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April 9, 2025
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1113
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DIGEST OF HB 1113 (Updated April 8, 2025 9:25 am - DI 129)
Citations Affected: IC 36-8.
Synopsis: Fire protection districts. Provides, in certain circumstances,
for the expansion of the purposes for which a fire protection district
may be established.
Effective: January 1, 2025 (retroactive).
Zimmerman, Bartels, O'Brien
(SENATE SPONSORS — CRIDER, RANDOLPH LONNIE M)
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.
February 18, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed.
February 19, 2025, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 94, nays 0.
SENATE ACTION
March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.
April 8, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
EH 1113—LS 6388/DI 87 April 9, 2025
First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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ENGROSSED
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 JANUARY 1, 2025 (RETROACTIVE)]:
3 Sec. 4. (a) A county legislative body may establish fire protection
4 districts for any of the 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) If the county legislative body establishes a fire protection
12 district for either or both of the purposes under subdivision
13 (1) or (2), in addition to those the fire protection district
14 purposes may include the provision of emergency medical
15 services (regulated under IC 16-31-3), basic life support, or
16 advanced life support. However, this subdivision shall not
17 apply, and the purposes under this subdivision may not be
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1 included with regard to the fire protection district, if another
2 local unit or organization is providing the services under this
3 subdivision with public funds to the area served by the fire
4 protection district.
5 (4) If the county legislative body establishes a fire protection
6 district for either or both of the purposes under subdivision
7 (1) or (2), in addition to those the fire protection district
8 purposes may include the prevention of hazards that may
9 cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property
10 damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic
11 disruption, or environmental damage.
12 (3) (5) Other purposes or functions related to fire protection and
13 fire prevention.
14 (b) Any area may be established as a fire protection district, but one
15 (1) part of a district may not be completely separate from another part.
16 A municipality may be included in a district, but only if it consents by
17 ordinance, unless a majority of the freeholders of the municipality have
18 petitioned to be included in the district.
19 (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the territory of a district
20 may consist of:
21 (1) one (1) or more townships and parts of one (1) or more
22 townships in the same county; or
23 (2) all of the townships in the same county.
24 The boundaries of a district need not coincide with those of other
25 political subdivisions.
26 (d) The territory of a district may consist of a municipality that is
27 located in more than one (1) county.
28 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
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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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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy, to
which was referred House Bill No. 1113, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
Replace the effective date in SECTION 1 with "[EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2025 (RETROACTIVE)]".
Page 1, delete lines 11 through 17, begin a new line block indented
and insert:
"(3) If the county legislative body establishes a fire protection
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district for either or both of the purposes under subdivision
(1) or (2), in addition to those the fire protection district
purposes may include the provision of emergency medical
services (regulated under IC 16-31-3), basic life support, or
advanced life support. However, this subdivision shall not
apply, and the purposes under this subdivision may not be
included with regard to the fire protection district, if another
local unit or organization is providing the services under this
subdivision with public funds to the area served by the fire
protection district.
(4) If the county legislative body establishes a fire protection
district for either or both of the purposes under subdivision
(1) or (2), in addition to those the fire protection district
purposes may include the prevention of hazards that may
cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property
damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic
disruption, or environmental damage.".
Page 2, after line 16, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1113 as printed February 13, 2025.)
HOLDMAN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0.
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