Indiana § 36-8-5-3 - Military service; temporary leave of absence
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 36-8-5-3 — Military service; temporary leave of absence, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-8-5-3. Military service; temporary leave of absence
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.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-1-4-1 part; subsection (b) formerly 19-1-4-9 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.54.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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