§ 5-11-6-3 — Public wrongdoing; institution of civil proceeding

If any examination or investigation made by the
state examiner personally or through a deputy examiner, field
examiner, or private examiner under this chapter or under any other
statute discloses:
(1) malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office or of any
officer or employee;
(2) that any public money has been:
(A) unlawfully expended, either by having been expended for
a purpose not authorized by law in an amount exceeding that
authorized by law, or by having been paid to a person not
lawfully entitled to receive it; or
(B) obtained by fraud or in any unlawful manner; or
(3) that any money has been wrongfully withheld from the public
treasury;
a duly verified copy of the report shall be submitted by the state
examiner to the attorney general, who shall institute and prosecute civil
proceedings as provided in section 1 of this chapter, and to the
inspector general.
Formerly: Acts 1923, c.120, s.3. As amended by P.L.3-1986,
SEC.21; P.L.126-2012, SEC.19; P.L.136-2012, SEC.5.