Indiana § 5-11-5.5-1 Definitions

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-11-5.5-1 — Definitions

Indiana § 5-11-5.5-1

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 11ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS

Ch. 5.5False Claims and Whistleblower Protection

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Ind. Code § 5-11-5.5-1 (2026).

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The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1)"Claim" means a request or demand for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the state:

(A)provides any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded; or

(B)will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded.

(2)"Documentary material" means:

(A)the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document;

(B)a data compilation stored in or accessible through computer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret the data compilations; and

(C)a product of discovery

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The following definitions apply throughout
this chapter:
(1) "Claim" means a request or demand for money or property that
is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the state:
(A) provides any part of the money or property that is requested
or demanded; or
(B) will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for
any part of the money or property that is requested or
demanded.
(2) "Documentary material" means:
(A) the original or a copy of a book, record, report,
memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other
document;
(B) a data compilation stored in or accessible through computer
or other information retrieval systems, together with
instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret
the data compilations; and
(C) a product of discovery.
(3) "Investigation" means an inquiry conducted by an investigator
to ascertain whether a person is or has been engaged in a violation
of this chapter.
(4) "Knowing", "knowingly", or "known" means that a person,
regarding information:
(A) has actual knowledge of the information;
(B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the
information; or
(C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the
information.
(5) "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a firm, an
association, an organization, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a business, or a trust.
(6) "Product of discovery" means the original or duplicate of:
(A) a deposition;
(B) an interrogatory;
(C) a document;
(D) a thing;
(E) a result of the inspection of land or other property; or
(F) an examination or admission;
that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or an
administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature. The term
includes a digest, an analysis, a selection, a compilation, a
derivation, an index, or another method of accessing an item
listed in this subdivision.
(7) "State" means Indiana or any agency of state government. The
term does not include a political subdivision.