36-8-12-5. Clothing and automobile allowances; fees for membership in firefighters' association

IN Code § 36-8-12-5 (2019) (N/A)
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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:

(1) a clothing allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year; and

(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.

(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.