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IN Code § 36-8-10-11.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-11.5. "Care" Defined; Payments for Care

Sec. 11.5. (a) As used in this section, "care" includes:(1) medical and surgical care;(2) medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means;(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including service during the recovery period; and(4) hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.(b) After deducting expenditures paid by an insurance or worker's compensation program, a county shall pay for the care of the following persons:(1) A county police officer who:(A) suffers an injury; or(B) contracts an illness;while the officer is on duty or while the officer is off duty and is responding to an offense or a reported offense.(2) A jail employee who:(A) suffers an injury; or(B) contracts an illness;while the employee is on duty.(c) Expenditures required by subsection (b) shall be paid from the general fund of the county.As added by P.L.228-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-10-12.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-12.1. Maximum Monthly Pension

Sec. 12.1. (a) This section applies to an employee beneficiary who:(1) retires after June 30, 1997; and(2) served in a county that has adopted an ordinance stating that the maximum monthly pension for an employee beneficiary who retires after June 30, 1997, shall be determined under this section instead of section 12(j) of this chapter.(b) As used in this section, "average monthly wage" means the lesser of:(1) the average monthly wage received by the employee beneficiary during the highest paid three (3) years before retirement; or(2) the monthly minimum salary that a full-time prosecuting attorney is entitled to be paid by the state at the time the employee beneficiary retires.(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an employee beneficiary's monthly pension may not exceed twenty dollars ($20) plus one-half (1/2) the amount of the average monthly wage.(d) The fiscal body of a county may approve an increase in the maximum monthly pension for an employee beneficiary. The maximum monthly pension may:(1) be increased by one percent (1%) of the average monthly wage for each six (6) months of service after twenty (20) years; and(2) not exceed seventy-four percent (74%) of the average monthly wage plus twenty dollars ($20).As added by P.L.233-1997, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-8-10-12.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-12.6. Credit for Service Earned Before Establishment of Department Retirement Plan

Sec. 12.6. (a) This section applies to eligible employees of the departments of:(1) Warren County, retirement plan effective January 1, 2008;(2) Pike County, retirement plan effective January 1, 2010; and(3) Perry County, retirement plan effective January 1, 2018;who were employed by the respective department on the specified effective date of a retirement plan established under this chapter.(b) An eligible employee to whom this section applies is granted service credit in the applicable retirement plan as of the effective date of the retirement plan for the eligible employee's service with the department before the effective date of the retirement plan to the extent that the eligible employee accrued service credit in the public employees' retirement fund for the eligible employee's service with the department as an eligible employee before the effective date of the retirement plan.(c) If an eligible employee to whom this section applies accrued service credit with the public employees' retirement fund before the effective date of the retirement plan, the service credit in the public employees' retirement fund is waived as of the effective date of the retirement plan to the extent that the eligible employee accrued the service credit in the public employees' retirement fund for the eligible employee's service with the department as an eligible employee before the effective date of the retirement plan.(d) IC 5-10.3-6-8, IC 5-10.3-6-8.2, IC 5-10.3-6-8.3 and any related provisions pertaining to withdrawing from or freezing of participation in the public employees' retirement fund do not apply to those eligible employees to whom this section applies.As added by P.L.98-2018, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-10-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-13. Pension Trust; Participation by Sheriff

Sec. 13. Except as provided in section 19 of this chapter, a sheriff may participate in the pension trust in the same manner as a county police officer. In addition, a sheriff who is not participating in the pension trust after the creation of the pension trust in the sheriff's county may make a payment to the pension trust in the amount of contributions the sheriff would have made had the sheriff been participating while a sheriff, plus interest at three percent (3%) compounded annually. The sheriff is entitled to credit for the years of service as a sheriff for all purposes of the pension trust if the sheriff makes this payment.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-10.5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.11.
IN Code § 36-8-10-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-14. Death Benefit Program

Sec. 14. (a) The department may establish and operate a death benefit program for the payment of death benefits to deceased employee beneficiaries. The department may provide these benefits by the creation of a reserve account, by obtaining group life insurance, or both. However, the department may not establish or modify a death benefit program after June 30, 1989, without the approval of the county fiscal body which shall not reduce or diminish any death benefits set forth in any death benefit program that was in effect on January 1, 1989.(b) Benefits payable under a group life insurance policy established under subsection (a) must be in reasonable amounts. Benefits payable from a reserve account established under subsection (a) may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-12.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.48, SEC.3; P.L.313-1989, SEC.5; P.L.168-1990, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-8-10-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-15. Disability Benefit Program

Sec. 15. (a) The department may establish and operate a disability benefit program for the payment of disability expense reimbursement and pensions to employee beneficiaries with a disability. The department may provide these benefits by the creation of a reserve account, by obtaining disability insurance coverage, or both. However, the department may not establish or modify a disability benefit program after June 30, 1989, without the approval of the county fiscal body which shall not reduce or diminish any disability benefits set forth in any disability program that was in effect on January 1, 1989.(b) Benefits payable as a result of line of duty activities, including a disability presumed incurred in the line of duty under IC 5-10-13, must be in reasonable amounts. Monthly benefits payable as a result of other activities may not exceed the amount of pension to which that employee beneficiary employed until normal retirement age would have been entitled.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-13.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.313-1989, SEC.6; P.L.185-2002, SEC.13; P.L.99-2007, SEC.221; P.L.1-2010, SEC.151.
IN Code § 36-8-10-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-16. Dependent's Pension Benefit; Establishment and Operation; Maximum Monthly Pension Payable; Eligibility

Sec. 16. (a) The department may establish and operate a dependent's pension benefit for the payment of pensions to dependent parents, surviving spouses, and dependent children under eighteen (18) years of age of former employee beneficiaries. The department may provide these benefits by the creation of a reserve account, by obtaining appropriate insurance coverage, or both. However, the department may not establish or modify a dependent's pension benefit after June 30, 1989, without the approval of the county fiscal body which shall not reduce or diminish any dependent's pension benefits that were in effect on January 1, 1989.(b) This subsection applies to survivors of employee beneficiaries who:(1) died before January 1, 1990; and(2) were covered by a benefit plan established under this section.The maximum monthly pension payable to dependent parents or surviving spouses may not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the parent's or the spouse's lifetime if the spouse did not remarry before September 1, 1984. If the surviving spouse remarried before September 1, 1984, benefits ceased on the date of remarriage. The maximum monthly pension payable to dependent children is thirty dollars ($30) per child and ceases with the last payment before attaining eighteen (18) years of age.(c) This subsection applies to survivors of employee beneficiaries who:(1) died after December 31, 1989; and(2) were covered by a benefit plan established under this section.The monthly pension payable to dependent parents or surviving spouses must be not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for each month during the parent's or the spouse's lifetime. The monthly pension payable to each dependent child must be not less than thirty dollars ($30) for each child and ceases with the last payment before attaining eighteen (18) years of age.(d) The county fiscal body may by ordinance provide an increase in the monthly pension of survivors of employee beneficiaries who die before January 1, 1990. However, the monthly pension that is provided under this subsection may not exceed the monthly pension that is provided to survivors whose monthly pensions are determined under subsection (c).(e) In order to be eligible for a benefit under this section, the surviving spouse of an employee beneficiary who dies after August 31, 1984, must have been married to the employee beneficiary at the time of the employee's retirement or death in service.(f) In addition to, or instead of, a modification of a surviving spouse's monthly pension under this section, a county fiscal body may approve a cost of living payment to a surviving spouse under section 23 of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-14.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.203-1984, SEC.2; P.L.313-1989, SEC.7; P.L.314-1989, SEC.2; P.L.97-2005, SEC.2; P.L.42-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-10-16.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-16.3. Treatment of Certain Payments as Proper; Reinstatement of Monthly Pension of Certain Surviving Spouses

Sec. 16.3. (a) This section applies to a surviving spouse of an employee beneficiary who:(1) died before July 1, 2005; and(2) was a member of a retirement plan established under section 12 of this chapter.(b) A monthly pension paid under section 16(c) of this chapter, before its amendment by P.L.97-2005, to a surviving spouse after the date the surviving spouse remarried and before July 1, 2005, shall be treated as properly paid.(c) The monthly pension of a surviving spouse:(1) who remarried after December 31, 1989; and(2) whose monthly pension paid under section 16(c) of this chapter, before its amendment by P.L.97-2005, ceased on the date of remarriage;shall be reinstated on July 1, 2005, under section 16 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.97-2005, and continue during the life of the surviving spouse.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.674.
IN Code § 36-8-10-16.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-16.5. Health Insurance for Surviving Spouse and Children

Sec. 16.5. (a) As used in this section, "dies in the line of duty" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-10-10-2.(b) This section applies to the survivors of an eligible employee who dies in the line of duty.(c) After December 31, 2003, the department that employed the eligible employee who died in the line of duty shall offer to provide and pay for health insurance coverage for the eligible employee's surviving spouse and for each natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of the eligible employee:(1) until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age;(2) until the child becomes twenty-three (23) years of age, if the child is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary school or is a full-time student at an accredited college or university; or(3) during the entire period of the child's physical or mental disability;whichever period is longest. If health insurance coverage is offered by the unit to an eligible employee, the health insurance provided to a surviving spouse or child under this subsection must be equal in coverage to that offered to an eligible employee. The offer to provide and pay for health insurance coverage shall remain open for as long as there is a surviving spouse or as long as a natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of the eligible employee is eligible for coverage under subdivision (1), (2), or (3).As added by P.L.86-2003, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.97-2004, SEC.130.
IN Code § 36-8-10-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-17. Police Benefit Fund

Sec. 17. (a) The death benefit, the disability benefit, and the dependents' pension may be operated as one (1) fund, known as the police benefit fund, under the terms of a supplementary trust agreement between the department and the trustee for the exclusive benefit of employee beneficiaries and their dependents.(b) The trustee receives and holds as trustee for the uses and purposes set out in the supplementary trust agreement all money paid to it as trustee by the department or by other persons.(c) The trustee may, under the terms of the supplementary trust agreement, pay the necessary premiums for insurance, pay benefits, or pay both as provided by this chapter.(d) The trustee shall hold, invest, and reinvest the police benefit fund in investments that are permitted by statute for the investment of trust funds and other investments that are specifically designated in the supplementary trust agreement.(e) Within ninety (90) days after the close of the fiscal year, the trustee, with the assistance of the pension engineers, shall prepare and file with the department a detailed annual report showing receipts, disbursements, and case histories, and making recommendations regarding the necessary contributions required to keep the program in operation. Contributions by the department shall be provided in the general appropriations to the department. However, these contributions are not required for plans established or modifications adopted after June 30, 1989, under sections 14 through 16 of this chapter unless the establishment or modification is approved by the county fiscal body.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-15.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.313-1989, SEC.8; P.L.146-2015, SEC.38.
IN Code § 36-8-10-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-19. Restrictions on Alienation of Benefits; Fund Expenses; Payment of Insurance Premiums

Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person entitled to an interest in or share of a pension or benefit from the trust funds may not, before the actual payment, anticipate it or sell, assign, pledge, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber it. In addition, the interest, share, pension, or benefit is not, before the actual payment, liable for the debts or liabilities of the person entitled to it, nor is it subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, levy, or sale on judicial proceedings, or transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily.(b) The trustee may expend the sums from the fund that it considers proper for necessary expenses.(c) This subsection does not apply to the sheriff of a county. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an employee beneficiary who is receiving a normal or disability monthly pension benefit under this chapter may, after June 30, 2007, authorize the trustee to pay a portion of the employee beneficiary's monthly pension benefit to an insurance provider for the purpose of paying a premium on a policy of insurance for accident, health, or long term care coverage for:(1) the employee beneficiary;(2) the employee beneficiary's spouse; or(3) the employee beneficiary's dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-17.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-8-10-20.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-20.1. County Sheriffs' Standard Vehicle Marking and Uniform Commission; Establishment; Adoption of Rules; Limitation of Authority

Sec. 20.1. (a) A county sheriffs' standard vehicle marking and uniform commission is established. The commission consists of three (3) members, not more than two (2) of whom may be of the same political party. Members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor for four (4) year terms. Each member must be an elected and acting county sheriff. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the commission for the unexpired term. Members serve without compensation.(b) The commission shall, by rules adopted under IC 4-22-2, establish the following for sheriffs and their full-time paid deputies:(1) A uniform of standard design and color.(2) A standard design and color of vehicle marking for all county owned vehicles used by the sheriff's department.The rules adopted under this subsection must provide exceptions for unmarked cars and plainclothes deputies.(c) All vehicles and uniforms purchased after the effective date of the rules adopted under subsection (b) must meet the standards established by the rules. The commission's authority is limited to establishing standards for:(1) uniforms worn by county sheriffs and their full-time paid deputies; and(2) vehicles used by the sheriff's department.As added by P.L.224-1986, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-10-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-21. Application to Certain Counties; Jail Commissary Fund; Disposition of Money From Commissary Sales; Record of Receipts and Disbursements

Sec. 21. (a) This section applies to any county that has a jail commissary that sells merchandise to inmates.(b) A jail commissary fund is established, referred to in this section as "the fund". The fund is separate from the general fund, and money in the fund does not revert to the general fund.(c) The sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, shall deposit all money from commissary sales into the fund, which the sheriff or the sheriff's designee shall keep in a depository designated under IC 5-13-8.(d) The sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, at the sheriff's or the sheriff's designee's discretion and without appropriation by the county fiscal body, may disburse money from the fund for:(1) merchandise for resale to inmates through the commissary;(2) expenses of operating the commissary, including, but not limited to, facilities and personnel;(3) special training in law enforcement for employees of the sheriff's department;(4) equipment installed in the county jail;(5) equipment, including vehicles and computers, computer software, communication devices, office machinery and furnishings, cameras and photographic equipment, animals, animal training, holding and feeding equipment and supplies, or attire used by an employee of the sheriff's department in the course of the employee's official duties;(6) an activity provided to maintain order and discipline among the inmates of the county jail;(7) an activity or program of the sheriff's department intended to reduce or prevent occurrences of criminal activity, including the following:(A) Substance abuse.(B) Child abuse.(C) Domestic violence.(D) Drinking and driving.(E) Juvenile delinquency;(8) expenses related to the establishment, operation, or maintenance of the sex and violent offender registry web site under IC 36-2-13-5.5; or(9) any other purpose that benefits the sheriff's department that is mutually agreed upon by the county fiscal body and the county sheriff.Money disbursed from the fund under this subsection must be supplemental or in addition to, rather than a replacement for, regular appropriations made to carry out the purposes listed in subdivisions (1) through (8).(e) The sheriff shall maintain a record of the fund's receipts and disbursements. The state board of accounts shall prescribe the form for this record. The sheriff shall semiannually provide a copy of this record of receipts and disbursements to the county fiscal body. The semiannual reports are due on July 1 and December 31 of each year.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.48, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.395-1987(ss), SEC.1; P.L.19-1987, SEC.51; P.L.80-2000, SEC.1; P.L.116-2002, SEC.28; P.L.216-2007, SEC.55.
IN Code § 36-8-10-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-22. County Operating Jail; Inmate Money to Be Held in Trust; Disbursements From Trust; Payment Upon Discharge or Release of Inmate; Payment for Inmate Destruction or Loss of Property; Records

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies to any county that operates a county jail.(b) The sheriff shall hold in trust separately for each inmate any money received from that inmate or from another person on behalf of that inmate.(c) If the inmate or the inmate's legal guardian requests a disbursement from the inmate's trust fund, the sheriff may make a disbursement for the personal benefit of the inmate, including but not limited to a disbursement to the county jail commissary.(d) Upon discharge or release of an inmate from the county jail, the sheriff shall pay to that inmate or the inmate's legal guardian any balance remaining in the inmate's trust fund.(e) If an inmate is found guilty of intentionally destroying or losing county property after a hearing conducted under IC 11-11-5-5, the sheriff may disburse from the inmate's trust fund or commissary account sums of money as reimbursement to the county for the inmate's intentional destruction or loss of county property, including but not limited to clothing, bedding, and other nondisposable items issued by the county to the inmate. Before disbursing money under this subsection, the sheriff shall adopt rules to administer this procedure.(f) The sheriff shall maintain a record of each trust fund's receipts and disbursements. The state board of accounts shall prescribe the form for this record.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.48, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.72-1994, SEC.2; P.L.80-2000, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017, SEC.266.
IN Code § 36-8-10.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10.5. Minimum Training Requirements for Firefighters|36-8-10.5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to:(1) all full-time firefighters hired or rehired after January 1, 1988; and(2) all volunteer firefighters elected or appointed to membership in a volunteer fire department after January 1, 1988.As added by P.L.49-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.84.