Whenever the governor, after investigation, finds that:

1. (1) the transfer of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of any other agency;
2. (2) the abolition of all or any part of the functions of any agency;
3. (3) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions thereof, with the whole or any part of any other agency or the functions thereof;
4. (4) the consolidation or coordination of any part of any agency or the functions thereof with any other part of the same agency or the functions thereof;
5. (5) the authorization of any officer to delegate any of that officer's functions; or

6. (6) the abolition of the whole or any part of any agency which agency or part does not have, or upon the taking effect of the reorganization plan will not have any functions;

   is necessary to accomplish one (1) or more of the purposes of this chapter, the governor shall prepare a reorganization plan for accomplishing the changes in government indicated by the governor's findings included in the plan, and shall submit the plan in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general assembly, together with a declaration that, with respect to each reorganization included in the plan the governor has found that the reorganization is necessary to accomplish one (1) or more of the purposes of this chapter. The governor, in the message submitting a reorganization plan, shall specify, with respect to each abolition of a function included in the plan, the statutory authority for the exercise of the function, and shall specify the reduction of expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the plan.

As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.12; P.L.17-1985, SEC.1; P.L.28-2004, SEC.15.