Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Claim" means a request or demand for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the state: (A) provides any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded; or (B) will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded. (2) "Documentary material" means: (A) the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document; (B) a data compilation stored in or accessible through computer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret the data compilations; and (C) a product of discovery. (3) "Investigation" means an inquiry conducted by an investigator to ascertain whether a person is or has been engaged in a violation of this chapter. (4) "Knowing", "knowingly", or "known" means that a person, regarding information: (A) has actual knowledge of the information; (B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or (C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. (5) "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a firm, an association, an organization, a partnership, a limited liability company, a business, or a trust. (6) "Product of discovery" means the original or duplicate of: (A) a deposition; (B) an interrogatory; (C) a document; (D) a thing; (E) a result of the inspection of land or other property; or (F) an examination or admission; that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or an administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature. The term includes a digest, an analysis, a selection, a compilation, a derivation, an index, or another method of accessing an item listed in this subdivision. (7) "State" means Indiana or any agency of state government. The term does not include a political subdivision.
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