Ind. Code ch. 5-14-3.5

Ind. Code ch. 5-14-3.5
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Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-1 "State agency"

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of government, including the administrative branch of state government, the legislative branch of state government, and the judicial branch of state government. (b) The term does not include a state educational institution. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-2 Data on Indiana transparency website

Sec. 2. (a) The state comptroller, working with the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, or another organization that is part of a state educational institution, and the office of management and budget established by IC 4-3-22-3, shall post on the Indiana transparency website the following data: (1) A listing of state expenditures and fund balances, including expenditures for contracts, grants, and leases. (2) A listing of state owned real and personal property that has a value of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The website must be electronically searchable by the public and must be intuitive to users of the website. (b) The data base must include for each state agency: (1) the amount, date, payer, and payee of expenditures; (2) a listing of state expenditures by: (A) personal services; (B) other operating expenses; or (C) total operating expenses; to reflect how the funds were appropriated in the state budget act; (3) a listing of state fund balances; (4) a listing of property owned by the state; and (5) the information report required under IC 4-12-1-21(c). (c) The data base must include for each state educational institution a listing of the annual salaries for employees of the state educational institution. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.177-2013, SEC.1; P.L.87-2022, SEC.3; P.L.9-2024, SEC.148.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-3 Graphic representations of data

Sec. 3. The state comptroller may enhance and organize the presentation of the information through the use of graphic representations. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.149.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-4 Public access not allowed to certain data

Sec. 4. (a) The state comptroller may not allow public access under this section to: (1) a payee's address; (2) personal information that is protected under state or federal law or rule; or (3) information that is protected as a trade secret under state or federal law or by rule. (b) The state comptroller may make information protected under subsection (a) available in an aggregate format only. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.150.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-5 Immunity from civil liability

Sec. 5. The state and state officers, officials, and employees are immune from any civil liability for posting confidential information under section 4 of this chapter if the information was posted in reliance on a determination made by a state agency about the confidentiality of information relating to the agency's expenditures or fund balances. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-6 State agencies providing required data to state comptroller

Sec. 6. To the extent any information required to be in the data base is collected or maintained by a state agency or state educational institution, the state agency or state educational institution shall provide that information to the state comptroller for inclusion in the data base. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.177-2013, SEC.2; P.L.9-2024, SEC.151.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-7 Prohibition against charging fee for access

Sec. 7. The state comptroller may not charge a fee for access to the data base. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.152.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-8 Cooperation by state agencies

Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, a state agency shall cooperate with and provide information to the state comptroller as necessary to implement and administer this chapter. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.153.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-9 State agencies not required to record information or expend resources for computer programming

Sec. 9. This chapter does not require a state agency to record information or expend resources for the purpose of computer programming to make information reportable under this chapter. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-10 Links to other websites

Sec. 10. The office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 shall work with the state comptroller to include a link on the website established under this chapter to the website of each website operated by: (1) the state; or (2) a state agency. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.154.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-11 Link on state agency website to Indiana transparency website

Sec. 11. Each state agency shall include a link on the agency's website to the website established under this chapter. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.59.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-12 Completing design and posting information

Sec. 12. The state comptroller and the office of technology shall initially complete the design of the website and establish and post the information required under this chapter for all state agencies. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.155.

Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5-14 Submitting of forms in an electronic format

Sec. 14. In order to comply with this chapter, the state comptroller may require that forms required to be submitted under this chapter be submitted in an electronic format. As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.156.
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