Indiana's Anti-Contracting Law, effective January 1, 2000

IC 33-15-27
  Chapter 27. Court Reporting Services; Depositions

IC 33-15-27-1
Applicability of chapter
  Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to contracts for court reporting services for any of the following:
     (1) A court.
     (2) An agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision.
     (3) An agency or instrumentality of the government of the United States.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.

IC 33-15-27-2
"Employee" defined
  Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "employee" includes the following:
     (1) A person who provides reporting or other court services under a contractual relationship with a person interested in the outcome of litigation, including anyone that may be ultimately responsible for payment.
     (2) A person who is employed to provide reporting or other court services part time or full time under a contract or otherwise by a person that has a contractual relationship with a party.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.


IC 33-15-27-3
Depositions for use in court proceedings
  Sec. 3. A deposition to be used in a proceeding in a circuit, superior, probate, county, city, or town court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court must be taken before an individual who:
     (1) is described in section 4 of this chapter; and
     (2) does not have a prohibited interest or relationship described in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.


IC 33-15-27-4
Before whom depositions must be taken
  Sec. 4. A deposition must be taken before:
     (1) a hearing officer;
     (2) a judge, clerk, commissioner, or official reporter of a court;
     (3) a notary public; or
     (4) another individual authorized by law to take a deposition.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.


IC 33-15-27-5
Persons who may not take depositions
  Sec. 5. (a) Subsection (b)(4) does not apply to a relative or employee of the attorney of one (1) of the parties to the proceeding.
     (b) A deposition may not be taken by a person who is:
          (1) a party to the proceeding;
          (2) a relative, employee, or attorney of one (1) of the parties to the proceeding;
          (3) someone with a financial interest in the proceeding or its outcome; or
          (4) a relative, employee, or attorney of a person with a financial interest in the proceeding or its outcome.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.

IC 33-15-27-6
Void depositions
Sec. 6. A deposition that is not taken in conformity with section 3 of this chapter is void.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.


IC 33-15-27-7
Transcription of deposition
Sec. 7. A person, when reducing a deposition to writing, shall transcribe a page unit of the deposition in the same form as the form required for a record of proceedings under Indiana Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2.
As added by P.L.104-1999, SEC.1.