The state GIS officer shall do the following:
as recommended by the IGIC. If either of the recommendations is vetoed, the state GIS officer shall return the recommendation to the IGIC with a message announcing the veto and stating the reasons for the veto. If the IGIC ceases to exist or refuses to make the recommendations listed in this subdivision, the state GIS officer may develop and adopt state GIS data standards and a statewide data integration plan. The standards and the plan adopted under this subdivision must promote interoperability and open use of data with various GIS software, applications, computer hardware, and computer operating systems.
IC 4-23-7.3-14