Sec. 2. (a) Members of the police and fire departments must:
(1) have adequate means of transportation into the jurisdiction served by the member's department; and
(2) maintain telephone service to communicate with the department.
(b) A city with a population of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) may adopt an ordinance that requires a member of the city's police or fire department to comply with the following:
(1) Reside within the county in which the city is located.
(2) Have adequate means of transportation into the city.
(3) Maintain telephone service to communicate with the city.
(c) This subsection applies to a city that:
(1) has a population of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500); and
(2) adopted an ordinance to establish the requirements described in this subsection before September 1, 1984.
A city may require, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b), that a member of the police or fire department reside within the city until the member has served in the department for five (5) years.
(d) An ordinance adopted under subsection (b) or described in subsection (c)(2) may not require a member of a city's police or fire department to reside within the county in which the city is located if the member resides outside the county on the date the ordinance is adopted.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-2-1 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.53. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.56; P.L.198-1984, SEC.1; P.L.266-1993, SEC.1; P.L.164-1995, SEC.21; P.L.235-1996, SEC.1; P.L.230-1997, SEC.1; P.L.65-2008, SEC.1; P.L.171-2019, SEC.12; P.L.28-2021, SEC.1.