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Bill Title: Fire department residency requirements. Requires a member of a city, town, or township (unit) fire department to reside within Indiana and not more than 50 miles from the boundaries of the unit. Allows a member of a unit's fire department to reside outside Indiana if: (1) the unit adopts an ordinance or resolution allowing a member to reside outside Indiana; and (2) the member resides not more than 50 miles from the unit's boundaries. (Current law requires a member of a fire department to live within the county where the unit is located or a contiguous county). Eliminates provisions allowing a unit to adopt an ordinance or resolution requiring a member of the fire department to reside within the county where the unit is located, within the unit, or within a distance from the unit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [SB0509 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2019-SB0509-Introduced.pdf

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