Sec. 1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2020, this chapter applies when an
agency is required to assign, appoint, or otherwise make use of an individual to act in the capacity of an
administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings to review a disputed agency action for the agency.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-1
- administrative law judge: means an individual who presides over an administrative proceeding that results in a finding of fact determining the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-3
- agency: means an authority, board, branch, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, office, service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-4
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 2 of this chapter, this chapter applies to each state agency that has the authority to employ or engage one (1) or more administrative law judges to adjudicate contested cases.
(c) This chapter does not apply to an agency that uses a board or commission to act in the capacity of an administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings, and should not be construed as limiting an agency’s ability to use its board or commission to act in the capacity of an administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings to review a disputed agency action for the agency.
As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.