Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 4.3 of this chapter, sections 3, 4, and 4.1 of this chapter do not apply to a police or fire department having a board or commission established by statute or ordinance to establish or administer policies based on merit for the appointment, promotion, demotion, and dismissal of members of the department, unless the establishing law specifically incorporates one (1) or more of those sections.
Ind. Code § 36-8-3-5
Merit boards and commissions; exemption from statutory procedure
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Kennedy v. McCarty (1991)
Most recently applied in 7 F. Supp. 3d 842 - Snyder v. Smith (March 2014)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.52
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