Indiana Code 5-16-1-1.5. State educational institutions; performance of certain work by its own employees; conditions
(b) The workforce of a state educational institution may perform a public work described in subsection (a) only if:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-16-1-1.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
(2) for a public work project under subsection (a) whose cost is estimated to be more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the state educational institution:
(A) publishes a notice under IC 5-3-1 that:
(i) describes the public work that the state educational institution intends to perform with its own workforce; and
(ii) sets forth the projected cost of each component of the public work as described in subsection (a); and
(B) determines at a public meeting that it is in the public interest to perform the public work with the state educational institution’s own workforce.
A public work project performed by a state educational institution’s own workforce must be inspected and accepted as complete in the same manner as a public work project performed under a contract awarded after receiving bids.
(c) If a public work project involves a structure, an improvement, or a facility under the control of a state educational institution, the state educational institution may not artificially divide the project to bring any part of the project under this section.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.77; P.L.172-2011, SEC.19; P.L.6-2012, SEC.35; P.L.252-2015, SEC.8.