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2024 Indiana Code
Title 4. State Offices and Administration
Article 2. State Officers Generally
Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
4-2-6-13. Retaliation Against Employee or Former Employee for Filing Complaint or Furnishing Information or Testimony

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IN Code § 4-2-6-13 (2024)
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Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a state officer, an employee, or a special state appointee shall not retaliate or threaten to retaliate against an employee, a former employee, a special state appointee, or a former special state appointee because the employee, former employee, special state appointee, or former special state appointee did any of the following:

(1) Filed a complaint with the commission or the inspector general.

(2) Provided information to the commission or the inspector general.

(3) Testified at a commission proceeding.

(b) A state officer, an employee, or a special state appointee may take appropriate action against an employee who took any of the actions listed in subsection (a) if the employee or special state appointee:

(1) did not act in good faith; or

(2) knowingly or recklessly provided false information or testimony to the commission.

(c) A person who violates this section is subject to action under section 12 of this chapter and criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-2.

As added by P.L.15-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.44-2001, SEC.4; P.L.222-2005, SEC.12; P.L.89-2006, SEC.13; P.L.126-2012, SEC.2.

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