{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-22-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-22-3-4","heading":"Electronic transmission of notice or other materials","body":"Sec. 4. (a) Whenever this article requires that notice or other material be sent by mail, the material may be sent by electronic means as stated in any of the following:\n(1) Rules adopted by the governmental body.\n(2) Written policies of the purchasing agency.\n(3) A solicitation.\n(b) Rules, written policies, and solicitation statements described in subsection (a):\n(1) are subject to this article; and\n(2) must provide that the transmission of information is at least as efficient and secure as sending the material by mail.\n(c) A governmental body may receive electronic offers if both of the following apply:\n(1) The solicitation indicates the procedure for transmitting the electronic offer to the governmental body.\n(2) The governmental body receives the offer on a fax machine, by electronic mail, or by means of another electronic system that has a security feature that protects the content of an electronic offer with the same degree of protection as the content of an offer that is not transmitted by electronic means.\n(d) A governmental body conducting a reverse auction must receive electronic offers for supplies through an Internet purchasing site.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 22. PUBLIC PURCHASING","Chapter 3. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-22-3-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"e18bca45de9282c4b45647e998b5f40a7c04cac1474750825c3225175897a001","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-22-3-3","next":"us-in/ic-5-22-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}