Indiana § 14-21-1-34 Homeowner assistance program; archeology preservation trust fund

Indiana Statutes

§ 14-21-1-34 — Homeowner assistance program; archeology preservation trust fund

Indiana·Art. 21 HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND·Ch. 1 Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology

(a)The division may conduct a program to assist private homeowners who have accidentally discovered an artifact, a burial object, or human remains and who need assistance to comply with an approved plan to excavate or secure the site from further disturbance. The division may conduct the program alone or by entering into an agreement with any entity that the division selects.

(b)In conducting a program under subsection (a), the division may receive gifts and grants under terms, obligations, and liabilities that the director of the division considers appropriate. The director shall use a gift or grant received under this subsection:

(1)to carry out subsection (a); and

(2)according to the terms and obligations of the gift or grant.

(c)The state comptroller shall establish the archeology

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(a) The division may conduct a program to
assist private homeowners who have accidentally discovered an
artifact, a burial object, or human remains and who need assistance to
comply with an approved plan to excavate or secure the site from
further disturbance. The division may conduct the program alone or by
entering into an agreement with any entity that the division selects.
(b) In conducting a program under subsection (a), the division may
receive gifts and grants under terms, obligations, and liabilities that the
director of the division considers appropriate. The director shall use a
gift or grant received under this subsection:
(1) to carry out subsection (a); and
(2) according to the terms and obligations of the gift or grant.
(c) The state comptroller shall establish the archeology preservation
trust fund to hold money received under subsection (b).
(d) The director of the division shall administer the archeology
preservation trust fund. The expenses of administering the fund shall
be paid from money in the trust fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the archeology
preservation trust fund that is not currently needed to meet the
obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public trust funds
may be invested. The treasurer of state shall deposit in the fund the
interest that accrues from the investment of the fund.
(f) Money in the archeology preservation trust fund at the end of a
state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. There is
annually appropriated to the division the money in the archeology
preservation trust fund for the division's use in carrying out the
purposes of this section.
(g) The division may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to govern the
administration of this section.

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