(a) A unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay directly to each active and participating member of the department:

1. (1) a clothing allowance of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year; and
2. (2) an automobile allowance of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) 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 Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.229-1996, SEC.2; P.L.1-1999, SEC.91; P.L.21-2026, SEC.1.