Sec. 24. (a) The campaign finance enforcement account is established within the state general fund to provide money for the following purposes:
(1) Administering and enforcing IC 3-9.
(2) Creating and operating a campaign finance computer system as authorized under IC 3-9-4-4, including investing in technology to expand the capabilities of the computer system.
(b) The account shall be administered by the election division. Funds in the account are available, with the approval of the budget agency, to augment and supplement the funds appropriated to the election commission for the purposes described in subsection (a).
(c) Expenses of administering the account shall be paid from money in the account. The account consists of all civil penalties collected by the commission under IC 3-9-4.
(d) Money in the account at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to any other account within the state general fund.
As added by P.L.4-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.27.