Indiana Code 16-31.5-10-8. Commission powers
(1) To promulgate uniform rules to facilitate and coordinate implementation and administration of this compact. The rules shall have the force and effect of law and shall be binding in all member states.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-31.5-10-8
- commission: means the national administrative body, of which all states that have enacted the compact are members. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- member state: means a state that has enacted this compact. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-10
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- 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.
- state: means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-18
(3) To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
(4) To borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, employees of a member state.
(5) To hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the compact, and to establish the commission’s personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters.
(6) To accept any and all appropriate donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose of the same, provided that at all times the commission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest, or both.
(7) To lease, purchase, accept appropriate gifts or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use, any property, real, personal, or mixed, provided that at all times the commission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
(8) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed.
(9) To establish a budget and make expenditures.
(10) To borrow money.
(11) To appoint committees, including advisory committees comprised of members, state regulators, state legislators or their representatives, consumer representatives, and such other interested persons as may be designated in this compact and the bylaws.
(12) To provide and receive information from, and to cooperate with, law enforcement agencies.
(13) To adopt and use an official seal.
(14) To perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact consistent with the state regulation of EMS personnel licensure and practice.
As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.