Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-33-2-20

Sec. 20. The expenses of the hearings and other expenses of necessary investigations and surveys, together with any expense incurred by the commission in subsequent studies of district plans, are payable initially out of the general money of the commission.  The district shall repay the expenditures, not to exceed thirty percent (30%) of the amount paid by the district to independent private engineers for the preparation of plans, to the commission from the district's planning money.  Commission expenses include only expenses incurred by an assisting or a cooperating state agency for services provided by an entity that is not a state agency.