Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings

5-14-1.5-3. Open Meetings; Secret Ballot Votes; Member Participating by Electronic Means of Communication - Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 6.1 of...

5-14-1.5-3.1. Serial Meetings - Sec. 3.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...

5-14-1.5-3.2. School Corporation or Charter School; Oral Public Comment - Sec. 3.2. (a) This section applies only to the governing...

5-14-1.5-3.5. Electronic Meetings of Political Subdivisions; Statutory Authorization Required - Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies only to a governing...

5-14-1.5-3.6. Electronic Communications by Certain Governing Bodies - Sec. 3.6. (a) This section applies only to a governing...

5-14-1.5-3.7. Electronic Meetings During Disaster Emergency - Sec. 3.7. (a) As used in this section, "disaster emergency"...

5-14-1.5-4. Posting Agenda; Memoranda of Meetings; Public Inspection of Minutes - Sec. 4. (a) A governing body of a public agency...

5-14-1.5-5. Public Notice of Meetings - Sec. 5. (a) Public notice of the date, time, and...

5-14-1.5-6. Repealed - As added by Acts 1977, P.L.57, SEC.1. Amended by Acts...

5-14-1.5-6.1. Executive Sessions - Sec. 6.1. (a) As used in this section, "public official"...

5-14-1.5-6.5. Collective Bargaining Meetings; Applicable Requirements - Sec. 6.5. (a) Whenever a governing body, or any person...

5-14-1.5-7. Violations; Remedies; Limitations; Costs and Fees - Sec. 7. (a) An action may be filed by any...

5-14-1.5-7.5. Civil Penalties Imposed on Public Agency, Officer, or Management Level Employee - Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies only to an individual...

5-14-1.5-8. Accessibility to Individuals With Disabilities - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies only to the following...

Chapter 2. Public Access to Criminal Proceedings

5-14-2-1. Definitions - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Criminal action" means...

5-14-2-2. Open Attendance - Sec. 2. Criminal proceedings are presumptively open to attendance by...

5-14-2-3. Exclusion of General Public; Opportunity to Be Heard - Sec. 3. No court may order the exclusion of the...

5-14-2-4. Hearing on Exclusion Motion or Order - Sec. 4. Whenever any motion to exclude the general public...

5-14-2-5. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 5. The court shall notify the parties of the...

5-14-2-6. Hearing Procedures - Sec. 6. (a) At the hearing, any party or member...

5-14-2-7. Inherent Power of Court - Sec. 7. This chapter does not affect the inherent power...

5-14-2-8. Original Action to Contest Exclusion Ruling of Trial Court - Sec. 8. (a) Any party or member of the general...

Chapter 3. Access to Public Records

5-14-3-1. Public Policy; Construction; Burden of Proof for Nondisclosure - Sec. 1. A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form...

5-14-3-2. Definitions - Sec. 2. (a) The definitions set forth in this section...

5-14-3-2.1. "Public Agency"; Certain Providers Exempted - Sec. 2.1. "Public agency", for purposes of this chapter, does...

5-14-3-2.2. Private University Police Department Records - Sec. 2.2. (a) The following records of a private university...

5-14-3-3. Right to Inspect and Copy Public Agency Records or Recordings; Electronic Data Storage; Use of Information for Commercial Purposes; Contracts - Sec. 3. (a) Any person may inspect and copy the...

5-14-3-3.5. "State Agency" - Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "state agency"...

5-14-3-3.6. Public Agencies; Enhanced Access to Public Records; Office of Technology - Sec. 3.6. (a) As used in this section "public agency"...

5-14-3-4. Records and Recordings Exempted From Disclosure; Time Limitations; Destruction of Records - Sec. 4. (a) The following public records are excepted from...

5-14-3-4.1. Repealed - As added by P.L.35-1984, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.1-1989, SEC.75.

5-14-3-4.3. Job Title or Job Descriptions of Law Enforcement Officers - Sec. 4.3. Nothing contained in section 4(b)(8) of this chapter...

5-14-3-4.4. Investigatory Records, Records Relating to Criminal Intelligence Information, Records Relating to Public Safety; Agency Actions; Court Actions - Sec. 4.4. (a) This section applies to a request for...

5-14-3-4.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.4-2005, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.175-2013, SEC.2.

5-14-3-4.7. Negotiation Records; Final Offers; Certification of Final Offer Disclosure - Sec. 4.7. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the Indiana...

5-14-3-4.8. Records Exempt From Disclosure Requirements; Tourism Development Negotiations; Final Offers Public - Sec. 4.8. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the office...

5-14-3-4.9. Ports of Indiana Negotiation Records Excepted From Disclosure; Disclosure of Final Offers - Sec. 4.9. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the ports...

5-14-3-5. Information Relating to Arrest or Summons; Jailed Persons; Records of Law Enforcement Agencies and Private University Police Departments - Sec. 5. (a) If a person is arrested or summoned...

5-14-3-5.1. Inspection of Law Enforcement Recordings; Obscuring of Undercover Law Enforcement Officer; Obscuring of Confidential Informants - Sec. 5.1. (a) As used in this section, "requestor" means...

5-14-3-5.2. Exemptions to Right of Inspection; Court Orders Permitting Inspection - Sec. 5.2. (a) A public agency shall permit any person...

5-14-3-5.3. Retention of Law Enforcement Recordings - Sec. 5.3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a...

5-14-3-5.5. Sealing Certain Records by Court; Hearing; Notice - Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to a judicial public...

5-14-3-6. Partially Disclosable Records; Computer or Microfilm Record Systems; Fees - Sec. 6. (a) If a public record contains disclosable and...

5-14-3-6.5. Confidentiality of Public Record - Sec. 6.5. A public agency that receives a confidential public...

5-14-3-7. Protection Against Loss, Alteration, Destruction, and Unauthorized Enhanced Access - Sec. 7. (a) A public agency shall protect public records...

5-14-3-8. Fees; Copies - Sec. 8. (a) For the purposes of this section, "state...

5-14-3-8.3. Enhanced Access Fund; Establishment by Ordinance; Purpose - Sec. 8.3. (a) The fiscal body of a political subdivision...

5-14-3-8.5. Electronic Map Generation Fund; Establishment by Ordinance; Purpose - Sec. 8.5. (a) The fiscal body of a political subdivision...

5-14-3-9. Denial of Disclosure; Action to Compel Disclosure; Intervenors; Burden of Proof; Attorney's Fees and Costs - Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to a...

5-14-3-9.5. Civil Penalties Imposed on Public Agency, Officer, or Management Level Employee - Sec. 9.5. (a) This section does not apply to any...

5-14-3-10. Classified Confidential Information; Unauthorized Disclosure or Failure to Protect; Offense; Discipline - Sec. 10. (a) A public employee, a public official, or...

Chapter 3.3. Government Data

5-14-3.3-1. "Data Owner" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "data owner" means...

5-14-3.3-2. "Executive State Agency" - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "executive state...

5-14-3.3-3. "Governmental Entity" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "governmental entity" refers...

5-14-3.3-4. "Government Data" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "government data" refers...

5-14-3.3-5. "Government Web Site" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "government web site"...

5-14-3.3-6. "Machine Readable" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "machine readable" refers...

5-14-3.3-7. "Open Format" - Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "open format" means...

5-14-3.3-8. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has...

5-14-3.3-9. "Web Site Owner" - Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "web site owner"...

5-14-3.3-10. Government Data Standards; Applicability - Sec. 10. Except as provided in this chapter or in...

5-14-3.3-11. Data Storage Goal - Sec. 11. A governmental entity should strive to store data...

5-14-3.3-12. Chapter Does Not Require Recording or Conversion of Data to Preferable Format - Sec. 12. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter...

5-14-3.3-13. Disclosure of Data in Accordance With Other Laws - Sec. 13. A government web site may disclose government data...

5-14-3.3-14. Immunity of Web Site Owner, Employees for Disclosure - Sec. 14. A web site owner and its officers, officials,...

5-14-3.3-15. Fee for Access to Data - Sec. 15. Except as specifically provided in IC 4-5-10-2, IC...

5-14-3.3-16. Data Owner Responsibilities - Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to a data owner...

Chapter 3.5. Access to Financial Data for State Agencies

5-14-3.5-1. "State Agency" - Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "state agency"...

5-14-3.5-2. Data on Indiana Transparency Web Site - Sec. 2. (a) The auditor of state, working with the...

5-14-3.5-3. Graphic Representations of Data - Sec. 3. The auditor of state may enhance and organize...

5-14-3.5-4. Public Access Not Allowed to Certain Data - Sec. 4. (a) The auditor of state may not allow...

5-14-3.5-5. Immunity From Civil Liability - Sec. 5. The state and state officers, officials, and employees...

5-14-3.5-6. State Agencies Providing Required Data to Auditor of State - Sec. 6. To the extent any information required to be...

5-14-3.5-7. Prohibition Against Charging Fee for Access - Sec. 7. The auditor of state may not charge a...

5-14-3.5-8. Cooperation by State Agencies - Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 9 of this...

5-14-3.5-9. State Agencies Not Required to Record Information or Expend Resources for Computer Programming - Sec. 9. This chapter does not require a state agency...

5-14-3.5-10. Links to Other Web Sites - Sec. 10. The office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1...

5-14-3.5-11. Links on State Agency Web Sites to Indiana Transparency Web Site - Sec. 11. Each state agency shall include a link on...

5-14-3.5-12. Completing Design and Posting Information - Sec. 12. The auditor of state and the office of...

5-14-3.5-13. Repealed - As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.121-2016, SEC.11.

5-14-3.5-14. Submitting of Forms in an Electronic Format - Sec. 14. In order to comply with this chapter, the...

Chapter 3.6. Access to Financial Data for State Educational Institutions

5-14-3.6-1. "Commission" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...

5-14-3.6-2. "State Educational Institution" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state educational institution"...

5-14-3.6-3. Web Site Established by Commission - Sec. 3. The commission shall establish a web site where...

5-14-3.6-4. Links on State Educational Institutions' Web Sites - Sec. 4. Each state educational institution shall include a link...

5-14-3.6-5. Repealed - As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.16. Repealed by P.L.121-2016, SEC.12.

Chapter 3.7. Access to Financial Data for Local Schools

5-14-3.7-1. "Department" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" means the...

5-14-3.7-2. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "public school" has...

5-14-3.7-2.5. "School Corporation" - Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" has...

5-14-3.7-3. Department Posting Information on Indiana Transparency Web Site - Sec. 3. (a) The department, working with the office of...

5-14-3.7-4. Presentation of Information - Sec. 4. To the extent possible, the department shall present...

5-14-3.7-5. Public Access Not Allowed for Certain Information - Sec. 5. (a) The department may not allow public access...

5-14-3.7-6. Immunity From Civil Liability - Sec. 6. Employees of the state are immune from any...

5-14-3.7-7. Information to Be Provided to the Department by Public Schools - Sec. 7. To the extent any information required to be...

5-14-3.7-8. Fee for Access Prohibited - Sec. 8. The department may not charge a fee for...

5-14-3.7-9. Public Schools Required to Cooperate and Provide Information to the Department - Sec. 9. Except as provided in section 10 of this...

5-14-3.7-10. Recording Information or Expending Resources for Computer Programming Not Required - Sec. 10. This chapter does not require a public school...

5-14-3.7-11. Links on State Web Site and Public School Web Sites - Sec. 11. The office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1...

5-14-3.7-12. Links on Public School Web Sites - Sec. 12. Each public school shall include a link on...

5-14-3.7-13. Design of Web Site and Establishing and Posting Information - Sec. 13. The department and the office of technology shall...

5-14-3.7-14. Report by the Department - Sec. 14. Not later than November 15, 2011, the department...

5-14-3.7-15. Forms Submitted in an Electronic Format - Sec. 15. In order to comply with this chapter, the...

5-14-3.7-16. Repealed - As added by P.L.84-2014, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.7. Repealed...

Chapter 3.8. Access to Financial Data for Local Units

5-14-3.8-1. "Department" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" means the...

5-14-3.8-2. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has...

5-14-3.8-3. Information Posted on the Indiana Transparency Web Site - Sec. 3. The department, working with the office of technology...

5-14-3.8-3.5. Taxing Unit Contracts - Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies only to contracts that...

5-14-3.8-4. Immunity From Civil Liability - Sec. 4. Employees of the department are immune from any...

5-14-3.8-5. Recording of Information or Expending Resources for Computer Programming Not Required - Sec. 5. This chapter does not require a political subdivision...

5-14-3.8-6. Repealed - As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.18. Repealed by P.L.121-2016, SEC.13.

5-14-3.8-7. Submission of Forms in an Electronic Format - Sec. 7. The department may require that prescribed forms be...

5-14-3.8-8. Development of Fiscal Health Indicators; Publication on Internet Dashboard - Sec. 8. (a) The department shall develop indicators of fiscal...

5-14-3.8-9. Certifications of Tax Distributions and Settlement - Sec. 9. The county auditor of each county shall submit...

Chapter 3.9. Financial and Operational Summary of a Political Subdivision

5-14-3.9-1. "Department" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to...

5-14-3.9-2. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" means...

5-14-3.9-3. "Summary" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "summary" means the...

5-14-3.9-4. Application of Chapter - Sec. 4. This chapter applies only to a political subdivision...

5-14-3.9-5. Political Subdivision Summary Publication on Internet Web Site - Sec. 5. (a) After July 31, 2017, the department shall...

5-14-3.9-6. Information Included in Summary - Sec. 6. The department shall determine the information to be...

5-14-3.9-7. Form of Summary - Sec. 7. (a) Subject to the requirements of this section,...

5-14-3.9-8. School Corporation Educational Performance Information - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies only to a school...

Chapter 4. Public Access Counselor

5-14-4-1. "Counselor" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "counselor" refers to...

5-14-4-2. "Office" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to...

5-14-4-3. "Public Access Laws" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public access laws"...

5-14-4-4. "Public Agency" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "public agency" has...

5-14-4-5. Establishment of Office - Sec. 5. The office of the public access counselor is...

5-14-4-6. Appointment; Term - Sec. 6. The governor shall appoint a public access counselor...

5-14-4-7. Removal for Cause - Sec. 7. The governor may remove the counselor for cause....

5-14-4-8. Vacancies in Office - Sec. 8. If a vacancy occurs in the office, the...

5-14-4-9. Requirements for Position - Sec. 9. (a) The counselor must be a practicing attorney....

5-14-4-10. Powers and Duties - Sec. 10. The counselor has the following powers and duties:...

5-14-4-11. Additional Personnel - Sec. 11. The counselor may employ additional personnel necessary to...

5-14-4-12. Annual Report by Counselor - Sec. 12. The counselor shall submit a report in an...

5-14-4-13. Statute of Limitations - Sec. 13. An informal inquiry or other request for assistance...

5-14-4-14. Education Fund - Sec. 14. (a) An education fund is established to provide...

Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure

5-14-5-1. "Counselor" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "counselor" refers to...

5-14-5-2. "Person" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "person" means an...

5-14-5-3. "Public Agency" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public agency" has...

5-14-5-4. Complaint Not Required to File Action - Sec. 4. A person or a public agency is not...

5-14-5-5. Cooperation From Public Agencies - Sec. 5. A public agency shall cooperate with the counselor...

5-14-5-6. Grounds for Complaint - Sec. 6. A person or a public agency denied: (1)...

5-14-5-7. Time for Filing Complaint - Sec. 7. (a) A person or a public agency that...

5-14-5-8. Complaint Forwarded to Public Agency - Sec. 8. When the counselor receives a complaint under section...

5-14-5-9. Advisory Opinion - Sec. 9. Except as provided in section 10 of this...

5-14-5-10. Priority of Complaints - Sec. 10. (a) If the counselor determines that a complaint...

5-14-5-11. Form of Complaint - Sec. 11. The public access counselor shall determine the form...

5-14-5-12. Statute of Limitations - Sec. 12. The filing of a formal complaint under this...

Chapter 6. Electronic Transmission of Reports to the General Assembly

5-14-6-1. "Public Agency" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "public agency" includes...

5-14-6-2. "Report" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "report" includes any...

5-14-6-3. Prohibition on Paper Reports to the General Assembly; Restriction on Use of Public Funds for Paper Reports - Sec. 3. (a) A public agency may not submit a...

5-14-6-4. Electronic Format Required; Distribution of Electronic Information - Sec. 4. (a) A public agency shall submit all reports...

Chapter 7. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.123-2015, SEC.28.

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Indiana Code Title 5. State and Local Administration Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings

Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings