Indiana Code 36-8-12-5. Clothing and automobile allowances; fees for membership in firefighters’ association
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Sec. 5. (a) Unless otherwise provided by contract, a unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay to each active and participating member of the department:
(2) an automobile allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year for the use of the member’s automobile in the line of duty.
(1) a clothing allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-8-12-5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Volunteer fire department: means a department or association organized for the purpose of answering fire alarms, extinguishing fires, and providing other emergency services, the majority of members of which receive no compensation or nominal compensation for their services. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(b) A contract may also provide that fees for membership in a regularly organized volunteer firefighters’ association be paid by the unit on behalf of the firefighters in the volunteer fire department.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-6.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.229-1996, SEC.2; P.L.1-1999, SEC.91.