Indiana § 4-12-1-20 - Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund
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§ 4-12-1-20. Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund
Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund established by subsection (c).
(b) As used in this section, "Tribal-state compact" refers to the compact between the state and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians pursuant to IC 4-29.
(c) The Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund is established for the purposes set forth in subsection (f). The fund shall be administered by the budget agency. The fund consists of the following:
(1) Money transferred to the fund as a result of the Tribal-state compact.
(2) Appropriations, if any, made by the general assembly.
(3) Grants and gifts intended for deposit in the fund.
(4) Any earnings on money in the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of the state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(f) Money in the fund may be used only for the following program areas:
(1) Economic and workforce development.
(2) Tourism promotion.
(3) Public health.
(4) Education.
(g) Subject to subsection (h), there is appropriated two million dollars ($2,000,000) per state fiscal year from the fund to the Midwest continental divide commission fund established under IC 36-10-16-28 for a period of twenty (20) state fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2046.
(h) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the fund. This subsection expires June 30, 2027.
As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.48; P.L.223-2025, SEC.1; P.L.230-2025, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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