§ 4-12-1-1 Short title; purposes
§ 4-12-1-2 Definitions
§ 4-12-1-3 Creation of budget agency; director; establishment of budget committee
§ 4-12-1-4 Deputy budget directors; staff members, assistants, employees, and clerks; experts
§ 4-12-1-5 Budget director, budget committee, deputy budget directors, officers, and employees; qualifications; financial interest in contracts and appropriations
§ 4-12-1-6 State agencies; forms; reporting statistical data and information for budget bill or report
§ 4-12-1-7 Statements of state agencies; filing; examination; recommendations for budget report
§ 4-12-1-8 Estimates for budget report; investigation and examination of state agencies; hearings by budget committee
§ 4-12-1-9 Budget report; budget bill; governor’s duties; distribution of copies of bill; general assembly committee hearings
§ 4-12-1-10 Budget committee; meetings; time; expiration of section
§ 4-12-1-11 Budget committee; functions; compensation
§ 4-12-1-11.5 Agency action requiring budget committee review; placement on committee agenda
§ 4-12-1-12 Appropriation lists; allotment system; transfer; emergency or contingency appropriations
§ 4-12-1-12.5 “Block grant” defined; transfers of funds
§ 4-12-1-13 Inspection of state institutions; compensation of state employees; review by budget agency; application of budget agency policies and procedures to certain officials or agencies; allotments for state educational institutions
§ 4-12-1-13.5 Determination and certification of state agency costs; appropriation from dedicated funds
§ 4-12-1-14.2 Oil overcharge funds; appropriation to division of family resources; amount
§ 4-12-1-14.3 Tobacco master settlement agreement fund
§ 4-12-1-14.5 Mortgage foreclosure multistate settlement fund; energy assistance
§ 4-12-1-14.7 Securities rating settlement fund; administration by budget agency; distribution of money in the fund
§ 4-12-1-14.9 State bicentennial capital account; administration by budget agency; use of money in the account
§ 4-12-1-15 Emergency or contingency appropriations; standards for allocation
§ 4-12-1-15.5 Medicaid contingency and reserve account
§ 4-12-1-15.7 State tuition reserve account
§ 4-12-1-16 Transfer of powers and duties
§ 4-12-1-17.2 Establishment of Hoosier Families First Fund; appropriation; allotment of money
§ 4-12-1-18 Appropriation and allotment of federal funds to instrumentalities
§ 4-12-1-19 Combined general fund reserves
§ 4-12-1-20 Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund
§ 4-12-1-21 State employees; salary funded from donated money; reporting requirement

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 12 > Chapter 1 - The Budget Agency

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • appointing authority: means the head of an agency of the state. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • association: means an organization that conducts, organizes, sanctions, or sponsors interscholastic high school athletic events as the organization's primary purpose. See Indiana Code 20-26-14-1
  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • budget bills: shall mean a bill for an act, or two (2) or more such bills, prepared as authorized in this chapter, by which substantially all of the appropriations are made that are necessary and required to carry on state government for the budget period, if and when such bill is, or such bills are, enacted into law. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • budget director: means the person who is director of the budget agency. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • budget period: means that period of time for which appropriations are made in the budget bill or budget bills. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • budget report: shall mean a written explanation of the budget bill or bills, and a general statement of the reasons for the appropriations therein and of the sources and extent of state income to meet such appropriations, together with such further parts as are required by law. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • case: refers to a decision of the association:

    Indiana Code 20-26-14-2

  • charter school: has the meaning set forth in IC 20-24-1-4 and includes an entity that has filed an application with an authorizer and is seeking approval from the authorizer to operate a charter school under IC 20-24-3. See Indiana Code 20-26-7.1-2
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • coach: refers to a coach of grades 9 through 12 in all association recognized sports, including nonteaching and volunteer coaches. See Indiana Code 20-26-14-2.5
  • cohort: refers to a class of students who:

    Indiana Code 20-26-13-2

  • committee: means the budget committee. See Indiana Code 4-12-1-2
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contract: refers to a contract entered into under this chapter for the establishment of:

    Indiana Code 20-26-15-1

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • cost of coverage: includes any deposit to a health savings account that is related to a high deductible health plan. See Indiana Code 20-26-17-1
  • covered school building: means a school building that is owned by a school corporation or any other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation, and that has at any time been used for classroom instruction. See Indiana Code 20-26-7.1-2.1
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • enrollment: means the total number of students within a grade that is reported to the department annually on:

    Indiana Code 20-26-13-3

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • expected graduation year: means the reporting year beginning three (3) years after the reporting year in which a student is first considered by a school corporation to have entered grade nine. See Indiana Code 20-26-13-4
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • 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.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • freeway school: refers to :

    Indiana Code 20-26-15-2

  • freeway school corporation: refers to a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-26-15-3
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • graduation: means the successful completion by a student of:

    Indiana Code 20-26-13-5

  • graduation rate: means the percentage of students within a cohort who graduate during their expected graduation year. See Indiana Code 20-26-13-6
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • health plan: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 20-26-17-2

  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • interested person: refers to the following:

    Indiana Code 20-26-7.1-2.2

  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • panel: refers to the case review panel established under section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-26-14-3
  • participating school corporation: refers to a school corporation that includes at least one (1) qualifying school building. See Indiana Code 20-26-9-1
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • qualifying school building: refers to a public school building in which:

    Indiana Code 20-26-9-2

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • reporting year: refers to the period beginning October 1 of a year and ending September 30 of the following year. See Indiana Code 20-26-13-7
  • school: means the following:

    Indiana Code 20-26-9-3

  • school board: means :

    Indiana Code 20-26-9-4

  • school breakfast program: refers to a program under which breakfast is served at a qualifying school building on a nonprofit basis to students enrolled at the qualifying school building. See Indiana Code 20-26-9-5
  • school lunch program: means a program under which lunches are served by a school in Indiana on a nonprofit basis to children in attendance, including any program under which a school receives assistance out of funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States. See Indiana Code 20-26-9-6
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • state educational institution: has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-32. See Indiana Code 20-26-7.1-2.3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5