Ind. Code ch. 4-3-22

Ind. Code ch. 4-3-22
in effect

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-1 Legislative findings

Sec. 1. The state will benefit from devoting adequate resources to do the following: (1) Gather and coordinate data in a timely manner. (2) Perform comprehensive and detailed budgeting analysis. (3) Put in place comprehensive and effective budgeting practices. (4) Coordinate all functions related to budgeting and controlling spending in state government. (5) Perform comprehensive and detailed financial analysis. (6) Perform comprehensive financial oversight. (7) Ensure that effective financial management policies are implemented throughout state government. (8) Perform comprehensive and detailed performance analysis. (9) Ascertain whether the burdens imposed by laws and rules are justified by their benefits using a rigorous cost benefit analysis. (10) Measure the performance of government activities. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-1.5 "Continuous process improvement"

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "continuous process improvement" means a management methodology that combines tools to improve process speed and reduce waste with data driven project analysis to provide products and services with improved quality at lower cost. As added by P.L.152-2012, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-2 "Director"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "director" means the director of the office of management and budget established by this chapter. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-3 Establishment of office; director

Sec. 3. (a) To address the needs set forth in section 1 of this chapter, there is established the office of management and budget, which is referred to in this chapter as the "OMB". (b) The OMB shall have a director who is the chief financial officer of the state. The director shall report directly to the governor. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-4 Responsibilities and authority of budget director

Sec. 4. The director is responsible and accountable for and has authority over the following: (1) All functions performed by the following: (A) The budget agency. (B) The department of state revenue. (C) The department of local government finance. (D) The Indiana finance authority. (E) The management performance hub. The directors of these agencies, departments, and offices shall report to the director and administer their offices and agencies in compliance with the policies and procedures related to fiscal management that are established by the OMB and approved by the governor. (2) All budgeting, accounting, and spending functions within the various agencies, departments, and programs of state government. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.37; P.L.269-2017, SEC.3; P.L.108-2019, SEC.43.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-5 OMB director as budget director

Sec. 5. The director may serve as the budget director of the budget agency under IC 4-12-1-3 unless the governor appoints another individual to serve as the budget director. If the director also serves as the budget director, the director is not entitled to receive any salary or other compensation as budget director. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-6 Repealed

As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38. Amended by P.L.152-2012, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.269-2017, SEC.4.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-7 Duties; fiscal management

Sec. 7. The OMB shall assist the governor in the articulation, development, and execution of the governor's policies and programs on fiscal management. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-8 Duties; review and development of policies and proposals

Sec. 8. The OMB shall assist and represent the governor in the development and review of all policy, legislative, and rulemaking proposals affecting capital budgeting, procurement, e-government, and other matters related to fiscal management. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-9 Duties; coordination of administrative policies

Sec. 9. The OMB shall harmonize agency views on legislation and facilitate the negotiation of policy positions for the governor. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-10 Duties; budget decision making and negotiations

Sec. 10. The OMB shall provide expertise to the governor for budget decision making and negotiations. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-11 Duties; analysis of budgets; trends

Sec. 11. The OMB shall analyze trends in and the consequences of aggregate budget policy. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-12 Duties; metrics for measuring performance and efficiency

Sec. 12. The OMB shall establish metrics for measuring state government performance and efficiency. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-13 Duties; regulatory analysis for proposed rules; verified data; confidentiality

Sec. 13. The OMB and the budget agency shall review a regulatory analysis and proposed rule submitted by an agency under IC 4-22-2-22.8. In reviewing a regulatory analysis and proposed rule under this section, the OMB shall consider in its analysis any verified data provided voluntarily by interested parties, regulated persons, and nonprofit corporations whose members may be affected by the proposed rule. A regulatory analysis reviewed under this section is a public document, subject to the following: (1) This section does not empower the OMB or an agency to require an interested party or a regulated person to provide any materials, documents, or other information. If an interested party or a regulated person voluntarily provides materials, documents, or other information to the OMB or an agency, the OMB or the agency, as applicable, shall ensure the adequate protection of any: (A) information that is confidential under IC 5-14-3-4; or (B) confidential and proprietary business plans and other confidential information. (2) If an agency has adopted rules to implement IC 5-14-3-4, interested parties and regulated persons must submit the information in accordance with the confidentiality rules adopted by the agency to ensure proper processing of confidentiality claims. The OMB and any agency involved in proposing the rule, or in administering the rule upon the rule's adoption, shall exercise all necessary caution to avoid disclosure of any confidential information supplied to the OMB or the agency by an interested party or a regulated person. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38. Amended by P.L.131-2012, SEC.1; P.L.53-2014, SEC.49; P.L.5-2015, SEC.3; P.L.249-2023, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-13.1 Repealed

As added by P.L.131-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.50; P.L.5-2015, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.130-2018, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-14 Agencies and instrumentalities; required compliance and cooperation

Sec. 14. All instrumentalities, agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, and officers of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government, and all bodies corporate and politic established as instrumentalities of the state shall: (1) comply with the policies and procedures related to fiscal management that are established by the OMB and approved by the governor; and (2) cooperate with and provide assistance to the OMB. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-15 Agencies; accountability; compliance with statutory requirements

Sec. 15. All state agencies (as defined in IC 4-12-1-2) shall, in addition to complying with all statutory duties applicable to state purchasing, be accountable to the OMB for adherence to policies, procedures, and spending controls established by the OMB and approved by the governor. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.38.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-16 Repealed

As added by P.L.137-2006, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.110-2010, SEC.1; P.L.187-2014, SEC.1; P.L.237-2017, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.130-2018, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-18 Center for deaf and hard of hearing education; determination of appropriate agency

Sec. 18. Before July 1, 2013, the office of management and budget, in consultation with the Indiana School for the Deaf, the department of education, the Indiana department of health, and the office of the secretary of family and social services, shall recommend to the general assembly through the budget process an appropriate agency to provide office space and staff support for the center for deaf and hard of hearing education established under IC 20-35-11. Until the center for deaf and hard of hearing education is established and operating, the Indiana School for the Deaf shall continue to provide those services that will be transferred from the Indiana School for the Deaf to the center for deaf and hard of hearing education or local education agencies at the time the center is established and operating. As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.7.

Ind. Code § 4-3-22-20 Expired

As added by P.L.250-2023, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.150-2024, SEC.1. Expired 7-1-2025 by P.L.150-2024, SEC.1.
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