Legal Expenses of Officer or Employee

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Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, a unit or municipal corporation may not pay the legal expenses incurred by an officer or employee of the unit or the municipal corporation:

(1) in defending against:

(A) a criminal action;

(B) a civil action brought by the attorney general of the United States, a United States attorney, the attorney general of Indiana, or an Indiana prosecuting attorney under:

(i) IC 34-24-1;

(ii) IC 34-24-2;

(iii) IC 34-24-3;

(iv) IC 5-11-5;

(v) IC 5-11-6;

(vi) IC 5-13-6;

(vii) IC 5-13-14-3; or

(viii) 18 U.S.C. 1964; or

(C) a proceeding to enforce an ordinance or a statute defining an infraction; or

(2) who is the target of a grand jury investigation, if the scope of the investigation includes a claim that the officer or employee committed a criminal act.

As added by P.L.128-2005, SEC.1.


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