36-8-13-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 5 of this chapter by P.L.83-1998 apply only to purchases that occur after June 30, 1998. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.677.
36-8-13-1. Application of Chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all townships. However, this chapter does not apply to a township in which the fire department of the township has been consolidated under IC 36-3-1-6.1. [Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.65. Amended by P.L.227-2005, SEC.49.
36-8-13-2. Establishment of Fire Protection; Procedure
Sec. 2. If a majority of the owners of taxable real property residing within and owning real property within that part of a township located outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality petition the township executive and legislative body to provide fire protection in that part of the township, the executive and legislative body shall […]
36-8-13-3. Authorized Methods of Providing Fire Protection; Preference for Employment
Sec. 3. (a) The executive of a township, with the approval of the legislative body, may do the following: (1) Purchase firefighting and emergency services apparatus and equipment for the township, provide for the housing, care, maintenance, operation, and use of the apparatus and equipment to provide services within the township but outside the corporate […]
36-8-13-4. Township Firefighting Fund; Tax Levy; Donations
Sec. 4. (a) Each township shall annually establish a township firefighting fund which is to be used by the township for the payment of costs attributable to providing fire protection or emergency services under the methods prescribed in section 3 of this chapter and for no other purposes. The money in the fund may be […]
36-8-13-4.5. Payment of Township Provided Fire Protection or Emergency Services; Sources of Funds; Sufficiency of Levy; Donations
Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies to a township that provides fire protection or emergency services or both to a municipality in the township under section 3(b) or 3(c) of this chapter. (b) With the consent of the township legislative body, the township executive may pay the expenses for fire protection and emergency services in […]
36-8-13-4.6. Maximum Permissible Property Tax Levy; Adjustment Where Township Imposes Levy to Pay Fire Protection and Emergency Services Expenses
Sec. 4.6. (a) For townships and municipalities that elect to have the township provide fire protection and emergency services under section 3(b) of this chapter, the department of local government finance shall adjust each township’s and each municipality’s maximum permissible levy in the year following the year in which the change is elected, as determined […]
36-8-13-4.7. Township Providing Fire Protection and Emergency Services; Maximum Permissible Property Tax Levy
Sec. 4.7. (a) For a township that elects to have the township provide fire protection and emergency services under section 3(c) of this chapter, the department of local government finance shall adjust the township’s maximum permissible levy in the year following the year in which the change is elected, as determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3, to […]
36-8-13-5. Purchase of Firefighting Apparatus and Equipment; Installment Contracts
Sec. 5. After a sufficient appropriation has been made and approved and is available for the purchase of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including housing, the township executive, with the approval of the township legislative body, may purchase it for the township on an installment conditional sale or mortgage contract running for a period not exceeding: […]
36-8-13-6. Purchase of Firefighting Apparatus and Equipment; Loans; Tax Levy
Sec. 6. (a) Subject to section 6.5 of this chapter, the executive and legislative body, on behalf of the township, may also borrow the necessary money from a financial institution in Indiana to make the purchase on the same terms. They shall, on behalf of the township, execute and deliver to the institution the negotiable […]
36-8-13-6.5. Objection by Taxpayers; Department of Local Government Finance Hearing and Action; Appeal
Sec. 6.5. (a) If the executive and the legislative body determine that money should be borrowed under section 6 of this chapter, not less than ten (10) taxpayers in the township who disagree with the determination may file a petition in the office of the county auditor not more than thirty (30) days after notice […]
36-8-13-7. Purchase of Firefighting Apparatus and Equipment; Procedure
Sec. 7. (a) All purchases of firefighting apparatus and equipment shall be made in the manner provided by statute for the purchase of township supplies. If the amount involved is sufficient to require notice under statutes for bids in connection with the purchase of apparatus or equipment, the notice must offer all bidders the opportunity […]
36-8-13-8. Insurance Coverage for Members of Department
Sec. 8. A township having a regularly organized fire department employing full-time firefighters may procure at the township’s expense: (1) an insurance policy for each member of the department insuring the member against the loss of the member’s life or dismemberment while in the performance of the member’s regularly assigned duties; and (2) group insurance […]
36-8-13-9. Payment of Line of Duty Health Care Expenses for Firefighters
Sec. 9. (a) A township 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 duty. (b) The township shall pay for the following expenses incurred by a firefighter described in subsection (a): (1) Medical and surgical care. (2) […]