Sec. 3. (a) The water infrastructure grant fund is established as a source of money for grants, loans, and other financial assistance to, or for the benefit of, participants in the program.

     (b) The fund shall be administered, held, and managed by the authority.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-1.2-14.5-3

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     (c) The authority shall invest or cause to be invested all or a part of the fund, pursuant to the authority’s investment policy, in a fiduciary account or accounts with a trustee that is a financial institution. Notwithstanding any other law, any investment under this subsection may be made by the trustee in accordance with one (1) or more trust agreements or indentures. A trust agreement or indenture referred to in this subsection may permit disbursements by the trustee to the authority, the department, the budget agency, a participant, or any other person as provided in the trust agreement or indenture.

     (d) The fund consists of the following:

(1) Fees and other amounts received by the state, paid by the treasurer of state to the authority upon warrants issued by the auditor of state, and deposited in the fund.

(2) Appropriations to the fund from the general assembly.

(3) Grants and gifts of money to the fund.

(4) Proceeds of the sale of gifts to the fund.

(5) Repayments of loans and other financial assistance from the fund.

     (e) Fees and other amounts received by the state pursuant to law concerning the funding of the water infrastructure grant fund shall be paid by the treasurer of state to the authority upon the authority’s request with warrants issued by the auditor of state and deposited in the fund.

     (f) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.

     (g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

     (h) All:

(1) money accruing to the fund; and

(2) money allotted to the state under federal law for the purposes of the fund;

is continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in this chapter.

As added by P.L.154-2021, SEC.8.