Indiana § 10-14-3-19.5 Agreements with local task forces activated in emergency

Indiana Statutes

§ 10-14-3-19.5 — Agreements with local task forces activated in emergency

Indiana § 10-14-3-19.5

Title 10PUBLIC SAFETY

Art. 14EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Ch. 3Emergency Management and Disaster Law

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Ind. Code § 10-14-3-19.5 (2026).

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(a)The following definitions apply to this section:

(1)"Activates" or "activated" refers to the status of a task force or a task force resource placed at the direction, control, and funding of the agency in accordance with an agreement entered into in accordance with this section.

(2)"Task force" means a United States Department of Homeland Security national urban search and rescue response system task force established under 44 CFR 208.

(b)The agency may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision that is a sponsoring agency of a task force to establish the terms and conditions that would be applicable if the agency activates the task force as a state resource in anticipation of or in response to an emergency or disaster. Under this agreement, the agency may reimburse the

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5. (a) The following definitions apply to
this section:
(1) "Activates" or "activated" refers to the status of a task force or
a task force resource placed at the direction, control, and funding
of the agency in accordance with an agreement entered into in
accordance with this section.
(2) "Task force" means a United States Department of Homeland
Security national urban search and rescue response system task
force established under 44 CFR 208.
(b) The agency may enter into an agreement with a political
subdivision that is a sponsoring agency of a task force to establish the
terms and conditions that would be applicable if the agency activates
the task force as a state resource in anticipation of or in response to an
emergency or disaster. Under this agreement, the agency may
reimburse the political subdivision for allowable costs and at the rates
established under 44 CFR 208 and may reimburse the political
subdivision for all payments for death, disability, or injury of an
individual incurred in the course of duty while the individual is serving
as an activated member of an activated task force.
(c) While an individual is serving as an activated member of an
activated task force:
(1) if the individual is an employee of the state or a political
subdivision of the state, whether serving within or outside the
political subdivision, the individual:
(A) has the:
(i) powers;
(ii) duties;
(iii) rights;
(iv) privileges; and
(v) immunities;
that are provided for an employee of the state or a political
subdivision of the state and are incidental to the individual's
employment; and
(B) shall receive the compensation and benefits incidental to
the individual's employment; and
(2) if the individual is not an employee of the state or a political
subdivision of the state, the individual is:
(A) entitled to the same rights and immunities that are provided
for an employee of the state; and
(B) notwithstanding section 15(c) of this chapter, considered to
be a temporary employee of the state for purposes of:
(i) the worker's compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6); and
(ii) the worker's occupational diseases law (IC 22-3-7).