Indiana Code 36-8-10-6. Emergencies; appointment of additional deputies and assistants
(1) promoting public safety and conserving the peace;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-8-10-6
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) apprehending criminals.
(b) The county executive shall determine the number and salaries of deputy sheriffs or assistants to be appointed in an emergency. The executive shall provide compensation and necessary expenses for them from the general fund of the county without a specific appropriation. Expenses shall be paid after the appointed persons file sworn vouchers with the executive detailing their expenses.
(c) The deputies or assistants have the same powers that sheriffs have under statute.
(d) The deputy sheriffs or assistants must have been bona fide residents of the county for at least one (1) year before their appointment. This subsection does not apply to a county having a consolidated city.
(e) When the emergency ends, the county executive may reduce the number of deputy sheriffs or assistants to the number that the circumstances require for the public welfare.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-6-1.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61.