Sec. 26. After a sufficient appropriation for the purchase of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including housing, is made and is available, the district’s fiscal officer, with the approval of the board and the county fiscal body, may purchase the firefighting apparatus and equipment for the district on an installment conditional sale or mortgage contract running […]
Sec. 27. (a) A fire protection district shall pay for the care of a full-time, paid firefighter who suffers: (1) an injury; or (2) contracts an illness; during the performance of the firefighter’s duties. (b) The fire protection district shall pay for the following expenses incurred by a firefighter described in subsection (a): (1) Medical […]
[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.63. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.42. Repealed by P.L.213-1986, SEC.12.
Sec. 4. (a) A county legislative body may establish fire protection districts for any of the following purposes: (1) Fire protection, including the capability for extinguishing all fires that might be reasonably expected because of the types of improvements, personal property, and real property within the boundaries of the district. (2) Fire prevention, including identification […]
Sec. 5. (a) Freeholders who desire the establishment of a fire protection district must initiate proceedings by filing a petition in the office of the county auditor of the county where the freeholder’s land is located. The petition may also be filed by a municipality under an ordinance adopted by its legislative body in each […]
Sec. 5.1. (a) This section applies to a district that consists of a municipality located in two (2) counties. (b) This section does not apply to a merged district under section 23 of this chapter. (c) Freeholders within the proposed district who desire the establishment of a fire protection district must initiate proceedings by filing […]
Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to petitions filed under either section 5 or 9 of this chapter. (b) If two (2) or more freeholders own the same land in joint title, they may be counted as only one (1) freeholder for the purpose of determining what constitutes twenty percent (20%) or a majority of […]
Sec. 7. A petition filed under section 5 of this chapter must state the following: (1) A name for the proposed district that distinguishes the district from all other political subdivisions within or contiguous to the area included within the district. (2) A description of the territory to be included, not necessarily by metes and […]
Sec. 8. (a) After a petition is filed under section 5 of this chapter, the county auditor shall present it to the county legislative body at its next regularly scheduled meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose. Before or at the meeting, the legislative body shall determine whether the petition bears the […]
Sec. 9. (a) A petition against the establishment of the fire protection district may be presented to the county legislative body at or after a hearing on the petition to establish a district and before the adoption of an ordinance or resolution establishing the district. (b) If the legislative body finds that it contains the […]
Sec. 9.5. (a) This section applies to a district that contains a municipality located in two (2) counties. (b) This section does not apply to a merged district under section 23 of this chapter. (c) The freeholders owning land within the proposed district may file a petition opposing the establishment of the district with the […]
