1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to employees of a governmental entity that exercises any of the executive powers of the state under the direction of the governor or lieutenant governor.

2. (b) This chapter does not apply to the following:

   1. (1) The legislative department of state government.
   2. (2) The judicial department of state government.

   3. (3) The following state elected officers and their personal staffs:

      1. (A) The governor.
      2. (B) The lieutenant governor.
      3. (C) The secretary of state.
      4. (D) The treasurer of state.
      5. (E) The state comptroller.
      6. (F) The attorney general.
   4. (4) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state statute.
   5. (5) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13 ).
   6. (6) An inmate who is working in a state penal, charitable, correctional, or benevolent institution.
   7. (7) The state police department.
3. (c) This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision, the ports of Indiana (established by IC 8-10-1-3 ), or the northern Indiana commuter transportation district (established under IC 8-5-15 ). The chief executive officer of a governmental entity that is exempt from this chapter under subsection (b) may elect to have this chapter apply to all or a part of the entity's employees by submitting a written notice of the election to the director.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.121-2016, SEC.2; P.L.219-2017, SEC.12; P.L.8-2019, SEC.11; P.L.43-2021, SEC.15; P.L.9-2024, SEC.95.