Sec. 10. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the board or persons having the authority to employ members of the fire or police department shall give a preference for employment according to the following priority:
(1) A war veteran who has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces.
(2) A person whose mother or father was a:
(A) firefighter of a unit;
(B) municipal police officer; or
(C) county police officer;
who died in the line of duty (as defined in IC 5-10-10-2).
(b) Subject to subsection (c), the board or person having the authority to employ members of a fire or police department may give a preference for employment to any of the following:
(1) A police officer or firefighter laid off by another city under section 11 of this chapter.
(2) A county police officer laid off by a sheriff's department under IC 36-8-10-11.1.
(3) A person who:
(A) was employed full-time or part-time by a township to provide fire protection and emergency services; and
(B) has been laid off by the township.
(c) A person described in subsection (a) or (b) may not receive a preference for employment unless the person:
(1) applies; and
(2) meets all employment requirements prescribed:
(A) by law, including physical and age requirements; and
(B) by the fire or police department.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-35-3.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.53. Amended by P.L.95-2003, SEC.1; P.L.110-2010, SEC.35.
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