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February 13, 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 1113
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DIGEST OF HB 1113 (Updated February 12, 2025 2:19 pm - DI 140)
Citations Affected: IC 36-8.
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.
January 21, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and
Means pursuant to Rule 126.3.
February 13, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
HB 1113—LS 6388/DI 87 February 13, 2025
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) The provision of fire-based emergency medical services
12 (regulated under IC 16-31-3), basic life support, or advanced
13 life support.
14 (4) Prevention of hazards that may cause loss of life, injury or
15 other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and
16 services, social and economic disruption, or environmental
17 damage.
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1 (3) (5) Other purposes or functions related to fire protection and
2 fire prevention.
3 (b) Any area may be established as a fire protection district, but one
4 (1) part of a district may not be completely separate from another part.
5 A municipality may be included in a district, but only if it consents by
6 ordinance, unless a majority of the freeholders of the municipality have
7 petitioned to be included in the district.
8 (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the territory of a district
9 may consist of:
10 (1) one (1) or more townships and parts of one (1) or more
11 townships in the same county; or
12 (2) all of the townships in the same county.
13 The boundaries of a district need not coincide with those of other
14 political subdivisions.
15 (d) The territory of a district may consist of a municipality that is
16 located in more than one (1) county.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety, to which was referred House Bill 1113, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Page 1, delete line 11, begin a new line block indented and insert:
"(3) The provision of fire-based emergency medical services
(regulated under IC 16-31-3), basic life support, or advanced
life support.".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1113 as introduced.)
BARTELS
Committee Vote: yeas 9, nays 0.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was
referred House Bill 1113, has had the same under consideration and
begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
recommendation that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1113 as printed January 21, 2025.)
THOMPSON
Committee Vote: Yeas 23, Nays 0
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