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36-1-20.2-11. Employee not in violation if relative assumes elected office; promotions

IN Code § 36-1-20.2-11 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to an individual who:

(1) is employed by a unit on the date the individual's relative begins serving a term of an elected office of the unit; and

(2) is not exempt from the application of this chapter under section 2 of this chapter.

(b) Unless a policy adopted under section 9 of this chapter provides otherwise, an individual may remain employed by a unit and maintain the individual's position or rank even if the individual's employment would violate section 10 of this chapter.

(c) Unless a policy adopted under section 9 of this chapter provides otherwise, an individual described in subsection (b) may not:

(1) be promoted to a position; or

(2) be promoted to a position that is not within the merit ranks, in the case of an individual who is a member of a merit police department or merit fire department;

if the new position would violate section 10 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.7.

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