Sec. 8. (a) When any person files an application for an order directing payment from the plumbers recovery fund, the plumbing commission shall promptly review and consider the application, and it may issue an order directing payment out of the plumbers recovery fund, as provided in section 9 of this chapter, subject to the limitation of section 4 of this chapter, if the plumbing commission finds:

(1) that there is no collusion between the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor;

(2) that the judgment creditor is making application not more than one (1) year after the termination of all proceedings in connection with the judgment, including appeals and proceedings supplemental to judgment for collection purposes;

(3) that the judgment creditor has diligently pursued all available creditor's remedies, including proceedings supplemental, against the licensee who is the subject of the application filed under section 4 of this chapter, against all the judgment debtors, and against all other persons liable to the creditor in the transaction for which the creditor seeks recovery from the plumbers recovery fund, but that the diligent pursuit did not result in satisfaction of the judgment;

(4) that a violation under IC 25-1-11 or the plumbing codes of the state arose directly out of a transaction that occurred when the judgment debtor was licensed and acted in a capacity for which a license is required under this article and that the transaction occurred after December 31, 1987; and

(5) that, in the event of a default judgment or a judgment entered upon stipulation of the parties, the judgment debtor's acts constituted a violation under IC 25-1-11 or the plumbing codes of the state.

(b) A person who is dissatisfied by:

(1) an order issued under subsection (a) directing payment from the plumbers recovery fund; or

(2) a denial of an application filed under section 4 of this chapter;

may petition for review under IC 4-21.5-3-7.

As added by P.L.260-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.65; P.L.134-2013, SEC.13.