Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1113
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 36-8-11-4.
Synopsis: Fire protection districts. Expands the purposes for which a
fire protection district may be established.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Zimmerman, Bartels, O'Brien
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1113
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 36-8-11-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
2 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) A county
3 legislative body may establish fire protection districts for any of the
4 following purposes:
5 (1) Fire protection, including the capability for extinguishing all
6 fires that might be reasonably expected because of the types of
7 improvements, personal property, and real property within the
8 boundaries of the district.
9 (2) Fire prevention, including identification and elimination of all
10 potential and actual sources of fire hazard.
11 (3) Emergency medical services regulated under IC 16-31-3.
12 (4) Prevention of hazards that may cause loss of life, injury or
13 other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and
14 services, social and economic disruption, or environmental
15 damage.
16 (3) (5) Other purposes or functions related to fire protection and
17 fire prevention.
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1 (b) Any area may be established as a fire protection district, but one
2 (1) part of a district may not be completely separate from another part.
3 A municipality may be included in a district, but only if it consents by
4 ordinance, unless a majority of the freeholders of the municipality have
5 petitioned to be included in the district.
6 (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the territory of a district
7 may consist of:
8 (1) one (1) or more townships and parts of one (1) or more
9 townships in the same county; or
10 (2) all of the townships in the same county.
11 The boundaries of a district need not coincide with those of other
12 political subdivisions.
13 (d) The territory of a district may consist of a municipality that is
14 located in more than one (1) county.
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