Indiana § 36-8-3.5-14 Promotions; competitive examinations; procedures

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-8-3.5-14 — Promotions; competitive examinations; procedures

Indiana § 36-8-3.5-14

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 8PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 3.5Police and Fire Merit Systems

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Ind. Code § 36-8-3.5-14 (2026).

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(a)Before a written competitive examination may be held to fill a current or expected vacancy in the ranks, the members eligible to take the examination must be notified of the written materials from which the questions will be taken. The commission may employ instructors, purchase materials, and make other expenditures to provide information for applicants for promotion examinations.

(b)The identity of a member taking the written examination shall be withheld from the person or persons grading the examination, and all written examinations are confidential. The commission shall notify each member in writing of the score that the member received on the examination. The score received by a member on the written examination becomes a part of the permanent file of the member, and the member

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(a) Before a written competitive
examination may be held to fill a current or expected vacancy in the
ranks, the members eligible to take the examination must be notified of
the written materials from which the questions will be taken. The
commission may employ instructors, purchase materials, and make
other expenditures to provide information for applicants for promotion
examinations.
(b) The identity of a member taking the written examination shall
be withheld from the person or persons grading the examination, and
all written examinations are confidential. The commission shall notify
each member in writing of the score that the member received on the
examination. The score received by a member on the written
examination becomes a part of the permanent file of the member, and
the member is entitled to access to this file for examination at any time.
(c) The examination papers shall be kept under the commission's
supervision. A member who is aggrieved with the score received on the
written examination may appeal to the commission for review of the
score. The appeal must be filed within ten (10) days after notice of the
score has been sent to the member. The member may review the
questions incorrectly answered by the member and challenge the
answer considered correct by the examiner. The commission shall
either affirm the score or correct the score according to the findings of
a review. The examination papers shall be retired after the two (2) year
period during which the eligibility list is valid. The retired papers shall
be kept for five (5) years and then destroyed.
[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.316, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.231.