Sec. 3. (a) The state, a unit of local government, a state agency, an agency of a unit of local government, a body corporate and politic, or a state university may let a
contract with a public or private
person for the performance of any ministerial
service that it must or may have done under its direction that is necessary or desirable in the public interest.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-22-6.5-3
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: means an individual, an incorporated or unincorporated organization or association, the state, a unit of local government, an agency of the state or a unit of local government, or a group of such persons acting in concert. See Indiana Code 5-22-6.5-1
- service: means an action or actions to be performed under authority of the state, a state agency, a body corporate and politic, a state university, a unit of local government, or an agency of a unit of local government permitted by law to be done by its chief officer or governing or legislative body for the convenience or necessity of its citizens, but not including any action that constitutes the exercise of its discretionary powers, an exercise of state sovereignty, or the taking of legislative, quasi-legislative, judicial, or quasi-judicial action. See Indiana Code 5-22-6.5-2
(1) contract with a collection agency to collect any amount owed to the state, state agency, body corporate and politic, state university, or unit of local government; and
(2) authorize a collection agency in a contract for collection services to collect from the debtor a collection fee.
As added by P.L.22-1997, SEC.9.
