§ 36-8-13-4.5 — Payment of township provided fire protection or emergency services; sources of funds; sufficiency of levy; donations

Indiana § 36-8-13-4.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 13: Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services

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5. (a) This section applies to a township that
provides fire protection or emergency services or both to a municipality
in the township under section 3(b) or 3(c) of this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), with the consent of the
township legislative body, the township executive may pay the
expenses for fire protection and emergency services in the township,
both inside and outside the corporate boundaries of participating
municipalities, from any combination of the following township funds,
regardless of when the funds were established:
(1) The township firefighting and emergency services fund under
section 4(a)(1) of this chapter.
(2) The cumulative building and equipment fund under IC 36-8-14.
(3) The debt fund under sections 6 and 6.5 of this chapter.
(4) The rainy day fund established under IC 36-1-8-5.1.
(c) If a township establishes a township firefighting fund and a
township emergency services fund described in section 4(a)(2) of this
chapter, and with the consent of the township legislative body, the
township executive may pay the expenses for fire protection from the
township firefighting fund and emergency services from the township
emergency services fund, both inside and outside the corporate
boundaries of participating municipalities.
(d) Subject to the levy limitations contained in IC 6-1.1-18.5, the tax
rate and levy for the township firefighting and emergency services fund
or the combined levies for the township firefighting fund and the
township emergency services fund (as applicable), the cumulative
building and equipment fund, or the debt fund is to be in an amount
sufficient to pay all costs attributable to fire protection or emergency
services that are provided to the township and the participating
municipalities that are not paid from other available revenues. The tax
rate and levy for each fund shall be established in accordance with the
procedures set forth in IC 6-1.1-17 and apply both inside and outside
the corporate boundaries of participating municipalities.
(e) The township executive may accept donations for the purpose of
firefighting and emergency services. The township executive shall
place donations in the township firefighting and emergency services
fund established under section 4(a)(1) of this chapter, or if applicable,
the township firefighting fund established under section 4(a)(2)(A) of
this chapter if the purpose of the donation is for firefighting, or the
township emergency services fund established under section 4(a)(2)(B)
of this chapter if the purpose of the donation is for emergency services.
A person may donate partial payment of a purchase of firefighting or
emergency services equipment made by the township.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.269-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1994, SEC.181; P.L.1-1994, SEC.182; P.L.37-1994, SEC.2; P.L.54-1996, SEC.4; P.L.255-2017, SEC.39; P.L.236-2023, SEC.204.