Indiana § 9-13-2-173 - "State"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 9-13-2-173 — "State", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-13-2-173. "State"
Sec. 173. (a) "State" means, except as otherwise provided by this section and unless by the context some other state or territory or federal district of the United States is meant or intended, the state of Indiana.
(b) "State", for purposes of IC 9-27-1, means the state of Indiana, the governor of Indiana, an agency of the state of Indiana designated by the governor to receive federal aid, and any officer, board, bureau, commission, division, or department, any public body corporate and politic created by the state of Indiana for public purposes, or any state educational institution.
(c) "State", for purposes of IC 9-25, means any state in the United States, the District of Columbia, or any Province of the Dominion of Canada.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-1-2(r); 9-6-2-1 part; subsection (b) formerly 9-6-4-11 part; subsection (c) formerly 9-2-1-2 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.88-1996, SEC.2; P.L.2-2007, SEC.141; P.L.9-2010, SEC.9; P.L.198-2016, SEC.168.
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Section 9-13-2-173 (""State"") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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