2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 44.2. OFFENSES AGAINST STATE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 2. Purchasing Offenses
35-44.2-2-3. Violation of the itemization and certification rule

     Sec. 3. (a) This subsection does not apply to the following:

(1) A state educational institution (as defined in IC 21-7-13-32).

(2) A municipality (as defined in IC 36-1-2-11).

(3) A county.

(4) An airport authority operating in a consolidated city.

(5) A capital improvements board of managers operating in a consolidated city.

(6) A board of directors of a public transportation corporation operating in a consolidated city.

(7) A municipal corporation organized under IC 16-22-8-6.

(8) A public library.

(9) A library services authority.

(10) A hospital organized under IC 16-22 or a hospital organized under IC 16-23.

(11) A school corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-17).

(12) A regional water or sewer district organized under IC 13-26 or under IC 13-3-2 (before its repeal).

(13) A municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1).

(14) A board of an airport authority under IC 8-22-3.

(15) A conservancy district.

(16) A board of aviation commissioners under IC 8-22-2.

(17) A public transportation corporation under IC 36-9-4.

(18) A commuter transportation district under IC 8-5-15.

(19) A solid waste management district established under IC 13-21 or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal).

(20) A county building authority under IC 36-9-13.

(21) A soil and water conservation district established under IC 14-32.

(22) The northwestern Indiana regional planning commission established by IC 36-7-7.6-3.

     (b) A disbursing officer (as described in IC 5-11-10) who knowingly or intentionally pays a claim that is not:

(1) fully itemized; and

(2) properly certified to by the claimant or some authorized person in the claimant's behalf, with the following words of certification: I hereby certify that the foregoing account is just and correct, that the amount claimed is legally due, after allowing all just credits, and that no part of the same has been paid;

commits a violation of the itemization and certification rule, a Class A misdemeanor.

As added by P.L.126-2012, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.121-2016, SEC.31.