Sec. 64. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of a notice under section 63 of this chapter, the putative holder may request an informal conference with the attorney general to review the determination. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the attorney general may designate an employee to act on behalf of the attorney general.

     (b) If a putative holder makes a timely request under subsection (a) for an informal conference:

(1) not later than twenty (20) days after the date of the request, the attorney general shall set the time and place of the conference;

(2) the attorney general shall give the putative holder notice in a record of the time and place of the conference;

(3) the conference may be held in person, by telephone, or by electronic means, as determined by the attorney general;

(4) the request tolls the ninety (90) day period under sections 66 and 67 of this chapter until notice of a decision under subdivision (7) has been given to the putative holder or the putative holder withdraws the request for the conference;

(5) the conference may be postponed, adjourned, and reconvened as the attorney general deems appropriate;

(6) the attorney general or the attorney general’s designee with the approval of the attorney general may modify or withdraw a determination made under section 63 of this chapter; and

(7) the attorney general shall issue a decision in a record and provide a copy of the record to the putative holder and examiner not later than twenty (20) days after the conference ends.

     (c) A conference under subsection (b) is not an administrative remedy and is not a contested case subject to IC 4-21.5. An oath is not required and rules of evidence do not apply in the conference.

     (d) At a conference under subsection (b), the putative holder must be given an opportunity to confer informally with the attorney general and the person that examined the records of the putative holder to:

(1) discuss the determination made under section 63 of this chapter; and

(2) present any issue concerning the validity of the determination.

     (e) If the attorney general fails to act within the period prescribed in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(7), the failure does not affect a right of the attorney general, except that interest does not accrue on the amount for which the putative holder was determined to be liable under section 63 of this chapter during the period in which the attorney general failed to act until the earlier of:

(1) the date the putative holder initiates administrative review under section 66 of this chapter or files an action under section 67 of this chapter; or

(2) ninety (90) days after the putative holder received notice of the attorney general’s determination under section 63 of this chapter if no review was initiated under section 66 of this chapter and no action was filed under section 67 of this chapter.

     (f) The attorney general may hold an informal conference with a putative holder about a determination under section 63 of this chapter without a request at any time before the putative holder initiates administrative review under section 66 of this chapter or files an action under section 67 of this chapter.

     (g) Interest and penalties under section 71 of this chapter continue to accrue on property not reported, paid, or delivered as required by this chapter after the initiation, and during the pendency, of an informal conference under this section.

As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.