Sec. 2. (a) Members of the police and fire departments must reside within:

(1) the county in which the city is located;

(2) a county that is contiguous to the county in which the city is located; or

(3) a county that is noncontiguous to the county in which the city is located but is not more than fifty (50) miles from the closest boundary of the city where the police or fire department is located.

(b) In a consolidated city, a member who was residing outside the county on January 1, 1975, is exempt from subsection (a).

(c) 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 in the member's residence telephone service with the city.

(d) 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 (c), 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.

(e) An ordinance adopted under subsection (c) or described in subsection (d)(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.