2015 Indiana Code TITLE 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARTICLE 5. LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES AND STUDY COMMITTEES CHAPTER 21. LEGISLATIVE EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT OF AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
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IC 2-5-21
Chapter 21. Legislative Evaluation and Oversight of Agencies
and Programs
IC 2-5-21-0.3
Certain agencies and agency programs not abolished
Sec. 0.3. An agency or agency program that would be abolished
or terminated under IC 4-26 after December 31, 1992, if IC 4-26 had
not been repealed by P.L.11-1993, is not abolished or terminated.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.7.
IC 2-5-21-1
"Agency" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "agency" includes an agency, an
authority, a board, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a
department, a division, an institution, or other similar entity created
or established by law.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3.
IC 2-5-21-2
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.16.)
IC 2-5-21-3
"Council" defined
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "council" refers to the legislative
council established by IC 2-5-1.1-1.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3.
IC 2-5-21-4
"Program" defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program" means either of the
following:
(1) An activity done by an agency.
(2) An activity an agency is authorized or required to perform
by law.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3.
IC 2-5-21-5
"Subcommittee" defined
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "subcommittee" refers to the
legislative evaluation and oversight policy subcommittee established
by section 6 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3.
IC 2-5-21-6
Subcommittee established
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Sec. 6. The legislative evaluation and oversight policy
subcommittee of the council is established.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3.
IC 2-5-21-7
Membership of subcommittee
Sec. 7. (a) The subcommittee consists of four (4) members of the
council as follows:
(1) Two (2) members of the house of representatives who may
not be members of the same political party.
(2) Two (2) members of the senate who may not be members of
the same political party.
(b) The chairman of the council, with the advice of the
vice-chairman of the council, shall appoint the members of the
subcommittee.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.17.
IC 2-5-21-8
Chair; vice-chair
Sec. 8. IC 2-5-1.2-8.5 applies to the appointment of a chair and
vice-chair of the subcommittee.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.18.
IC 2-5-21-9
Duties of subcommittee; evaluation of the role and governance of
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Sec. 9. (a) Subject to the direction of the council and subsection
(d), the subcommittee shall do the following:
(1) Annually recommend to the legislative council the agencies
and programs to be reviewed by the staff and a committee to
receive and evaluate the agencies and programs selected for
review after the review is completed.
(2) Direct the staff in performing reviews of agencies and
programs.
(3) Perform other functions assigned by the council.
(b) The council shall determine which agencies and programs to
review.
(c) Unless assigned by the legislative council to a committee
established under IC 2-5-1.3, the subcommittee shall do the
following:
(1) Evaluate the results of the review.
(2) Determine whether additional corrective or other legislation
is required.
If the legislative council assigns the duties under this subsection to a
committee established under IC 2-5-1.3, the assigned committee has
the duties and powers of the subcommittee established by this
chapter.
(d) In 2015, the staff of the legislative services agency shall
evaluate the role and governance of Indiana University-Purdue
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University Fort Wayne and potential models for the role and
governance of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
after June 30, 2016. The study may cover any subject that is relevant
to the role of or governance of Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne. Section 13 of this chapter does not apply to the study.
Section 21 of this chapter applies to the study. The president of
Purdue University, the president of Indiana University, and the
chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne shall
each provide the executive director of the legislative services agency
with contact information for an individual who will be primarily
responsible for coordinating submission of information required or
requested from the university under section 21 of this chapter. The
initial contact information must be provided before May 16, 2015.
For the purposes of the study under this section, which is conducted
for the council:
(1) Purdue University, its boards, its officers, and its employees;
(2) Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, its
officers, and its employees; and
(3) Indiana University, its boards, its officers, and its
employees;
shall respond to data or information requests, including requests for
confidential data or information with respect to Indiana
University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, from the executive
director of the legislative services agency in a complete and timely
manner. Information requested under this section shall be delivered
to the executive director of the legislative services agency in the form
and in the manner specified by the executive director of the
legislative services agency. The legislative services agency shall
maintain the confidentiality of confidential information received
under this section. A final report shall be distributed to the legislative
council before January 16, 2016. The report must include, as an
appendix, any role and governance proposals or plans recommended
by and agreements entered into by Purdue University or Indiana
University before December 16, 2015.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.19;
P.L.213-2015, SEC.36.
IC 2-5-21-10
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.20.)
IC 2-5-21-11
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.21.)
IC 2-5-21-12
Repealed
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(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.22.)
IC 2-5-21-13
Considerations when evaluating agencies and programs
Sec. 13. Any of the following shall be considered by staff when
reviewing and doing follow-up reviews of agencies and programs:
(1) The objectives intended for the agency or program and the
problem or need that the agency or program was intended to
address.
(2) The degree to which the intended objectives of the agency
or program have been achieved expressed in terms of
performance, impact, or accomplishments of the agency or
program.
(3) Budget and other fiscal factors relating to the agency or
program.
(4) Areas or aspects of outstanding agency or program
performance that might be effectively used by other agencies or
programs.
(5) The effect of the agency or program on the Indiana
economy, including costs to consumers and businesses.
(6) Whether another public or private program or entity can
better or more economically meet the need for which the agency
or program was established.
(7) Whether the operation of the agency or program has been
efficient and responsive to public needs.
(8) The management efficiency of the agency or program and
the cost effectiveness and value of the information the agency
or program processes.
(9) Any criteria identified by the subcommittee or by the
council.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.23.
IC 2-5-21-14
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.24.)
IC 2-5-21-15
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.25.)
IC 2-5-21-16
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.26.)
IC 2-5-21-17
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Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.27.)
IC 2-5-21-18
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.28.)
IC 2-5-21-19
Repealed
(As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.53-2014,
SEC.29.)
IC 2-5-21-20
Cooperation of agency under evaluation
Sec. 20. The chief administrative officer and the employees of an
agency or agency that administers a program subject to evaluation
under this chapter shall cooperate with the subcommittee, the council,
and the legislative services agency as the staff to the subcommittee
and the council, as they perform the duties under this chapter.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.30.
IC 2-5-21-21
Information provided by agency under evaluation
Sec. 21. The chief administrative officer and the employees of an
agency or agency that administers a program subject to review under
this chapter shall provide the legislative services agency as the staff
of the subcommittee and council with the following information upon
request in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6:
(1) The identity of all agencies or subunits under the agency's
direct or advisory control.
(2) A description of all the agency's powers, duties, and
functions currently performed.
(3) A citation to all constitutional, statutory, or other authority
under which the agency carries out the agency's powers, duties,
and functions.
(4) A description of the number and types of persons the agency
serves.
(5) A summary description, for the last completed fiscal year, of
the number, type, and cost of personnel the agency employs in
carrying out each program, and a summary description of the
cost of personnel the agency employs under contract in carrying
out each program.
(6) A description identifying the source of all funds for which
the agency has some responsibility.
(7) A description of the agency's performance and
accomplishments in the last fiscal year and of the budgetary
costs the agency incurred in the operation of each program.
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(8) A summary description of the agency's reporting and
recordkeeping requirements and activities, including the
agency's management and control of information and records
and the value of the information gathered compared to the cost
to respondents, and an assessment of the agency's methods to
reduce and simplify the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
(9) A summary description of the agency's budget and program
for the current fiscal year and the agency's budget projections
for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(10) An estimate of potential outputs of services to be produced
by varying levels of budgetary inputs.
(11) A description concerning any powers, duties, or functions
that in the agency's opinion are being performed and duplicated
to any extent by another public or private program or entity,
including the manner in which and the extent to which this
duplication of effort is occurring, and any recommendations the
agency has as to eliminating this situation.
(12) A description of any powers, duties, or functions that in the
agency's opinion are inconsistent with current and projected
public demands and that should be terminated or altered.
(13) A description of the names of those private programs or
entities with which the agency has substantial contact, and a
description of the nature of that contact.
(14) Any other information that the subcommittee, the staff of
the subcommittee, or the council feels is necessary and proper
to assist the subcommittee or the council in carrying out its
duties.
As added by P.L.11-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.31.
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