Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1089

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 36-8.

Synopsis: Hiring preference for public safety survivors. Requires a city fire department or a city or county police department to give a hiring preference according to the following priority: (1) A war veteran. (2) A person whose mother or father was a full-time, fully paid firefighter or police officer who died in the line of duty.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Kersey, Neese




    January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.







Introduced

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1089



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 36-8-4-10; (03)IN1089.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-8-4-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 10. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the board or persons having the authority to employ members of the fire or police department shall give a preference for employment according to the following priority:
        (1) A
war veterans veteran who have has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces. preference for employment if those persons apply
         (2) A person whose mother or father was a full-time, fully paid:
            (A) firefighter;
            (B) municipal police officer; or
            (C) county police officer;
        who died in the line of duty (as defined in IC 5-10-10-2 ).

     (b) A person described in subsection (a) may not receive a preference for employment unless the person:
        (1)
applies; and
         (2) if the applicants meet the physical and age requirements prescribed meets all employment requirements prescribed:
            (A)
by law, including physical and age requirements; and
             (B) by the fire or police department.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-10-10.4; (03)IN1089.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 36-8-10-10.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 10.4. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the board shall give a preference for employment according to the following priority:
        (1) A war veteran who has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces.
        (2) A person whose mother or father was a full-time, fully paid:
            (A) firefighter;
            (B) municipal police officer; or
            (C) county police officer;
        who died in the line of duty (as defined in IC 5-10-10-2 ).
    (b) A person described in subsection (a) may not receive a preference for employment unless the person:
        (1) applies; and
        (2) meets all employment requirements prescribed:
            (A) by law, including physical and age requirements; and
            (B) by the department.