Training sessions; per diem
Sec. 2. (a) In any year in which an assessing official or a county
assessor takes office for the first time, the department of local
government finance shall conduct training sessions determined under
the rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2 for these new
assessing officials and county assessors. These sessions must be held
at the locations described in subsection (b).
(b) To ensure that all newly elected or appointed assessing
officials and assessors have an opportunity to attend the training
sessions required by this section, the department of local government
finance shall conduct the training sessions at a minimum of four (4)
separate regional locations. The department shall determine the
locations of the training sessions, but:
(1) at least one (1) training session must be held in the
northeastern part of Indiana;
(2) at least one (1) training session must be held in the
northwestern part of Indiana;
(3) at least one (1) training session must be held in the
southeastern part of Indiana; and
(4) at least one (1) training session must be held in the
southwestern part of Indiana.
The four (4) regional training sessions may not be held in
Indianapolis. However, the department of local government finance
may, after the conclusion of the four (4) training sessions, provide
additional training sessions at locations determined by the
department.
(c) Any new assessing official or county assessor who attends:
(1) a required session during the official's or assessor's term of
office; or
(2) training between the date the person is elected to office and
January 1 of the year the person takes office for the first time;
is entitled to receive the per diem per session set by the department
of local government finance by rule adopted under IC 4-22-2 and a
mileage allowance from the county in which the official resides.
(d) A person is entitled to a mileage allowance under this section
only for travel between the person's place of work and the training
session nearest to the person's place of work.
As added by P.L.24-1986, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.48-1990, SEC.2;
P.L.41-1993, SEC.25; P.L.6-1997, SEC.116; P.L.198-2001, SEC.83;
P.L.177-2002, SEC.9; P.L.256-2003, SEC.29.
Last modified: May 28, 2006