CHAPTER 1. APPLICATION

IC 5-22 Version a
    ARTICLE 22. PUBLIC PURCHASING
    Note: This version of IC 5-22 added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1. Adifferent version of IC 5-22, as added by P.L.19-1997, SEC.7, wasrepealed by P.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.39, and re-enacted at IC 5-24 byP.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.40.

IC 5-22-1
    Chapter 1. Application

IC 5-22-1-1
Applicability of article
    Sec. 1. Except as provided in this chapter, this article applies toevery expenditure of public funds by a governmental body.
As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.

IC 5-22-1-2
Nonapplicability of article
    Sec. 2. Except as provided in this article, this article does notapply to the following:
        (1) The commission for higher education.
        (2) A state educational institution. However, IC 5-22-5-9 andIC 5-22-15 apply to a state educational institution.
        (3) Military officers and military and armory boards of the state.
        (4) An entity established by the general assembly as a bodycorporate and politic. However, IC 5-22-15 applies to a bodycorporate and politic.
        (5) A local hospital authority under IC 5-1-4.
        (6) A municipally owned utility under IC 8-1-11.1 or IC 8-1.5.
        (7) Hospitals established and operated under IC 16-22-1through IC 16-22-5, IC 16-22-8, IC 16-23-1, or IC 16-24-1.
        (8) A library board under IC 36-12-3-16(b).
        (9) A local housing authority under IC 36-7-18.
        (10) Tax exempt Indiana nonprofit corporations leasing andoperating a city market owned by a political subdivision.
        (11) A person paying for a purchase or lease with funds otherthan public funds.
        (12) A person that has entered into an agreement with agovernmental body under IC 5-23.
        (13) A municipality for the operation of municipal facilitiesused for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal ina sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil,and industrial waste.
        (14) The department of financial institutions established byIC 28-11-1-1.
As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.82;P.L.184-2005, SEC.2; P.L.19-2007, SEC.1; P.L.213-2007, SEC.3;P.L.217-2007, SEC.3.
IC 5-22-1-3
Excluded items; exceptions
    Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this article doesnot apply to the following types of activities:
        (1) A contract between governmental bodies except for acontract authorized under this article.
        (2) A public works project.
        (3) A collective bargaining agreement between a governmentalbody and its employees.
        (4) The employment relationship between a governmental bodyand an employee of the governmental body.
        (5) An investment of public funds.
        (6) A contract between a governmental body and a bodycorporate and politic.
        (7) A contract for social services.
        (8) A contract with a body corporate and politic.
    (b) IC 5-22-3-7 applies to any:
        (1) contract;
        (2) project;
        (3) agreement;
        (4) employment relationship; or
        (5) investment;
described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.165-2005, SEC.1and P.L.222-2005, SEC.24.