§ 4-1-8-2 — Forms including request; statement and notification; requisite information; posting

(a) On any form, application, or other writing
prepared by or issued under the authority of any state agency, the
following information must be included if the individual is requested
to provide the individual's Social Security number:
(1) a brief statement of the reason why the Social Security number
is requested by the state agency; and
(2) a notification either:
(A) that the state agency is required by federal law to obtain the
individual's Social Security number and that the form or
application cannot be processed unless the individual provides
the number, if that be the case; or
(B) that the individual has the right to refuse to provide the
individual's Social Security number to the agency, if the
individual so desires, and that the individual will not be
penalized.
(b) In any location where a form, application, or other writing
covered in subsection (a) is taken or filled out, there shall be posted in
a conspicuous place a sign in bold print containing information
identical to that required on the forms required in subsection (a).
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by
P.L.215-2016, SEC.6.