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IN Code § 36-8-12-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-19. Suspension or Termination of Ems Personnel; Right to Hearing and Appeal

Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "medical director" means a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine in Indiana and who performs the duties and responsibilities described in 836 IAC 2-2-1.(b) If a medical director takes any of the following actions against a member of the emergency medical services personnel, the medical director shall provide to the member and to the chief of the member's volunteer fire department a written explanation of the reasons for the action taken by the medical director:(1) The medical director refuses or fails to supervise or otherwise provide medical control and direction to the member.(2) The medical director refuses or fails to attest to the competency of the member to perform emergency medical services.(3) The medical director suspends the member from performing emergency medical services.(c) Before a volunteer fire department takes an action that affects the member's appointment with the volunteer fire department as the result of a medical director's action described in subsection (b), the member is entitled to a hearing and appeal concerning the medical director's action as provided in IC 36-8-3-4. The safety board of the unit that entered into an agreement with the volunteer fire department under section 3 of this chapter shall hear the member's appeal provided by this subsection.(d) If the medical director's action that is the subject of an appeal under subsection (c) is based on a health care decision made by the member in performing emergency medical services, the safety board conducting the hearing shall consult with an independent medical expert to determine whether the member followed the applicable emergency medical services protocol in making the health care decision. The independent medical expert:(1) must be a physician trained in emergency medical services; and(2) may not be affiliated with the same hospital as the medical director.As added by P.L.13-2010, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-1. "Facility" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "facility" has the meaning set forth in 327 IAC 2-6.1-4(7), as in effect on January 1, 2001.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-2. "Fire Department" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fire department" means a fire department that:(1) is established under IC 36-8-2-3 or IC 36-8-13-3(a)(1); and(2) employs:(A) both full-time paid members and volunteer members; or(B) only full-time paid members.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-3. "Hazardous Materials Emergency" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "hazardous materials emergency" has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-97.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-4. "Mode of Transportation" Defined

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "mode of transportation" has the meaning set forth in 327 IAC 2-6.1-4(10), as in effect on January 1, 2001.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-5. "Responsible Party" Defined

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "responsible party" has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-191(d).As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2009, SEC.13; P.L.10-2019, SEC.141.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-6. Imposition of Service Charges and Administrative Fees

Sec. 6. (a) A fire department may impose a charge on a person that is a responsible party with respect to a hazardous materials emergency that:(1) the fire department responded to;(2) members of that fire department assisted in containing, controlling, or cleaning up;(3) with respect to the release or imminent release of hazardous materials at a facility, involves a quantity of hazardous materials that exceeds the spill quantities of hazardous materials that must be reported under 327 IAC 2-6.1-5, as in effect on January 1, 2001; and(4) with respect to the release or imminent release of hazardous materials from a mode of transportation, involves a quantity of hazardous materials that exceeds the spill quantities of hazardous materials that must be reported under 327 IAC 2-6.1-6, as in effect on January 1, 2001.(b) The owner or responsible party shall remit payment directly to the governmental unit providing the service.(c) Any administrative fees charged by a fire department's agent must be paid only from fees that are collected and allowed by Indiana law and the fire marshal's schedule of fees.(d) An agent who processes fees on behalf of a fire department shall send all bills, notices, and other related materials to both the fire department and the person being billed for services.(e) All fees allowed by Indiana law and the fire marshal's fee schedule must be itemized separately from any other charges.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.437.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-7. Service Charge Billed to Responsible Party

Sec. 7. A fire department imposing a charge under this chapter may bill the responsible party for the total value of the assistance provided, as determined from the state fire marshal's schedule of service charges issued under IC 36-8-12-16(h).As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.438.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-8. General Fund of Unit; Hazardous Materials Response Fund

Sec. 8. (a) Money collected under this chapter must be deposited in one (1) of the following:(1) The general fund of the unit that established the fire department under IC 36-8-2-3 or IC 36-8-13-3(a)(1).(2) A hazardous materials response fund established under section 8.1 of this chapter by a city or town having a fire department established under IC 36-8-2-3.(b) Money collected under this chapter may be used only for the following:(1) Purchase of supplies and equipment used in providing hazardous materials emergency assistance under this chapter.(2) Training for members of the fire department in skills necessary for providing hazardous materials emergency assistance under this chapter.(3) Payment to persons with which the fire department contracts to provide services related to the hazardous materials emergency assistance provided by the fire department under this chapter.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.173-2003, SEC.37.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-8.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-8.1. Establishing Hazardous Materials Response Fund; Fund Administration

Sec. 8.1. (a) The fiscal body of each city or town that establishes a fire department under IC 36-8-2-3 may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a hazardous materials response fund.(b) The hazardous materials response fund shall be administered by the unit's fiscal officer, and the expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. Money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund may be invested in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund at the end of a particular fiscal year does not revert to the unit's general fund.As added by P.L.173-2003, SEC.38.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-9. Billing for Services of Fire Department

Sec. 9. (a) A fire department may not bill under this chapter for services provided that duplicate services provided by another governmental entity.(b) The responsible party billed for services under this chapter may elect to reimburse the fire department by providing replacement materials that are of equal or greater value than those expended by the fire department in responding to the emergency.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-10. Actions for Reimbursement

Sec. 10. A fire department that imposes a service charge under this chapter and maintains an action for reimbursement under IC 13-25-6-5 may recover all costs of the action, including attorney's fees.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12.2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12.2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Action Reimbursement|36-8-12.2-11. Penalties

Sec. 11. A responsible party is subject to a penalty for failure to pay the full amount of a charge made under this chapter within sixty (60) days after the issuance of the bill for payment by the fire department. The amount of the penalty is ten percent (10%) of the amount of the charge that remains unpaid on the due date.As added by P.L.33-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-13-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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.
IN Code § 36-8-13-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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.
IN Code § 36-8-13-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 grant the petition and proceed without delay to provide for fire protection. The executive and legislative body shall determine which of the methods in section 3 of this chapter for providing fire protection in townships will be followed.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-4-18-2.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.65.
IN Code § 36-8-13-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 the township, both inside and outside the corporate boundaries of participating municipalities, from any combination of the following township funds, regardless of when the funds were established:(1) The township firefighting fund under section 4 of this chapter.(2) The cumulative building and equipment fund under IC 36-8-14.(3) The debt fund under sections 6 and 6.5 of this chapter.(4) The rainy day fund established under IC 36-1-8-5.1.(c) Subject to the levy limitations contained in IC 6-1.1-18.5, the tax rate and levy for the township firefighting fund, the cumulative building and equipment fund, or the debt fund is to be in an amount sufficient to pay all costs attributable to fire protection or emergency services that are provided to the township and the participating municipalities that are not paid from other available revenues. The tax rate and levy for each fund shall be established in accordance with the procedures set forth in IC 6-1.1-17 and apply both inside and outside the corporate boundaries of participating municipalities.(d) The township executive may accept donations for the purpose of firefighting and emergency services. The township executive shall place donations in the township firefighting fund. A person may donate partial payment of a purchase of firefighting or emergency services equipment made by the township.As added by P.L.269-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1994, SEC.181; P.L.1-1994, SEC.182; P.L.37-1994, SEC.2; P.L.54-1996, SEC.4; P.L.255-2017, SEC.39.
IN Code § 36-8-13-4.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3, to reflect the change from providing fire protection under a contract between the municipality and the township to allowing the township to impose a property tax levy on the taxable property located within the corporate boundaries of each municipality. Each municipality's maximum permissible property tax levy shall be reduced by the amount of the municipality's property tax levy that was imposed by the municipality to meet the obligations to the township under the fire protection contract. The township's maximum permissible property tax levy shall be increased by the product of:(1) one and five-hundredths (1.05); multiplied by(2) the amount the township received:(A) in the year in which the change is elected; and(B) as fire protection contract payments from all municipalities whose levy is decreased under this section.(b) For purposes of determining a township's or municipality's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 for years following the first year after the year in which the change is elected, a township's or municipality's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy is the levy after the adjustment made under subsection (a).As added by P.L.269-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.2-1995, SEC.137; P.L.90-2002, SEC.495.
IN Code § 36-8-13-4.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 reflect the change from providing fire protection or emergency services under a contract between the municipality and the township to allowing the township to impose a property tax levy on the taxable property located within the corporate boundaries of each municipality. For the ensuing calendar year, the township's maximum permissible property tax levy shall be increased by the product of:(1) one and five-hundredths (1.05); multiplied by(2) the amount the township contracted or billed to receive, regardless of whether the amount was collected:(A) in the year in which the change is elected; and(B) as fire protection or emergency service payments from the municipalities or residents of the municipalities covered by the election under section 3(c) of this chapter.The maximum permissible levy for a general fund or other fund of a municipality covered by the election under section 3(c) of this chapter shall be reduced for the ensuing calendar year to reflect the change to allowing the township to impose a property tax levy on the taxable property located within the corporate boundaries of the municipality. The total reduction in the maximum permissible levies for all electing municipalities must equal the amount that the maximum permissible levy for the township is increased under this subsection for contracts or billings, regardless of whether the amount was collected, less the amount actually paid from sources other than property tax revenue.(b) For purposes of determining a township's and each municipality's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 for years following the first year after the year in which the change is elected, a township's and each municipality's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy is the levy after the adjustment made under subsection (a).(c) The township may use the amount of a maximum permissible property tax levy computed under this section in setting budgets and property tax levies for any year in which the election in section 3(c) of this chapter is in effect.(d) Section 4.6 of this chapter does not apply to a property tax levy or a maximum property tax levy subject to this section.As added by P.L.54-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.496; P.L.224-2007, SEC.130; P.L.146-2008, SEC.783; P.L.257-2019, SEC.156.
IN Code § 36-8-13-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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:(1) six (6) years; or(2) fifteen (15) years for a township that:(A) has a total assessed value of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) or less, as determined by the department of local government finance; and(B) is purchasing the firefighting equipment with funding from the:(i) state or its instrumentalities; or(ii) federal government or its instrumentalities.The purchase shall be amortized in equal or approximately equal installments payable on January 1 and July 1 each year.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-4-18-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.65. Amended by P.L.83-1998, SEC.3; P.L.90-2002, SEC.497; P.L.178-2002, SEC.134.
IN Code § 36-8-13-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 note or bond of the township for the sum borrowed. The note or bond must bear interest, with both principal and interest payable in equal or approximately equal installments on January 1 and July 1 each year over a period not exceeding six (6) years.(b) The first installment of principal and interest on a contract, chattel mortgage, note, or bond is due on the next January 1 or July 1 following the first tax collection for which it is possible for the township to levy a tax. The executive and legislative body shall appropriate and levy a tax each year sufficient to pay the obligation according to its terms. An obligation of the township executed under this chapter is a valid and binding obligation of the township, notwithstanding any tax limitation, debt limitation, bonding, borrowing, or other statute to the contrary.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-4-18-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.65. Amended by P.L.41-1993, SEC.50.
IN Code § 36-8-13-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 13. Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services|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 of the determination is given. The petition must state the taxpayers' objections and the reasons why the taxpayers believe the borrowing to be unnecessary or unwise.(b) The county auditor shall immediately certify a copy of the petition, together with other data necessary to present the questions involved, to the department of local government finance. Upon receipt of the certified petition and other data, the department of local government finance shall fix a time for the hearing of the matter. The hearing shall be held not less than five (5) and not more than thirty (30) days after the receipt of the certified documents.(c) The hearing may be held in the county where the petition arose or through electronic means.(d) Notice of the hearing shall be given by the department of local government finance to the township and to the first ten (10) taxpayer petitioners listed on the petition by letter. The letter shall be sent to the first ten (10) taxpayer petitioners at the taxpayer's usual place of residence at least five (5) days before the date of the hearing.(e) A:(1) taxpayer who signed a petition filed under subsection (a); or(2) township against which a petition under subsection (a) is filed;may petition for judicial review of the final determination of the department of local government finance under subsection (a). The petition must be filed in the tax court not more than forty-five (45) days after the date of the department's final determination.As added by P.L.41-1993, SEC.51. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.498; P.L.256-2003, SEC.38; P.L.38-2021, SEC.98.