Sec. 13.5. (a) The division may conduct a program to survey and register in a registry of Indiana cemeteries and burial grounds that the division establishes and maintains all cemeteries and burial grounds in each county in Indiana. The division may conduct the program alone or by entering into an agreement with one (1) or more of the following entities:
(1) The Indiana Historical Society established under IC 23-6-3.
(2) A historical society (as defined in IC 36-10-13-3).
(3) The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
(4) A professional archeologist or historian associated with a postsecondary educational institution.
(5) A township trustee.
(6) Any other entity that the division selects.
(b) In conducting a program under subsection (a), the division may receive gifts and grants under terms, obligations, and liabilities that the director considers appropriate. The director shall use a gift or grant received under this subsection:
(1) to carry out subsection (a); and
(2) according to the terms of the gift or grant.
(c) At the request of the director, the auditor of state shall establish a trust fund for purposes of holding money received under subsection (b).
(d) The director shall administer a trust fund established by subsection (c). The expenses of administering the trust fund shall be paid from money in the trust fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the trust fund established by subsection (c) that is not currently needed to meet the obligations of the trust fund in the same manner as other public trust funds may be invested. The treasurer of state shall deposit in the trust fund the interest that accrues from the investment of the trust fund.
(f) Money in the trust fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(g) Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize violation of the confidentiality of information requirements of 16 U.S.C. 470w-3 and 16 U.S.C. 470hh.
(h) The division may record in each county recorder's office the location of each cemetery and burial ground located in that county.
As added by P.L.46-2000, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.177-2001, SEC.2; P.L.1-2005, SEC.143; P.L.1-2007, SEC.128; P.L.2-2007, SEC.170; P.L.3-2008, SEC.101.