Indiana Code 4-2-6-12. Violations; penalties; sanctions
(1) Impose a civil penalty upon a respondent not to exceed three (3) times the value of any benefit received from the violation.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-2-6-12
- Agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a council, a department, a division, an office, a service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
- Commission: refers to the state ethics commission created under section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employee: means an individual, other than a state officer, who is employed by an agency on a full-time, a part-time, a temporary, an intermittent, or an hourly basis. See Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
- Person: means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, unincorporated association, trust, business trust, group, limited liability company, or corporation, whether or not operated for profit, or a governmental agency or political subdivision. See Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Special state appointee: means a person who is:
Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
- State officer: means any of the following:
Indiana Code 4-2-6-1
(3) Bar a person from entering into a contract with an agency or a state officer for a period specified by the commission.
(4) Order restitution or disgorgement.
(5) Reprimand, suspend, or terminate an employee or a special state appointee.
(6) Reprimand or recommend the impeachment of a state officer.
(7) Bar a person from future state employment as an employee or future appointment as a special state appointee.
(8) Revoke a license or permit issued by an agency.
(9) Bar a person from obtaining a license or permit issued by an agency.
(10) Revoke the registration of a person registered as a lobbyist under IC 4-2-8.
(11) Bar a person from future lobbying activity with a state officer or agency.
As added by P.L.9-1990, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.15-1992, SEC.7; P.L.222-2005, SEC.11; P.L.89-2006, SEC.12.