Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A: (A) federal; (B) state; or (C) local; law enforcement officer. (2) A: (A) qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 926B); or (B) qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 926C); if the qualified law enforcement officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer, as applicable, carries the photographic identification required by 18 U.S.C. 926B or 18 U.S.C. 926C. (3) A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has been authorized by: (A) a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4 ); or (B) the body that administers a charter school established under IC 20-24 ; to carry a firearm in or on school property. (4) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who: (A) may legally possess a firearm; and (B) possesses the firearm in a motor vehicle. (5) A person who is a school resource officer, as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1 . (6) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who: (A) may legally possess a firearm; and (B) possesses only a firearm that is: (i) locked in the trunk of the person's motor vehicle; (ii) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked motor vehicle; or (iii) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor vehicle. (7) A person who: (A) may legally possess a firearm; and (B) possesses a firearm on school property in connection with or while: (i) attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship located on the school property; or (ii) carrying out the person's official duties at a house of worship located on the school property, if the person is employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship. This subdivision does not affect the right of a property owner to prohibit, in whole or in part, the possession of a firearm on a property where a school or house of worship is located. (b) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a person does not include a person who is: (1) enrolled as a student in any high school except if the person is a high school student and is a member of a shooting sports team and the school's principal has approved the person keeping a firearm concealed in the person's motor vehicle on the days the person is competing or practicing as a member of a shooting sports team; or (2) a former student of the school if the person is no longer enrolled in the school due to a disciplinary action within the previous twenty-four (24) months. (c) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a motor vehicle does not include a motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by a school or school district unless the person who possesses the firearm is authorized by the school or school district to possess a firearm.
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