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Indiana Code Title 5. State and Local Administration § 5-15-5.1-18

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 18. (a) The oversight committee on public records consists ex officio of:

(1) the governor or the governor's designee;

(2) the secretary of state or the secretary's designee;

(3) the state examiner of the state board of accounts or the state examiner's designee;

(4) the director of the state library;

(5) the director of the Indiana archives and records administration;

(6) the commissioner of the department of administration or the commissioner's designee;

(7) the public access counselor;

(8) the chief information officer of the office of technology appointed under IC 4-13.1-2-3 or the chief information officer's designee;  and

(9) a clerk of the circuit court or a county recorder who serves on a county commission of public records under IC 5-15-6, appointed by the governor.

(b) The oversight committee also consists of two (2) lay members appointed by the governor for a term of four (4) years.  One (1) lay member shall be a professional journalist or be a member of an association related to journalism.

(c) The oversight committee shall elect one (1) of its members to be chairman.  The director of the Indiana archives and records administration shall be the secretary of the committee.  The ex officio members of the oversight committee shall serve without compensation and shall receive no reimbursement for any expense which they may incur.  Each lay member is entitled to reimbursement for traveling and other expenses as provided in the state travel policies and procedures, established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency and each lay member is entitled to the minimum salary per diem as provided in IC 4-10-11-2.1(b).

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