Section 5-25-3-9 - Budget; contents; apportionment of appropriations; restrictions on pledge of credit; accounts(a) The commission must submit to the governor or designated officer of each party state a budget of its estimated expenditures for the period required by the laws of that party state for presentation to the legislature.(b) Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures must contain:(1) specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states; and(2) the source of information for each of the estimated expenditures and the request for appropriations.(c) The total amount of appropriations requested under any budget must be apportioned among the party states in equal shares.(d) The commission may not pledge the credit of any party state. The commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under section 5(h) of this chapter, if the commission takes specific action setting aside the funds before incurring any obligation to be met. Except where the commission makes use of funds available to it under section 5(h) of this chapter, the commission may not incur any obligation before the allotment of funds by the party states.(e) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant approved by the commission, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission.(f) The accounts of the commission must be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the party states and by any persons authorized by the commission.(g) Nothing contained in this article may be construed to prevent the commission from complying with laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by any government contributing to the support of the commission.As added by P.L. 50-1997, SEC.1.