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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1424 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 36-8-17-7.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Law enforcement powers of fire investigators. Allows a fire |
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| 8 | 8 | | investigator who is a member of a fire department that provides service |
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| 9 | 9 | | to a first or second class city (city) to exercise police powers for the city |
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| 10 | 10 | | if the city police chief and county sheriff receive written notification |
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| 11 | 11 | | from the chief of the city fire department or the fire department |
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| 12 | 12 | | providing service to the city. (Under current law, a fire investigator |
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| 13 | 13 | | must be a member of the city fire department and must be authorized |
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| 14 | 14 | | to exercise police powers in the city by the chiefs of the city police |
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| 15 | 15 | | department and fire department.) |
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| 16 | 16 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mayfield |
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| 18 | 18 | | January 16, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public |
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| 19 | 19 | | Safety. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2024 IN 1424—LS 6688/DI 87 Introduced |
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| 21 | 21 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 22 | 22 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 23 | 23 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 24 | 24 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 26 | 26 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 27 | 27 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 28 | 28 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 30 | 30 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 31 | 31 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1424 |
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| 32 | 32 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local |
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| 33 | 33 | | government. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 36-8-17-7.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.90-2017, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 37 | 37 | | 3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this section, "city" means a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 4 first or second class city. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 5 (b) As used in this section, "fire investigator" means a fire |
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| 40 | 40 | | 6 investigator who serves a city as a member of: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 7 (1) the city fire department; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 8 (2) a fire department that provides service to the city. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 9 (a) (c) As used in this section, "police powers" means the power to: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 10 (1) make an arrest; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 11 (2) conduct a search or seizure of a person or property; or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 12 (3) carry a firearm. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 13 (b) (d) A fire investigator of a first class or second class city may |
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| 48 | 48 | | 14 exercise police powers for a city if the fire investigator meets all of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 15 following requirements: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 16 (1) The fire investigator has been authorized to exercise police |
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| 51 | 51 | | 17 powers by the: |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2024 IN 1424—LS 6688/DI 87 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1 (A) police chief; and (B) fire chief; of the first class or second |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2 class city. The fire chief of the city fire department or the fire |
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| 55 | 55 | | 3 department that provides service to the city has provided |
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| 56 | 56 | | 4 written notification to: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 5 (A) the city police chief; and |
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| 58 | 58 | | 6 (B) the sheriff of each county in which the city is located; |
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| 59 | 59 | | 7 that the fire investigator is authorized by the fire chief to |
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| 60 | 60 | | 8 exercise police powers. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 9 (2) The fire investigator has successfully completed the pre-basic |
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| 62 | 62 | | 10 training course established under IC 5-2-1-9(f). |
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| 63 | 63 | | 11 (3) The fire investigator has successfully completed the minimum |
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| 64 | 64 | | 12 basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law |
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| 65 | 65 | | 13 enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for |
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| 66 | 66 | | 14 employment as a law enforcement officer. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2024 IN 1424—LS 6688/DI 87 |
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