Ind. Code § 4-2-7-4

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 4-2-7-4 - Powers; subpoena and contempt; reports; serving as special prosecuting attorney; civil and criminal actions

To carry out the duties described in section 3 of this chapter, the inspector general has the following powers:

(1) As part of an investigation, the inspector general may:
(A) administer oaths;
(B) examine witnesses under oath;
(C) issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; and
(D) examine the records, reports, audits, reviews, papers, books, recommendations, contracts, correspondence, or any other documents maintained by an agency.
(2) The inspector general may apply to a circuit or superior court for an order holding an individual in contempt of court if the individual refuses to give sworn testimony under a subpoena issued by the inspector general or otherwise disobeys a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the inspector general.
(3) The inspector general shall prepare a report summarizing the results of every investigation. The report is confidential in accordance with section 8 of this chapter.
(4) If the attorney general has elected not to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained, the inspector general may file a civil action for the recovery of the funds in accordance with section 6 of this chapter.
(5) The inspector general may prosecute a criminal matter as a special prosecuting attorney or special deputy prosecuting attorney in accordance with:
(A) section 7 of this chapter; or
(B) IC 33-39-10-3.

IC 4-2-7-4

Amended by P.L. 57-2014, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
As added by P.L. 222-2005, SEC.14.