§ 36-8-3.5-1.1 — District; territory; establishment of system

Indiana § 36-8-3.5-1.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 3.5: Police and Fire Merit Systems

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1. (a) This section applies only to a district
or territory.
(b) The governing board may, by resolution, establish a merit
system under this chapter. Before the merit system takes effect,
however, the merit system must be approved by a majority of the active
members of the department in a referendum as provided in section 4 of
this chapter. The governing board shall specify in the adopting
resolution which provisions of this chapter are being adopted that are:
(1) applicable to the district or territory; and
(2) left to the governing board's discretion;
under this chapter.
(c) This chapter does not prevent a district or territory that has
adopted a merit system under this chapter from later amending or
deleting any provisions of the merit system contained in this chapter.
However, the merit system must include a provision under which the
commission has at least one-third (1/3) of its members elected by the
active full-time members of the department, as set forth in section 8 of
this chapter and a provision that incorporates the requirements of
section 6(c) of this chapter. This subsection does not require the
governing board under subsection (b) to establish a new merit system
when the governing board exercises its power to amend under this
subsection.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.207-2023, SEC.9.