Sec. 3.5. (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 executive 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 another individual that is required to upload contracts under subsection (d) 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.

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.