Sec. 32. (a) The registered architects and registered landscape architects investigative fund is established to provide funds for administering and enforcing the provisions of this article, including investigating and taking enforcement action against violators of this article. The fund shall be administered by the attorney general and the Indiana professional licensing agency.
(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the money in the fund. The fund consists of money from a fee imposed upon registered architects and registered landscape architects under section 16(f) of this chapter.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. If the total amount in the fund exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) at the end of a state fiscal year after payment of all claims and expenses, the amount that exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) reverts to the state general fund.
(e) Money in the fund is continually appropriated for use by the attorney general and the Indiana professional licensing agency to administer and enforce the provisions of this article and to conduct investigations and take enforcement action against persons violating the provisions of this article.
As added by P.L.194-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.177-2006, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1. Regulation of Architects Generally ─ Creation of Board
25-4-1-2. Board Established; Appointments
25-4-1-3. Organization and Government of Board
25-4-1-3.3. Treatment of Rules Adopted Before July 1, 2000
25-4-1-4. Duties of Attorney General; Injunction; Use of Investigative Fund
25-4-1-6. Application for Certificate of Registration
25-4-1-7. Educational Qualifications and Requirements for Examination
25-4-1-7.5. Intern Development Program
25-4-1-8. Out-of-State Applicants
25-4-1-9. Examinations of Applicants
25-4-1-10. Issuance of Certificate of Registration
25-4-1-11. Exemption From Statutes Regulating Practice of Engineering
25-4-1-12. Issuance of Certificate; Applicable Sections
25-4-1-13. Display of Certificate; Seal
25-4-1-14. Renewal of Certificate; Failure to Renew; Reinstatement; Fees
25-4-1-17. Acts Constituting Practice of Architecture
25-4-1-18. Employees Under Direction of Architect; Exempt Buildings
25-4-1-19. Expenses of Administration; Payment
25-4-1-20. Record of Proceedings
25-4-1-23. Construction of Chapter
25-4-1-24. Severability Clause
25-4-1-25. Public Inspection of Records
25-4-1-27. Right of Corporations and Partnerships to Engage in Practice
25-4-1-29. Necessity of Plans or Specifications Prepared by Registered Architect
25-4-1-30. Reexamination; Extension of Time