Section 4-13-2-20 - Advance payments; special disbursements(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or IC 12-8-10-7, payment for any services, supplies, materials, or equipment shall not be paid from any fund or state money in advance of receipt of such services, supplies, materials, or equipment by the state.(b) With the prior approval of the budget agency, payment may be made in advance for any of the following:(1) War surplus property.(2) Property purchased or leased from the United States government or its agencies.(3) Dues and subscriptions.(6) Utility connection charges.(7) Federal grant programs where advance funding is not prohibited and, except as provided in subsection (i), the contracting party posts sufficient security to cover the amount advanced.(8) Grants of state funds authorized by statute.(9) Employee expense vouchers.(10) Beneficiary payments to the administrator of a program of self-insurance.(11) Services, supplies, materials, or equipment to be received from an agency or from a body corporate and politic.(12) Expenses for the operation of offices that represent the state under contracts with the Indiana economic development corporation and that are located outside Indiana.(13) Services, supplies, materials, or equipment to be used for more than one (1) year under a discounted contractual arrangement funded through a designated leasing entity.(14) Maintenance of equipment and maintenance of software if there are appropriate contractual safeguards for refunds as determined by the budget agency.(15) Exhibits, artifacts, specimens, or other unique items of cultural or historical value or interest purchased by the state museum.(c) Any agency and any state educational institution may make advance payments to its employees for duly accountable expenses exceeding ten dollars ($10) incurred through travel approved by:(1) the employee's respective agency director, in the case of an agency; and(2) a duly authorized person, in the case of any state educational institution.(d) The state comptroller may, with the approval of the budget agency and of the commissioner of the Indiana department of administration:(1) appoint a special disbursing officer for any agency or group of agencies whenever it is necessary or expedient that a special record be kept of a particular class of disbursements or when disbursements are made from a special fund; and(2) approve advances to the special disbursing officer or officers from any available appropriation for the purpose.(e) The state comptroller shall issue the state comptroller's warrant to the special disbursing officer to be disbursed by the disbursing officer as provided in this section. Special disbursing officers shall in no event make disbursements or payments for supplies or current operating expenses of any agency or for contractual services or equipment not purchased or contracted for in accordance with this chapter and IC 5-22. No special disbursing officer shall be appointed and no money shall be advanced until procedures covering the operations of special disbursing officers have been adopted by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget agency. These procedures must include the following provisions:(1) Provisions establishing the authorized levels of special disbursing officer accounts and establishing the maximum amount which may be expended on a single purchase from special disbursing officer funds without prior approval.(2) Provisions requiring that each time a special disbursing officer makes an accounting to the state comptroller of the expenditure of the advanced funds, the state comptroller shall request that the Indiana department of administration review the accounting for compliance with IC 5-22.(3) A provision that, unless otherwise approved by the commissioner of the Indiana department of administration, the special disbursing officer must be the same individual as the procurements agent under IC 4-13-1.3-5.(4) A provision that each disbursing officer be trained by the Indiana department of administration in the proper handling of money advanced to the officer under this section.(f) The commissioner of the Indiana department of administration shall cite in a letter to the special disbursing officer the exact purpose or purposes for which the money advanced may be expended.(g) A special disbursing officer may issue a check to a person without requiring a certification under IC 5-11-10-1 if the officer: (1) is authorized to make the disbursement; and(2) complies with procedures adopted by the state board of accounts to govern the issuance of checks under this subsection.(h) A special disbursing officer is not personally liable for a check issued under subsection (g) if: (1) the officer complies with the procedures described in subsection (g); and(2) funds are appropriated and available to pay the warrant.(i) For contracts entered into between the department of workforce development or the Indiana commission for career and technical education and: (1) a school corporation (as defined in IC 20-18-2-16); or(2) a state educational institution; the contracting parties are not required to post security to cover the amount advanced.
Amended by P.L. 9-2024,SEC. 91, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 210-2015, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2015.(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.279, s.22; Acts1971 , P.L. 28, SEC.1.) As amended by P.L. 28-1983, SEC.12; P.L. 14-1984, SEC.7; P.L. 24-1985, SEC.5; P.L. 5-1988, SEC.23; P.L. 25-1988, SEC.2; P.L. 18-1991, SEC.7; P.L. 17-1991, SEC.8; P.L. 2-1992, SEC.31; P.L. 20-1992, SEC.1; P.L. 21-1992, SEC.1; P.L. 19-1992, SEC.1; P.L. 1-1993, SEC.17; P.L. 13-1994, SEC.1; P.L. 34-1995, SEC.1; P.L. 21-1995, SEC.4; P.L. 6-1996, SEC.5; P.L. 49-1997, SEC.14; P.L. 155-2002, SEC.1; P.L. 4-2005, SEC.16; P.L. 1-2005, SEC.62; P.L. 160-2006, SEC.1; P.L. 2-2007, SEC.36; P.L. 234-2007, SEC.72.