Section 36-8-12-5 - Clothing and automobile allowances; fees for membership in firefighters' association(a) Unless otherwise provided by contract, a unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay to each active and participating member of the department: (1) a clothing allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year; and(2) an automobile allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year for the use of the member's automobile in the line of duty.(b) A contract may also provide that fees for membership in a regularly organized volunteer firefighters' association be paid by the unit on behalf of the firefighters in the volunteer fire department.Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-6.
As added by Acts1981 , P.L. 309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L. 229-1996, SEC.2; P.L. 1-1999, SEC.91.