Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 4-2-6-14 - Prohibitions; criminal penalty(a) A person may not do any of the following:(1) Knowingly or intentionally induce or attempt to induce, by threat, coercion, suggestion, or false statement, a witness or informant in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general to do any of the following: (A) Withhold or unreasonably delay the production of any testimony, information, document, or thing.(B) Avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence.(C) Fail to appear at a proceeding or investigation to which the person has been summoned.(D) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.(2) Alter, damage, or remove a record, document, or thing except as permitted or required by law, with the intent to prevent the record, document, or thing from being produced or used in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general.(3) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.(b) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-3.Amended by P.L. 126-2012, SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2012.As added by P.L. 44-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L. 222-2005, SEC.13.