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IN Code § 36-8-8.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-9. Eligibility

Sec. 9. A member may make a DROP election as provided in this chapter only if the member is eligible to receive an unreduced benefit under the provisions of the applicable fund on the member's DROP entry date.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-10. Drop Election Requirements

Sec. 10. A member who elects to enter the DROP shall agree to the following:(1) The member shall execute an irrevocable election to retire on the DROP retirement date and shall remain in active service until that date.(2) While in the DROP, the member shall continue to make contributions to the applicable fund under the provisions of that fund.(3) The member shall elect a DROP retirement date not less than twelve (12) months and not more than thirty-six (36) months after the member's DROP entry date.(4) The member may not remain in the DROP after the date the member reaches any mandatory retirement age that may apply to the member.(5) The member may make an election to enter the DROP only once in the member's lifetime.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-11. Employer Contributions

Sec. 11. The employer of a 1977 fund member who elects to enter the DROP shall continue to make the employer contributions to the 1977 fund on behalf of that member under the provisions of the 1977 fund.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-12. Calculation of Retirement Benefit

Sec. 12. (a) The retirement benefit for a member who enters the DROP and retires on:(1) the member's DROP retirement date; or(2) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter;is determined under this chapter rather than under the provisions of the applicable fund.(b) A member who retires on the member's DROP retirement date or on the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter may elect to receive a retirement benefit in one of the following forms:(1) A retirement benefit paid by and calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as if the member had never entered the DROP.(2) A retirement benefit paid by the applicable fund and consisting of:(A) the DROP frozen benefit; plus(B) an additional amount, paid as the member elects under subsection (c), calculated by multiplying:(i) the amount of the DROP frozen benefit; by(ii) the number of months that the member was in the DROP.(c) A member who chooses the retirement benefit described in subdivision (b)(2) must elect to receive the additional amount described in subdivision (b)(2)(B) as:(1) a lump sum paid on:(A) the member's DROP retirement date; or(B) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter; or(2) three (3) equal annual payments:(A) commencing on:(i) the member's DROP retirement date; or(ii) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter; and(B) thereafter paid on the anniversary of:(i) the member's DROP retirement date; or(ii) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter.(d) In calculating a member's retirement benefit under this chapter, the applicable fund must use the lesser of:(1) the member's actual years of service; or(2) thirty-two (32) years of service.(e) Except as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter, the retirement benefits for a member who exits the DROP for any reason other than retirement on the member's DROP retirement date are calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as if the member had never entered the DROP.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.148-2007, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-13. Cost of Living Adjustment

Sec. 13. (a) A cost of living adjustment to the monthly benefit of a member of the 1925 fund, 1937 fund, or 1953 fund is determined in STEP FOUR of the following formula:STEP ONE: Calculate a percentage by dividing:(A) the amount of any increase in the salary of a first class officer or firefighter, whichever is applicable; by(B) the prior year's salary of a first class officer or firefighter, whichever is applicable.STEP TWO: Add:(A) the member's DROP frozen benefit; and(B) the amount of any prior cost of living adjustments calculated under this section.STEP THREE: Multiply the percentage determined under STEP ONE by the sum determined under STEP TWO.STEP FOUR: Add the product determined under STEP THREE to the sum determined under STEP TWO.(b) A cost of living adjustment to the monthly benefit of a member of the 1977 fund is determined under the provisions of IC 36-8-8, as applied after:(1) the member's DROP retirement date; or(2) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.148-2007, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-14. Drop Exit Date

Sec. 14. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a member who enters the DROP established by this chapter shall exit the DROP at the earliest of:(1) the member's DROP retirement date;(2) thirty-six (36) months after the member's DROP entry date;(3) the mandatory retirement age applicable to the member, if any; or(4) the date the member retires because of a disability as provided under section 16.5(d) of this chapter.(b) A member of the 1925 fund, the 1937 fund, or the 1953 fund who enters the DROP established by this chapter must exit the DROP on the date the authority of the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system to distribute from the pension relief fund established under IC 5-10.3-11-1 to units of local government (described in IC 5-10.3-11-3) amounts determined under IC 5-10.3-11-4.7 expires.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.51-2006, SEC.3; P.L.148-2007, SEC.5; P.L.177-2011, SEC.4; P.L.35-2012, SEC.143; P.L.145-2020, SEC.4; P.L.156-2020, SEC.147.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-15. Survivor Benefits

Sec. 15. (a) If a member dies in the line of duty or other than in the line of duty while the member is in the DROP, benefits for the member's survivors are calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as follows:(1) If the member dies less than twelve (12) months after the date the member enters the DROP, the benefits for the member's survivors are calculated as if the member had never entered the DROP.(2) If the member dies at least twelve (12) months after the date the member enters the DROP, the benefits for the member's survivors consist of both of the following:(A) A benefit for the member's survivors paid by and calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as if the member had never entered the DROP.(B) An additional, separate amount that is not calculated as a part of a benefit for the member's survivors from the applicable fund and that is:(i) calculated under subsection (b); and(ii) paid to the member's survivors in accordance with the survivor's election under subsection (c).(b) The additional, separate amount of the benefit for a member's survivors that is described in subsection (a)(2)(B) is equal to:(1) the amount of the DROP frozen benefit; multiplied by(2) the number of months that the member was in the DROP.(c) The survivors of a member who are eligible to receive the additional, separate amount described in subsection (a)(2)(B) must elect to receive the additional, separate amount by either of the following methods:(1) A lump sum paid as soon as practicable after the member's death.(2) Three (3) equal annual payments, the first as soon as practicable after the date of the member's death, the second on the first anniversary of the member's death, and the third on the second anniversary of the member's death.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.145-2020, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-16.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-16.5. Disability Benefit

Sec. 16.5. (a) This section applies to a member of the 1977 fund who becomes disabled after June 1, 2005, while the member is in the DROP, because of a disability that arose either in the line of duty or other than in the line of duty.(b) The retirement benefit for a member who retires because of a disability while in the DROP is determined under this chapter rather than under the provisions of the applicable fund. Determinations as to whether:(1) the member is disabled; and(2) a disability is in the line of duty;under this chapter are made under the provisions of the applicable fund.(c) If the member retires because of a disability less than twelve (12) months after the date the member enters the DROP, the benefits for the member are calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as if the member had never entered the DROP.(d) If the member retires before July 1, 2017, because of a disability at least twelve (12) months after the date the member enters the DROP, the benefits for the member are calculated under section 12 of this chapter, and the member's retirement date is the date the member retires because of a disability rather than the member's DROP retirement date.(e) If a member retires after June 30, 2017, because of a disability at least twelve (12) months after the date the member enters the DROP, the benefits for the member are as follows:(1) A retirement benefit paid by and calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund as if the member had never entered the DROP.(2) An additional, separate amount that is not calculated as a part of a disability benefit from the applicable fund and that is:(A) calculated under section 12(b)(2)(B) of this chapter; and(B) paid to the member in accordance with the member's election under section 12(c) of this chapter.For purposes of paying the additional amount calculated under this subsection, the member's retirement date is the date the member retires because of a disability as determined under the provisions of the applicable fund rather than the member's DROP retirement date.(f) A member who retired after January 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2017, because of a disability at least twelve (12) months after the date the member entered the DROP may elect to have the member's benefit actuarially adjusted, reconciled, and recalculated under subsection (e). An election under this subsection:(1) must be made in writing on a form prescribed by the board; and(2) is irrevocable.As added by P.L.148-2007, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.47-2017, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-8.5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 8.5. Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Drop)|36-8-8.5-17. Exemption From Levy Limits; Taxes of Civil Taxing Unit for Pension Benefits

Sec. 17. (a) The ad valorem property tax levy limits imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5 do not apply to ad valorem property taxes imposed by a civil taxing unit for a calendar year to pay pension benefits under section 12(c) of this chapter to the extent provided in subsection (b).(b) For purposes of determining the property tax levy limit imposed on a civil taxing unit under IC 6-1.1-18.5, the civil taxing unit's ad valorem property tax levy for a calendar year does not include an amount equal to the amounts paid by the civil taxing unit for pension benefits in that calendar year under section 12(c) of this chapter, minus:(1) the amount of pension relief distributions under IC 5-10.3-11-4, IC 5-10.3-11-4.5 (repealed effective January 1, 2009), and IC 5-10.3-11-4.7 to be received by the civil taxing unit in that calendar year that is attributable to pension benefits paid under section 12(c) of this chapter for that calendar year; and(2) an amount equal to the percentage of the civil taxing unit's pension distributions that were relieved under IC 5-13-12-4 in the preceding calendar year, multiplied by the amount of pension benefits paid under section 12(c) of this chapter in that calendar year.As added by P.L.62-2002, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.170.
IN Code § 36-8-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all towns.[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60.
IN Code § 36-8-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-2. Establishment of Board

Sec. 2. The legislative body of a town may by ordinance:(1) abolish the office of town marshal; and(2) establish a board of metropolitan police commissioners (referred to as "the board" in this chapter).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-25-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.567; P.L.101-1998, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-8-9-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-4. Powers and Duties of Board

Sec. 4. (a) The board may appoint, subject to the qualifications for employment determined by the board and approved by the town legislative body, as many persons as necessary to serve in the police department of the town. One (1) person shall be appointed to serve as the police chief. The board may also appoint other employees that are necessary to carry on the work of the police department.(b) The board may recommend and the town legislative body shall determine the compensation to be paid to members of the police department in amounts that are just and reasonable.(c) All persons appointed must be of good moral character and serve only during good behavior. The board constitutes the safety board of the town for purposes of the suspension, demotion, or dismissal of any member of the police department. Proceedings for the suspension, demotion, or dismissal of any member of the police department shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by IC 36-8-3-4. The disciplinary provisions of IC 36-8-3-4.1 also apply to the safety board and the police chief.(d) The board may make general and special rules for the government and discipline of the police department and may make special and general orders to the department through the police chief, who is the executive head of the department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-25-2.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.315, SEC.6; Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.41; P.L.198-1984, SEC.2; P.L.101-1998, SEC.5; P.L.65-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-9-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-5. Appropriations

Sec. 5. The town legislative body shall appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the salaries of the members of the town police department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-25-3.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60.
IN Code § 36-8-9-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-6. Statutes Governing Police Departments

Sec. 6. (a) The operation, management, and control of a police department under this chapter is governed by statutes applicable to the management and control of other municipal police departments if those statutes are consistent with this chapter.(b) The members of the police department may exercise all powers granted to members of police departments by other statutes. The members of the police department are entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges granted by statute to members of police departments.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-25-4.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60.
IN Code § 36-8-9-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-7. Probationary Appointments

Sec. 7. (a) The board may provide that all appointments to the police department are probationary for a period not to exceed one (1) year.(b) If the board finds, upon the recommendation of the chief of the department during the probationary period, that the conduct or capacity of a member is not satisfactory, the board shall notify the member in writing that the member is being suspended or that the member will not receive a permanent appointment.(c) If a member is notified that the member will not receive a permanent appointment, the member's employment immediately ceases. Otherwise, at the expiration of the probationary period, the member is considered regularly employed.As added by P.L.98-2000, SEC.28.
IN Code § 36-8-9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-8. Payment of Line of Duty Health Care Expenses for Police

Sec. 8. (a) A town shall pay for the care of a full-time, paid police officer who:(1) suffers an injury; or(2) contracts an illness;during the performance of the officer's duty.(b) The town shall pay for the following expenses incurred by a police officer described in subsection (a):(1) Medical and surgical care.(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means.(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including during the recovery period.(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.(c) Expenditures required by subsection (a) shall be paid from the general fund of the town.(d) A town that has paid for the care of a police officer under subsection (a) has a cause of action for reimbursement of the amount paid under subsection (a) against any third party against whom the police officer has a cause of action for an injury sustained because of, or an illness caused by, the third party. The town's cause of action under this subsection is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the cause of action of the police officer against the third party.As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-8-9-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 9. Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners|36-8-9-9. Body Armor

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "body armor" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-5-13(a).(b) After December 31, 2010, a town shall provide an active member of the police department of the town with body armor for the torso. The town shall replace the body armor for the torso according to the replacement period recommended by the manufacturer of the body armor for the torso.(c) An active member of the police department of a town shall not be required to pay for maintenance of the body armor for the torso furnished under this section.(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a town under this section remains the property of the town. The town may sell the property when it becomes unfit for use, and all money received shall be paid into the general fund of the town.As added by P.L.34-2010, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-8-10-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The following amendments to this chapter apply as follows:(1) The addition of section 11.5 of this chapter by P.L.228-1991 applies only to county police officers and jail employees who suffer an injury or contract an illness after June 30, 1991.(2) The amendments made to section 12 of this chapter by P.L.40-1997 apply only to monthly benefits paid after June 30, 1997, unless the fiscal body determines that section 12 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.40-1997, applies to earlier monthly benefits as determined by the fiscal body.(3) The amendments made to section 12.2 of this chapter by P.L.51-2006 apply to an employee beneficiary of a county retirement plan established under section 12 of this chapter who dies in the line of duty after December 31, 2005.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.672.
IN Code § 36-8-10-0.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-0.3. Legalization of Certain County Fiscal Body Actions Taken Before July 1, 1994

Sec. 0.3. A county fiscal body action taken before July 1, 1994, to directly appropriate money from the appropriate source to a sheriff's pension trust plan is legalized and validated to the same extent as if P.L.152-1994 had been enacted.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.673.
IN Code § 36-8-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties.[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61.
IN Code § 36-8-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions|36-8-10-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:"Board" refers to the sheriff's merit board established under this chapter."Department" refers to the sheriff's department of a county."Eligible employee" means the sheriff of a county or a county police officer."Employee beneficiary" means an eligible employee who has completed an application to become an employee beneficiary and who has had the proper deductions made from the eligible employee's wages as required in the pension trust agreement."Net amount paid into the trust fund from wages of an employee beneficiary" means the amount of money actually paid in from the wages of the employee beneficiary, plus interest at the rate of three percent (3%) compounded annually and less a sum including interest at the same rate, paid from the trust fund to the employee beneficiary or to a governmental fund for the credit or benefit of the employee beneficiary."Pension engineers" means technical consultants qualified to supervise and assist in the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a pension trust on an actuarially sound basis."Trust fund" means the assets of the pension trust and consists of voluntary contributions from the department, money paid from the wages of employee beneficiaries, and other payments or contributions made to the pension trust, including the income and proceeds derived from the investment of them."Trustee" refers to the trustee of the pension trust, who may be one (1) or more corporate trustees or the treasurer of the county serving under bond.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-14-10 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.262.