in-20261007-IR-GOV260377EOA: EXECUTIVE ORDER: 26-29

STATE OF INDIANA EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT INDIANAPOLIS EXECUTIVE ORDER: 26-29 FOR: POSTPONING THE EXPIRATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS. WHEREAS, IC 4-22-2.6 provides that an administrative rule expires January 1 of the fifth year after the year in which it takes effect, unless said rule expires or is repealed on an earlier date, or except as otherwise specified in IC 4-22-2.6-1 or IC 4-22-2.6-10; WHEREAS, IC 4-22-2.5-1(b)(4) provides that if the latest version of a rule becomes effective in calendar year 2020, then it will expire not later than January 1, 2027; WHEREAS, IC 4-22-2.6-10 provides that if a rule is not readopted and the governor finds that the failure to readopt it causes an emergency to exist, then the governor may, by executive order before the rule's expiration date, postpone the expiration date of said rule until a date that is not later than one (1) year after the date specified in IC 4-22-2.6-1; WHEREAS, the Meridian Street Preservation Commission has submitted a request to the Governor to postpone, for three hundred sixty-five (365) days, the expiration of the following rule, as designated by the citation to the Indiana Administrative Code, which was last readopted in 2020, has not been readopted since, and, without further action, will expire on January 1, 2027: WHEREAS, the failure to readopt the rule cited above would cause an emergency to exist, such that it is necessary and appropriate to postpone its expiration date; NOW, THEREFORE, I, MIKE BRAUN, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby order that: the expiration date of the rule listed above shall be postponed for three hundred sixty-five (365) days until January 1, 2028. Mike Braun Governor of Indiana ATTEST: Diego Morales Secretary of State Legislative Services Agency Fiscal Statement as required by IC 2-5-1.1-7.