§ 36-2-14-23 — Requirement that coroner and deputy coroner complete course; auditor to withhold pay if course not timely completed; withheld pay released upon successful completion of course; exception

(a) Each coroner shall successfully complete
the training course offered under section 22.3(a) of this chapter within
six (6) months after taking office.
(b) Each deputy coroner shall successfully complete the training
course offered under section 22.3(a) of this chapter within one (1) year
after beginning employment with a coroner's office.
(c) Each coroner and each deputy coroner shall successfully
complete the annual training course offered under section 22.3(b) of
this chapter each year after the year in which the coroner or deputy
coroner received the training required by section 22.3(a) of this
chapter.
(d) After a coroner or deputy coroner has:
(1) successfully completed the training course as required under
subsection (a) or (b); and
(2) successfully completed the annual training course as required
under subsection (c);
the coroner or deputy coroner shall present a certificate or other
evidence to the county executive, or in the case of a county that
contains a consolidated city, the city-county council, that the coroner
or deputy coroner has successfully completed the training required
under subsection (a), (b), or (c).
(e) If a coroner or deputy coroner does not present a certificate or
other evidence to the county executive, or in the case of a county that
contains a consolidated city, the city-county council, that the coroner
or deputy coroner has successfully completed the training required
under subsection (a), (b), or (c), the county executive or city-county
council shall order the auditor to withhold the paycheck of the coroner
or deputy coroner until the coroner or deputy coroner satisfies the
respective training requirements under subsections (a), (b), and (c),
unless the county executive or city-county council adopts a resolution
finding that:
(1) the failure of the coroner or deputy coroner to complete the
respective training requirements under subsections (a), (b), and
(c) is the result of unusual circumstances;
(2) the coroner or deputy coroner is making reasonable progress,
under the circumstances, toward completing the respective
training requirements under subsections (a), (b), and (c); and
(3) in light of the unusual circumstances described in subdivision
(1), withholding the paycheck of the coroner or deputy coroner
would be unjust.
(f) If the county executive or city-county council orders an auditor
to withhold a paycheck under subsection (e) and a coroner or deputy
coroner later presents a certificate or other evidence to the county
executive or city-county council that the coroner or deputy coroner has
successfully completed training required under subsection (a), (b), or
(c), the county executive or city-county council shall order the auditor
to release all of the coroner's or deputy coroner's paychecks that were
withheld from the coroner or deputy coroner.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.157-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.260.