Section 12-23-1-7 - Authority of the office of the secretary; grants, loans, and gifts; federal government grants and contracts(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and notwithstanding any other law, the office of the secretary is the sole state authority authorized to: (1) disburse grants, loans, or gifts made by the federal government or any other source to the state, state agencies, and subdivisions of the state; and(2) review and approve grants or contracts made by the federal government to or with a local governmental unit or other public or private agency; for alcoholism, compulsive gambling, or drug abuse prevention or for treatment in the field of addictions.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the federal law regulating a grant, loan, or gift does not allow exclusive power and control over the disbursement of the grant, loan, or gift to be vested in a single state authority.Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-6.1-11.6(a), (c).
Amended by P.L. 39-2015, SEC. 12, eff. 7/1/2015.As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.17. Amended by P.L. 40-1994, SEC.35; P.L. 54-1995, SEC.4.