Title 10, PUBLIC SAFETY

Sec. 5. (a) If a county issues bonds for a world war memorial under this chapter, the county fiscal body, county executive, and any other county official who fixes rates or levies taxes shall yearly tax all real and personal property within the county at a rate on each one hundre…

Sec. 6. (a) A county executive establishing a world war memorial shall adopt a design and a plan for the construction of a world war memorial. (b) A county executive: (1) may employ architects and other personnel necessary to design and supervise the building of a world war memor…

Sec. 7. All changes made in the designs or plans for a world war memorial are subject to the following: (1) Changes must be agreed upon in writing, in advance, between the county executive and the contractor and architect. (2) Compensation may not be paid for design or plan chang…

Sec. 8. The architect employed to supervise the building of world war memorial structures: (1) shall, at the time of employment, execute a proper bond in an amount fixed by the county executive and with surety to the approval of the county executive; (2) is liable on the bond for…

Sec. 9. (a) If a county executive has adopted designs or plans for the construction of world war memorial structures as provided in section 6 of this chapter, the county executive shall: (1) contract with a reliable contractor for all or any part of the construction of the world …

Sec. 1. The department of homeland security is established. As added by P.L.22-2005, SEC.17.

Sec. 2. (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Develop a single strategic plan for preparing for and responding to homeland security emergencies. (2) Assess state and local security needs. (3) Administer all state emergency management and response training programs. (4) A…

Sec. 3. (a) The definitions in IC 20-18-2 apply to this section. (b) The department, in collaboration with the state police department, shall: (1) identify a set of best practices; and (2) develop a set of educational materials; regarding recommendations for the safe possession a…

Sec. 1. The state department of toxicology is established as a department of state government. As added by P.L.158-2011, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. The governor shall appoint a director of the department. The director has the authority to carry out the responsibilities of the department. The director: (1) serves at the governor's pleasure; (2) is entitled to receive compensation in an amount set by the governor; and …

Sec. 3. The director may appoint employees in the manner provided by IC 4-15-2.2 and fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the budget agency under IC 4-12-1-13. As added by P.L.158-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.74.

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Conduct analyses for poisons, drugs, and alcohols upon human tissues and fluids submitted by: (A) Indiana coroners, prosecuting attorneys, and sheriffs; (B) authorized officials of the Indiana state police and Indiana city po…

Sec. 5. The department has the following duties: (1) Provide instruction in toxicology to law enforcement officers and certify law enforcement officers as required by the statutes for the administration of breath and other chemical tests. (2) Provide instruction and technical ass…

Sec. 6. The department shall conduct research on the following: (1) The detection of toxic compounds that may be components of drugs or medicines or may be present in pesticides used for agricultural or other purposes. (2) The treatment of poisoning from toxic substances. As adde…

Sec. 8. (a) The department may charge a fee for the following: (1) Certifying and recertifying individuals who operate breath testing equipment. (2) Maintaining and calibrating breath testing equipment, including offsetting the costs of replacing equipment and instruments used at…

Sec. 9. (a) The breath test training and certification fund is established as a dedicated fund for the purpose of providing money for operating the department, replacing equipment and instruments, and conducting research. The fund shall be administered by the department. (b) The …

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this article: (1) "Counter-UAS system" means an unmanned aircraft detection or mitigation system approved under federal law and listed on the federal C-UAS Technology List jointly maintained by the: (A) United States Department o…

Sec. 1. The state of Indiana designates the following individuals to be Indiana first responders: (1) A law enforcement officer. (2) A firefighter, including a volunteer firefighter. (3) A corrections officer. (4) A public safety telecommunicator. (5) An emergency medical technic…

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall prioritize within the department the investigation and prosecution of the following: (1) Any person that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or desecrates: (A) a private or government monument, memorial, statue, or other commemorative property; or (B) …

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other Indiana statute but subject to applicable federal law, the department shall, as appropriate, work with political subdivisions to ensure that the state government appropriately provides information and assistance to those political subdivisions in…

Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other Indiana statute but subject to applicable federal law, upon request, the department shall provide, as appropriate, personnel to assist with the protection of monuments, memorials, statues, or property owned by the state or a political subdivision…

Sec. 4. In determining whether a political subdivision failed to take all appropriate enforcement actions against a person found to have violated Indiana law through the investigations described in this chapter, the department, as part of the department's investigation, shall con…

Sec. 1. There is established within the department an enforcement section of twenty (20) state police officers who, on behalf of the department of state revenue, shall enforce strict compliance with IC 8-2.1. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1.5-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-…

Sec. 2. (a) The enforcement section established by section 1 of this chapter consists of the following individuals: (1) A chief enforcement officer. (2) Nineteen (19) subordinate enforcement officers. (3) Stenographic and clerical personnel needed to carry on the work of the sect…

Sec. 3. (a) The enforcement officers employed by the enforcement section: (1) are vested with all necessary police powers to enforce IC 8-2.1 and rules adopted under IC 8-2.1; and (2) may investigate and make arrests for the violation of IC 8-2.1 or rules adopted under IC 8-2.1. …

Sec. 4. (a) Funds necessary to implement this chapter shall be derived from dedicated revenues as implemented under Public Law 89-170. Public Law 89-170 and the standards for the operation of interstate motor carriers adopted under Public Law 89-170 are recognized and adopted. (b…

Sec. 0.2. (a) The: (1) addition of IC 10-1-1.9 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-1) and IC 10-1-2.2 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter); (2) amendments made to IC 10-1-2-2 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-2-2); and (3) repeal of IC 10-1-2-1; b…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to an employee beneficiary who: (1) is hired for the first time before July 1, 1987; and (2) does not choose coverage by IC 10-12-4 under IC 10-12-4-1. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-1.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. The pension trust for employee beneficiaries covered by this chapter is subject to the limitations specified in this chapter. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-2.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.

Sec. 3. (a) The normal retirement age for a regular police employee of the department may not be later than seventy (70) years of age. (b) The department may not enforce a mandatory retirement age against its civilian employees. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-3.] As …

Sec. 4. The monthly deductions from the employee beneficiary's wages for the trust fund may not exceed six percent (6%) of the employee beneficiary's average monthly wages (excluding payments for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established…

Sec. 5. If an employee beneficiary ceases to be an eligible employee for any reason, including death, disability, unemployment, or retirement: (1) the employee beneficiary; (2) the employee beneficiary's beneficiary; or (3) the employee beneficiary's estate; is entitled to receiv…

Sec. 6. If an employee beneficiary is retired for old age, the employee beneficiary is entitled to receive a lifelong monthly income as specified in section 7 of this chapter. However, to be entitled to the full amount of the basic pension amount, an employee beneficiary must hav…

Sec. 7. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to IC 10-12-2-3. (b) The basic monthly pension amount may not exceed by more than twenty dollars ($20) one-half (1/2) the amount of the employee beneficiary's average monthly wage (excluding payments for overtime and de…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bias crime" means an offense in which the person who commits the offense knowingly or intentionally: (1) selected the person who was injured; or (2) damaged or otherwise affected property; by the offense because of the color, creed, disability, n…

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this chapter, "law enforcement agency" means an agency or a department of any level of government whose principal function is the apprehension of criminal offenders. (b) The term includes: (1) the office of the attorney general; and (2) the office of the i…

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this chapter, "limited criminal history" means information with respect to any arrest or criminal charge, which must include: (1) a disposition; and (2) a photograph of the person who is the subject of the limited criminal history, if a photograph is avail…

Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "national criminal history background check" means the criminal history record system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or any other method of positive identification. [Pre-2003 Recodification C…

Sec. 12.5. As used in this chapter, "national name based criminal history record check" means a query of the Interstate Identification Index data base maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that: (1) is conducted using the subject's name; and (2) does not use fingerpri…

Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "no contact order" means an order that prohibits a person from having direct or indirect contact with another person and that is issued under any of the following: (1) IC 31-32-13. (2) IC 31-34-20. (3) IC 31-37-19-1. (4) IC 31-37-19-6. (5) IC 33-…

Sec. 14. As used in this chapter, "noncertificated employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-29-2-11. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(15).] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.114.

Sec. 15. (a) As used in this chapter, "protective order" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-9-2.1. (b) The term includes a foreign protection order (as defined in IC 34-6-2.1-76). [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(16).] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.186-…

Sec. 16. (a) As used in this chapter, "qualified entity" means a business or an organization, whether public, private, for-profit, nonprofit, or voluntary, that provides care or care placement services. (b) The term includes the following: (1) A business or an organization that l…

Sec. 17. As used in this chapter, "release" means furnishing a copy or an edited copy of criminal history data. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(18).] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.

Sec. 18. As used in this chapter, "reportable offenses" means all felonies and those misdemeanors the superintendent designates. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(19).] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.156-2003, SEC.4.

Sec. 19. As used in this chapter, "request" means asking for release or inspection of a limited criminal history by noncriminal justice organizations or individuals in a manner that: (1) reasonably ensures the identification of the subject of the inquiry; and (2) contains a state…