Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-13-2-14.4

  • agency: refers to every officer, board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, employee, and other instrumentality of the state, including: state hospitals, state penal institutions, and other state institution enterprises and activities wherever located, except, unless specifically included, the following:

    Indiana Code 4-13-2-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • services: means any and all articles and things, and all services other than personal, used by, or furnished to, any agency, including printing, binding, publication of books and records, repairs and improvements, utility services, and any and all other services required for the maintenance, operation, or upkeep of buildings and offices. See Indiana Code 4-13-2-1
   Sec. 14.4. Before a state agency may enter into a contract for services to be provided in lieu of appointing employees to available positions, the agency must justify the cost effectiveness of the contract to the commissioner of the department of administration.

As added by P.L.31-1987, SEC.4.