Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in this section, this chapter applies to all public work performed or contracted for by:

(1) political subdivisions; and

(2) their agencies;

regardless of whether it is performed on property owned or leased by the political subdivision or agency.

(b) This chapter does not apply to an officer or agent who, on behalf of a municipal utility, maintains, extends, and installs services of the utility if the necessary work is done by the employees of the utility.

(c) This chapter does not apply to hospitals organized or operated under IC 16-22-1 through IC 16-22-5 or IC 16-23-1, unless the public work is financed in whole or in part with cumulative building fund revenue.

(d) This chapter does not apply to tax exempt Indiana nonprofit corporations leasing and operating a city market owned by a political subdivision.

(e) As an alternative to this chapter, the governing body of a political subdivision or its agencies may do the following:

(1) Enter into a design-build contract as permitted under IC 5-30.

(2) Participate in a utility efficiency program or enter into a guaranteed savings contract as permitted under IC 36-1-12.5.

(f) This chapter does not apply to a person that has entered into an operating agreement with a political subdivision or an agency of a political subdivision under IC 5-23.

(g) This chapter does not apply to the extension or installation of utility infrastructure by a private developer of land if all the following apply:

(1) A municipality will acquire for the municipality's municipally owned utility all of the utility infrastructure that is to be extended or installed.

(2) Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the total construction costs for the utility infrastructure to be extended or installed, including any increased costs that result from any construction specifications that:

(A) are required by the municipality; and

(B) specify a greater service capacity for the utility infrastructure than would otherwise be provided for by the private developer;

will be paid for out of a public fund or out of a special assessment.

(3) The private developer agrees to comply with all local ordinances and engineering standards applicable to the construction, extension, or installation of the utility infrastructure.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-16-1 part; Part new.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.38. Amended by P.L.182-1985, SEC.16; P.L.214-1989, SEC.7; P.L.24-1993, SEC.5; P.L.2-1993, SEC.199; P.L.1-1994, SEC.173; P.L.82-1995, SEC.12; P.L.49-1997, SEC.73; P.L.168-2006, SEC.2; P.L.71-2009, SEC.4; P.L.99-2009, SEC.3; P.L.1-2010, SEC.145; P.L.91-2017, SEC.9.