Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Retirement and Disability Benefits
5-10.2-4-8.4. Retirement While Serving in Elected Position

Sec. 8.4. (a) This section does not apply to a member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund who is eligible to retire under IC 5-10.2-2-8(b).
(b) A member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund who:
(1) serves in an elected position; and
(2) after June 30, 2006, makes an election under section 8.2(b) of this chapter to begin receiving, while the member holds the elected position or not later than thirty (30) days after the day on which the member's elected term of office ends, the retirement benefits to which the member is entitled by age and service;
may choose at the member's retirement date whether to retire from the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund or from the public employees' retirement fund.
(c) If the member described in subsection (b) chooses to retire from the public employees' retirement fund, that fund is responsible for the payment of benefits provided under this chapter, and the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund shall pay to the public employees' retirement fund:
(1) the amount credited to that member in the annuity savings account in the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; and
(2) the proportionate actuarial cost of the member's pension.
As added by P.L.119-2006, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.93-2008, SEC.3.

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