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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-8-5-3

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 3. (a) An active member of a regularly organized police or fire department who is:

(1) taken into military service by induction, enlistment, or commission or assigned by the government for war work during a national emergency declared by the president of the United States or during armed hostilities in which the United States is engaged;  and

(2) temporarily absent from the department;

is considered to be a continuing member of the department on a temporary leave of absence.  The records of the department must show the member in this status.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a member who enlists or reenlists when no emergency or war has been declared.

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