§ 36-1-17-2 — Legal expenses of officer or employee

Indiana § 36-1-17-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 17: Defense Expenses for Unit and Municipal Corporation

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Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter,
a unit or municipal corporation may not pay the legal expenses incurred
by an officer or employee of the unit or the municipal corporation:
(1) in defending against:
(A) a criminal action;
(B) a civil action brought by the attorney general of the United
States, a United States attorney, the attorney general of Indiana,
or an Indiana prosecuting attorney under:
(i) IC 34-24-1;
(ii) IC 34-24-2;
(iii) IC 34-24-3;
(iv) IC 5-11-5;
(v) IC 5-11-6;
(vi) IC 5-13-6;
(vii) IC 5-13-14-3; or
(viii) 18 U.S.C. 1964; or
(C) a proceeding to enforce an ordinance or a statute defining
an infraction; or
(2) who is the target of a grand jury investigation, if the scope of
the investigation includes a claim that the officer or employee
committed a criminal act.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.128-2005, SEC.1.