{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-16-6.5-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-16-6.5-5","heading":"Penalties for breach of contract","body":"Sec. 5. (a) If a breach of contract occurs under section 4 of this chapter, the public agency shall suspend all payments to the contractor under that contract unless it determines that the contractor made a good faith effort to avoid the breach but was unable to do so.\n(b) If the public agency determines that the contractor did not act to avoid the breach, it may:\n(1) rescind the contract and recover all amounts paid under it if the breach occurs under section 4(1) of this chapter;\n(2) recover all amounts paid to the contractor under the contract that were intended for expenditure with a disadvantaged business enterprise or a women owned business enterprise if the breach occurred under section 4(2) of this chapter; or\n(3) employ any legal or administrative remedies that the agency prescribes by rule or in the contract.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 16. PUBLIC WORKS","Chapter 6.5. Minority Business Certification"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-16-6.5-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"836ab7c66462e1d161e8ed93959319011c3b8faaa56d7be67c8c496e689e3583","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-16-6.5-4","next":"us-in/ic-5-16-6.5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}