
board, commission, or institution of the state of Indiana that is required
by law to publish a notice of a public meeting shall also provide
electronic access to the notice through the computer gateway
administered by the intelenet commission under IC 5-21-2. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 5-14-1.5-5; (05)HE1137.1.14. -->
SECTION 14. IC 5-14-1.5-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 5. (a) Public notice of
the date, time, and place of any meetings, executive sessions, or of any
rescheduled or reconvened meeting, shall be given at least forty-eight
(48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) before
the meeting. This requirement does not apply to reconvened meetings
(not including executive sessions) where announcement of the date,
time, and place of the reconvened meeting is made at the original
meeting and recorded in the memoranda and minutes thereof, and there
is no change in the agenda.
(b) Public notice shall be given by the governing body of a public
agency by:
(1) posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the
public agency holding the meeting or, if no such office exists, at
the building where the meeting is to be held; and
(2) delivering notice to all news media which deliver by January
1 an annual written request for such notices for the next
succeeding calendar year to the governing body of the public
agency. The governing body shall give notice by one (1) of the
following methods:
(A) Depositing the notice in the United States mail with
postage prepaid.
(B) Transmitting the notice by electronic mail.
(C) Transmitting the notice by facsimile (fax).
If a governing body comes into existence after January 1, it shall
comply with this subdivision upon receipt of a written request for
notice.
In addition, a state agency (as defined in IC 4-13-1-1) shall provide
electronic access to the notice through the computer gateway
administered by the
intelenet commission under IC 5-21-2. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(c) Notice of regular meetings need be given only once each year,
except that an additional notice shall be given where the date, time, or
place of a regular meeting or meetings is changed. This subsection does
not apply to executive sessions.
(d) If a meeting is called to deal with an emergency involving actual
or threatened injury to person or property, or actual or threatened
disruption of the governmental activity under the jurisdiction of the
public agency by any event, then the time requirements of notice under
this section shall not apply, but:
(1) news media which have requested notice of meetings must be
given the same notice as is given to the members of the governing
body; and
(2) the public must be notified by posting a copy of the notice
according to this section.
(e) This section shall not apply where notice by publication is
required by statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation.
(f) This section shall not apply to:
(1) the department of local government finance, the Indiana board
of tax review, or any other governing body which meets in
continuous session, except that this section applies to meetings of
these governing bodies which are required by or held pursuant to
statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation; or
(2) the executive of a county or the legislative body of a town if
the meetings are held solely to receive information or
recommendations in order to carry out administrative functions,
to carry out administrative functions, or confer with staff
members on matters relating to the internal management of the
unit. "Administrative functions" do not include the awarding of
contracts, the entering into contracts, or any other action creating
an obligation or otherwise binding a county or town.
(g) This section does not apply to the general assembly.
(h) Notice has not been given in accordance with this section if a
governing body of a public agency convenes a meeting at a time so
unreasonably departing from the time stated in its public notice that the
public is misled or substantially deprived of the opportunity to attend,
observe, and record the meeting.
SOURCE: IC 5-14-3-3.5; (05)HE1137.1.15. -->
SECTION 15. IC 5-14-3-3.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this
section, "state agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1-1. The
term does not include the office of the following elected state officials:
(1) Secretary of state.
(2) Auditor.
(3) Treasurer.
(4) Attorney general.
(5) Superintendent of public instruction.
However, each state office described in subdivisions (1) through (5)
and the judicial department of state government may use the computer
gateway administered by the intelenet commission established under
IC 5-21-2, office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, subject
to the requirements of this section.
(b) As an additional means of inspecting and copying public
records, a state agency may provide enhanced access to public records
maintained by the state agency.
(c) If the state agency has entered into a contract with a third party
under which the state agency provides enhanced access to the person
through the third party's computer gateway or otherwise, all of the
following apply to the contract:
(1) The contract between the state agency and the third party must
provide for the protection of public records in accordance with
subsection (d).
(2) The contract between the state agency and the third party may
provide for the payment of a reasonable fee to the state agency by
either:
(A) the third party; or
(B) the person.
(d) A contract required by this section must provide that the person
and the third party will not engage in the following:
(1) Unauthorized enhanced access to public records.
(2) Unauthorized alteration of public records.
(3) Disclosure of confidential public records.
(e) A state agency shall provide enhanced access to public records
only through the computer gateway administered by the intelenet
commission established under IC 5-21-2, except as permitted by the
data process oversight commission established under IC 4-23-16-1.
office of technology.
SOURCE: IC 5-14-3-3.6; (05)HE1137.1.16. -->
SECTION 16. IC 5-14-3-3.6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3.6. (a) As used in this
section "public agency" does not include a state agency (as defined in
section 3.5(a) of this chapter).
(b) As an additional means of inspecting and copying public
records, a public agency may provide enhanced access to public
records maintained by the public agency.
(c) A public agency may provide a person with enhanced access to
public records if any of the following apply:
(1) The public agency provides enhanced access to the person
through its own computer gateway and provides for the protection
of public records under subsection (d).
(2) The public agency has entered into a contract with a third
party under which the public agency provides enhanced access to
the person through the third party's computer gateway or
otherwise, and the contract between the public agency and the
third party provides for the protection of public records in
accordance with subsection (d).
(d) A contract entered into under this section and any other
provision of enhanced access must provide that the third party and the
person will not engage in the following:
(1) Unauthorized enhanced access to public records.
(2) Unauthorized alteration of public records.
(3) Disclosure of confidential public records.
(e) A contract entered into under this section or any provision of
enhanced access may require the payment of a reasonable fee to either
the third party to a contract or to the public agency, or both, from the
person.
(f) A public agency may provide enhanced access to public records
through the computer gateway administered by the intelenet
commission established under IC 5-21-2. office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 5-15-5.1-5; (05)HE1137.1.17. -->
SECTION 17. IC 5-15-5.1-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 5. (a) Subject to
approval by the oversight committee on public records created by
section 18 of this chapter, the commission shall do the following:
(1) Establish a forms management program for state government
and approve the design, typography, format, logo, data sequence,
form analysis, form number, and agency file specifications of
each form.
(2) Establish a central state form numbering system and a central
cross index filing system of all state forms, and standardize,
consolidate, and eliminate, wherever possible, forms used by state
government.
(3) Approve, provide, and in the manner prescribed by IC 5-22,
purchase photo-ready copy for all forms.
(4) Establish a statewide records management program,
prescribing the standards and procedures for record making and
record keeping. However, the investigative and criminal history
records of the state police department are exempted from this
requirement.
(5) Coordinate utilization of all micrographics equipment in state
government.
(6) Assist the Indiana department of administration in
coordinating utilization of all duplicating and printing equipment
in the executive and administrative branches.
(7) Advise the Indiana department of administration with respect
to the purchase of all records storage equipment.
(8) Establish and operate a distribution center for the receipt,
storage, and distribution of all material printed for an agency.
(9) Establish and operate a statewide archival program to be
called the Indiana state archives for the permanent government
records of the state, provide consultant services for archival
programs, conduct surveys, and provide training for records
coordinators.
(10) Establish and operate a statewide record preservation
laboratory.
(11) Prepare, develop, and implement record retention schedules.
(12) Establish and operate a central records center to be called the
Indiana state records center, which shall accept all records
transferred to it, provide secure storage and reference service for
the same, and submit written notice to the applicable agency of
intended destruction of records in accordance with approved
retention schedules.
(13) Demand, from any person or organization or body who has
illegal possession of original state or local government records,
those records, which shall be delivered to the commission.
(14) Have the authority to examine all forms and records housed
or possessed by state agencies for the purpose of fulfilling the
provisions of this chapter.
(15) In coordination with the data processing oversight
commission created under IC 4-23-16, office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, establish standards to ensure the
preservation of adequate and permanent computerized and
auxiliary automated information records of the agencies of state
government.
(16) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-3-8, establish a schedule of fees for
services provided to patrons of the Indiana state archives. A
copying fee established under this subdivision may exceed the
copying fee set forth in IC 5-14-3-8(c).
(b) In implementing a forms management program, the commission
shall follow procedures and forms prescribed by the federal
government.
(c) Fees collected under subsection (a)(16) shall be deposited in the
state archives preservation and reproduction account established by
section 5.3 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 5-15-5.1-18; (05)HE1137.1.18. -->
SECTION 18. IC 5-15-5.1-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 18. (a) The oversight
committee on public records consists ex officio of:
(1) the governor or
his the governor's designee;
(2) the secretary of state or
his the secretary's designee;
(3) the state examiner of the state board of accounts or
his the
state examiner's designee;
(4) the director of the state library;
(5) the director of the historical bureau;
(6) the director of the commission on public records;
(7) the commissioner of the department of administration or
his
the commissioner's designee;
(8) the public access counselor; and
(9) the
executive director of the data processing oversight
commission chief information officer of the office of
technology appointed under IC 4-13.1-2-3 or the
executive
director's chief information officer's designee.
(b) The oversight committee also consists of two (2) lay members
appointed by the governor for a term of four (4) years. One (1) lay
member shall be a professional journalist or be a member of an
association related to journalism.
(c) The oversight committee shall elect one (1) of its members to be
chairman. The director of the commission on public records shall be
the secretary of the committee. The ex officio members of the oversight
committee shall serve without compensation and shall receive no
reimbursement for any expense which they may incur. Each lay
member is entitled to reimbursement for traveling and other expenses
as provided in the state travel policies and procedures, established by
the department of administration and approved by the state budget
agency and each lay member is entitled to the minimum salary per
diem as provided in IC 4-10-11-2.1(b).
SOURCE: IC 5-21-2-8; (05)HE1137.1.19. -->
SECTION 19. IC 5-21-2-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 8. (a) The governor
shall appoint an executive director of the commission to serve at the
pleasure of the governor.
(b) The commission governor shall set the executive director's
compensation with the approval of the state budget agency.
SOURCE: IC 5-21-2-9; (05)HE1137.1.20. -->
SECTION 20. IC 5-21-2-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 9. The executive
director and the commission's other staff shall: carry out this article in
conformity with the policies and directives of the commission.
(1) work with the office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1 to ensure that there is no disruption in any
service provided by the commission as of July 1, 2005;
(2) only carry on business conducted by the commission as of
July 1, 2005, including the following:
(A) Collect the commission's assets.
(B) Dispose of the commission's properties.
(C) Discharge or make provision for discharge of the
commission's liabilities.
(D) Take any other action necessary to wind up and
liquidate the commission's affairs in accordance with law;
(3) report to the governor when the commission is wound up;
and
(4) return any remaining funds to the state general fund.
SOURCE: IC 5-22-2-13.2; (05)HE1137.1.21. -->
SECTION 21. IC 5-22-2-13.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 13.2. "Office of technology"
refers to the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 5-22-7-5; (05)HE1137.1.22. -->
SECTION 22. IC 5-22-7-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 5. (a) The purchasing
agency shall give notice of the invitation for bids in the manner
required by IC 5-3-1.
(b) The purchasing agency for a state agency shall also provide
electronic access to the notice through the electronic computer
gateway administered by the intelenet commission. office of
technology.
(c) The purchasing agency for a political subdivision may also
provide electronic access to the notice through:
(1) the electronic computer gateway administered by the
intelenet commission as determined by the commission; office of
technology; or
(2) any other electronic means available to the political
subdivision.
SOURCE: IC 5-22-9-3; (05)HE1137.1.23. -->
SECTION 23. IC 5-22-9-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3. (a) The purchasing
agency shall give public notice of the request for proposals in the
manner required by IC 5-3-1.
(b) The purchasing agency for a state agency shall also provide
electronic access to the notice through the electronic computer
gateway administered by the intelenet commission. office of
technology.
(c) The purchasing agency for a political subdivision may also
provide electronic access to the notice through the electronic gateway
administered by the intelenet commission as determined by the
commission. office of technology.
SOURCE: IC 5-27-1-1; (05)HE1137.1.24. -->
SECTION 24. IC 5-27-1-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1. This article applies
to a governmental body that conducts a transaction through the
computer gateway administered by the intelenet commission. office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 5-27-3-1; (05)HE1137.1.25. -->
SECTION 25. IC 5-27-3-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1. A governmental
body may accept electronic payment for a service, a tax, a license, a
permit, a fee, information, or any other amount due the governmental
body for a transaction conducted through the computer gateway
administered by the intelenet commission. office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
SOURCE: IC 5-27-3-2; (05)HE1137.1.26. -->
SECTION 26. IC 5-27-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 2. (a) A governmental
body may enter into a contract with a provider company to enable the
governmental body to accept an electronic payment.
(b) A governmental body must use the provider company provided
or specified by the
network manager established by the intelenet
commission under IC 5-21-2-2(c) office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1 to accept an electronic payment submitted to the
governmental body as payment for a fee based service, license, or
permit or for fee based information obtained through electronic access.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-4-25; (05)HE1137.1.27. -->
SECTION 27. IC 6-1.1-4-25 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 25. (a) Each township
assessor shall keep the assessor's reassessment data and records current
by securing the necessary field data and by making changes in the
assessed value of real property as changes occur in the use of the real
property. The township assessor's records shall at all times show the
assessed value of real property in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter. The township assessor shall ensure that the county assessor
has full access to the assessment records maintained by the township
assessor.
(b) The township assessor in a county having a consolidated city, or
the county assessor in every other county, shall:
(1) maintain an electronic data file of:
(A) the parcel characteristics and parcel assessments of all
parcels; and
(B) the personal property return characteristics and
assessments by return;
for each township in the county as of each assessment date;
(2) maintain the electronic file in the a form that formats the
information in the file with the standard data, field, and
record coding required and approved by:
(A) the legislative services agency; and
(B) the department of local government finance; and
(3) transmit the data in the file with respect to the assessment date
of each year before October 1 of the year to:
(A) the legislative services agency; and
(B) the department of local government finance;
in a manner that meets the data export and transmission
requirements in a standard format, as prescribed by the office
of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved by
the legislative services agency; and
(4) resubmit the data in the form and manner required under
this subsection, upon request of the legislative services agency
or the department of local government finance, if data
previously submitted under this subsection does not comply
with the requirements of this subsection, as determined by the
legislative services agency or the department of local
government finance.
An electronic data file maintained for a particular assessment date
may not be overwritten with data for a subsequent assessment date
until a copy of an electronic data file that preserves the data for the
particular assessment date is archived in the manner prescribed by
the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved
by the legislative services agency.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5; (05)HE1137.1.28. -->
SECTION 28. IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5, AS AMENDED BY
SEA 308-2005, SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3.5. (a) Each county
shall maintain a state certified computer system that has the capacity
to:
(1) process and maintain assessment records;
(2) process and maintain standardized property tax forms;
(3) process and maintain standardized property assessment
notices;
(4) maintain complete and accurate assessment records for the
county; and
(5) process and compute complete and accurate assessments in
accordance with Indiana law.
The county assessor with the recommendation of the township
assessors shall select the computer system used by township assessors
and the county assessor in the county except in a county with an elected
township assessor in every township. In a county with an elected
township assessor in every township, the elected township assessors
shall select a computer system based on a majority vote of the township
assessors in the county.
(b) All information on the computer system shall be readily
accessible to:
(1) township assessors;
(2) the county assessor;
(3) the department of local government finance; and
(4) members of the county property tax assessment board of
appeals.
(c) The certified system used by the counties must be compatible
with the data export and transmission requirements in a standard
format prescribed by the
department of local government finance.
office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved by
the legislative services agency. The certified system must be
maintained in a manner that ensures prompt and accurate transfer of
data to the department
of local government finance and the
legislative services agency.
(d) All standardized property forms and notices on the certified
computer system shall be maintained by the township assessor and the
county assessor in an accessible location and in a format that is easily
understandable for use by persons of the county.
SOURCE: IC 6-8.1-3-16; (05)HE1137.1.29. -->
SECTION 29. IC 6-8.1-3-16 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 16. (a) The department
shall prepare a list of all outstanding tax warrants for listed taxes each
month. The list shall identify each taxpayer liable for a warrant by
name, address, amount of tax, and either Social Security number or
employer identification number. Unless the department renews the
warrant, the department shall exclude from the list a warrant issued
more than ten (10) years before the date of the list. The department
shall certify a copy of the list to the bureau of motor vehicles.
(b) The department shall prescribe and furnish tax release forms for
use by tax collecting officials. A tax collecting official who collects
taxes in satisfaction of an outstanding warrant shall issue to the
taxpayers named on the warrant a tax release stating that the tax has
been paid. The department may also issue a tax release:
(1) to a taxpayer who has made arrangements satisfactory to the
department for the payment of the tax; or
(2) by action of the commissioner under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
(c) The department may not issue or renew:
(1) a certificate under IC 6-2.5-8;
(2) a license under IC 6-6-1.1 or IC 6-6-2.5; or
(3) a permit under IC 6-6-4.1;
to a taxpayer whose name appears on the most recent monthly warrant
list, unless that taxpayer pays the tax, makes arrangements satisfactory
to the department for the payment of the tax, or a release is issued
under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
(d) The bureau of motor vehicles shall, before issuing the title to a
motor vehicle under IC 9-17, determine whether the purchaser's or
assignee's name is on the most recent monthly warrant list. If the
purchaser's or assignee's name is on the list, the bureau shall enter as
a lien on the title the name of the state as the lienholder unless the
bureau has received notice from the commissioner under
IC 6-8.1-8-2(k). The tax lien on the title:
(1) is subordinate to a perfected security interest (as defined and
perfected in accordance with IC 26-1-9.1); and
(2) shall otherwise be treated in the same manner as other title
liens.
(e) The commissioner is the custodian of all titles for which the state
is the sole lienholder under this section. Upon receipt of the title by the
department, the commissioner shall notify the owner of the
department's receipt of the title.
(f) The department shall reimburse the bureau of motor vehicles for
all costs incurred in carrying out this section.
(g) Notwithstanding IC 6-8.1-8, a person who is authorized to
collect taxes, interest, or penalties on behalf of the department under
IC 6-3 or IC 6-3.5 may not, except as provided in subsection (h) or (i),
receive a fee for collecting the taxes, interest, or penalties if:
(1) the taxpayer pays the taxes, interest, or penalties as
consideration for the release of a lien placed under subsection (d)
on a motor vehicle title; or
(2) the taxpayer has been denied a certificate or license under
subsection (c) within sixty (60) days before the date the taxes,
interest, or penalties are collected.
(h) In the case of a sheriff, subsection (g) does not apply if:
(1) the sheriff collects the taxes, interest, or penalties within sixty
(60) days after the date the sheriff receives the tax warrant; or
(2) the sheriff collects the taxes, interest, or penalties through the
sale or redemption, in a court proceeding, of a motor vehicle that
has a lien placed on its title under subsection (d).
(i) In the case of a person other than a sheriff:
(1) subsection (g)(2) does not apply if the person collects the
taxes, interests, or penalties within sixty (60) days after the date
the commissioner employs the person to make the collection; and
(2) subsection (g)(1) does not apply if the person collects the
taxes, interest, or penalties through the sale or redemption, in a
court proceeding, of a motor vehicle that has a lien placed on its
title under subsection (d).
(j) IC 5-14-3-4, IC 6-8.1-7-1, and any other law exempting
information from disclosure by the department does not apply to this
subsection. From the list prepared under subsection (a), the department
shall compile each month a list of the taxpayers subject to tax warrants
that:
(1) were issued at least twenty-four (24) months before the date
of the list; and
(2) are for amounts that exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
The list compiled under this subsection must identify each taxpayer
liable for a warrant by name, address, and amount of tax. The
department shall publish the list compiled under this subsection on
accessIndiana (as defined in IC 5-21-1-1.5) operated under
IC 4-13.1-2) and make the list available for public inspection and
copying under IC 5-14-3. The department or an agent, employee, or
officer of the department is immune from liability for the publication
of information under this subsection.
(k) The department may not publish a list under subsection (j) that
identifies a particular taxpayer unless at least two (2) weeks before the
publication of the list the department sends notice to the taxpayer
stating that the taxpayer:
(1) is subject to a tax warrant that:
(A) was issued at least twenty-four (24) months before the date
of the notice; and
(B) is for an amount that exceeds one thousand dollars
($1,000); and
(2) will be identified on a list to be published on accessIndiana
unless a tax release is issued to the taxpayer under subsection (b).
(l) The department may not publish a list under subsection (j) after
June 30, 2006.
SOURCE: IC 10-13-3-36; (05)HE1137.1.30. -->
SECTION 30. IC 10-13-3-36, AS AMENDED BY HEA 1288-2005,
SECTION 118, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 36. (a) The department may not
charge a fee for responding to a request for the release of a limited
criminal history record if the request is made by a nonprofit
organization:
(1) that has been in existence for at least ten (10) years; and
(2) that:
(A) has a primary purpose of providing an individual
relationship for a child with an adult volunteer if the request
is made as part of a background investigation of a prospective
adult volunteer for the organization;
(B) is a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27-1;
(C) is a community mental retardation and other
developmental disabilities center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-39);
(D) is a supervised group living facility licensed under
IC 12-28-5;
(E) is an area agency on aging designated under IC 12-10-1;
(F) is a community action agency (as defined in
IC 12-14-23-2);
(G) is the owner or operator of a hospice program licensed
under IC 16-25-3; or
(H) is a community mental health center (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-38).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the department may not
charge a fee for responding to a request for the release of a limited
criminal history record made by the division of family and children or
a county office of family and children if the request is made as part of
a background investigation of an applicant for a license under
IC 12-17.2 or IC 12-17.4.
(c) The department may not charge a fee for responding to a request
for the release of a limited criminal history if the request is made by a
school corporation, special education cooperative, or nonpublic school
(as defined in IC 20-18-2-12) as part of a background investigation of
an employee or adult volunteer for the school corporation, special
education cooperative, or nonpublic school.
(d) As used in this subsection, "state agency" means an authority, a
board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division,
or another instrumentality of state government, including the executive
and judicial branches of state government, the principal secretary of the
senate, the principal clerk of the house of representatives, the executive
director of the legislative services agency, a state elected official's
office, or a body corporate and politic, but does not include a state
educational institution (as defined in IC 20-12-0.5-1). The department
may not charge a fee for responding to a request for the release of a
limited criminal history if the request is made:
(1) by a state agency; and
(2) through the computer gateway that is administered by the
intelenet commission under IC 5-21-2 and known as
accessIndiana. office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(e) The department may not charge a fee for responding to a request
for the release of a limited criminal history record made by the health
professions bureau established by IC 25-1-5-3 if the request is:
(1) made through the computer gateway that is administered by
the intelenet commission under IC 5-21-2 and known as
accessIndiana; office of technology; and
(2) part of a background investigation of a practitioner or an
individual who has applied for a license issued by a board (as
defined in IC 25-1-9-1).
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-25-1; (05)HE1137.1.31. -->
SECTION 31. IC 20-10.1-25-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1. (a) The educational
technology program and fund is established for the purpose of
providing and extending educational technologies to elementary and
secondary schools for:
(1) the 4R's technology grant program to assist school
corporations (on behalf of public schools) in purchasing
technology equipment:
(A) for kindergarten and grade 1 students, to learn reading,
writing, and arithmetic using technology;
(B) for students in all grades, to understand that technology is
a tool for learning; and
(C) for students in kindergarten through grade 3 who have
been identified as needing remediation, to offer daily
remediation opportunities using technology to prevent those
students from failing to make appropriate progress at the
particular grade level;
(2) providing educational technologies, including computers in
the homes of students;
(3) conducting educational technology training for teachers; and
(4) other innovative educational technology programs.
(b) The department may also utilize money in the fund under
contracts entered into with the Indiana department of administration
and the state data processing oversight commission office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 to study the feasibility of
establishing an information telecommunications gateway that provides
access to information on employment opportunities, career
development, and instructional services from data bases operated by
the state among the following:
(1) Elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Institutions of higher learning.
(3) Vocational educational institutions.
(4) Libraries.
(5) Any other agencies offering education and training programs.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) state appropriations;
(2) private donations to the fund;
(3) money directed to the fund from the corporation for
educational technology under IC 20-10.1-25.1; or
(4) any combination of the amounts described in subdivisions (1)
through (3).
(d) The program and fund shall be administered by the department.
(e) Unexpended money appropriated to or otherwise available in the
fund for the department's use in implementing the program under this
chapter at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state
general fund but remains available to the department for use under this
chapter.
(f) Subject to section 1.2 of this chapter, a school corporation may
use money from the school corporation's capital projects fund as
permitted under IC 21-2-15-4 for educational technology equipment.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-25.6-2; (05)HE1137.1.32. -->
SECTION 32. IC 20-10.1-25.6-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 2. As used in this
chapter, "telecommunications services and equipment" includes all
telecommunication services and equipment eligible for universal
service fund discounts as described:
(1) in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L.104-104,
110 Stat. 56 (1996)) and applicable regulations or orders issued
under that act;
(2) by the Indiana utility regulatory commission as allowed under
the federal act; or
(3) in the intelenet commission office of technology established
by IC 4-13.1-2-1 or state library technology grant programs.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-25.6-3; (05)HE1137.1.33. -->
SECTION 33. IC 20-10.1-25.6-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3. The intelenet
commission, office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, with
the department of education and the state library, shall coordinate
available federal and state funds and funding mechanisms to
accomplish full access to telecommunications services and equipment
by all schools, libraries, and rural health care providers as defined in:
(1) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L.104-104,
110 Stat. 56 (1996)) and regulations or orders issued under that
act; or
(2) any regulations or orders issued by the Indiana utility
regulatory commission in fulfillment of the state's obligations
under the act.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-1; (05)HE1137.1.34. -->
SECTION 34. IC 20-12-12-1, AS AMENDED BY SEA 296-2005,
SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1.
(a) As used in this chapter, "electronic
format" means a format using the most appropriate technological
medium.
(b) As used in this chapter:
(1) "chief information officer" means the chief information
officer of the office of technology appointed under
IC 4-13.1-2-3; and
(2) "office of technology" refers to the office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.
(a) (c) The trustees of Indiana University, the trustees of Purdue
University, the University of Southern Indiana board of trustees, Ball
State University board of trustees, Indiana State University board of
trustees, the board of trustees of Vincennes University, the board of
trustees of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, and the board of
directors of the independent colleges and universities of Indiana
(referred to collectively in this chapter as the universities) are
authorized, if they find the need exists for a broad dissemination of a
wide variety of educational communications for the improvements and
the advancement of higher educational opportunity, to jointly arrange
from time to time, for a period not exceeding ten (10) years, for
intelenet services under IC 5-21 services provided by the office of
technology and for the use of a multipurpose, multimedia, closed
circuit, statewide telecommunications system furnished by
communications common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the
utility regulatory commission to interconnect the main campuses and
the regional campuses of the universities and centers of medical
education and service.
(b) (d) In addition to the closed circuit statewide
telecommunications system described in subsection (a), (c), the
universities shall establish, in accordance with federal copyright law,
a videotape program programs in an electronic format to provide for
the advancement of higher education opportunity and individualized
access to higher education programs. As part of the program, the
universities may make available a wide variety of higher education
courses in videotape form. electronic format. The universities shall
make the videotapes information in an electronic format available to
the public by any means of public or private distribution that they
determine to be appropriate, including sale or lease. The universities
may determine policy and establish procedures in order to administer
this program. The universities shall maintain and keep current a listing
of all videotapes. information in an electronic format.
(c) (e) The transmission system shall be for the exclusive use of the
universities. However, the universities may permit the use of the
transmission system, or any portion part of the transmission system, by
others under section 4 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-2; (05)HE1137.1.35. -->
SECTION 35. IC 20-12-12-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 2. (a) The transmission
system described in
section 1(a) section 1(c) of this chapter must be
designed to permit the installation of additional capacity and coverage
as accumulating communication needs of higher education may
require. The system must be capable of transmitting high fidelity
television signals, high fidelity sound signals, data signals for computer
communications, and voice traffic, and must include control circuits.
(b) The arrangements for the use of the system may be upon terms
and conditions as the universities determine are necessary, proper, or
desirable.
(c) No plan or arrangements for the use of the telecommunications
system may be adopted or entered into under this chapter without the
specific approval of the
governor, the state budget committee, and the
state budget agency. coordinating unit established under
IC 20-12-12-3.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-3; (05)HE1137.1.36. -->
SECTION 36. IC 20-12-12-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3. (a) The universities
shall establish a coordinating unit or other body composed of persons
that the universities select. The chief information officer or the chief
information officer's designee shall be a member of any
coordinating unit created under this section. This committee or other
body has the authority to administer and supervise the use of the
transmission system and the videotape program information in
electronic format described in section 1 of this chapter as may be from
time to time delegated to it by the universities. The universities shall
have equal representation on the coordinating unit or body.
(b) There must also be an advisory council of representatives of
users of the transmission system.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-4; (05)HE1137.1.37. -->
SECTION 37. IC 20-12-12-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 4. (a) Any
arrangements for the use of the telecommunications system or the
videotape program information in electronic format described in
section 1 of this chapter must provide that the universities, or any
committee or other body established under section 3 of this chapter (if
the power is so delegated to them), may permit any of the following
entities to use the telecommunications system or the videotape program
information in electronic format for educational purposes:
(1) Institutions of higher education.
(2) Governmental or public corporations or bodies.
(3) Other corporations.
(4) Partnerships.
(5) Associations.
(6) Trusts.
(7) Limited liability companies.
(8) Other persons.
(b) Any use permitted under this section is subject to the rules,
regulations, fees, and charges as the universities, committee, or other
body may prescribe.
(c) Each entity that uses the transmission system is responsible for
the origination of the program to be transmitted by that entity and for
the reception and utilization of the program at the destination.
(d) The payment of all costs in excess of the cost of the use of the
transmission system facilities and the videotape program information
in electronic format shall be borne by the parties using the system as
agreed upon.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-5; (05)HE1137.1.38. -->
SECTION 38. IC 20-12-12-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 5. (a) In connection
with the use of the telecommunications system, the videotape program
information in electronic format described in section 1 of this
chapter, or any other related matter, the universities may accept gifts
or contributions from individuals, corporations, limited liability
companies, partnerships, associations, trusts, or foundations and may
accept funds under terms and conditions that the universities determine
are necessary or desirable from any federal agency.
(b) The universities may enter into and carry out contracts and
agreements in connection with this chapter. All contracts and
agreements entered into must be approved by the coordinating unit
established by section 3(a) of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-12-6; (05)HE1137.1.39. -->
SECTION 39. IC 20-12-12-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 6. (a) A special and
distinct fund is hereby created to be known as the higher education
statewide telecommunications fund. Expenditures from the fund may
be made only for the following:
(1) Payments by the universities for the use of a
telecommunications system or the lease, purchase, rental, or
production of a videotape program information in an electronic
format as provided in this chapter.
(2) Studies regarding the possibilities of extending the use of the
telecommunications system described in section 1(a) section 1(c)
of this chapter to other colleges and universities in Indiana and of
extending the use of the system for post-high school and other
educational uses.
(3) The expenses of coordinating, planning, and supervising the
use of the telecommunications system, and the videotape
program. information in electronic format.
(4) Equipment for the originating and receiving of instructional
communication and educational information by means of the
telecommunications system and the videotape program.
information in electronic format.
(b) The state auditor shall pay, as needed, from the fund amounts to
the trustees of Indiana University as agent for the universities. The
trustees of Indiana University as the agent shall apply the funds to the
payment of items as payment becomes due from the higher education
statewide telecommunications fund.
SOURCE: IC; (05)HE1137.1.40. -->
SECTION 40. IC 20-20-13-6, AS ADDED BY HEA 1288-2005,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 6. (a) The educational technology program and
fund is established to provide and extend educational technologies to
elementary and secondary schools for:
(1) the 4R's technology grant program to assist school
corporations (on behalf of public schools) in purchasing
technology equipment:
(A) for kindergarten and grade 1 students, to learn reading,
writing, and arithmetic using technology;
(B) for students in all grades, to understand that technology is
a tool for learning; and
(C) for students in kindergarten through grade 3 who have
been identified as needing remediation, to offer daily
remediation opportunities using technology to prevent those
students from failing to make appropriate progress at the
particular grade level;
(2) providing educational technologies, including computers in
the homes of students;
(3) conducting educational technology training for teachers; and
(4) other innovative educational technology programs.
(b) The department may also use money in the fund under contracts
entered into with the Indiana department of administration and the state
data processing oversight commission office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 to study the feasibility of establishing an
information telecommunications gateway that provides access to
information on employment opportunities, career development, and
instructional services from data bases operated by the state among the
following:
(1) Elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Institutions of higher learning.
(3) Vocational educational institutions.
(4) Libraries.
(5) Any other agencies offering education and training programs.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) state appropriations;
(2) private donations to the fund;
(3) money directed to the fund from the corporation for
educational technology under IC 20-20-15; or
(4) any combination of the amounts described in subdivisions (1)
through (3).
(d) The program and fund shall be administered by the department.
(e) Unexpended money appropriated to or otherwise available in the
fund for the department's use in implementing the program under this
chapter at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state
general fund but remains available to the department for use under this
chapter.
(f) Subject to section 7 of this chapter, a school corporation may use
money from the school corporation's capital projects fund as permitted
under IC 21-2-15-4 for educational technology equipment.
SOURCE: IC; (05)HE1137.1.41. -->
SECTION 41. IC 20-20-16-2, AS ADDED BY HEA 1288-2005,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "telecommunications
services and equipment" includes all telecommunication services and
equipment eligible for universal service fund discounts as described:
(1) in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L.104-104,
110 Stat. 56 (1996)) and applicable regulations or orders issued
under that act;
(2) by the Indiana utility regulatory commission as allowed under
the federal act; or
(3) in the intelenet commission office of technology established
by IC 4-13.1-2-1 or state library technology grant programs.
SOURCE: IC; (05)HE1137.1.42. -->
SECTION 42. IC 20-20-16-3, AS ADDED BY HEA 1288-2005,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 3. The intelenet commission, office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, with the department of education and
the state library, shall coordinate available federal and state funds and
funding mechanisms to accomplish full access to telecommunications
services and equipment by all schools, libraries, and rural health care
providers as defined in:
(1) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L.104-104,
110 Stat. 56 (1996)) and regulations or orders issued under that
act; or
(2) any regulations or orders issued by the Indiana utility
regulatory commission in fulfillment of the state's obligations
under the act.
SOURCE: IC 22-4-19-6.5; (05)HE1137.1.43. -->
SECTION 43. IC 22-4-19-6.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 6.5. (a) The department
may make available through the enhanced electronic access system
established by the
intelenet commission under IC 5-21 office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 secure electronic access for
creditors to employer provided information on the amount of wages
paid by an employer to an employee.
(b) The enhanced electronic access system established by the
intelenet commission under IC 5-21 office of technology may enter
into a contract with one (1) or more private entities to allow private
entities to provide secure electronic access to employer provided
information held by the department on the amount of wages paid by an
employer to an employee.
(c) A creditor may obtain wage report information from a private
entity if the creditor first obtains written consent from the employee
whose information the creditor seeks to obtain. A creditor that has
entered into a contract with the enhanced electronic access system must
retain a written consent received under this section for at least three (3)
years or for the length of the loan if the loan is for less than three (3)
years.
(d) Written consent from the employee must include the following:
(1) A statement that the written consent is the authorization for
the creditor to obtain information on the employee's employment
and wage history.
(2) A statement that the information is obtained solely for the
purpose of reviewing a specific application for credit.
(3) Notification that state agency files containing employment and
wage history will be accessed to provide the information.
(4) A listing of all parties that will receive the information
obtained.
(e) Information under this section may only be released to a creditor
for the purpose of satisfying the standard underwriting requirements of
the creditor or a client of the creditor for one (1) credit transaction per
employee written consent.
(f) The costs of implementing and administering the release of
information must be paid by the private entity or entities that contract
with the enhanced electronic access system established by the intelenet
commission under IC 5-21. office of technology.
(g) For employee information under this section, a private entity that
enters a contract with the enhanced electronic access system
established by the intelenet commission under IC 5-21 office of
technology for release of employee information must comply with:
(1) the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);
(2) all state and federal privacy laws; and
(3) the rules regarding the release of information adopted by the
United States Department of Labor.
(h) A private entity that has entered into a contract with the
enhanced electronic access system under subsection (b) must maintain
a consent verification system that audits at least five percent (5%) of
daily transactions and must maintain a file of audit procedures and
results.
(i) A person who violates this section commits a Class A infraction.
SOURCE: IC 24-3-5.4-14; (05)HE1137.1.44. -->
SECTION 44. IC 24-3-5.4-14 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 14. (a) Not later than
July 1 of each year, the attorney general shall make available to the
public by publishing on accessIndiana (as defined in IC 5-21-1-1.5)
operated under IC 4-13.1-2) a directory listing all brand families
listed in certifications filed under section 13 of this chapter.
(b) A directory described in subsection (a) shall not include the
name or brand families of a nonparticipating manufacturer:
(1) that fails to comply with section 13 of this chapter; or
(2) whose certification fails to comply with section 13(c) or 13(e)
of this chapter, unless the attorney general determines that the
failure has been remedied.
(c) The directory may not include a tobacco product manufacturer
or a brand family if the attorney general concludes that:
(1) in the case of a nonparticipating manufacturer, all escrow
payments required under IC 24-3-3-12 for any period for any
brand family, whether or not listed by the nonparticipating
manufacturer, have not been fully paid into a qualified escrow
fund governed by a qualified escrow agreement that has been
approved by the attorney general; or
(2) all outstanding final judgments, including interest on the
judgments, for violations of IC 24-3-3 have not been fully
satisfied for the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family.
(d) The attorney general shall update the directory as necessary to
correct mistakes or to add or remove a tobacco product manufacturer
or brand family to keep the directory in conformity with the
requirements of this chapter.
(e) The attorney general shall post in the directory and transmit by
electronic mail or other means to each distributor or stamping agent
notice of any removal from the directory of a tobacco product
manufacturer or brand family not later than thirty (30) days before the
attorney general removes the tobacco product manufacturer or brand
family from the directory.
(f) Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between a tobacco
product manufacturer and a distributor or stamping agent, a distributor
or stamping agent is entitled to a refund from a tobacco product
manufacturer for any money paid by the distributor or stamping agent
to the tobacco product manufacturer for any cigarettes of the tobacco
product manufacturer or brand family that:
(1) are in the possession of the distributor or stamping agent on;
or
(2) the distributor or stamping agent receives from a retailer after;
the date on which the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family is
removed from the directory.
(g) Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between a retailer
and a distributor, stamping agent, or tobacco product manufacturer, a
retailer is entitled to a refund from a distributor, stamping agent, or
tobacco product manufacturer for any money paid by the retailer to the
distributor, stamping agent, or tobacco product manufacturer for any
cigarettes of the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that are
in the possession of the retailer on the date on which the tobacco
product manufacturer or brand family is removed from the directory.
(h) The attorney general shall not restore a tobacco product
manufacturer or brand family to the directory until the tobacco product
manufacturer pays a distributor, stamping agent, or retailer any refund
due under subsection (f) or (g).
(i) A distributor or stamping agent shall provide and update as
necessary an electronic mail address to the attorney general for
purposes of receiving a notification required by this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 25-1-5-10; (05)HE1137.1.45. -->
SECTION 45. IC 25-1-5-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 10. (a) As used in this
section, "provider" means an individual licensed, certified, registered,
or permitted by any of the following:
(1) Board of chiropractic examiners (IC 25-10-1).
(2) State board of dentistry (IC 25-14-1).
(3) Indiana state board of health facility administrators
(IC 25-19-1).
(4) Medical licensing board of Indiana (IC 25-22.5-2).
(5) Indiana state board of nursing (IC 25-23-1).
(6) Indiana optometry board (IC 25-24).
(7) Indiana board of pharmacy (IC 25-26).
(8) Board of podiatric medicine (IC 25-29-2-1).
(9) Board of environmental health specialists (IC 25-32-1).
(10) Speech-language pathology and audiology board
(IC 25-35.6-2).
(11) State psychology board (IC 25-33).
(12) Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners (IC 15-5-1.1).
(13) Indiana physical therapy committee (IC 25-27).
(14) Respiratory care committee (IC 25-34.5).
(15) Occupational therapy committee (IC 25-23.5).
(16) Social worker, marriage and family therapist, and mental
health counselor board (IC 25-23.6).
(17) Physician assistant committee (IC 25-27.5).
(18) Indiana athletic trainers board (IC 25-5.1-2-1).
(19) Indiana dietitians certification board (IC 25-14.5-2-1).
(20) Indiana hypnotist committee (IC 25-20.5-1-7).
(b) The bureau shall create and maintain a provider profile for each
provider described in subsection (a).
(c) A provider profile must contain the following information:
(1) The provider's name.
(2) The provider's license, certification, registration, or permit
number.
(3) The provider's license, certification, registration, or permit
type.
(4) The date the provider's license, certification, registration, or
permit was issued.
(5) The date the provider's license, certification, registration, or
permit expires.
(6) The current status of the provider's license, certification,
registration, or permit.
(7) The provider's city and state of record.
(8) A statement of any disciplinary action taken against the
provider within the previous ten (10) years by a board or
committee described in subsection (a).
(d) The bureau shall make provider profiles available to the public.
(e) The computer gateway administered by the intelenet commission
under IC 5-21-2 and known as AccessIndiana office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 shall make the information described in
subsection (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(6), (c)(7), and (c)(8) generally
available to the public on the Internet.
(f) The bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this
section.
SOURCE: IC 36-2-9-20; (05)HE1137.1.46. -->
SECTION 46. IC 36-2-9-20 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 20. The county auditor
shall:
(1) maintain an electronic data file of the information contained
on the tax duplicate for all:
(A) parcels; and
(B) personal property returns;
for each township in the county as of each assessment date;
(2) maintain the electronic data file in the a form that formats
the information in the file with the standard data, field, and
record coding required and approved by:
(A) the legislative services agency; and
(B) the department of local government finance; and
(3) transmit the data in the file with respect to the assessment date
of each year before March 1 of the next year to:
(A) the legislative services agency in an electronic format
under IC 5-14-6; and
(B) the department of local government finance;
in a manner that meets the data export and transmission
requirements in a standard format, as prescribed by the office
of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved by
the legislative services agency; and
(4) resubmit the data in the form and manner required under
this subsection, upon request of the legislative services agency
or the department of local government finance, if data
previously submitted under this subsection does not comply
with the requirements of this subsection, as determined by the
legislative services agency or the department of local
government finance.
An electronic data file maintained for a particular assessment date
may not be overwritten with data for a subsequent assessment date
until a copy of an electronic data file that preserves the data for the
particular assessment date is archived in the manner prescribed by
the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved
by the legislative services agency.
SOURCE: IC 4-23-16; IC 5-21-1-1.5; IC 5-21-1-2; IC 5-21-1-3.5; IC
5-21-1-4.5; IC 5-21-1-5; IC 5-21-1-6; IC 5-21-1-6.5; IC 5-21-1-7; IC
5-21-2-2; IC 5-21-2-2.1; IC 5-21-2-3; IC 5-21-2-4; IC 5-21-2-5; IC 5-
21-2-7; IC 5-21-2-10; IC 5-21-2-11; IC 5-21-2-12; IC 5-21-2-13; IC
5-21-2-14; IC 5-21-2-15; IC 5-21-3; IC 5-21-4; IC 5-21-5; IC 5-21-6;
IC 5-22-2-7; IC 5-22-2-13.9; IC 34-30-2-16.
; (05)HE1137.1.47. -->
SECTION 47. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2005]: IC 4-23-16; IC 5-21-1-1.5; IC 5-21-1-2; IC 5-21-1-3.5;
IC 5-21-1-4.5; IC 5-21-1-5; IC 5-21-1-6; IC 5-21-1-6.5; IC 5-21-1-7;
IC 5-21-2-2; IC 5-21-2-2.1; IC 5-21-2-3; IC 5-21-2-4; IC 5-21-2-5;
IC 5-21-2-7; IC 5-21-2-10; IC 5-21-2-11; IC 5-21-2-12; IC 5-21-2-13;
IC 5-21-2-14; IC 5-21-2-15; IC 5-21-3; IC 5-21-4; IC 5-21-5;
IC 5-21-6; IC 5-22-2-7; IC 5-22-2-13.9; IC 34-30-2-16.
SOURCE: ; (05)HE1137.1.48. -->
SECTION 48. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]
(a) After June 30,
2005, a reference in any law, rule, contract, or other document or
record to:
(1) the division of information technology of the Indiana
department of administration;
(2) the technology oversight commission; or
(3) the enhanced data access review committee;
shall be treated as a reference to the office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(b) On July 1, 2005, the property and obligations of:
(1) the division of information technology of the Indiana
department of administration;
(2) the technology oversight commission; or
(3) the enhanced access review committee;
are transferred to the office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(c) An action taken by:
(1) the division of information technology of the Indiana
department of administration;
(2) the technology oversight commission; or
(3) the enhanced access review committee;
before July 1, 2005, shall be treated after June 30, 2005, as if the
action had been taken originally by the office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(d) The funds that are in:
(1) the telephone rotary fund;
(2) the data processing rotary fund; and
(3) the enhanced access review committee;
shall be transferred to a rotary fund established by the office of
technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act, when
the rotary fund is established by the office of technology.
(e) On July 1, 2005, individuals who were employees of:
(1) the division of information technology of the Indiana
department of administration;
(2) the technology oversight commission; or
(3) the enhanced access review committee;
on June 30, 2005, become employees of the office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(f) This SECTION expires July 1, 2006.
SOURCE: ; (05)HE1137.1.49. -->
SECTION 49. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]
(a) It is the intent of
the general assembly that IC 4-13.1 contains the complete law of
the state governing the office of technology. The office of
technology created under executive order 05-17 ceases to exist in
compliance with section 15 of executive order 05-17.
(b) After June 30, 2005, no funds may be expended and no
actions may be taken by the office of technology created under
executive order 05-17.
(c) After June 30, 2005, a reference in any law, rule, contract, or
other document or record to the office of technology established
under executive order 05-17 shall be treated as a reference to the
office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this
act.
(d) On July 1, 2005, the property and obligations of the office of
technology established under executive order 05-17 are transferred
to the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by
this act.
(e) An action taken by the office of technology established under
executive order 05-17 before July 1, 2005, shall be treated after
June 30, 2005, as if the action had been taken originally by the
office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this
act.
(f) Money that is in any fund or account administered by the
office of technology established under executive order 05-17 shall
be transferred to the office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(g) On July 1, 2005, individuals who were employees of the
office of technology established under executive order 05-17 on
June 30, 2005, become employees of the office of technology
established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, as added by this act.
(h) This SECTION expires July 1, 2006.
HEA 1137 _ Concur
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