§ 10-16-7-19 — Pensions; funeral expenses

(a) A member of the Indiana National Guard
who is wounded or disabled or was disabled in the service of the state
including service related to:
(1) a riot;
(2) a tumult;
(3) a breach of the peace;
(4) a resistance to process;
(5) an invasion;
(6) a public disaster;
(7) the aid of civil authority; or
(8) a lawfully ordered parade, drill, encampment, or inspection;
within ten (10) years preceding the member's application for a pension
under this chapter shall, upon proof of the disability, be placed on the
roll of invalid pensioners of the state and shall receive out of money in
the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the audit of the
adjutant general and approval of the governor, the same pension or
reward that a person under similar circumstances would receive from
the United States. In case of a wound, an injury, or a disease that results
in death, the surviving spouse, dependent children, or dependent parent
of the member of the Indiana National Guard shall receive the pension
and reward dating from the time of receiving the injuries on account of
which the pension or reward is allowed. An officer or enlisted person
is not entitled while in active service to apply for or receive a pension.
(b) If a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active
service of the state, the member's reasonable funeral expenses, not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), shall be paid by the state
in the manner as the governor directs.
(c) This section does not make applicable any provision of the
national service life insurance law of the United States, and the pension
or reward granted under this section shall be that provided for by the
pension laws of the United States in substance, without regard to form.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-4-20.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.92-2016, SEC.1; P.L.155-2025, SEC.4.