Sec. 15. (a) For purposes of this section, "operating expenditures" includes the following:
(1) Business plans.
(2) Marketing studies.
(3) Mentor identification.
(4) Securitization of capital.
(5) Legal services.
(6) Other necessary services.
(b) The total of all grants provided under this chapter for a technology park may not exceed the following:
(1) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the leasing, construction, or purchase of capital assets.
(2) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for operating expenditures, and, subject to subsection (d), with not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) being distributed in any one (1) fiscal year.
(c) This subsection applies to a grant provided under subsection (b)(1) for the leasing of a capital asset. The grant may be applied only to lease payments made during:
(1) the fiscal year; or
(2) each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately following the fiscal year;
in which the grant is provided.
(d) The annual distribution of a grant under subsection (b)(2) may not exceed the following:
(1) Eighty percent (80%) of total operating expenditures in the fiscal year in which the grant is provided.
(2) Sixty percent (60%) of total operating expenditures in the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the grant is provided.
(3) Forty percent (40%) of total operating expenditures in the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the grant is provided.
(4) Twenty percent (20%) of total operating expenditures in the third fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the grant is provided.
As added by P.L.4-2005, SEC.34.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 28. Indiana Economic Development Corporation
Chapter 10. Technology Development Grant Fund
5-28-10-2. "Political Subdivision"
5-28-10-3. "Redevelopment Commission"
5-28-10-4. "Targeted Employment"
5-28-10-6. "Technology Product"
5-28-10-7. Establishment and Purpose of Fund
5-28-10-8. Appropriations From General Assembly
5-28-10-9. Administration of Fund
5-28-10-10. Investment of Money in Fund
5-28-10-12. Establishment of Grant Application Procedure
5-28-10-13. Qualification for Grant
5-28-10-14. Provision of Grants
5-28-10-15. "Operating Expenditures"; Amount and Use of Grants