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IN Code § 36-8-18-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 18. Animal Control Centers|36-8-18-3. Debt Service on Bonds or Notes

Sec. 3. Debt service on bonds or notes issued under this chapter may be paid from any funds of the works board available to pay the debt service, as determined by the city-county legislative body as set forth in IC 5-1-14-4.As added by P.L.37-1988, SEC.27.
IN Code § 36-8-19-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The addition of section 8.7 of this chapter by P.L.83-1998 applies only to purchases that occur after June 30, 1998.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.678.
IN Code § 36-8-19-0.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-0.3. Legalization of Certain Resolutions Adopted Before July 1, 2007

Sec. 0.3. A resolution adopted by a township under this chapter before July 1, 2007, that would have been valid under this chapter, as in effect on July 1, 2007, is legalized and validated.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.679.
IN Code § 36-8-19-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter, this chapter applies to any geographic area that is established as a fire protection territory.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.326-1995, SEC.1; P.L.227-2005, SEC.50.
IN Code § 36-8-19-1.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-1.5. Consolidation of Fire Departments in County Containing Consolidated City

Sec. 1.5. (a) If the fire department of a township is consolidated under IC 36-3-1-6.1, after the effective date of the consolidation the township may not establish a fire protection territory under this chapter.(b) A fire protection territory that is established before the effective date of the consolidation in a township in which the township's fire department is consolidated under IC 36-3-1-6.1 becomes part of the geographic area in which the fire department of a consolidated city provides fire protection services.As added by P.L.227-2005, SEC.51. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.583.
IN Code § 36-8-19-1.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-1.7. "Fire Protection District"

Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "fire protection district" means a fire protection district established under IC 36-8-11-4.As added by P.L.255-2017, SEC.40.
IN Code § 36-8-19-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-2. "Participating Unit"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "participating unit" refers to a unit or fire protection district that adopts an ordinance or a resolution under section 6 of this chapter.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.47-2007, SEC.1; P.L.255-2017, SEC.41.
IN Code § 36-8-19-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-3. "Provider Unit" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "provider unit" refers to the participating unit that is responsible for providing the fire protection services within the territory.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-19-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-4. "Territory" Defined

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "territory" refers to a fire protection territory established under this chapter.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-19-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-5. Fire Protection Territory; Establishment; Purposes; Boundaries

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the legislative body of a unit or fire protection district and the legislative body of at least one (1) other contiguous unit or contiguous fire protection district may establish a fire protection territory 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 territory.(2) Fire prevention, including identification and elimination of all potential and actual sources of fire hazard.(3) Other purposes or functions related to fire protection and fire prevention.(b) Not more than one (1) unit or fire protection district within the proposed territory may be designated as the provider unit for the territory.(c) The boundaries of a territory need not coincide with those of other political subdivisions.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.42.
IN Code § 36-8-19-6.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-6.3. Restrictions on Voting on Proposed Ordinance or Resolution

Sec. 6.3. A member of the legislative body of a unit or fire protection district may not vote on a proposed ordinance or resolution authorizing the unit or fire protection district to become a party to an agreement to join or establish a fire protection territory if that member is also an employee of:(1) another unit or fire protection district that is a participating unit in the fire protection territory; or(2) another unit or fire protection district that is proposing to become a participating unit in the fire protection territory.As added by P.L.172-2011, SEC.159. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.44.
IN Code § 36-8-19-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-6.5. Agreement to Change Provider Unit

Sec. 6.5. (a) The legislative bodies of all participating units in a territory may agree to change the provider unit of the territory from one (1) participating unit to another participating unit. To change the provider unit, the legislative body of each participating unit must adopt an ordinance (in the case of a county or municipality) or a resolution (in the case of a township or fire protection district) that agrees to and specifies the new provider unit. The provider unit may not be changed unless all participating units agree on the participating unit that will become the new provider unit. However, if the provider unit has adopted an ordinance or resolution under section 13 of this chapter to withdraw from the territory, a majority of the participating units that wish to remain in the territory and do not withdraw in accordance with section 13 of this chapter must agree on the participating unit that will become the new provider unit. The participating units may not change the provider unit more than one (1) time in any year.(b) The following apply to an ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section to change the provider unit of the territory:(1) The ordinance or resolution must be adopted after January 1 but before July 1 of a year.(2) The ordinance or resolution is effective January 1 of the year following the year in which the ordinance or resolution is adopted.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.441. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.45.
IN Code § 36-8-19-6.9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-6.9. Creation of Joint Executive Board

Sec. 6.9. (a) This section applies to a fire protection territory established by an ordinance or resolution that:(1) is adopted after December 31, 2021; and(2) delegates administrative, budget, or fiscal responsibilities of the fire protection territory to a joint executive board representing each of the participating units.(b) A joint board of the participating units must include at least one (1) voting member who resides within and represents each participating unit as follows:(1) Each municipality that is a participating unit shall appoint at least one (1) member who:(A) represents the municipality;(B) resides within the municipality; and(C) does not reside in any of the other participating units or a portion of a participating unit in which a member resides who is appointed under subdivision (2), (3), or (4).(2) Each township that is a participating unit shall appoint at least one (1) member who:(A) represents the unincorporated area of the township;(B) resides within the unincorporated area of the township; and(C) does not reside in any of the other participating units or the portion of a participating unit in which a member resides who is appointed under subdivision (3) or (4).(3) Each fire protection district that is a participating unit shall appoint at least one (1) member who:(A) represents the fire protection district;(B) resides within the fire protection district; and(C) does not reside in any of the other participating units or a portion of a participating unit in which a member resides who is appointed under subdivision (1), (2), or (4).(4) Each county that is a participating unit shall appoint at least one (1) member who:(A) represents the unincorporated area of the county;(B) resides within the unincorporated area of the county; and(C) does not reside within any of the other participating units or a portion of a participating unit in which a member resides who is appointed under subdivisions (1) through (3).As added by P.L.14-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-8-19-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-7. Tax Levy Rate; Different Tax Rates Authorized

Sec. 7. (a) A tax levied under this chapter may be levied at:(1) a uniform rate upon all taxable property within the territory; or(2) different rates for the participating units included within the territory, so long as a tax rate applies uniformly to all of a unit's or fire protection district's taxable property within the territory.(b) If a uniform tax rate is levied upon all taxable property within a territory upon the formation of the territory, different tax rates may be levied for the participating units included within the territory in subsequent years.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.240-2001, SEC.4; P.L.172-2011, SEC.160; P.L.255-2017, SEC.46.
IN Code § 36-8-19-7.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-7.5. Local Option and Excise Taxes; Allocation to Economic Development; Distributions to Participating Units; Clerical and Mathematical Adjustments

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to:(1) local income tax distributions; and(2) excise tax distributions;made after December 31, 2009.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), for purposes of allocating local income tax distributions that are based on a taxing unit's allocation amount or that an adopting body allocates under IC 6-3.6-6 to economic development or excise tax distributions that are distributed based on the amount of a taxing unit's property tax levies, each participating unit in a territory is considered to have imposed a part of the property tax levy imposed for the territory. The part of the property tax levy imposed for the territory for a particular year that shall be attributed to a participating unit is equal to the amount determined in the following STEPS:STEP ONE: Determine the total amount of all property taxes imposed by the participating unit in the year before the year in which a property tax levy was first imposed for the territory.STEP TWO: Determine the sum of the STEP ONE amounts for all participating units.STEP THREE: Divide the STEP ONE result by the STEP TWO result.STEP FOUR: Multiply the STEP THREE result by the propertytax levy imposed for the territory for the particular year.(c) This subsection applies to a determination under subsection (b) made in calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020. The department of local government finance may, for distributions made in calendar year 2022, adjust the allocation amount determined under subsection (b) to correct for any clerical or mathematical errors made in any determination for calendar year 2018, 2019, or 2020, as applicable, including the allocation amount for any taxing unit whose distribution was affected by the clerical or mathematical error in those years. The department of local government finance may apply the adjustment to the allocation amount for a taxing unit over a period not to exceed ten (10) years in order to offset the effect of the adjustment on the distribution.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.442. Amended by P.L.197-2016, SEC.147; P.L.247-2017, SEC.33; P.L.38-2021, SEC.100.
IN Code § 36-8-19-8.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-8.6. Transfer of Money From Participating Unit to Fire Protection Territory Fund or Fire Protection Territory Equipment Replacement Fund

Sec. 8.6. (a) A participating unit may adopt an ordinance or a resolution to transfer any money belonging to the participating unit to:(1) the fire protection territory fund established under section 8 of this chapter;(2) the fire protection territory equipment replacement fund established under section 8.5 of this chapter; or(3) both funds described in subdivisions (1) and (2).(b) An ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section must state both of the following:(1) The amount of money transferred to either fund.(2) The source of the money.(c) The transfer of money from a participating unit to a fire protection territory before July 1, 2008, is legalized.As added by P.L.128-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-8-19-8.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-8.7. Purchase of Firefighting Equipment on Installment Conditional Sale or Mortgage Contract

Sec. 8.7. After a sufficient appropriation for the purchase of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including housing, is made and is available, the participating units, with the approval of the fiscal body of each participating unit, may purchase the firefighting apparatus and equipment for the territory 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 territory 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.As added by P.L.83-1998, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.501; P.L.178-2002, SEC.135.
IN Code § 36-8-19-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-9. Avoidance of Duplication of Tax Levies; Preexisting Indebtedness

Sec. 9. (a) The department of local government finance, when approving a rate and levy fixed by the provider unit, shall verify that a duplication of tax levies does not exist within participating units, so that taxpayers do not bear two (2) levies for the same service, except as provided by subsection (b) or (c).(b) A unit or fire protection district that incurred indebtedness for fire protection services before becoming a participating unit under this chapter shall continue to repay that indebtedness by levies within the boundaries of the unit or fire protection district until the indebtedness is paid in full.(c) A unit or fire protection district that agreed to the borrowing of money to purchase fire protection equipment while a participating unit under this chapter shall continue to repay the unit's or fire protection district's share of that indebtedness by imposing a property tax within the boundaries of the unit or fire protection district until the indebtedness is paid in full. The department of local government finance shall determine the amount of the indebtedness that represents the unit's or fire protection district's fair share, taking into account the equipment purchased, the useful life of the equipment, the depreciated value of the equipment, and the number of years the unit benefited from the equipment.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.326-1995, SEC.4; P.L.90-2002, SEC.502; P.L.255-2017, SEC.48.
IN Code § 36-8-19-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-10. Disbandment of Existing Fire Departments

Sec. 10. This chapter does not require a municipality, township, or fire protection district to disband its fire department unless its legislative body consents by ordinance (in the case of a municipality) or resolution (in the case of a township or fire protection district) to do so.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.47-2007, SEC.5; P.L.255-2017, SEC.49.
IN Code § 36-8-19-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-11. Annexation of Territory

Sec. 11. Any area that is part of a territory and that is annexed by a municipality that is not a part of the territory ceases to be a part of the territory when the municipality begins to provide fire protection services to the area. However, this provision does not apply to or affect any part of the territory that is located in a fire protection district that retains fire protection authority and responsibility after an annexation.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.50.
IN Code § 36-8-19-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-12. Adjustments to Tax Levy; Entry Year of Participants

Sec. 12. In the same year that a tax levy is imposed under this chapter, each respective participating unit's tax levies attributable to providing fire protection services within the unit or fire protection district shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount levied for fire protection services in the year immediately preceding the year in which each respective unit or fire protection district became a participating unit.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.51.
IN Code § 36-8-19-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-13. Withdrawal From Territory; Ordinance or Resolution; Effect of Adoption

Sec. 13. (a) If a unit or fire protection district elects to withdraw from a fire protection territory established under this chapter, the unit or fire protection district must after January 1 but before April 1, adopt an ordinance (in the case of a county or municipality) or a resolution (in the case of a township or fire protection district) providing for the withdrawal. However, if one (1) unit or fire protection district has adopted an ordinance or resolution after January 1 and before April 1 to withdraw from the fire protection territory, any remaining unit or fire protection district may also adopt an ordinance or resolution to withdraw from the fire protection territory before the later of:(1) April 1; or(2) the date occurring thirty (30) days after the date the first unit or fire protection district adopted the ordinance or resolution to withdraw from the fire protection territory.An ordinance or resolution adopted under this section is effective January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the ordinance or resolution is adopted.(b) If an ordinance or a resolution is adopted under subsection (a), for purposes of determining a unit's or fire protection district's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the year following the year in which the ordinance or resolution is adopted, the unit or fire protection district receives a percentage of the territory's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy equal to the percentage of the assessed valuation that the unit or fire protection district contributed to the territory in the year in which the ordinance or resolution is adopted. The department of local government finance shall adjust the territory's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy to account for the unit's or fire protection district's withdrawal. After the effective date of an ordinance or resolution adopted under subsection (a), the unit or fire protection district may no longer impose a tax rate for an equipment replacement fund under section 8.5 of this chapter. The unit or fire protection district remains liable for the unit's or fire protection district's share of any debt incurred under section 8.5 of this chapter.(c) If a territory is dissolved, subsection (b) applies to the determination of the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy of each unit or fire protection district that formerly participated in the territory.As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.326-1995, SEC.5; P.L.47-2007, SEC.6; P.L.203-2016, SEC.26; P.L.255-2017, SEC.52.
IN Code § 36-8-19-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-14. Payment of Line of Duty Health Care Expenses for Firefighters

Sec. 14. (a) A provider unit shall pay for the care of a full-time, paid firefighter who:(1) suffers an injury; or(2) contracts an illness;during the performance of the firefighter's duty.(b) The provider unit shall pay for the following expenses incurred by a firefighter described in subsection (a):(1) Medical and surgical care.(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means.(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including during the recovery period.(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.(c) Expenditures required by subsection (a) shall be paid from the fund used by the provider unit for payment of the costs attributable to providing fire protection services in the provider unit.(d) A provider unit that has paid for the care of a firefighter under subsection (a) has a cause of action for reimbursement of the amount paid under subsection (a) against any third party against whom the firefighter has a cause of action for an injury sustained because of, or an illness caused by, the third party. The provider unit's cause of action under this subsection is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the cause of action of the firefighter against the third party.As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-19-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories|36-8-19-15. Dissolution of Fire Protection Territory; Reversion of Title to Real Property

Sec. 15. (a) For purposes of this section, a fire protection territory is dissolved if all participating units withdraw from the fire protection territory as provided in section 13 of this chapter.(b) When a fire protection territory dissolves, title to any real property transferred to the provider unit reverts to the participating unit that transferred the real property to the provider unit.As added by P.L.128-2008, SEC.9.