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.
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.