Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 10 – State Funds Generally


Chapter 11	Disbursement Procedures; Effect of Appropriations
Chapter 12	Expenditure of Appropriations
Chapter 13	Annual Financial Report for Certain State Agencies
Chapter 14	State Institutions?Borrowing Money and Expenditures Without Appropriation Prohibited and Penalized
Chapter 15	Warrants on General Fund to Issue When General Assembly Fails to Appropriate Money for Benevolent Institutions
Chapter 16	State Institutions?Semiannual Reporting and Paying Over of Non-Appropriated Receipts and Earnings
Chapter 18	The Counter-Cyclical Revenue and Economic Stabilization Fund
Chapter 21	Business Cycle State Spending Controls
Chapter 22	Use of Excess Reserves
Chapter 23	Motorsports Investment District Credits

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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 10 - State Funds Generally

acquiring school corporation: means the school corporation that acquires territory as a result of annexation. See Indiana Code 20-23-5-1
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
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
Affected class: means :
Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affirmative action policy: means the state's affirmative action policy established in section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
Agency: means any state administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, service, or other similar body of state government created or established by law. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
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
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
annexed territory: means the territory acquired by an acquiring school corporation as a result of annexation from a losing school corporation. See Indiana Code 20-23-5-3
annexing corporation: refers to a school corporation that has annexed all or part of any territory of a township school. See Indiana Code 20-23-9-1
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
appointing authority: means the head of a department, division, board, or commission, or an individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-2
Appointing authority: means the individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointment to a position in an agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
approved postsecondary educational institution: has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-6(a). See Indiana Code 20-20-48-1
approved teacher education course or program: means a teacher education course or program that has been approved by the department under section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-48-2
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
behavioral intervention plan: means a plan that is agreed upon by the case conference committee (as defined in IC 20-35-9-3) and incorporated into a student's individualized education program (as defined in IC 20-18-2-9) and that describes the following:
Indiana Code 20-20-40-1
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Budget director: refers to the director of the budget agency established under IC 4-12-1. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Bureau: means the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce or its successor agency. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
charter school: has the meaning set forth in IC 20-24-1-4. See Indiana Code 20-20-49-1
circuit court: means :
Indiana Code 20-23-8-1
class of positions: means a group of positions in the state civil service determined by the director to have sufficiently similar duties, authority, and responsibility such that:
Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-3
classified employee: means an employee who:
Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-4
clerk: means :
Indiana Code 20-23-8-2
Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
commission: refers to the Indiana motorsports commission created under Indiana Code 4-10-23-2
commission: refers to the state employees appeals commission created by Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-5
commission: refers to the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools established by section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-40-3
committee: means the county committee for the reorganization of school corporations provided for in sections 11 through 17 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-4
community school corporation: means a school corporation:
Indiana Code 20-23-4-3
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
concurrent resolutions: means substantially identical resolutions adopted by the governing bodies of the school corporations in a county. See Indiana Code 20-23-10-1
Conference committee: A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of conferees from both chamber of a legislature which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Costs: means the cost of construction, equipment, land, property rights (including leasehold interests), easements, franchises, leases, financing charges, interest costs during and for a reasonable period after construction, architectural, engineering, legal, and other consulting or advisory services, plans, specifications, surveys, cost estimates, and other costs or expenses necessary or incident to the acquisition, development, construction, financing, and operating of an economic growth initiative. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
county: means the county in which the school corporation is located. See Indiana Code 20-23-15-1
county election board: means :
Indiana Code 20-23-8-3
credit: refers to a credit provided to the owner or owners of the qualified motorsports facility for the preceding state fiscal year under section 12 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-10-23-3
Current calendar year: means a calendar year during which a transfer to or from the fund is initially determined under sections 4 and 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Current reporting period: means the most recent reporting period for which the following information is published by the bureau:
Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
department: refers to the state personnel department established by section 13 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-6
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Devise: To gift property by will.
director: refers to the state personnel director appointed under section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-7
director: means the director of the office of administrative law proceedings. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-5
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
district: refers to a motorsports investment district established under Indiana Code 4-10-23-4
division of the service: means any of the following that are subject to this chapter and whose positions are under the same appointing authority:
Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-8
Economic growth initiative: means :
Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
education residency pilot program: means a program that provides prospective teachers, for at least one (1) academic year:
Indiana Code 20-20-44-4
Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
elementary school: means a public elementary school, including a charter school. See Indiana Code 20-20-49-2
eligible applicant: means any of the following:
Indiana Code 20-20-48-3
eligible entity: means :
Indiana Code 20-20-45-1
Employee: means an employee of an agency except an elected official. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
executive: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-5(2). See Indiana Code 20-24-2.3-2
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Fund: means the counter-cyclical revenue and economic stabilization fund established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
fund: refers to the system for teacher and student advancement grant fund established under IC 20-20-43-3. See Indiana Code 20-20-44-1
fund: refers to the next level computer science fund established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-45-2
fund: refers to the teacher higher education and industry collaboration grant program fund established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-48-4
General fund revenue: means all general purpose tax revenue and other unrestricted general purpose revenue of the state, including federal revenue sharing monies, credited to the state general fund and from which appropriations may be made. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
governing body: means the board or commission charged by law with the responsibility of administering the affairs of a school corporation, including a board of school commissioners, metropolitan board of education, board of school trustees, or board of trustees. See Indiana Code 20-23-10-2
Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
grant: refers to a grant awarded under section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-49-3
grant: refers to a grant awarded to a charter school under this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-24-14-2
gross retail base period amount: means the aggregate amount of state gross retail and use taxes remitted under Indiana Code 4-10-23-5
gross retail incremental amount: means the remainder of:
Indiana Code 4-10-23-6
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product: means the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product, or its closest equivalent, which is available from the bureau. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
income tax base period amount: means the aggregate amount of state adjusted gross income taxes paid or remitted by or on behalf of a taxpayer during the calendar year of 2012 with respect to income earned or attributable to the taxpayer's activities in the district. See Indiana Code 4-10-23-7
income tax incremental amount: means the remainder of:
Indiana Code 4-10-23-8
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
interim: refers to the following:
Indiana Code 2-5-1.3-1
Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
literacy coach: means an individual:
Indiana Code 20-20-49-3.2
losing school corporation: means a school corporation that loses territory to an acquiring school corporation by annexation. See Indiana Code 20-23-5-4
medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
merger: means the merger of all the school corporations in a county into a single school corporation in which the rights and obligations of each school corporation, including the right to receive tax and other money, are transferred into a new corporation to be known in this chapter as the merged corporation. See Indiana Code 20-23-10-3
Minorities: means persons identified as Blacks, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
new teacher: refers to a teacher with an initial practitioner license under IC 20-28-5-12. See Indiana Code 20-20-44-2
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
office: means the office of administrative law proceedings established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-6
Office: means the Indiana affirmative action office created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
officer or employee of the state: means the following:
Indiana Code 4-15-11-1
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
party: includes :
Indiana Code 20-23-4-6
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Persons with disabilities: means all persons who by reason of physical or mental disability are unable to achieve full vocational participation. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
physical restraint: means physical contact between a school employee and a student:
Indiana Code 20-20-40-5
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
plan: means the manner in which the governing body of a school corporation is constituted, including the number, qualifications, length of terms, manner, and time of selection, either by appointment or by election of the members of the governing body. See Indiana Code 20-23-8-4
Political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
positive behavior intervention and support: means a systematic approach that:
Indiana Code 20-20-40-6
postsecondary educational institution: refers to any state educational institution (as defined in IC 21-7-13-32) or private postsecondary educational institution that receives state or federal funds. See Indiana Code 20-20-45-3
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
program: refers to the next level computer science grant program established by section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-45-4
program: refers to the teacher higher education and industry collaboration grant program established by section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-48-5
program: refers to the charter school facility grant program established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-24-14-3
Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
prospective teacher: refers to a student pursuing a degree or certification to become a new teacher. See Indiana Code 20-20-44-3
Qualified economic growth initiative: means an economic growth initiative that is:
Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
qualified motorsports facility: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 4-10-23-9
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
reorganization of school corporations: means the formation of new school corporations, the alteration of the boundaries of established school corporations, and the dissolution of established school corporations by:
Indiana Code 20-23-4-7
Reporting period: refers to a period of twelve (12) consecutive months. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
school: refers to a charter school or an innovation network school described in section 1(a)(2) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-24-13-2
school aid bonds: means bonds of a civil unit of government, the proceeds of which are used for school purposes in any school corporation. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-8
school corporation: includes a charter school that is not a virtual charter school. See Indiana Code 20-20-40-7
school corporation: means :
Indiana Code 20-23-5-6
school corporation: means a local public school corporation established under the laws of Indiana. See Indiana Code 20-23-8-5
school corporation: means a school corporation that was designated as a distressed political subdivision in 2017 under Indiana Code 20-23-12-2
school corporation: means a school corporation that is located in a city having a population of more than thirteen thousand (13,000) and less than thirteen thousand three hundred (13,300). See Indiana Code 20-23-14-2
school corporation: means a school corporation that:
Indiana Code 20-23-15-2
school corporation in the county: means all the school corporations that have territory in a county. See Indiana Code 20-23-10-4
school employee: means an individual employed by a school corporation or a state accredited nonpublic school. See Indiana Code 20-20-40-8
seclusion: means the confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student physically is prevented from leaving. See Indiana Code 20-20-40-9
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
standing committee: means the following:
Indiana Code 2-5-1.3-2
state agency: means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of state government that is subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-9
State agency: means any department, agency, commission, division, authority, board, bureau, or office of the state under the executive authority of the governor, except any state educational institution. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
state agency: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 4-15-13-1
state civil service: means public service by individuals who are subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-10
state institution: means any of the following:
Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-11
State personal income: means state personal income as that term is defined by the bureau. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
state spending cap: refers to the state spending cap determined under section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-10-21-1
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
study committee: means an interim study committee established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 2-5-1.3-3
subunit: refers to the geographic territory of a school corporation as the school corporation exists at the time the school corporation consolidates with one (1) or more other school corporations under section 12. See Indiana Code 20-23-6-0.5
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Supervisor: means an individual who oversees the daily activity of an employee. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
time-out: means a behavior reduction procedure in which access to reinforcement is withdrawn for a certain period of time. See Indiana Code 20-20-40-10
township: refers to a township where any part of a township school was located. See Indiana Code 20-23-9-2
township school: refers to :
Indiana Code 20-23-9-3
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transfer payments: means current personal transfer receipts as that term is defined by the bureau. See Indiana Code 4-10-18-1
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
trustees: means the:
Indiana Code 20-23-6-1
Underutilization: means having fewer members of an affected class in a particular job category and classification than would be reasonably expected by their availability in the labor market for that job category and classification. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
united school corporation: means a school corporation that has territory in two (2) or more adjacent counties. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-9
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
work based learning course: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 20-20-38.5-1
Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5