Bill Text: IN SB0281 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Local law enforcement issues.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010 [SB0281 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0281-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.
(1) "Abuse" means:
(A) conduct that causes bodily injury (as defined in IC 35-41-1-4) or damage to property; or
(B) a threat of conduct that would cause bodily injury (as defined in IC 35-41-1-4) or damage to property.
(2) "County law enforcement agency" includes:
(A) postsecondary educational institution police officers appointed under IC 21-17-5 or IC 21-39-4; and
(B) school corporation police officers appointed under IC 20-26-16.
(b) There is established in each county a county law enforcement continuing education program. The program is funded by amounts appropriated under IC 33-37-8-4 or IC 33-37-8-6.
(c) A county law enforcement agency receiving amounts based upon claims for law enforcement continuing education funds under IC 33-37-8-4 or IC 33-37-8-6 shall deposit each fee collected into the county law enforcement continuing education fund.
(d) Distribution of money in the county law enforcement continuing
education fund shall be made to a county law enforcement agency
without the necessity of first obtaining an appropriation from the
county fiscal body.
(e) Money in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) that is
unencumbered and remains in a county law enforcement continuing
education fund for at least one (1) entire calendar year from the date of
its deposit shall, at the end of a county's fiscal year, be deposited by the
county auditor in the law enforcement training fund established under
IC 5-2-1-13(b).
(f) To make a claim under IC 33-37-8-6, a law enforcement agency
shall submit to the fiscal body a verified statement of cause numbers
for fees collected that are attributable to the law enforcement efforts of
that agency.
(g) A law enforcement agency shall submit a claim for fees under
this section in the same county fiscal year in which the fees are
collected under IC 33-37-4.
(h) A county law enforcement agency program shall provide to each
law enforcement officer employed by the county and may provide to
each law enforcement officer employed by a city or town law
enforcement agency within the county continuing education concerning
the following:
(1) Duties of a law enforcement officer in enforcing restraining
orders, protective orders, temporary injunctions, and permanent
injunctions involving abuse.
(2) Guidelines for making felony and misdemeanor arrests in
cases involving abuse.
(3) Techniques for handling incidents of abuse that:
(A) minimize the likelihood of injury to the law enforcement
officer; and
(B) promote the safety of a victim.
(4) Information about the nature and extent of abuse.
(5) Information about the legal rights of and remedies available
to victims of abuse.
(6) How to document and collect evidence in an abuse case.
(7) The legal consequences of abuse.
(8) The impact on children of law enforcement intervention in
abuse cases.
(9) Services and facilities available to victims of abuse and
abusers.
(10) Verification of restraining orders, protective orders,
temporary injunctions, and permanent injunctions.
(11) Policies concerning arrest or release of suspects in abuse
cases.
(12) Emergency assistance to victims of abuse and criminal
justice options for victims of abuse.
(13) Landlord-tenant concerns in abuse cases.
(14) The taking of an abused child into protective custody.
(15) Assessment of a situation in which a child may be seriously
endangered if the child is left in the child's home.
(16) Assessment of a situation involving an endangered adult (as
defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
(17) Response to a sudden, unexpected infant death.
(18) Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich
maneuver.
(i) A county law enforcement agency may enter into an agreement
with other law enforcement agencies to provide the continuing
education required by this section and section 2(f) of this chapter.
(1) a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer; and
(2) any other vehicle that is drawn at the end of a train of vehicles;
must be equipped with at least one (1) tail lamp mounted on the rear that when lighted as required in this chapter, emits a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear.
(b) Only the tail lamp on the rear-most vehicle of a train of vehicles is required to be seen from the distance specified.
(c) Excluding a truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination equipped with a B-train assembly (as defined in IC 9-13-2-13) governed by section 7 of this chapter, truck-tractor, motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle:
(1) a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer; and
(2) any other vehicle drawn at the end of a train of vehicles;
(d) A tail lamp upon a vehicle shall be located at a height of not less than twenty (20) inches and not more than seventy-two (72) inches.
(e) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp must be placed and constructed so as to illuminate the rear registration plate with a white
light and make the plate clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet
to the rear. A tail lamp or tail lamps, together with a separate lamp for
illuminating the rear registration plate, must be wired so as to be
lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
(1) between the time from sunset to sunrise; and
(2) at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead;
must display lighted head lamps and other illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles under this chapter.
(b) All lamp equipment required for vehicles described in IC 9-19-6, including each tail lamp required by law, shall be lighted at the times mentioned in subsection (a), except that clearance and sidemarker lamps are not required to be lighted on a vehicle when the vehicle is operated within a municipality if there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet.
(1) to the chief of police or corresponding law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the applicant resides;
(2) if that municipality has no such officer, or if the applicant does not reside in a municipality, to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides after the applicant has obtained an application form prescribed by the superintendent; or
(3) if the applicant is a resident of another state and has a regular place of business or employment in Indiana, to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant has a regular place of business or employment.
The superintendent and local law enforcement agencies shall allow an applicant desiring to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun to submit an application electronically under this chapter if funds are available to establish and maintain an electronic application system.
(b) The law enforcement agency which accepts an application for a handgun license shall collect the following application fees:
(1) From a person applying for a four (4) year handgun license, a ten dollar ($10) application fee, five dollars ($5) of which shall be refunded if the license is not issued.
(2) From a person applying for a lifetime handgun license who does not currently possess a valid Indiana handgun license, a fifty dollar ($50) application fee, thirty dollars ($30) of which shall be refunded if the license is not issued.
(3) From a person applying for a lifetime handgun license who currently possesses a valid Indiana handgun license, a forty dollar ($40) application fee, thirty dollars ($30) of which shall be refunded if the license is not issued.
Except as provided in subsection (h), the fee shall be deposited into the law enforcement agency's firearms training fund or other appropriate training activities fund and used by the agency to train law enforcement officers in the proper use of firearms or in other law enforcement duties, or to purchase firearms,
(c) The officer to whom the application is made shall ascertain the applicant's name, full address, length of residence in the community, whether the applicant's residence is located within the limits of any city or town, the applicant's occupation, place of business or employment, criminal record, if any, and convictions (minor traffic offenses excepted), age, race, sex, nationality, date of birth, citizenship, height, weight, build, color of hair, color of eyes, scars and marks, whether the applicant has previously held an Indiana license to carry a handgun and, if so, the serial number of the license and year issued, whether the applicant's license has ever been suspended or revoked, and if so, the year and reason for the suspension or revocation, and the applicant's reason for desiring a license. The officer to whom the application is made shall conduct an investigation into the applicant's official records and verify thereby the applicant's character and reputation, and shall in addition verify for accuracy the information contained in the application, and shall forward this information together with the officer's recommendation for approval or disapproval and one (1) set of legible and classifiable fingerprints of the applicant to the superintendent.
(d) The superintendent may make whatever further investigation the superintendent deems necessary. Whenever disapproval is recommended, the officer to whom the application is made shall
provide the superintendent and the applicant with the officer's complete
and specific reasons, in writing, for the recommendation of
disapproval.
(e) If it appears to the superintendent that the applicant:
(1) has a proper reason for carrying a handgun;
(2) is of good character and reputation;
(3) is a proper person to be licensed; and
(4) is:
(A) a citizen of the United States; or
(B) not a citizen of the United States but is allowed to carry a
firearm in the United States under federal law;
the superintendent shall issue to the applicant a qualified or an
unlimited license to carry any handgun lawfully possessed by the
applicant. The original license shall be delivered to the licensee. A
copy shall be delivered to the officer to whom the application for
license was made. A copy shall be retained by the superintendent for
at least four (4) years in the case of a four (4) year license. The
superintendent may adopt guidelines to establish a records retention
policy for a lifetime license. A four (4) year license shall be valid for
a period of four (4) years from the date of issue. A lifetime license is
valid for the life of the individual receiving the license. The license of
police officers, sheriffs or their deputies, and law enforcement officers
of the United States government who have been honorably retired by
a lawfully created pension board or its equivalent after twenty (20) or
more years of service, shall be valid for the life of these individuals.
However, a lifetime license is automatically revoked if the license
holder does not remain a proper person.
(f) At the time a license is issued and delivered to a licensee under
subsection (e), the superintendent shall include with the license
information concerning handgun safety rules that:
(1) neither opposes nor supports an individual's right to bear
arms; and
(2) is:
(A) recommended by a nonprofit educational organization that
is dedicated to providing education on safe handling and use
of firearms;
(B) prepared by the state police department; and
(C) approved by the superintendent.
The superintendent may not deny a license under this section because
the information required under this subsection is unavailable at the
time the superintendent would otherwise issue a license. The state
police department may accept private donations or grants to defray the
cost of printing and mailing the information required under this
subsection.
(g) A license to carry a handgun shall not be issued to any person
who:
(1) has been convicted of a felony;
(2) has had a license to carry a handgun suspended, unless the
person's license has been reinstated;
(3) is under eighteen (18) years of age;
(4) is under twenty-three (23) years of age if the person has been
adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a felony if
committed by an adult; or
(5) has been arrested for a Class A or Class B felony, or any other
felony that was committed while armed with a deadly weapon or
that involved the use of violence, if a court has found probable
cause to believe that the person committed the offense charged.
In the case of an arrest under subdivision (5), a license to carry a
handgun may be issued to a person who has been acquitted of the
specific offense charged or if the charges for the specific offense are
dismissed. The superintendent shall prescribe all forms to be used in
connection with the administration of this chapter.
(h) If the law enforcement agency that charges a fee under
subsection (b) is a city or town law enforcement agency, the fee shall
be deposited in the law enforcement continuing education fund
established under IC 5-2-8-2.
(i) If a person who holds a valid license to carry a handgun issued
under this chapter:
(1) changes the person's name;
(2) changes the person's address; or
(3) experiences a change, including an arrest or a conviction, that
may affect the person's status as a proper person (as defined in
IC 35-47-1-7) or otherwise disqualify the person from holding a
license;
the person shall, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of a
change described under subdivision (3), and not later than sixty (60)
days after the date of the change described under subdivision (1) or (2),
notify the superintendent, in writing, of the event described under
subdivision (3) or, in the case of a change under subdivision (1) or (2),
the person's new name or new address.
(j) The state police shall indicate on the form for a license to carry
a handgun the notification requirements of subsection (i).
(k) The state police department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement an electronic application system under subsection (a). Rules
adopted under this section must require the superintendent to keep on
file one (1) set of classifiable and legible fingerprints from every
person who has received a license to carry a handgun so that a person
who applies to renew a license will not be required to submit an
additional set of fingerprints.
(l) Except as provided in subsection (m), for purposes of
IC 5-14-3-4(a)(1), the following information is confidential, may not
be published, and is not open to public inspection:
(1) Information submitted by a person under this section to:
(A) obtain; or
(B) renew;
a license to carry a handgun.
(2) Information obtained by a federal, state, or local government
entity in the course of an investigation concerning a person who
applies to:
(A) obtain; or
(B) renew;
a license to carry a handgun issued under this chapter.
(3) The name, address, and any other information that may be
used to identify a person who holds a license to carry a handgun
issued under this chapter.
(m) Notwithstanding subsection (l):
(1) any information concerning an applicant for or a person who
holds a license to carry a handgun issued under this chapter may
be released to a federal, state, or local government entity:
(A) for law enforcement purposes; or
(B) to determine the validity of a license to carry a handgun;
and
(2) general information concerning the issuance of licenses to
carry handguns in Indiana may be released to a person conducting
journalistic or academic research, but only if all personal
information that could disclose the identity of any person who
holds a license to carry a handgun issued under this chapter has
been removed from the general information.
(b) After December 31, 2010, a town shall provide the town marshal and active deputy marshals of the town with body armor for the torso. The town shall replace the body armor for the torso according to the replacement period recommended by the
manufacturer of the body armor for the torso.
(c) The town marshal and active deputy marshals of the town
may not be required to pay for maintenance of the body armor for
the torso furnished under this section.
(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a town under this
section remains the property of the town. The town may sell the
property when it becomes unfit for use, and all money received
shall be paid into the general fund of the town.
(b)
(c) An active member of the police department of a
(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a
(b) After December 31, 2010, a town shall provide an active member of the police department of the town with body armor for the torso. The town shall replace the body armor for the torso according to the replacement period recommended by the manufacturer of the body armor for the torso.
(c) An active member of the police department of a town shall not be required to pay for maintenance of the body armor for the torso furnished under this section.
(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a town under this section remains the property of the town. The town may sell the property when it becomes unfit for use, and all money received shall be paid into the general fund of the town.
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2010]: Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "body armor" has the
meaning set forth in IC 35-47-5-13(a).
(b) After December 31, 2010, a county shall provide an active
member of the department with body armor for the torso. The
county shall replace the body armor for the torso according to the
replacement period recommended by the manufacturer of the body
armor for the torso.
(c) An active member of the department shall not be required to
maintain the body armor for the torso furnished under this section
from any annual cash allowance paid to the member under section
4(c) of this chapter.
(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a county under this
section remains the property of the county. The county may sell the
property when it becomes unfit for use, and all money received
shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
(1) To purchase, construct, equip, and maintain buildings for public purposes.
(2) To acquire the land, and any improvements on it, that are necessary for the construction of public buildings.
(3) To demolish any improvements on land acquired under this section, and to level, grade, and prepare the land for the construction of a public building.
(4) To acquire land or rights-of-way to be used as a public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building.
(5) To improve or construct any public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building.
(b) In addition to the purposes described in subsection (a), a cumulative capital improvement fund may be used to purchase body armor (as defined in
(1) IC 36-5-7-7;
(2) IC 36-8-4-4.5;
(3) IC 36-8-9-9; and
(4) IC 36-8-10-4.5.
(1) To acquire land or rights-of-way to be used for public ways or sidewalks.
(2) To construct and maintain public ways or sidewalks.
(3) To acquire land or rights-of-way for the construction of sanitary or storm sewers, or both.
(4) To construct and maintain sanitary or storm sewers, or both.
(5) To acquire, by purchase or lease, or to pay all or part of the purchase price of a utility.
(6) To purchase or lease land, buildings, or rights-of-way for the use of any utility that is acquired or operated by the unit.
(7) To purchase or acquire land, with or without buildings, for park or recreation purposes.
(8) To purchase, lease, or pay all or part of the purchase price of motor vehicles for the use of the police or fire department, or both, including ambulances and firefighting vehicles with the necessary equipment, ladders, and hoses.
(9) To retire in whole or in part any general obligation bonds of the unit that were issued for the purpose of acquiring or constructing improvements or properties that would qualify for the use of cumulative capital improvement funds.
(10) To purchase or lease equipment and other nonconsumable personal property needed by the unit for any public transportation use.
(11) In a county or a consolidated city, to purchase or lease equipment to be used to illuminate a public way or sidewalk.
(12) The fund may be used for any of the following purposes:
(A) To purchase, lease, upgrade, maintain, or repair one (1) or more of the following:
(i) Computer hardware.
(ii) Computer software.
(iii) Wiring and computer networks.
(iv) Communication access systems used to connect with computer networks or electronic gateways.
(B) To pay for the services of full-time or part-time computer maintenance employees.
(C) To conduct nonrecurring inservice technology training of unit employees.
(13) To purchase body armor (as defined in
(A) IC 36-5-7-7;
(B) IC 36-8-4-4.5;
(C) IC 36-8-9-9; and
(D) IC 36-8-10-4.5.
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