Indiana § 36-8-8-14.2 Public safety officers survivors' health coverage cumulative fund

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§ 36-8-8-14.2 — Public safety officers survivors' health coverage cumulative fund

Indiana § 36-8-8-14.2

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 8PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 81977 Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension and

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Ind. Code § 36-8-8-14.2 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to every unit that is an employer of one (1) or more individuals who are active members of the 1977 fund.

(b)As used in this section, "survivor" means:

(1)a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the 1977 fund; or

(2)a surviving natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of a deceased member of the 1977 fund; who is entitled to health insurance coverage under section 14.1(h) of this chapter.

(c)If a unit is obligated under section 14.1(h) of this chapter to pay for health insurance coverage for one (1) or more survivors of a deceased member of the 1977 fund who died in the line of duty, the legislative body of the unit may establish a public safety officer survivors' health coverage cumulative fund under this section to pay for health coverage under sectio

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2. (a) This section applies to every unit that
is an employer of one (1) or more individuals who are active members
of the 1977 fund.
(b) As used in this section, "survivor" means:
(1) a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the 1977 fund; or
(2) a surviving natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of a
deceased member of the 1977 fund;
who is entitled to health insurance coverage under section 14.1(h) of
this chapter.
(c) If a unit is obligated under section 14.1(h) of this chapter to pay
for health insurance coverage for one (1) or more survivors of a
deceased member of the 1977 fund who died in the line of duty, the
legislative body of the unit may establish a public safety officer
survivors' health coverage cumulative fund under this section to pay for
health coverage under section 14.1(h) of this chapter.
(d) The fiscal body of a unit may provide money for a public safety
officer survivors' health coverage cumulative fund established under
subsection (c) by levying a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 on the
taxable property in the unit.
(e) The property tax rate that may be imposed under this section for
property taxes first due and payable during a particular year may not
exceed the rate necessary to pay the annual cost of the health coverage
that the unit is obligated to pay under section 14.1(h) of this chapter.
The unit shall provide any documentation requested by the department
of local government finance that is necessary to certify the rate adopted
by the unit. The unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax
levy determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 excludes the property tax levied
under this section. The property tax rate imposed under this section is
exempt from the adjustment under IC 6-1.1-18-12.
(f) The tax money collected under this section shall be held in a
special fund to be known as the public safety officer survivors' health
coverage cumulative fund.
(g) In a consolidated city, money may be transferred from the public
safety officer survivors' health coverage cumulative fund to the fund of
a department of the consolidated city responsible for carrying out a
purpose for which the public safety officer survivors' health coverage
cumulative fund was created. The department may not expend any
money transferred under this subsection until an appropriation is made,
and the department may not expend any money transferred under this
subsection for operating costs of the department.