§ 36-8-12-5 — Clothing and automobile allowances; fees for membership in firefighters' association

(a) Unless otherwise provided by contract, a
unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay to each active and
participating member of the department:
(1) a clothing allowance of not less than one hundred dollars
($100) per year; and
(2) an automobile allowance of not less than one hundred dollars
($100) per year for the use of the member's automobile in the line
of duty.
(b) A contract may also provide that fees for membership in a
regularly organized volunteer firefighters' association be paid by the
unit on behalf of the firefighters in the volunteer fire department.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-1-40-6.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by
P.L.229-1996, SEC.2; P.L.1-1999, SEC.91.