IC 36-1-17-2 : Legal expenses of officer or employee

Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, a unit or municipal corporation may not pay the legal expenses incurred by an officer or employee of the unit or the municipal corporation:
(1) in defending against:
(A) a criminal action;
(B) a civil action brought by the attorney general of the United States, a United States attorney, the attorney general of Indiana, or an Indiana prosecuting attorney under:
(iii) IC 34-24-3;
(iv) IC 5-11-5;
(vi) IC 5-13-6;
(vii) IC 5-13-14-3; or
(viii) 18 U.S.C. 1964; or
(C) a proceeding to enforce an ordinance or a statute defining an infraction; or
(2) who is the target of a grand jury investigation, if the scope of the investigation includes a claim that the officer or employee committed a criminal act.
As added by P.L.128-2005, SEC.1.