Sec. 4. (a) A participant who is at least fifty-five (55) years of age is entitled, for the remainder of the participant's life, to a reduced monthly retirement benefit computed under subsection (b), beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written application, if all of the following conditions are met on the date on which the benefit begins:
(1) The participant's service as a member of the general assembly is terminated.
(2) The participant has at least ten (10) years of service as a member of the general assembly.
(3) The participant is not receiving and is not entitled to receive a salary from the state.
(b) The reduced monthly benefit payable for life to a participant eligible under this section is the benefit calculated under section 3 of this chapter, multiplied by a percentage determined as follows:
STEP ONE: From seven hundred eighty (780) months, which equals sixty-five (65) years, subtract the age of the participant at the participant's retirement date expressed in whole months (retirement age in months) and obtain a remainder (X).
STEP TWO:
(A) If the remainder (X) is less than or equal to sixty (60), multiply the remainder (X) times one-tenth percent (0.1%) and obtain a product (Y).
(B) If the remainder (X) is greater than sixty (60), multiply five-twelfths percent (5/12%) times the difference obtained by subtracting sixty (60) from the remainder (X) and obtain a product. Add to this six percent (6%) and obtain a sum (Y).
STEP THREE: From one hundred percent (100%) subtract the appropriate (Y). This equals the percentage used to determine the reduced monthly benefit.
As added by P.L.6-1989, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.13-2001, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 3.5. Legislative Retirement Benefits
Chapter 4. Legislators' Defined Benefit Plan
2-3.5-4-2. Members 65 and Older; Monthly Retirement Benefit; Conditions
2-3.5-4-3. Monthly Retirement Benefit; Computation
2-3.5-4-4. Participants 55 and Older; Reduced Monthly Retirement Benefit; Computation
2-3.5-4-4.1. Monthly Retirement Benefit; Conditions
2-3.5-4-5. Disabled Participant; Benefits; Transcripts, Records, and Other Materials
2-3.5-4-6. Surviving Spouse; Benefits
2-3.5-4-7. Dependent Children; Benefits
2-3.5-4-8. Manner of Payment; Application for Benefits; Termination
2-3.5-4-9. Actuarial Valuation; Annual Determinations
2-3.5-4-10. Biennial Appropriations
2-3.5-4-11. Exemptions; Criminal Taking of State Property
2-3.5-4-12. Assignment of Benefits
2-3.5-4-13. Benefit Increases Payable After June 30, 1992; Calculation