§ Ind. Code § 3-5-2.1-44"Expenditure"

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(a) "Expenditure" means a disbursement (whether characterized as an advance,
a deposit, a distribution, a gift, a loan, a payment, a purchase, or a contract or promise to
make a disbursement) of property (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-253) that:
(1) is made for the purpose of influencing:
(A) the nomination or election to office of a candidate;
(B) the election of delegates to a state constitutional convention; or
(C) the outcome of a public question; and
(2) is made by:
(A) an individual, except that a contribution made by an individual is not considered
to be an expenditure;
(B) a candidate's committee;
(C) a regular party committee; or
(D) a political action committee.
(b) Whenever funds are transferred from one committee to another, the disbursing
committee is considered to be making an expenditure in the amount of the funds transferred.

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