Indiana Code 10-10.7-2-1. Destruction, damaging, vandalizing, or desecration of monuments, memorials, statues, commemorative property, religious property; department to prioritize investigation and prosecution; discretionary funding
(1) Any person that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or desecrates:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 10-10.7-2-1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(B) the state capitol or Indiana government center campus.
(2) Any person that participates in efforts to incite violence, rioting, or other illegal activity in connection with acts described in subdivision (1).
(3) Any person that damages, defaces, or destroys religious property.
(b) The department shall take all appropriate enforcement actions against persons found to have violated Indiana law through the investigations described in subsection (a).
(c) Discretionary funding for:
(1) political subdivisions; or
(2) public spaces of political subdivisions;
may be withheld from political subdivisions that fail to protect public monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or vandalism.
As added by P.L.94-2021, SEC.1.