Authority: IC 4-13-2-14.3

Affected: IC 4-13-2-20

Sec. 1. (a) The following particular types of contracts are not required to be individually submitted to the office of the attorney general for review and approval as to form and legality if the contract maximum is less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and a separate record is maintained of all such contracts showing the agency involved, the vendor, the dollar amount of the contract, a brief description of the contract and, if applicable, the purchase order number:

1. (1) Advertising and legal notice publication contracts.
2. (2) Travel, hotel and motel arrangements, license examination space rental, conference room rental and any other workshop oriented contracts provided that these contracts do not exceed thirty (30) days per year for each contract.
3. (3) Contracts for services including, but not limited to, maintenance and service agreements for equipment or premises.
4. (4) Rental of goods or equipment for a single period less than ninety (90) days without renewal, provided, the value of the goods or equipment which might suffer loss is established in the contract to be less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
5. (5) Subscription agreements for books, periodicals, publications and other printed materials.
6. (6) Purchase of supplies with full payment to be made following delivery and acceptance. No contracts for the purchase of supplies with periodic payments to be made are hereby approved; however, this shall not prohibit partial payments from being made for partial delivery.
7. (7) Contracts for the construction, repair, or improvement of public buildings, or the preparation of drawings, plans, and specifications therefor, or the routine operation or maintenance of public structures, buildings, or real property.

(b) Except for temporary premises rental for travel, conference or workshop, as provided in subsection (a)(2) of this section, all premises leasing or rental agreements must be individually submitted to the office of attorney general for review and approval.

(c) Contracts for the purchase of supplies or services less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) made by any agency pursuant to special disbursing officer authority, IC 4-13-2-20, are not required to be submitted individually to the office of attorney general for review and approval and are hereby approved if no provision thereof is in conflict with Indiana law.

(d) All contracts not meeting the requirements of this section must be individually submitted to the office of the attorney general for review and approval.

(Office of Attorney General for the State; 10 IAC 2-3-1; filed Feb 17, 1986, 4:00 pm: 9 IR 1547; readopted filed Nov 6, 2001, 10:15 a.m.: 25 IR 897; readopted filed Nov 13, 2007, 2:13 p.m.: 20071212-IR-010070549RFA; readopted filed Nov 21, 2013, 10:06 a.m.: 20131218-IR-010130348RFA; readopted filed Nov 14, 2019, 2:10 p.m.: 20191211-IR-010190511RFA; readopted filed Nov 5, 2025, 1:52 p.m.: 20251119-IR-010240492RFA)