Appointed officials., the official text

First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)

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  HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1509

   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 5-14-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2025]:

   Chapter 9. Disclosure of Appointing Authority
   Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "appointed officer" means an
unelected or elected officer of the state or a political subdivision
who is appointed to serve on a board by an appointing authority.
   Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "appointing authority" means:

      (1) an elected officer; or
      (2) a board of members who are all elected officers;
of the state or a political subdivision.
   Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "board" means a board, body,
committee, commission, or any other instrumentality of the state
or a political subdivision.
   Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the
meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.
   Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "state" means any of the
following:
      (1) A department, commission, division, authority, board,
      bureau, or office of state government that exercises any:

         (A) executive including administrative; or

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         (B) legislative;
      powers.
      (2) Any statewide elected official.
      (3) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state
      statute.
      (4) A state educational institution (as defined in
      IC 21-7-13-32).
   Sec. 6. Any board meeting notice or agenda must provide the
following information regarding each appointed officer serving on
the board:
      (1) The officer's name.
      (2) The appointing authority.
      (3) The beginning and expiration date of the officer's term of
      appointment.
   Sec. 7. The information under section 6 of this chapter
regarding a board's appointed officers shall be:
      (1) published on:

         (A) the board's website, if any; or
         (B) the appointing authority's website, if any; or
      (2) published on the Internet through the computer gateway
      administered by the office of technology established by
      IC 4-13.1-2-1, if the board or appointing authority does not
      have a website.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Governor of the State of Indiana

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