Sec. 7. (a) Upon election to become a participant by any officer who is a member of the public employees' retirement fund, the board shall transfer all creditable service standing to the credit of the electing officer under the public employees' retirement fund to the credit of the electing officer under the retirement plan created by this chapter.
(b) Creditable service under this chapter, including credit for military service, shall accrue and be computed and credited to participants in the same manner and in the same amount as creditable service accrues, is computed and credited under the public employees' retirement law.
(c) In addition to creditable service computed under subsection (b), a participant is entitled to receive creditable service under this chapter for the time the participant receives disability benefits under a disability plan established under IC 5-10-8-7.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 10. Public Employee Benefits
5-10-5.5-2. Creation; Investment of Plan Assets
5-10-5.5-2.5. Qualification of Plan Under Internal Revenue Code
5-10-5.5-3. Management; Confidentiality of Retirement Plan Records
5-10-5.5-3.5. Administration of Retirement Plan Consistent With Americans With Disabilities Act
5-10-5.5-4. Participants' Saving Fund; Creation
5-10-5.5-5. Participants; Eligibility
5-10-5.5-6. Transfer of Funds to Savings Fund
5-10-5.5-7. Transfer of Creditable Service; Credit During Disability
5-10-5.5-7.5. Purchase of Service Credit Earned in Certain Indiana Public Retirement Funds
5-10-5.5-8. Contributions; Rate; Payroll Deductions; Employer Pick-Up of Contributions
5-10-5.5-8.5. Submission of Contributions, Reports, and Records Electronically
5-10-5.5-9. Retirement Provisions
5-10-5.5-10. Retirement Allowance
5-10-5.5-12. Early Retirement Allowance; Monthly Installments
5-10-5.5-13. Permanent or Temporary Disability
5-10-5.5-14. Disability Occurring Before July 1, 1987; Allowance; Monthly Installments; Cessation
5-10-5.5-15. Surviving Mothers, Fathers, Spouses, or Unmarried Children; Eligibility for Benefits
5-10-5.5-16. Survivors' Benefits; Death Before February 1, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.3. Survivors' Benefits; Other Than Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.6. Survivors' Benefits; Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-17. Lump Sum Refund of Contributions or Payments
5-10-5.5-18. Termination of Service Before Accumulating 15 Years of Creditable Service
5-10-5.5-19. Public Employees Retirement Fund Law; Applicability
5-10-5.5-21. Increase in Monthly Benefits