Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1080
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 36-5-7-6.5.
Synopsis: Reserve deputy town marshals. Provides that a reserve
deputy town marshal may not act in an official capacity as a reserve
deputy town marshal unless the reserve deputy town marshal is wearing
a distinctive uniform and identification authorized by the town marshal.
Provides that, if the reserve deputy town marshal's official duties
include patrolling with the use of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle
used as part of the reserve deputy town marshal's official duties must
be marked as a police vehicle and identify the particular town served
by the reserve deputy town marshal.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Criswell, Prescott
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
2024 IN 1080—LS 6302/DI 116 Introduced
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1080
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
public safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 36-5-7-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2024]: Sec. 6.5. (a) The appointment of a reserve deputy town
4 marshal is subject to the requirements set forth in IC 36-8-3-20.
5 (b) A reserve deputy town marshal may not act in an official
6 capacity as a reserve deputy town marshal unless the reserve
7 deputy town marshal is wearing a distinctive uniform and
8 identification authorized by the town marshal.
9 (c) If the reserve deputy town marshal's official duties include
10 patrolling with the use of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle used
11 as part of the reserve deputy town marshal's official duties must:
12 (1) be marked as a police vehicle; and
13 (2) include identification of the particular town being served
14 by the reserve deputy town marshal;
15 in a manner that will clearly show to casual observations that the
16 motor vehicle is being used as a police vehicle of the particular
17 town served by the reserve deputy town marshal.
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1 (d) The town council shall determine the placement and the size
2 of the identification of the particular town on a motor vehicle
3 described in subsection (c)(2).
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