in-20250528-IR-240250001FRA: DIGEST FEES, FINES, AND CIVIL PENALTIES

Final Rule LSA Document #25-1 DIGEST Sec. 1. (a) This article applies to fees, fines, civil penalties, financial benefit limitations, or other payment amounts set by an agency otherwise qualifying as a rule set by the department that are not found under the Indiana Code. (b) The department shall not charge a person a fee, a fine, a civil penalty, a financial benefit limitation, or any other payment amount set by an agency otherwise qualifying as a rule if the fee, fine, civil penalty, financial benefit limitation, or other payment amount is not provided under the Indiana Code or this article. (c) Unless otherwise provided in the Indiana Code or this article, a fee, a fine, a civil penalty, a financial benefit limitation, or any other payment amount set by an agency otherwise qualifying as a rule under this article does not include tax. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article applies only to the amounts charged for fees, fines, civil penalties, financial benefit limitations, or other payment amounts set by an agency otherwise qualifying as a rule. Additional conditions regarding those fees, fines, civil penalties, financial benefit limitations, or other payment amounts charged by the department to a person under this article are provided under IC 10 or 240 IAC. (e) The department may get reimbursed from a person for an expense incurred by the department from a financial institution regarding a transaction made by the department on behalf of the person. (f) The department may pass to a person a fee charged by a vendor or state contractor at the time of a transaction for purchasing or using a product provided by the vendor or state contractor for the department. (g) The department may seek reimbursement from a person for the cost to repair or replace damaged property owned by the department. Sec. 1. (a) Fees for criminal history shall be reviewed and approved by the Enhanced Data Access Review Committee. (b) The fee for a national criminal history report is set at twenty-one dollars and seventy-five cents ($21.75) for a state employee. (c) The fee for a national criminal history report for an applicant is thirty-six dollars and seventy-five cents ($36.75). (d) The fee for a national criminal history report for a volunteer is thirty-four dollars and seventy-five cents ($34.75). (e) The fee for a limited criminal history is fifteen dollars ($15). Sec. 2. The fee to obtain copies of photographs from the department is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per incident. Sec. 3. The fee to obtain a crash report is set at twelve dollars ($12) per report. Sec. 4. The fee to obtain a law enforcement recording is set at twenty-five dollars ($25) per recording.