CHAPTER 1. COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE BENEFITS
IC 5-19
ARTICLE 19. FEDERAL AID
IC 5-19-1
Chapter 1. Cooperation With Federal Government to Receive
Benefits
IC 5-19-1-1
Cooperation with federal government
Sec. 1. The state, or any political subdivision thereof, are each
hereby authorized and empowered to the full extent authorized by the
Constitution of Indiana and not prohibited by law, to accept the
provisions of any law of the Congress of the United States of
America, or any rule, regulation, order or finding made pursuant
thereto, now or hereafter in force, which, upon acceptance,
authorizes the state, or any political subdivision thereof, to cooperate
with the federal government, or to receive benefits for itself or any
of its citizens; and the state, or any political subdivision thereof, is
hereby authorized and empowered to do any and all acts, and to make
any rule, regulation, order, or finding, that may be necessary to
cooperate with the federal government or to effectuate the purposes
of any such federal law.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.178, s.1.)
IC 5-19-1-2
Acceptance by state
Sec. 2. The acceptance by the state shall be made by the officer,
board, bureau, commission, department, or division having authority
by law to do the acts to effectuate the purposes of any such federal
law, by, and with the consent of the governor.
If there is no officer, board, bureau, commission, department or
division having authority by law to do the acts to cooperate with the
federal government or to effectuate the purposes of such federal law,
and it is a matter which the state has power or authority to do, then
the governor may designate or appoint an officer or agency to
administer, cooperate with, and effectuate the purposes of such
federal law, and such officers or agency so designated or appointed
with the approval of the governor shall administer the same.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.178, s.2.)
IC 5-19-1-3
Acceptance by political subdivisions
Sec. 3. The acceptance by any political subdivision shall be made
by the governing authority of such political subdivision by and with
the consent of the appropriating authority of such political
subdivision, if expenditures of any public funds of such political
subdivision be required. No fund of any said political subdivision
shall be expended without due appropriation as provided by law, but
said political subdivision may make regular appropriations for the
purposes authorized by this chapter or may make them as emergency
appropriations are made.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.178, s.3.) As amended by P.L.25-1986,
SEC.101.
IC 5-19-1-3.5
Federal funds; appropriation
Sec. 3.5. If any federal funds be received by the state pursuant to
the provisions of any such federal law, the same are hereby
appropriated for the uses and purposes provided by said federal law,
if such appropriation be required.
(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.1.)
IC 5-19-1-4
Definitions
Sec. 4. The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter,
shall, for the purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning
appears from the context, have the following meanings:
(a) The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall
include the singular as requisite.
(b) The term "state" shall mean and include the state of Indiana,
the governor of the state of Indiana, any agency of the state of
Indiana designated by the governor to receive federal aid, and any
officer, board, bureau, commission, division, or department. The
term "governor" shall mean the governor of the state of Indiana.
(c) The term "political subdivision" shall mean and include any
county of Indiana, any civil township of Indiana, any civil
incorporated city or town of Indiana, any school corporation of any
township, city, or town of Indiana, or any other territorial subdivision
of the state recognized or designated in any law, any public utility
entity not privately owned, any public sewage disposal entity, any
public flood control or levee district or entity, any public drainage
district or entity, any public sanitary district or entity, and any public
improvement district authority or entity authorized to levy taxes or
assessments.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.178, s.5.) As amended by P.L.25-1986,
SEC.102.