Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 134
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local
administration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 3-5-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.109-2021,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in sections 7
through 10 of this chapter, the county auditor shall pay the expenses of
voter registration and for all election supplies, equipment, and expenses
out of the county treasury in the manner provided by law. The county
fiscal body shall make the necessary appropriations for these purposes.
(b) The county executive shall pay to the circuit court clerk or board
of registration the expenses of:
(1) removing voters from the registration record under IC 3-7-43,
IC 3-7-45, or IC 3-7-46; and
(2) performing voter list maintenance programs under IC 3-7;
out of the county treasury without appropriation.
(c) Registration expenses incurred by a circuit court clerk or board
of registration for:
(1) the salaries of members of a board of registration appointed
under IC 3-7-12-9;
(2) the salaries of chief clerks appointed under IC 3-7-12-17; and
(3) the salaries of assistants employed under IC 3-7-12-19;
may not be charged to a municipality. However, the municipality may
be charged for wages of extra persons employed to provide additional
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assistance reasonably related to the municipal election.
(d) A political subdivision that conducts or administers an election
may not:
(1) accept private money donations; or
(2) receive or expend funds received;
from a person for preparing, administering, or conducting elections or
employing individuals on a temporary basis for the purpose of
preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including
registering voters. This subsection does not prohibit a political
subdivision from receiving or expending funds from the state or from
the federal government to prepare for, administer, or conduct an
election.
SECTION 2. IC 4-12-1-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 21. (a) To ensure transparency in state
government, on or before June 30, 2022, and on or before June 30
of each year thereafter, all state agencies shall submit to the budget
agency a report of each individual state employee employed by the
state agency whose salary is funded in whole or in part from
donated money.
(b) If the donation of money is to the secretary of state, the
report shall specify whether the money was or will be distributed
to political subdivisions for preparing, administering, or
conducting elections, and, if so, the specific types of uses for which
the donated money will be used by those political subdivisions.
(c) On or before December 1, 2022, and on or before December
1 of each year thereafter, the budget agency shall annually submit
to the budget committee a report of the information submitted
under subsections (a) and (b) that specifies and identifies each
individual state employee whose salary is funded in whole or in
part from donated money.
(d) Before January 31, 2023, and before January 31 of each year
thereafter, the report submitted under subsection (c) in the
preceding year shall be posted and made available on the Indiana
transparency Internet web site established under IC 5-14-3.5-2.
SECTION 3. IC 5-14-3.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.177-2013,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The auditor of state, 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 Internet web site the following data:
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(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 web site must be electronically searchable by the public and must
be intuitive to users of the web site.
(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; and
(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.
SECTION 4. IC 36-1-30 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON
PASSAGE]:
Chapter 30. Reporting of Donated Money Used to Fund Salaries
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "local unit of government"
means any county, city, town, township, political subdivision, or
other entity exercising in a limited geographical area the executive,
administrative, or legislative power of the local government power.
The term does not include a hospital organized or operated under
IC 16-22-1 through IC 16-22-5, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23-1.
Sec. 2. (a) On or before January 31, all local units of
government shall annually submit to the state board of accounts a
report of each individual local unit of government employee
employed by the local unit of government whose salary is funded
in whole or in part from donated money.
(b) The state board of accounts shall annually submit to the
budget committee a report of the information submitted under
subsection (a) that specifies and identifies each individual local unit
of government employee whose salary is funded in whole or in part
from donated money.
(c) The report submitted under subsection (b) shall be submitted
in a manner consistent with IC 5-14-3.8-7 and made available to
the public.
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SECTION 5. An emergency is declared for this act.
SEA 134 — Concur President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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