§ 5-14-3.8-3.5 — Taxing unit contracts; fire and emergency medical services; submission of ordinances and resolutions

Indiana § 5-14-3.8-3.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 14: PUBLIC RECORDS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS
• Ch. 3.8: Access to Financial Data for Local Units

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5. (a) This section applies only to contracts
that a political subdivision that is a taxing unit (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-21) enters into after June 30, 2016.
(b) As used in this section, "contract" means a contract, agreement,
or similar arrangement by any other name. The term includes all pages
of a contract, any attachments to the contract, and any amendments,
addendums, or extensions.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), a political subdivision shall upload a
digital copy of a contract to the Indiana transparency website one (1)
time if the total cost of the contract to the political subdivision exceeds
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) during the term of the contract. This
subsection applies to all contracts for any subject, purpose, or term,
except that a political subdivision is not required to upload a copy of
an employment contract between the political subdivision and an
employee of the political subdivision. In the case of a collective
bargaining agreement, the political subdivision shall upload a copy of
the collective bargaining agreement and a copy of a blank or sample
individual employment contract. A political subdivision shall upload
the contract not later than sixty (60) days after the date the contract is
executed. If a political subdivision enters into a contract that the
political subdivision reasonably expects when entered into will not
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in cost to the political
subdivision but at a later date determines or expects the contract to
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in cost to the political
subdivision, the political subdivision shall upload a copy of the
contract within sixty (60) days after the date on which the political
subdivision makes the determination or realizes the expectation that the
contract will exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in cost to the
political subdivision.
(d) The fiscal officer of a political subdivision shall upload a digital
copy to the Indiana transparency website of any contract, regardless of
the total cost, that is:
(1) related to the provision of fire services or emergency medical
services; or
(2) entered into with another unit or entity that provides fire
services or emergency medical services.
A political subdivision shall upload the contract not later than sixty
(60) days after the date the contract is executed. If a participating unit
of a fire protection territory submits the agreement to establish the fire
protection territory as required under this subsection, each of the
participating units of the fire protection territory shall be considered to
have complied with the requirements of this subsection.
(e) The executive body of a political subdivision may, by ordinance
or resolution, identify an individual other than the fiscal officer of the
political subdivision to upload contracts as required under this section
and complete the attestation required under IC 6-1.1-17-5.4.
(f) Any ordinance or resolution adopted by the executive body of a
political subdivision shall be submitted to the department of local
government finance not later than five (5) days after the ordinance or
resolution is passed.
(g) Nothing in this section prohibits the political subdivision from
withholding any information in the contract that the political
subdivision shall or may withhold from disclosure under IC 5-14-3. A
political subdivision may redact or obscure signatures on a contract.
The political subdivision is solely responsible for redacting information
in the contract.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.142-2016, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.1; P.L.257-2019, SEC.7; P.L.156-2024, SEC.2; P.L.230-2025, SEC.10.