Sec. 10. (a) If a benefit check issued by the fund is outstanding and unpaid for more than six (6) months after the date the check is issued, the benefit check is canceled.
(b) A benefit check canceled under subsection (a) may not be honored, cashed, or accepted for payment or deposit by an individual, a bank, a trust company, a savings association, or any other financial institution or person.
(c) The cancellation of a benefit check under this section does not discharge the fund's obligation to pay the benefit for which the canceled benefit check was issued.
[Pre-2006 Education Finance Recodification Citation: 21-6.1-5-9.5.]
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.28.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 10.4. State Teachers' Retirement Fund
5-10.4-5-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
5-10.4-5-0.3. Validation of Certain Actions Taken by Public Schools
5-10.4-5-1. Disability Benefit
5-10.4-5-2. Calculation of Disability Benefit
5-10.4-5-3. Deduction From Death Benefits
5-10.4-5-4. Election to Terminate Disability Benefit at Retirement Age
5-10.4-5-5. Prohibition Against Mandatory Retirement Age
5-10.4-5-6. Eligibility for Retirement Benefits
5-10.4-5-7. Member-Legislators
5-10.4-5-8. Designation of Retirement Date
5-10.4-5-9. Schedule; Initial Pension Benefit
5-10.4-5-10. Cancellation of Uncashed Benefit Check
5-10.4-5-12. Death Before Retirement; Payment of Benefits
5-10.4-5-13. Calculation of Benefit; Teaching After Initial Retirement
5-10.4-5-14.5. Assignment of Benefits
5-10.4-5-15. Termination of Benefits; Grounds; Limitations
5-10.4-5-16. Retirement Before July 1, 1975; Limitations on Reductions in Benefits