Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0515 Compare Versions

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2		-	~~January 29, 2025~~
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	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		SENATE BILL No. 515
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF SB 515 (Updated January 27, 2025 12:10 pm - DI 140)
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 4-13; IC 4-13.6; IC 4-37; IC 14-8; IC 14-9;
7		-	IC 14-10; IC 14-12; IC 14-20; IC 34-30; IC 35-52.
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 4-13-2-20; IC 4-13.6-2-3; IC 4-37; IC 14-8-2;
	7	+	IC 14-9-4-1; IC 14-10-3-1; IC 14-12-2; IC 14-20; IC 34-30-2.1;
	8	+	IC 35-52-14-7.5.
8	9		Synopsis: Historic sites. Establishes the division of historic sites
9	10		(division) in the department of natural resources. Transfers
10	11		management of historic sites from the Indiana state museum and
11	12		historic sites corporation to the division. Makes conforming changes.
12	13		Makes an appropriation.
13	14		Effective: July 1, 2025.
14	15		Leising
15	16		January 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
16		-	January 28, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
17		-	Appropriations.
18		-	SB 515—LS 6430/DI 150 January 29, 2025
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19	18		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
20	19		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
21	20		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
22	21		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
23	22		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
24	23		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
25	24		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
26	25		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
27	26		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
28	27		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
29	28		SENATE BILL No. 515
30	29		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
31	30		natural and cultural resources and to make an appropriation.
32	31		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
33	32		1 SECTION 1. IC 4-13-2-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
34	33		2 SECTION 91, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
35	34		3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 20. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
36	35		4 section or IC 12-8-10-7, payment for any services, supplies, materials,
37	36		5 or equipment shall not be paid from any fund or state money in
38	37		6 advance of receipt of such services, supplies, materials, or equipment
39	38		7 by the state.
40	39		8 (b) With the prior approval of the budget agency, payment may be
41	40		9 made in advance for any of the following:
42	41		10 (1) War surplus property.
43	42		11 (2) Property purchased or leased from the United States
44	43		12 government or its agencies.
45	44		13 (3) Dues and subscriptions.
46	45		14 (4) License fees.
47	46		15 (5) Insurance premiums.
48	47		16 (6) Utility connection charges.
49	48		17 (7) Federal grant programs where advance funding is not
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51	50		1 prohibited and, except as provided in subsection (i), the
52	51		2 contracting party posts sufficient security to cover the amount
53	52		3 advanced.
54	53		4 (8) Grants of state funds authorized by statute.
55	54		5 (9) Employee expense vouchers.
56	55		6 (10) Beneficiary payments to the administrator of a program of
57	56		7 self-insurance.
58	57		8 (11) Services, supplies, materials, or equipment to be received
59	58		9 from an agency or from a body corporate and politic.
60	59		10 (12) Expenses for the operation of offices that represent the state
61	60		11 under contracts with the Indiana economic development
62	61		12 corporation and that are located outside Indiana.
63	62		13 (13) Services, supplies, materials, or equipment to be used for
64	63		14 more than one (1) year under a discounted contractual
65	64		15 arrangement funded through a designated leasing entity.
66	65		16 (14) Maintenance of equipment and maintenance of software if
67	66		17 there are appropriate contractual safeguards for refunds as
68	67		18 determined by the budget agency.
69	68		19 (15) Exhibits, artifacts, specimens, or other unique items of
70	69		20 cultural or historical value or interest purchased by the state
71	70		21 museum.
72	71		22 (16) Exhibits, artifacts, specimens, or other unique items of
73	72		23 cultural or historical value or interest purchased by the
74	73		24 division of historic sites.
75	74		25 (c) Any agency and any state educational institution may make
76	75		26 advance payments to its employees for duly accountable expenses
77	76		27 exceeding ten dollars ($10) incurred through travel approved by:
78	77		28 (1) the employee's respective agency director, in the case of an
79	78		29 agency; and
80	79		30 (2) a duly authorized person, in the case of any state educational
81	80		31 institution.
82	81		32 (d) The state comptroller may, with the approval of the budget
83	82		33 agency and of the commissioner of the Indiana department of
84	83		34 administration:
85	84		35 (1) appoint a special disbursing officer for any agency or group of
86	85		36 agencies whenever it is necessary or expedient that a special
87	86		37 record be kept of a particular class of disbursements or when
88	87		38 disbursements are made from a special fund; and
89	88		39 (2) approve advances to the special disbursing officer or officers
90	89		40 from any available appropriation for the purpose.
91	90		41 (e) The state comptroller shall issue the state comptroller's warrant
92	91		42 to the special disbursing officer to be disbursed by the disbursing
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94	93		1 officer as provided in this section. Special disbursing officers shall in
95	94		2 no event make disbursements or payments for supplies or current
96	95		3 operating expenses of any agency or for contractual services or
97	96		4 equipment not purchased or contracted for in accordance with this
98	97		5 chapter and IC 5-22. No special disbursing officer shall be appointed
99	98		6 and no money shall be advanced until procedures covering the
100	99		7 operations of special disbursing officers have been adopted by the
101	100		8 Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget
102	101		9 agency. These procedures must include the following provisions:
103	102		10 (1) Provisions establishing the authorized levels of special
104	103		11 disbursing officer accounts and establishing the maximum
105	104		12 amount which may be expended on a single purchase from special
106	105		13 disbursing officer funds without prior approval.
107	106		14 (2) Provisions requiring that each time a special disbursing officer
108	107		15 makes an accounting to the state comptroller of the expenditure
109	108		16 of the advanced funds, the state comptroller shall request that the
110	109		17 Indiana department of administration review the accounting for
111	110		18 compliance with IC 5-22.
112	111		19 (3) A provision that, unless otherwise approved by the
113	112		20 commissioner of the Indiana department of administration, the
114	113		21 special disbursing officer must be the same individual as the
115	114		22 procurements agent under IC 4-13-1.3-5.
116	115		23 (4) A provision that each disbursing officer be trained by the
117	116		24 Indiana department of administration in the proper handling of
118	117		25 money advanced to the officer under this section.
119	118		26 (f) The commissioner of the Indiana department of administration
120	119		27 shall cite in a letter to the special disbursing officer the exact purpose
121	120		28 or purposes for which the money advanced may be expended.
122	121		29 (g) A special disbursing officer may issue a check to a person
123	122		30 without requiring a certification under IC 5-11-10-1 if the officer:
124	123		31 (1) is authorized to make the disbursement; and
125	124		32 (2) complies with procedures adopted by the state board of
126	125		33 accounts to govern the issuance of checks under this subsection.
127	126		34 (h) A special disbursing officer is not personally liable for a check
128	127		35 issued under subsection (g) if:
129	128		36 (1) the officer complies with the procedures described in
130	129		37 subsection (g); and
131	130		38 (2) funds are appropriated and available to pay the warrant.
132	131		39 (i) For contracts entered into between the department of workforce
133	132		40 development or the Indiana commission for career and technical
134	133		41 education and:
135	134		42 (1) a school corporation (as defined in IC 20-18-2-16); or
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137	136		1 (2) a state educational institution;
138	137		2 the contracting parties are not required to post security to cover the
139	138		3 amount advanced.
140	139		4 SECTION 2. IC 4-13.6-2-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.166-2013,
141	140		5 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
142	141		6 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) This article applies to every expenditure of
143	142		7 public funds, regardless of their source, including federal assistance
144	143		8 money, by any governmental body for any public works project.
145	144		9 (b) This article does not apply to the following:
146	145		10 (1) The Indiana commission for higher education.
147	146		11 (2) State educational institutions.
148	147		12 (3) Military officers and military and armory boards of the state.
149	148		13 (4) The state fair commission.
150	149		14 (5) Any entity established by the general assembly as a body
151	150		15 corporate and politic having authority and power to issue bonds
152	151		16 to be secured and repaid solely by revenues pledged for that
153	152		17 purpose. However, such an entity shall comply with this article if
154	153		18 the law creating the entity requires it to do so.
155	154		19 (6) The Indiana department of transportation, except to the extent
156	155		20 that the Indiana department of transportation uses the services
157	156		21 provided by the department under this article.
158	157		22 (7) The Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation.
159	158		23 SECTION 3. IC 4-37-1-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
160	159		24 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
161	160		25 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. "Chief executive officer" refers to the chief
162	161		26 executive officer of the Indiana state museum and historic sites
163	162		27 corporation appointed under IC 4-37-2-5 and the director of the state
164	163		28 museum.
165	164		29 SECTION 4. IC 4-37-1-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
166	165		30 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
167	166		31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. "Corporation" refers to the Indiana state
168	167		32 museum and historic sites corporation established by IC 4-37-2-1.
169	168		33 SECTION 5. IC 4-37-1-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
170	169		34 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
171	170		35 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. "Fund" refers to the state museum and historic
172	171		36 sites development fund established by IC 4-37-7-1.
173	172		37 SECTION 6. IC 4-37-1-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
174	173		38 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
175	174		39 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. "Historic site" refers to a state historic site
176	175		40 established and maintained by the board under the criteria established
177	176		41 by the board. has the meaning set forth in IC 14-20-1.5-4.
178	177		42 SECTION 7. IC 4-37-1-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
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180	179		1 2025]. Sec. 8. "Museum" refers to the state museum.
181	180		2 SECTION 8. IC 4-37-1-9, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
182	181		3 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
183	182		4 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. "State museums" museum" refers to the
184	183		5 following:
185	184		6 (1) The state museum located in the White River State Park.
186	185		7 (2) The historic sites.
187	186		8 SECTION 9. IC 4-37-2-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
188	187		9 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
189	188		10 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The Indiana state museum and historic sites
190	189		11 corporation is established.
191	190		12 SECTION 10. IC 4-37-2-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
192	191		13 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
193	192		14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a) After June 30, 2011, 2025, rules that
194	193		15 concern the division of state museums and historic sites that were
195	194		16 adopted by the natural resources commission to govern the state
196	195		17 museum shall be treated as rules applying to the corporation.
197	196		18 (b) After June 30, 2025, rules that concern the division of state
198	197		19 museums and historic sites that were adopted by the natural
199	198		20 resources commission to govern historic sites shall be treated as
200	199		21 rules applying to the division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5).
201	200		22 (b) (c) After June 30, 2011, 2025, a reference to the department of
202	201		23 natural resources in a statute or rule concerning the division of state
203	202		24 museums and historic sites' management of the state museum shall
204	203		25 be treated as a reference to the corporation.
205	204		26 (d) After June 30, 2025, a reference to the department of natural
206	205		27 resources in a statute or rule concerning the division of state
207	206		28 museums and historic sites' management of historic sites shall be
208	207		29 treated as a reference to the division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5).
209	208		30 SECTION 11. IC 4-37-4-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
210	209		31 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
211	210		32 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The title to the following shall be held in the
212	211		33 name of the State of Indiana:
213	212		34 (1) Property constituting the state museums, museum, except to
214	213		35 the extent that the property is subject to a use and occupancy
215	214		36 agreement between the Indiana finance authority and the Indiana
216	215		37 department of administration.
217	216		38 (2) Property acquired by the board.
218	217		39 SECTION 12. IC 4-37-4-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
219	218		40 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
220	219		41 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. The board shall do the following:
221	220		42 (1) Operate and administer the state museums. museum.
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223	222		1 (2) Maintain accreditation of the state museums. museum.
224	223		2 (3) Collect, preserve, display, and interpret artifacts and materials
225	224		3 reflecting the cultural and natural history of Indiana.
226	225		4 (4) Prepare and maintain a statewide inventory of the artifacts and
227	226		5 materials described in subdivision (3).
228	227		6 (5) Uphold the highest professional and ethical standards, as
229	228		7 adopted by the American Association of Museums.
230	229		8 SECTION 13. IC 4-37-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.189-2018,
231	230		9 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
232	231		10 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The board may do the following:
233	232		11 (1) Do any and all acts and things necessary, proper, or
234	233		12 convenient to carry out this article.
235	234		13 (2) Hold meetings under IC 5-14-1.5 at the times and places in
236	235		14 Indiana that are prescribed by the board's bylaws.
237	236		15 (3) Adopt an official seal.
238	237		16 (4) Adopt bylaws.
239	238		17 (5) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary
240	239		18 or convenient to the exercise of the board's powers.
241	240		19 (6) Acquire by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease or otherwise
242	241		20 and hold, use, sell, lease, manage, operate, clear, improve,
243	242		21 encumber, transfer, convey, exchange, or dispose of the
244	243		22 following:
245	244		23 (A) Real and personal property and any interest in real or
246	245		24 personal property.
247	246		25 (B) Facilities.
248	247		26 (C) Money or stocks.
249	248		27 (D) Any right or interest necessary or useful for carrying out
250	249		28 the board's powers and duties under this article.
251	250		29 (7) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with the
252	251		30 board's operations.
253	252		31 (8) Enter into contractual or other arrangements with the Indiana
254	253		32 department of administration in connection with the financing of
255	254		33 the state museums under IC 4-13.5. museum.
256	255		34 (9) Notwithstanding IC 4-13.5-4-5 (before its repeal), allocate
257	256		35 space in museums financed by the Indiana finance authority.
258	257		36 under IC 4-13.5.
259	258		37 (10) Fix and collect rents, admission charges, fees, tolls, and other
260	259		38 user charges for:
261	260		39 (A) the state museums; museum;
262	261		40 (B) restaurants;
263	262		41 (C) other facilities; and
264	263		42 (D) programs, lectures, classes, tours, and trips.
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266	265		1 (11) Maintain shops and restaurants on property that the board
267	266		2 manages and at other locations and employ or contract with
268	267		3 persons to manage the shops and restaurants.
269	268		4 (12) Make or sell the following:
270	269		5 (A) Pictures, models, books, and other representations of the
271	270		6 state museum and its artifacts and exhibits.
272	271		7 (B) Souvenirs, crafts, art, videotapes, digital video discs, and
273	272		8 other merchandise.
274	273		9 (13) Pay royalties, license fees, or charges for exhibits, artifacts,
275	274		10 artwork, or materials.
276	275		11 (14) Own copyrights, trademarks, and service marks and enforce
277	276		12 the board's rights with respect to ownership.
278	277		13 (15) Conduct market research concerning the state museums.
279	278		14 museum.
280	279		15 (16) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out the purposes of this
281	280		16 article.
282	281		17 SECTION 14. IC 4-37-4-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
283	282		18 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
284	283		19 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. The board shall not do the following:
285	284		20 (1) Operate and administer historic sites.
286	285		21 (2) Maintain accreditation of historic sites.
287	286		22 SECTION 15. IC 4-37-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.166-2013,
288	287		23 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
289	288		24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) The board may accept or refuse to accept an
290	289		25 offered gift of historic property to be administered by the board.
291	290		26 (b) (a) Notwithstanding IC 4-20.5-7 and IC 5-22-22, the board may
292	291		27 improve, encumber, sell, lease, transfer, convey, or exchange historic
293	292		28 property administered by the board.
294	293		29 (c) (b) Notwithstanding IC 5-22-22, the board may, in accordance
295	294		30 with the board's policies, sell, donate, or exchange artifacts in the state
296	295		31 museums' museum's collections to or with other public or nonprofit
297	296		32 museums or historical societies.
298	297		33 (d) (c) Subject to subsection (d), the board may by rule establish
299	298		34 a procedure for evaluating the merits of proposals to:
300	299		35 (1) accept gifts of;
301	300		36 (2) sell;
302	301		37 (3) encumber;
303	302		38 (4) transfer;
304	303		39 (5) convey; or
305	304		40 (6) exchange;
306	305		41 artifacts or historic property.
307	306		42 (d) The board may not by rule establish any procedures that
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309	308		1 impact historic sites.
310	309		2 (e) The board may donate or make short term loans of artifacts in
311	310		3 the museums' state museum's collections to other:
312	311		4 (1) public or nonprofit museums; or
313	312		5 (2) historical societies; or
314	313		6 (3) historic sites.
315	314		7 SECTION 16. IC 4-37-5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
316	315		8 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
317	316		9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. The board shall do the following:
318	317		10 (1) Establish policies for the governance and management of the
319	318		11 staffs staff of the state museums. museum.
320	319		12 (2) Establish the rights and duties of corporation employees,
321	320		13 including a pay scale and benefit package.
322	321		14 (3) Employ or contract with consultants, attorneys, or other
323	322		15 persons as are required in the judgment of the board and pay
324	323		16 compensation from funds available to the board.
325	324		17 SECTION 17. IC 4-37-5-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
326	325		18 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
327	326		19 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) The board may hire, fix the compensation
328	327		20 of, review the performance of, and dismiss, subject to the governor's
329	328		21 approval, a chief executive officer who:
330	329		22 (1) is the director of the state museums; museum;
331	330		23 (2) is the chief administrative officer of the corporation; and
332	331		24 (3) supervises and directs the work of the state museums' staffs
333	332		25 museum's staff and contractors.
334	333		26 (b) The chief executive officer may hire, fix the compensation of,
335	334		27 review the performance of, and dismiss employees of the corporation.
336	335		28 SECTION 18. IC 4-37-5-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
337	336		29 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
338	337		30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. The board may assist in the professional
339	338		31 development of the museums' staffs. state museum's staff.
340	339		32 SECTION 19. IC 4-37-6-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
341	340		33 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
342	341		34 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. The board may qualify the state museum for
343	342		35 federal and other aid to preserve historic property, materials, items, and
344	343		36 memorials.
345	344		37 SECTION 20. IC 4-37-7-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
346	345		38 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
347	346		39 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The state museum and historic sites
348	347		40 development fund is established. The corporation or an entity
349	348		41 designated by the board shall administer the fund.
350	349		42 SECTION 21. IC 4-37-7-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
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352	351		1 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
353	352		2 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter,
354	353		3 The following shall be deposited in the fund:
355	354		4 (1) Proceeds from admission and user fees.
356	355		5 (2) Sales at the state museum shops. shop.
357	356		6 (3) Facility rentals.
358	357		7 (4) Restaurant sales.
359	358		8 (5) Any other income generated by the state museums. museum.
360	359		9 (6) Gifts of money or the proceeds from the sale of gifts donated
361	360		10 to the state museums. museum.
362	361		11 SECTION 22. IC 4-37-7-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
363	362		12 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
364	363		13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. The chief executive officer shall report annually
365	364		14 to the board and the budget committee on the activities, revenues,
366	365		15 expenditures, and profits of the museums' state museum's:
367	366		16 (1) shops;
368	367		17 (2) facility rentals; and
369	368		18 (3) restaurants.
370	369		19 SECTION 23. IC 4-37-7-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
371	370		20 2025]. Sec. 8. (a) The chief executive officer of the corporation may
372	371		21 enter into a memorandum of understanding with one (1) or more
373	372		22 nonprofit organizations that are recognized supporters of a specific
374	373		23 state historic site and are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3)
375	374		24 of the Internal Revenue Code. The memorandum of understanding may
376	375		25 provide that the nonprofit organization or organizations may maintain
377	376		26 a gift shop and offer special events at the state historic site.
378	377		27 (b) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this section
379	378		28 may not do any of the following to restrict the fundraising activities of
380	379		29 an organization described in subsection (a):
381	380		30 (1) Require the organization to deposit into the fund the proceeds
382	381		31 of a fundraising activity approved by the chief executive officer.
383	382		32 (2) Require the organization to send money donated to the
384	383		33 organization to the corporation.
385	384		34 (3) Require the approval of the chief executive officer, or the
386	385		35 chief executive officer's designee, before the organization pursues
387	386		36 general donations from individuals and other entities.
388	387		37 (4) Restrict, regulate, or limit the ability of the organization to
389	388		38 hold offsite fundraising programs or activities.
390	389		39 (5) Restrict, regulate, or limit the ability of the organization to
391	390		40 promote or advertise any onsite or offsite fundraising programs or
392	391		41 activities on social media, via electronic mail, on an Internet web
393	392		42 site, or by any other means.
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395	394		1 (c) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this section
396	395		2 may not do any of the following:
397	396		3 (1) Require the organization to be any type of supporting
398	397		4 organization (as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code).
399	398		5 (2) Require a representative of the corporation to be a voting or
400	399		6 nonvoting member of the organization's board of directors.
401	400		7 (3) Require the organization to submit to the corporation any
402	401		8 organization documents, correspondence, electronic mail, or other
403	402		9 data that are not required to be submitted by the Internal Revenue
404	403		10 Service.
405	404		11 (4) Require the organization to submit an audit of the
406	405		12 organization's funds.
407	406		13 (5) Restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit the ability of the
408	407		14 organization to promote any onsite or offsite activities.
409	408		15 (6) Allow the corporation to take a nonprofit organization's real
410	409		16 or financial assets.
411	410		17 (7) Require the organization to pay any rental or other fee to
412	411		18 support an event at a state historic site that is sponsored by the
413	412		19 organization or the corporation.
414	413		20 (d) The corporation shall return to the organization any funds raised
415	414		21 by the organization and donated to the corporation that:
416	415		22 (1) are designated as donor restricted funds for a specific use in
417	416		23 a historic site project; and
418	417		24 (2) are not used for the donor's specified use in the historic site
419	418		25 project;
420	419		26 upon the completion of the historic site project.
421	420		27 SECTION 24. IC 4-37-7-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
422	421		28 2025]. Sec. 9. The chief executive officer of the corporation shall enter
423	422		29 into:
424	423		30 (1) a memorandum of understanding with the Indiana department
425	424		31 of transportation providing for the Indiana department of
426	425		32 transportation to maintain historical services provided to the
427	426		33 various state historic sites;
428	427		34 (2) a memorandum of understanding with the department of
429	428		35 correction providing for the department of correction to provide
430	429		36 assistance in maintaining a state historic site; and
431	430		37 (3) a memorandum of understanding with the department of
432	431		38 natural resources providing for the department of natural
433	432		39 resources to provide:
434	433		40 (A) assistance or services to repair or clean up a state historic
435	434		41 site if a natural disaster or severe weather (as defined in
436	435		42 IC 36-8-21.5-7) has occurred; and
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438	437		1 (B) assistance providing equipment to the state historic sites
439	438		2 for special events.
440	439		3 SECTION 25. IC 4-37-9-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
441	440		4 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
442	441		5 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The state museum's great hall shall be known
443	442		6 as the "Governor Frank O'Bannon Great Hall".
444	443		7 SECTION 26. IC 4-37-9-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.167-2011,
445	444		8 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
446	445		9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. The chief executive officer of the state museum
447	446		10 shall install and maintain the following:
448	447		11 (1) Appropriate public signage on and around the state museum
449	448		12 that displays the name of the great hall.
450	449		13 (2) A plaque located at an appropriate spot in the state museum
451	450		14 describing the highlights of the life and career of Governor Frank
452	451		15 O'Bannon.
453	452		16 SECTION 27. IC 14-8-2-16 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
454	453		17 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. "Artifact", for
455	454		18 purposes of IC 14-20-1.5 and IC 14-21-1, has the meaning set forth in
456	455		19 IC 14-21-1-2.
457	456		20 SECTION 28. IC 14-8-2-77, AS AMENDED BY P.L.127-2022,
458	457		21 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
459	458		22 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 77. "Division" has the following meaning:
460	459		23 (1) For purposes of IC 14-9-8, the meaning set forth in
461	460		24 IC 14-9-8-2.
462	461		25 (2) For purposes of IC 14-19-11, the meaning set forth in
463	462		26 IC 14-19-11-2.
464	463		27 (3) For purposes of IC 14-20-1.5, the meaning set forth in
465	464		28 IC 14-20-1.5-2.
466	465		29 (3) (4) For purposes of IC 14-21, the division of historic
467	466		30 preservation and archeology.
468	467		31 (4) (5) For purposes of IC 14-22, the division of fish and wildlife.
469	468		32 (5) (6) For purposes of IC 14-24, the division of entomology and
470	469		33 plant pathology.
471	470		34 (6) (7) For purposes of IC 14-25.5, the division of water.
472	471		35 (7) (8) For purposes of IC 14-31-2, the meaning set forth in
473	472		36 IC 14-31-2-4.
474	473		37 (8) (9) For purposes of IC 14-32, the division of soil conservation
475	474		38 of the Indiana state department of agriculture established by
476	475		39 IC 15-11-4-1.
477	476		40 (9) (10) For purposes of IC 14-37, the division of reclamation.
478	477		41 SECTION 29. IC 14-8-2-103, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
479	478		42 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
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481	480		1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 103. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
482	481		2 "foundation" refers to the Indiana natural resources foundation.
483	482		3 (b) "Foundation", for purposes of IC 14-20-1.5, has the meaning
484	483		4 set forth in IC 14-20-1.5-3.
485	484		5 SECTION 30. IC 14-8-2-124, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
486	485		6 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
487	486		7 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 124. "Historic property", for purposes of
488	487		8 IC 14-20-1.5 and IC 14-21-1, means:
489	488		9 (1) a historic site;
490	489		10 (2) a historic structure; or
491	490		11 (3) other personal or real property located on or in a historic site
492	491		12 or historic structure.
493	492		13 SECTION 31. IC 14-8-2-125, AS AMENDED BY P.L.111-2016,
494	493		14 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
495	494		15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 125. "Historic site" has the following meanings:
496	495		16 (1) For purposes of IC 14-21-1, means a site that is important to
497	496		17 the general, archeological, agricultural, economic, social,
498	497		18 political, architectural, industrial, or cultural history of Indiana.
499	498		19 The term includes adjacent property that is necessary for the
500	499		20 preservation or restoration of the site.
501	500		21 (2) For purposes of IC 14-20-1.5 and IC 14-22-6, the meaning set
502	501		22 forth in IC 4-37-1-7. IC 14-20-1.5-4.
503	502		23 SECTION 32. IC 14-8-2-126, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
504	503		24 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
505	504		25 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 126. "Historic structure", for purposes of
506	505		26 IC 14-20-1.5 and IC 14-21-1, means a structure that is important to the
507	506		27 general, archeological, agricultural, economic, social, political,
508	507		28 architectural, industrial, or cultural history of Indiana. The term
509	508		29 includes adjacent property that is necessary for the preservation or
510	509		30 restoration of the structure.
511	510		31 SECTION 33. IC 14-8-2-230 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
512	511		32 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 230. "Real property"
513	512		33 has the following meaning:
514	513		34 (1) For purposes of IC 14-17, IC 14-17-2, and IC 14-18-6, and
515	514		35 IC 14-20-1.5, includes an interest in real property, such as the
516	515		36 following:
517	516		37 (A) Any ownership interest in real property.
518	517		38 (B) A leasehold.
519	518		39 (C) A right-of-way.
520	519		40 (D) An easement, including a utility easement.
521	520		41 The term does not include personal property or an interest in
522	521		42 personal property.
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524	523		1 (2) For purposes of IC 14-20-3, the meaning set forth in
525	524		2 IC 14-20-3-1.
526	525		3 (3) For purposes of IC 14-20-6, the meaning set forth in
527	526		4 IC 14-20-6-1.
528	527		5 (4) For purposes of IC 14-20-8, the meaning set forth in
529	528		6 IC 14-20-8-1.
530	529		7 (5) For purposes of IC 14-20-9, the meaning set forth in
531	530		8 IC 14-20-9-2.
532	531		9 (6) For purposes of IC 14-20-10, the meaning set forth in
533	532		10 IC 14-20-10-1.
534	533		11 (7) For purposes of IC 14-33:
535	534		12 (A) land;
536	535		13 (B) all buildings and fixtures on and appurtenant to land; and
537	536		14 (C) an estate created in:
538	537		15 (i) land; or
539	538		16 (ii) mines or minerals distinct from the surface of land;
540	539		17 by deed, contract reservation in a conveyance, or otherwise.
541	540		18 SECTION 34. IC 14-8-2-258, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
542	541		19 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
543	542		20 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 258. "Site", for purposes of IC 14-20-1.5 and
544	543		21 IC 14-21, includes the following:
545	544		22 (1) An aboriginal mound, a fort, an earthwork, a village location,
546	545		23 a burial ground, a ruin, a mine, a cave, a battleground, a
547	546		24 shipwreck, or other similar location on land or under water.
548	547		25 (2) A location that contains or did contain a structure.
549	548		26 SECTION 35. IC 14-8-2-265.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
550	549		27 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
551	550		28 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 265.5. "State agency", for
552	551		29 purposes of IC 14-20-1.5, has the meaning set forth in
553	552		30 IC 14-20-1.5-5.
554	553		31 SECTION 36. IC 14-8-2-268, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
555	554		32 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
556	555		33 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 268. "Structure" has the following meaning:
557	556		34 (1) For purposes of IC 14-20-1.5 and IC 14-21, a manmade
558	557		35 construction.
559	558		36 (2) For purposes of IC 14-27-7.5, the meaning set forth in
560	559		37 IC 14-27-7.5-5.
561	560		38 SECTION 37. IC 14-8-2-285.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
562	561		39 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
563	562		40 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 285.3. "Trustees", for purposes
564	563		41 of IC 14-20-1.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-20-1.5-6.
565	564		42 SECTION 38. IC 14-9-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.127-2022,
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567	566		1 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
568	567		2 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The following divisions are established within
569	568		3 the department:
570	569		4 (1) Administrative support services.
571	570		5 (2) Asset management.
572	571		6 (3) Engineering.
573	572		7 (4) Entomology and plant pathology.
574	573		8 (5) Finance.
575	574		9 (6) Fish and wildlife.
576	575		10 (7) Forestry.
577	576		11 (8) Historic preservation and archeology.
578	577		12 (9) Human resources.
579	578		13 (10) Land acquisition.
580	579		14 (11) Law enforcement.
581	580		15 (12) Management information systems.
582	581		16 (13) Nature preserves.
583	582		17 (14) Communications.
584	583		18 (15) Reclamation.
585	584		19 (16) State parks.
586	585		20 (17) Water.
587	586		21 (18) State land office.
588	587		22 (19) Historic sites.
589	588		23 SECTION 39. IC 14-10-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.127-2022,
590	589		24 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
591	590		25 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the property managers
592	591		26 of each of the following divisions of the department:
593	592		27 (1) State parks.
594	593		28 (2) Forestry.
595	594		29 (3) Fish and wildlife.
596	595		30 (4) Historic sites.
597	596		31 SECTION 40. IC 14-12-2-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.42-2024,
598	597		32 SECTION 106, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
599	598		33 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 14. (a) The President Benjamin
600	599		34 Harrison conservation trust project commission is established.
601	600		35 (b) The project commission consists of the following twenty (20)
602	601		36 twenty-one (21) members:
603	602		37 (1) The director of the division of fish and wildlife.
604	603		38 (2) The director of the division of forestry.
605	604		39 (3) The director of the division of nature preserves.
606	605		40 (4) The director of the division of state parks.
607	606		41 (5) The chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and
608	607		42 historic sites corporation established by IC 4-37-2-1.
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610	609		1 (6) The director of the division of historic sites.
611	610		2 (6) (7) The chairperson of the board of directors of the natural
612	611		3 resources foundation.
613	612		4 (7) (8) Ten (10) individuals appointed by the governor. The
614	613		5 governor shall appoint individuals so that all the following are
615	614		6 satisfied:
616	615		7 (A) The individuals must be residents of Indiana.
617	616		8 (B) The individuals must have a demonstrated interest or
618	617		9 experience in:
619	618		10 (i) conservation of natural resources; or
620	619		11 (ii) management of public property.
621	620		12 (C) There must be two (2) commission members from each of
622	621		13 the following regions of Indiana:
623	622		14 (i) Northwest.
624	623		15 (ii) Northeast.
625	624		16 (iii) Southwest.
626	625		17 (iv) Southeast.
627	626		18 (v) Central.
628	627		19 (8) (9) The following four (4) nonvoting members:
629	628		20 (A) One (1) member of the house of representatives appointed
630	629		21 by the speaker of the house of representatives.
631	630		22 (B) One (1) member of the house of representatives appointed
632	631		23 by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
633	632		24 (C) One (1) member of the senate appointed by the president
634	633		25 pro tempore of the senate.
635	634		26 (D) One (1) member of the senate appointed by the minority
636	635		27 leader of the senate.
637	636		28 (c) The individuals appointed by the governor under subsection
638	637		29 (b)(7) (b)(8) must represent one (1) or more of the following:
639	638		30 (1) The environmentalist community.
640	639		31 (2) The land trust community.
641	640		32 (3) Organized hunting and fishing groups.
642	641		33 (4) The forest products community.
643	642		34 (5) The parks and recreation community.
644	643		35 Each group and community listed in subdivisions (1) through (5) must
645	644		36 be represented on the project commission.
646	645		37 SECTION 41. IC 14-12-2-15, AS AMENDED BY THE
647	646		38 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BILL OF THE 2025 GENERAL
648	647		39 ASSEMBLY, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
649	648		40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "appointing
650	649		41 authority" refers to:
651	650		42 (1) the governor in the case of a member appointed under section
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653	652		1 14(b)(7) 14(b)(8) of this chapter; or
654	653		2 (2) the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader
655	654		3 of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the
656	655		4 senate, or the minority leader of the senate in the case of a
657	656		5 member appointed under section 14(b)(8) 14(b)(9) of this
658	657		6 chapter, whichever is applicable.
659	658		7 (b) As used in this section, "member" refers to a member of the
660	659		8 project commission appointed under section 14(b)(7) 14(b)(8) through
661	660		9 14(b)(8) 14(b)(9) of this chapter.
662	661		10 (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), The term of a member
663	662		11 begins on the later of the following:
664	663		12 (1) The day the term of the member who the individual is
665	664		13 appointed to succeed expires.
666	665		14 (2) The day the individual is appointed by the appointing
667	666		15 authority.
668	667		16 (d) A member serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The
669	668		17 term of a member expires as follows:
670	669		18 (1) June 30 of an odd-numbered year for a member appointed
671	670		19 under section 14(b)(8) 14(b)(9) of this chapter.
672	671		20 (2) June 30, 2025, and each fourth year thereafter for a member
673	672		21 appointed under section 14(b)(7)(C)(i), 14(b)(8)(C)(i),
674	673		22 14(b)(7)(C)(iii), 14(b)(8)(C)(iii), or 14(b)(7)(C)(v)
675	674		23 14(b)(8)(C)(v) of this chapter.
676	675		24 (3) December 31, 2025, and each fourth year thereafter for a
677	676		25 member appointed under section 14(b)(7)(C)(ii) 14(b)(8)(C)(ii)
678	677		26 or 14(b)(7)(C)(iv) 14(b)(8)(C)(iv) of this chapter.
679	678		27 (e) The appointing authority may reappoint a member for a new
680	679		28 term.
681	680		29 (f) The appointing authority shall appoint an individual to fill a
682	681		30 vacancy among the members. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy
683	682		31 serves for the unexpired term of the individual's predecessor.
684	683		32 SECTION 42. IC 14-12-2-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.42-2024,
685	684		33 SECTION 110, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
686	685		34 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. (a) Eight (8) Nine (9) members
687	686		35 of the project commission constitute a quorum.
688	687		36 (b) The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of the
689	688		37 project commission present and voting is necessary for the project
690	689		38 commission to take any action.
691	690		39 (c) A member of the project commission described in section
692	691		40 14(b)(1) through 14(b)(5) 14(b)(6) of this chapter may designate in
693	692		41 writing a representative from the respective division to serve as a
694	693		42 member of the project commission when the member of the project
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696	695		1 commission is unable to attend a meeting.
697	696		2 SECTION 43. IC 14-20-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
698	697		3 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
699	698		4 JULY 1, 2025]:
700	699		5 Chapter 1.5. Division of Historic Sites
701	700		6 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "artifact" has the meaning set
702	701		7 forth in IC 14-21-1-2.
703	702		8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "division" refers to the division
704	703		9 of historic sites established by IC 14-9-4-1.
705	704		10 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "foundation" refers to the
706	705		11 Indiana historic sites foundation, established under section 23 of
707	706		12 this chapter and managed by the trustees.
708	707		13 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "historic site" refers to a state
709	708		14 historic site established and maintained by the trustees under the
710	709		15 criteria established by the trustees.
711	710		16 Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "state agency" has the meaning
712	711		17 set forth in IC 4-1-13-1.
713	712		18 Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "trustees" refers to the board of
714	713		19 trustees for the division established by section 10 of this chapter.
715	714		20 Sec. 6.5. (a) On July 1, 2025, all real property, personal
716	715		21 property, and artifacts used in the:
717	716		22 (1) administration;
718	717		23 (2) operation; or
719	718		24 (3) acquisition;
720	719		25 of historic sites by the Indiana state museum corporation
721	720		26 established by IC 4-37-2-1 are transferred to the division.
722	721		27 (b) On July 1, 2025, all powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of
723	722		28 the Indiana state museum corporation regarding historic sites are
724	723		29 transferred to the division.
725	724		30 (c) On July 1, 2025, the budget agency shall determine and
726	725		31 transfer funds:
727	726		32 (1) used to operate and maintain historic sites from the state
728	727		33 museum development fund (IC 4-37-7-1); and
729	728		34 (2) from any other account intended for the use of historic
730	729		35 sites;
731	730		36 to the state historic sites development fund established by section
732	731		37 22 of this chapter.
733	732		38 (d) After June 30, 2025, all individuals:
734	733		39 (1) employed by the Indiana state museum; and
735	734		40 (2) working at a historic site;
736	735		41 shall become employees of the division.
737	736		42 Sec. 7. The division shall administer and develop the programs
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739	738		1 and policies established by this chapter.
740	739		2 Sec. 8. The division may do the following:
741	740		3 (1) Undertake actions necessary to qualify the state for
742	741		4 participation in sources of federal aid to preserve historic
743	742		5 property, materials, items, sites, and memorials.
744	743		6 (2) Provide information on historic property, materials, items,
745	744		7 sites, and memorials within Indiana to federal, state, and local
746	745		8 governmental agencies, private individuals, and
747	746		9 organizations.
748	747		10 (3) Advise and coordinate the activities of local historical
749	748		11 associations, historical district commissions, historical
750	749		12 commissions, and other interested groups or persons.
751	750		13 (4) Provide technical and financial assistance to local
752	751		14 historical associations, historical district commissions,
753	752		15 historical commissions, and other interested groups or
754	753		16 persons.
755	754		17 (5) Develop a program of interpretation and publication of the
756	755		18 state's historical, architectural, and archeological resources.
757	756		19 (6) Collect and preserve objects of scientific and cultural
758	757		20 value representing past and present flora and fauna, the life
759	758		21 and work of mankind, geological history, natural resources,
760	759		22 the manufacturing arts, and fine arts.
761	760		23 Sec. 9. The division shall do the following:
762	761		24 (1) Establish standards and criteria for the acquisition of
763	762		25 historic properties and for the preservation, restoration,
764	763		26 administration, and operation of the sites and structures
765	764		27 acquired.
766	765		28 (2) Acquire by purchase, lease, or gift appropriate historic
767	766		29 sites and historic structures.
768	767		30 (3) Operate and administer the historic sites and historic
769	768		31 structures owned or acquired by the state in accordance with
770	769		32 this chapter.
771	770		33 Sec. 10. (a) The board of trustees for the division is established.
772	771		34 (b) The trustees consist of thirteen (13) members as follows:
773	772		35 (1) The director of the department, who serves as chairperson.
774	773		36 (2) Twelve (12) members appointed by the governor as
775	774		37 follows:
776	775		38 (A) One (1) member of the foundation, nominated by the
777	776		39 foundation.
778	777		40 (B) Two (2) members who are recognized supporters of
779	778		41 historic sites.
780	779		42 (C) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's First
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782	781		1 Congressional District.
783	782		2 (D) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Second
784	783		3 Congressional District.
785	784		4 (E) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Third
786	785		5 Congressional District.
787	786		6 (F) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Fourth
788	787		7 Congressional District.
789	788		8 (G) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Fifth
790	789		9 Congressional District.
791	790		10 (H) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Sixth
792	791		11 Congressional District.
793	792		12 (I) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Seventh
794	793		13 Congressional District.
795	794		14 (J) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Eighth
796	795		15 Congressional District.
797	796		16 (K) One (1) member who is a resident of Indiana's Ninth
798	797		17 Congressional District.
799	798		18 (c) A member appointed under subsection (b)(2)(A) through
800	799		19 (b)(2)(E) serves an initial term that expires December 31, 2026, and
801	800		20 then is appointed every fourth year thereafter. A member
802	801		21 appointed under subsection (b)(2)(F) through (b)(2)(K) serves an
803	802		22 initial term that expires December 31, 2028, and then is appointed
804	803		23 every fourth year thereafter.
805	804		24 Sec. 11. Each appointed member of the trustees serves at the
806	805		25 pleasure of the governor for a term of four (4) years.
807	806		26 Sec. 12. A vacancy on the board of trustees shall be filled for the
808	807		27 unexpired term in the same manner as for a full term.
809	808		28 Sec. 13. (a) Each member of the trustees who is not a state
810	809		29 employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by
811	810		30 IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is also entitled to reimbursement
812	811		31 for traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4 and other
813	812		32 expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties
814	813		33 as provided in the state policies and procedures established by the
815	814		34 Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget
816	815		35 agency.
817	816		36 (b) Each member of the trustees who is a state employee is
818	817		37 entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under
819	818		38 IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection
820	819		39 with the member's duties as provided in the state policies and
821	820		40 procedures established by the Indiana department of
822	821		41 administration and approved by the budget agency.
823	822		42 Sec. 14. The trustees shall select a vice chairperson from the
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825	824		1 trustees' membership for a term of one (1) year expiring
826	825		2 September 1 following the selection. The division director is the
827	826		3 secretary of the trustees.
828	827		4 Sec. 15. Seven (7) members of the trustees constitute a quorum.
829	828		5 Sec. 16. The trustees shall do the following:
830	829		6 (1) Nominate, when the position of division director is vacant,
831	830		7 a person to be appointed by the director of the department to
832	831		8 the position of division director. If the director of the
833	832		9 department rejects a nominee's appointment, the trustees
834	833		10 shall nominate another person.
835	834		11 (2) Recommend, when appropriate, the dismissal of a division
836	835		12 director.
837	836		13 (3) Make recommendations concerning the salary ranges of
838	837		14 the administrative, professional, and technical staff of the
839	838		15 division.
840	839		16 (4) Review the budget needs and requests of the division and
841	840		17 make recommendations concerning the needs and requests to
842	841		18 the governor through the division director.
843	842		19 (5) Recommend that the department accept or reject, hold, or
844	843		20 dispose of grants of property to be administered by the
845	844		21 division for the purpose of preservation, research, or
846	845		22 interpretation of significant areas, events, or grants to Indiana
847	846		23 citizens for the purpose of preserving, studying, and
848	847		24 interpreting archeological and natural phenomena, cultural
849	848		25 trends, and accomplishments.
850	849		26 (6) Review, guide, and assist in the development of statewide
851	850		27 outreach programs.
852	851		28 (7) Review, guide, and assist in the development of
853	852		29 professionalism of the division's staff and operations.
854	853		30 (8) Review, recommend, and devise methods to enable the
855	854		31 division to do the following:
856	855		32 (A) Increase the division's physical presence in Indiana.
857	856		33 (B) Expand educational resources.
858	857		34 (C) Meet storage needs.
859	858		35 (9) Develop a plan of growth to meet physical, program, and
860	859		36 financial needs for both the immediate and long range future
861	860		37 of the division, monitor the plan at regular intervals, and
862	861		38 ensure that the division stays within the developed plan.
863	862		39 (10) Recommend policies, procedures, and practices that the
864	863		40 commission, the director of the department, and the division
865	864		41 director serving as the secretary of the trustees shall consider.
866	865		42 (11) Give advice or make recommendations to the governor
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868	867		1 and the general assembly when requested or on the initiative
869	868		2 of the trustees.
870	869		3 (12) Review the conduct of the work of the division. To
871	870		4 implement this duty, the trustees have access at any
872	871		5 reasonable time to copies of all records pertaining to the work
873	872		6 of the division.
874	873		7 (13) Adopt bylaws consistent with this chapter for the
875	874		8 division's internal control and management and file a copy of
876	875		9 the bylaws with the division director.
877	876		10 (14) Hold meetings at the times and places in Indiana that are
878	877		11 prescribed by the bylaws, but at least quarterly.
879	878		12 (15) Keep minutes of each regular and special meeting and file
880	879		13 the minutes with the division director. The minutes are a
881	880		14 public record.
882	881		15 (16) Promote the welfare of the division.
883	882		16 (17) Make recommendations concerning the administration of
884	883		17 the historic site acquisition fund established by section 19 of
885	884		18 this chapter.
886	885		19 Sec. 17. Trustees are not liable in an individual capacity for any
887	886		20 act done or omitted in connection with the performance of duties
888	887		21 under this chapter. This section does not apply to an act or
889	888		22 omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton
890	889		23 misconduct.
891	890		24 Sec. 18. (a) The commission may, on recommendation of the
892	891		25 trustees, accept or refuse to accept an offered gift of historic
893	892		26 property that would be administered by the department.
894	893		27 (b) The commission may, on recommendation of the trustees,
895	894		28 sell or exchange historic property administered by the department
896	895		29 under IC 4-20.5-7 or IC 5-22-22.
897	896		30 (c) The commission may, on recommendation of the trustees and
898	897		31 in accordance with rules adopted by the commission under
899	898		32 IC 4-22-2, sell, donate, or exchange artifacts in the historic sites'
900	899		33 collection to or with other public or nonprofit museums or
901	900		34 historical societies. However, the commission may donate an
902	901		35 artifact in the historic sites' collection to a public or nonprofit
903	902		36 museum or historical society under this subsection only if the
904	903		37 museum or historical society is located in Indiana.
905	904		38 (d) The commission may, on recommendation of the trustees,
906	905		39 adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a procedure for evaluating
907	906		40 the merits of proposals to:
908	907		41 (1) accept gifts of;
909	908		42 (2) sell; or
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911	910		1 (3) exchange;
912	911		2 artifacts or historic property.
913	912		3 Sec. 18.3. (a) The trustees may enter into a memorandum of
914	913		4 understanding with one (1) or more nonprofit organizations that
915	914		5 are recognized supporters of a specific historic site and are exempt
916	915		6 from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
917	916		7 Code. The memorandum of understanding may provide that the
918	917		8 nonprofit organization or organizations may maintain a gift shop
919	918		9 and offer special events at the historic site.
920	919		10 (b) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this
921	920		11 section may not do any of the following to restrict the fundraising
922	921		12 activities of an organization described in subsection (a):
923	922		13 (1) Require the organization to deposit into the state historic
924	923		14 sites development fund established by section 22 of this
925	924		15 chapter the proceeds of a fundraising activity approved by the
926	925		16 trustees.
927	926		17 (2) Require the organization to send money donated to the
928	927		18 organization to the division.
929	928		19 (3) Require the approval of the trustees, or the trustees'
930	929		20 designee, before the organization pursues general donations
931	930		21 from individuals and other entities.
932	931		22 (4) Restrict, regulate, or limit the ability of the organization
933	932		23 to hold offsite fundraising programs or activities.
934	933		24 (5) Restrict, regulate, or limit the ability of the organization
935	934		25 to promote or advertise any onsite or offsite fundraising
936	935		26 programs or activities on social media, via electronic mail, on
937	936		27 a website, or by any other means.
938	937		28 (c) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this
939	938		29 section may not do any of the following:
940	939		30 (1) Require the organization to be any type of supporting
941	940		31 organization (as the term is used in the Internal Revenue
942	941		32 Code).
943	942		33 (2) Require a representative of the trustees to be a voting or
944	943		34 nonvoting member of the organization's board of directors.
945	944		35 (3) Require the organization to submit to the trustees any
946	945		36 organization documents, correspondence, electronic mail, or
947	946		37 other data that are not required to be submitted by the
948	947		38 Internal Revenue Service.
949	948		39 (4) Require the organization to submit an audit of the
950	949		40 organization's funds.
951	950		41 (5) Restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit the ability of the
952	951		42 organization to promote any onsite or offsite activities.
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954	953		1 (6) Allow the trustees to take the organization's real or
955	954		2 financial assets.
956	955		3 (7) Require the organization to pay any rental or other fee to
957	956		4 support an event at a historic site that is sponsored by the
958	957		5 organization or the trustees.
959	958		6 (d) The trustees shall return to the organization any funds
960	959		7 raised by the organization and donated to the division that:
961	960		8 (1) are designated as donor restricted funds for a specific use
962	961		9 in a historic site project; and
963	962		10 (2) are not used for the donor's specified use in the historic
964	963		11 site project;
965	964		12 upon the completion of the historic site project.
966	965		13 Sec. 18.5. The trustees shall enter into:
967	966		14 (1) a memorandum of understanding with the Indiana
968	967		15 department of transportation providing for the Indiana
969	968		16 department of transportation to maintain historical services
970	969		17 provided to the various historic sites; and
971	970		18 (2) a memorandum of understanding with the department of
972	971		19 correction providing for the department of correction to
973	972		20 provide assistance in maintaining a historic site.
974	973		21 Sec. 19. (a) The historic site acquisition fund is established. The
975	974		22 division shall administer the historic site acquisition fund.
976	975		23 (b) The following shall be deposited in the historic site
977	976		24 acquisition fund:
978	977		25 (1) Gifts of money to the historic site acquisition fund or the
979	978		26 proceeds from the sale of gifts donated to the historic site
980	979		27 acquisition fund.
981	980		28 (2) The proceeds from sales under this chapter.
982	981		29 (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the historic
983	982		30 site acquisition fund not currently needed to meet the obligations
984	983		31 of the historic site acquisition fund in the same manner as other
985	984		32 public money may be invested.
986	985		33 (d) The expenses of administering the historic site acquisition
987	986		34 fund shall be paid from money in the historic site acquisition fund.
988	987		35 (e) The division may, on recommendation of the trustees,
989	988		36 purchase with money in the historic site acquisition fund artifacts
990	989		37 for the historic sites' collection. All money accruing to the historic
991	990		38 site acquisition fund is continuously appropriated for the purpose
992	991		39 of this subsection.
993	992		40 (f) Money in the historic site acquisition fund at the end of a
994	993		41 state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
995	994		42 Sec. 20. A person who:
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997	996		1 (1) knowingly; and
998	997		2 (2) without a permit;
999	998		3 alters historic property within the boundaries of property owned
1000	999		4 or leased by the state commits a Class B misdemeanor.
1001	1000		5 Sec. 21. (a) The division may, by contract, delegate the
1002	1001		6 management of historic sites held and managed by the division to
1003	1002		7 the foundation under terms the division considers acceptable.
1004	1003		8 (b) Under a contract entered into under subsection (a), the
1005	1004		9 division may:
1006	1005		10 (1) provide office facilities and administrative support to the
1007	1006		11 foundation;
1008	1007		12 (2) assign division employees to administrative and program
1009	1008		13 duties at the historic sites;
1010	1009		14 (3) act in an advisory capacity for the foundation; and
1011	1010		15 (4) accept donations on behalf of the foundation.
1012	1011		16 Sec. 22. (a) The state historic sites development fund is
1013	1012		17 established for the purpose of promoting interest in and use of
1014	1013		18 historic sites.
1015	1014		19 (b) The state historic sites development fund shall be
1016	1015		20 administered by the division or an entity designated by the
1017	1016		21 division. The state historic sites development fund consists of the
1018	1017		22 following:
1019	1018		23 (1) Money appropriated to the state historic sites development
1020	1019		24 fund by the general assembly.
1021	1020		25 (2) Revenue generated by exhibit fees.
1022	1021		26 (3) Concessions.
1023	1022		27 (4) Donations.
1024	1023		28 (5) Grants.
1025	1024		29 (6) Other miscellaneous revenue.
1026	1025		30 (c) Money in the state historic sites development fund at the end
1027	1026		31 of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
1028	1027		32 (d) The balance of the state historic sites development fund is
1029	1028		33 continuously appropriated and may be used at the request of the
1030	1029		34 division with the approval of the budget agency after review by the
1031	1030		35 budget committee.
1032	1031		36 Sec. 23. The trustees may, by adopting a resolution, designate an
1033	1032		37 existing nonprofit corporation or establish a nonprofit subsidiary
1034	1033		38 corporation, known as or to be known as the Indiana historic sites
1035	1034		39 foundation, that is exempt from federal income taxation under
1036	1035		40 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to solicit and accept
1037	1036		41 private funding, gifts, donations, bequests, devises, and
1038	1037		42 contributions.
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1040	1039		1 Sec. 24. The foundation:
1041	1040		2 (1) shall use money received under section 23 of this chapter
1042	1041		3 to carry out in any manner the purposes and programs under
1043	1042		4 this chapter; and
1044	1043		5 (2) may deposit money received under section 23 of this
1045	1044		6 chapter in an account or fund that is:
1046	1045		7 (A) administered by the foundation; and
1047	1046		8 (B) not part of the state treasury.
1048	1047		9 Sec. 25. The foundation is governed by a board of trustees who
1049	1048		10 may appoint a director.
1050	1049		11 Sec. 26. Employees of the division shall provide administrative
1051	1050		12 support for the foundation.
1052	1051		13 Sec. 27. The foundation is subject to compliance audits by the
1053	1052		14 state board of accounts.
1054	1053		15 Sec. 28. The foundation is exempt under IC 6-2.5-5-16 from the
1055	1054		16 state gross retail tax for transactions involving tangible personal
1056	1055		17 property, public utility commodities, and public utility service.
1057	1056		18 Sec. 29. The foundation is exempt from the following:
1058	1057		19 (1) The requirements of IC 4-13-2-20 prohibiting payment in
1059	1058		20 advance.
1060	1059		21 (2) The procurement requirements under IC 5-22.
1061	1060		22 SECTION 44. IC 14-20-6-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1062	1061		23 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1063	1062		24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The real property shall be administered,
1064	1063		25 maintained, managed, and controlled by the Indiana state museum and
1065	1064		26 historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) division of historic sites (IC
1066	1065		27 14-20-1.5) and shall be known as The James F.D. Lanier Home.
1067	1066		28 SECTION 45. IC 14-20-7-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1068	1067		29 SECTION 19, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1069	1068		30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The Indiana state museum and historic sites
1070	1069		31 corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5) may
1071	1070		32 receive donations for the upkeep of the monument provided for in this
1072	1071		33 chapter.
1073	1072		34 SECTION 46. IC 14-20-8-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1074	1073		35 SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1075	1074		36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The real property shall be administered by the
1076	1075		37 Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1)
1077	1076		38 division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5) as a historic property and shall
1078	1077		39 be known as the William S. Culbertson Mansion.
1079	1078		40 SECTION 47. IC 14-20-8-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1080	1079		41 SECTION 21, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1081	1080		42 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The Indiana state museum and historic sites
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1083	1082		1 corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5) may
1084	1083		2 receive the following:
1085	1084		3 (1) Donations for the maintenance of the mansion.
1086	1085		4 (2) Other money that is necessary to carry out this chapter.
1087	1086		5 SECTION 48. IC 14-20-9-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1088	1087		6 SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1089	1088		7 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This section and sections 2 through 5 of this
1090	1089		8 chapter do not apply if:
1091	1090		9 (1) the Wilbur Wright memorial is transferred to the Wilbur
1092	1091		10 Wright Birthplace Preservation Society after June 30, 1995; or
1093	1092		11 (2) the board of trustees of the Indiana state museum and historic
1094	1093		12 sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) for the division of historic sites
1095	1094		13 (IC 14-20-1.5) declares declare the memorial to be surplus to the
1096	1095		14 needs of the state museum and historic sites corporation. division
1097	1096		15 of historic sites.
1098	1097		16 SECTION 49. IC 14-20-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1099	1098		17 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1100	1099		18 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The Indiana state museum and historic sites
1101	1100		19 corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5)
1102	1101		20 shall administer the real property, which shall be known as the Wilbur
1103	1102		21 Wright Birthplace.
1104	1103		22 SECTION 50. IC 14-20-9-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1105	1104		23 SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1106	1105		24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The Indiana state museum and historic sites
1107	1106		25 corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5) may
1108	1107		26 do the following:
1109	1108		27 (1) Receive any appropriations made by the federal government
1110	1109		28 to assist in memorializing the achievements of Wilbur Wright.
1111	1110		29 (2) Expend the money received from the federal government in
1112	1111		30 conformity with this chapter or the federal law making the
1113	1112		31 appropriation.
1114	1113		32 SECTION 51. IC 14-20-10-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1115	1114		33 SECTION 25, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1116	1115		34 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. The real property shall be administered by the
1117	1116		35 Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1)
1118	1117		36 division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5) as a historic property and shall
1119	1118		37 be known as the Ernie Pyle Birthplace.
1120	1119		38 SECTION 52. IC 14-20-12-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.78-2019,
1121	1120		39 SECTION 19, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1122	1121		40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. Thousands of Hoosiers all over the nation have
1123	1122		41 contributed toward the moving and restoration of this historic house
1124	1123		42 and because the house has already proven to be an outstanding tourist
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1126	1125		1 attraction and in keeping with our great American heritage, it is the
1127	1126		2 intent of this chapter that the office of tourism development (before
1128	1127		3 July 1, 2020) or the Indiana destination development corporation (after
1129	1128		4 June 30, 2020), the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation
1130	1129		5 (IC 4-37-2-1), division of historic sites (IC 14-20-1.5), and other
1131	1130		6 appropriate state boards and agencies give widespread publicity to this
1132	1131		7 memorial by brochure, pamphlet, or other means.
1133	1132		8 SECTION 53. IC 14-20-16-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1134	1133		9 SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1135	1134		10 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) The governors' portraits collection is placed
1136	1135		11 in the custody of the Indiana state museum and historic sites
1137	1136		12 corporation (IC 4-37-2-1). The collection shall be permanently
1138	1137		13 displayed in public areas of the state house under the supervision of the
1139	1138		14 Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation, which is charged
1140	1139		15 with its care and maintenance.
1141	1140		16 (b) The chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and
1142	1141		17 historic sites corporation shall inspect each painting in the collection
1143	1142		18 annually in the company of one (1) or more experts in the field of art
1144	1143		19 conservation selected by the chief executive officer of the Indiana state
1145	1144		20 museum and historic sites corporation.
1146	1145		21 (c) After the inauguration of each governor, the chief executive
1147	1146		22 officer of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation, with
1148	1147		23 the concurrence of the governor, shall select and commission an artist
1149	1148		24 to paint the governor's portrait. The portrait must be hung in the
1150	1149		25 permanent collection immediately following the completion and
1151	1150		26 acceptance of the portrait by the chief executive officer of the Indiana
1152	1151		27 state museum and historic sites corporation and the governor.
1153	1152		28 (d) The Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation shall
1154	1153		29 include in its budget requests the amount the Indiana state museum and
1155	1154		30 historic sites corporation considers necessary to:
1156	1155		31 (1) provide for the proper care, maintenance, and display of the
1157	1156		32 governors' portraits collection; and
1158	1157		33 (2) commission the painting of an oil portrait of each governor for
1159	1158		34 the collection.
1160	1159		35 The Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation may use
1161	1160		36 appropriated funds or any other funds provided for these purposes.
1162	1161		37 (e) The chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and
1163	1162		38 historic sites corporation, in discharging the duties under this section,
1164	1163		39 shall use the appropriate cultural and technical resources of the state,
1165	1164		40 including the department, Indiana historical bureau, and the Indiana
1166	1165		41 department of administration.
1167	1166		42 SECTION 54. IC 14-20-16-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2011,
1168		-	SB 515—LS 6430/DI 150 28
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1169	1168		1 SECTION 28, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1170	1169		2 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) The governors' portraits fund is established
1171	1170		3 as a dedicated fund to be administered by the Indiana state museum
1172	1171		4 and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1). Money in the fund may be
1173	1172		5 expended by the chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum
1174	1173		6 and historic sites corporation exclusively for the preservation and
1175	1174		7 exhibition of the state owned portraits of former governors of Indiana.
1176	1175		8 (b) The proceeds from the sale of items as directed by law or by the
1177	1176		9 chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and historic sites
1178	1177		10 corporation, from gifts of money or the proceeds from the sale of gifts
1179	1178		11 donated to the fund, and from investment earnings from any portion of
1180	1179		12 the fund, shall be deposited in the governors' portraits fund.
1181	1180		13 (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
1182	1181		14 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
1183	1182		15 manner as other public money may be invested.
1184	1183		16 (d) All money accruing to the governors' portraits fund is
1185	1184		17 continuously allotted and appropriated for the purposes specified in this
1186	1185		18 section.
1187	1186		19 (e) Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to
1188	1187		20 the state general fund.
1189	1188		21 SECTION 55. IC 34-30-2.1-18, AS ADDED BY P.L.105-2022,
1190	1189		22 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1191	1190		23 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. IC 4-37-3-5 (Concerning actions of members
1192	1191		24 of the board of trustees for the Indiana state museum and historic sites
1193	1192		25 corporation).
1194	1193		26 SECTION 56. IC 34-30-2.1-173.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1195	1194		27 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1196	1195		28 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 173.5. IC 14-20-1.5-17
1197	1196		29 (Concerning actions of members of the board of trustees for the
1198	1197		30 division of historic sites).
1199	1198		31 SECTION 57. IC 35-52-14-7.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
1200	1199		32 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1201	1200		33 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7.5. IC 14-20-1.5-20 defines a
1202	1201		34 crime concerning altering historic property owned or leased by the
1203	1202		35 state.
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1205		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
1206		-	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Natural Resources, to
1207		-	which was referred Senate Bill No. 515, has had the same under
1208		-	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
1209		-	the recommendation that said bill DO PASS and be reassigned to the
1210		-	Senate Committee on Appropriations.
1211		-	(Reference is to SB 515 as introduced.)
1212		-	GLICK, Chairperson
1213		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
1214		-	SB 515—LS 6430/DI 150
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