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IN Code § 5-10-5.5-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments; Payment Options for a Survivor of a Participant Who Dies in the Line of Duty Between January 31, 2018, and April 1, 2020

Sec. 0.1. (a) As used in this section, "plan" refers to the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan established by section 2 of this chapter.(b) The following amendments to this chapter apply as follows:(1) The addition of section 7.5 of this chapter by P.L.180-2007 applies after June 30, 2007, to active participants of the plan.(2) The amendments made to section 8 of this chapter by P.L.180-2007 apply after June 30, 2007, to active participants of the plan.(3) The amendments made to sections 10, 11, and 12 of this chapter by P.L.180-2007 apply to participants of the plan who retire after June 30, 2007.(4) The amendments made to sections 7 and 13.5 of this chapter by P.L.180-2007 apply to participants of the plan who become disabled after June 30, 2007.(5) The addition of section 22 of this chapter by P.L.128-2008 applies only to a participant in the plan who is in active service after June 30, 2008.(6) The amendments made to sections 9 and 10 of this chapter by P.L.128-2008 apply only to a participant in the plan who is in active service after June 30, 2008.(7) The amendments made to section 22 of this chapter during the 2020 regular session of the general assembly apply only to a participant who:(A) enters the DROP, before, on, or after June 30, 2020; and(B) dies after June 30, 2020.(c) Notwithstanding any other law, if a participant dies in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, and before April 1, 2020, and a survivors' benefit is paid under section 17(b) of this chapter to the participant's survivor, either:(1) the survivor may repay the full amount distributed under section 17(b) of this chapter and the board shall provide the full annual survivors' allowance allowed under section 16.6 of this chapter; or(2) the board may adjust the amount of the full annual survivors' allowance allowed under section 16.6 of this chapter to account for any amount distributed under section 17(b) of this chapter.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.6-2020, SEC.1; P.L.133-2020, SEC.12; P.L.145-2020, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly denotes otherwise:(1) "Americans with Disabilities Act" refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and any amendments and regulations related to the Act.(2) "Average annual salary" means the average annual salary of an officer during the five (5) years of highest annual salary in the ten (10) years immediately preceding an officer's retirement date, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code.(3) "Board" refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-3-1.(4) "Commission" means the alcohol and tobacco commission.(5) "Department" means the Indiana department of natural resources.(6) "Dies in the line of duty" means death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness caused by incident, accident, or violence that results from any action that the participant, in the participant's capacity as an officer:(A) is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform; or(B) performs in the course of controlling or reducing crime or enforcing the criminal law.The term includes a death presumed incurred in the line of duty under IC 5-10-13 for an officer who is an Indiana state excise police officer or an Indiana state conservation enforcement officer.(7) "Interest" means the rate of interest specified by rule by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-3-1.(8) "Officer" means any Indiana state excise police officer, any Indiana state conservation enforcement officer, any gaming agent, or any gaming control officer.(9) "Participant" means any officer who has elected to participate in the retirement plan created by this chapter.(10) "Public employees' retirement act" means IC 5-10.3.(11) "Public employees' retirement fund" refers to the public employees' retirement fund created by IC 5-10.3-2.(12) "Salary" means the total compensation, exclusive of expense allowances, paid to any officer by the department or the commission, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code.(13) Other words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings set forth in IC 5-10.3-1.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.27; P.L.5-1992, SEC.3; P.L.4-1992, SEC.5; P.L.204-2001, SEC.10; P.L.170-2005, SEC.11; P.L.227-2007, SEC.51; P.L.16-2011, SEC.1; P.L.23-2011, SEC.3; P.L.6-2012, SEC.25; P.L.35-2012, SEC.23; P.L.6-2020, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-2. Creation; Investment of Plan Assets

Sec. 2. (a) There is hereby created a state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan to establish a means of providing special retirement, disability and survivor benefits to employees of the department, the Indiana gaming commission, and the commission who are engaged exclusively in the performance of law enforcement duties.(b) The assets of the retirement plan created by this section may be commingled for investment purposes with the assets of other funds administered by the board.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.170-2005, SEC.12; P.L.227-2007, SEC.52; P.L.193-2016, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-3. Management; Confidentiality of Retirement Plan Records

Sec. 3. (a) The management administration of the retirement plan created by this chapter is hereby vested in the board.(b) Records of individual participants in the retirement plan created by this chapter and participants' information are confidential, except for the name and years of service of a retirement plan participant.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.94-2004, SEC.3; P.L.23-2011, SEC.4.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-3.5. Administration of Retirement Plan Consistent With Americans With Disabilities Act

Sec. 3.5. The state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan shall be administered in a manner that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to the extent required by the Act.As added by P.L.4-1992, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.170-2005, SEC.14; P.L.227-2007, SEC.54.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-4. Participants' Saving Fund; Creation

Sec. 4. (a) A participants' savings fund is hereby created. This fund shall be maintained by the board as a trust fund, separate and distinct from all other entities for the purpose of securing payment of benefits to participants and their survivors, as provided in this chapter.(b) The participants' savings fund shall consist of the following:(1) each participant's contributions to the fund;(2) all gifts, grants, devises and bequests in money, property, or other form which may be made to the fund;(3) all interest on investments or on deposits of the fund;(4) all contributions or payments to the fund made in any manner provided by the general assembly, including appropriations from the general fund of the state; and(5) any funds transferred to the fund from the public employees' retirement fund under the provisions of section 6 of this chapter.(c) Within the participants' savings fund established by subsection (a), the board shall maintain a supplemental allowance reserve account for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adjustments, including postretirement benefit increases, thirteenth checks, and other benefit changes or adjustments granted by the general assembly after June 30, 2018, to participants of the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan. The account consists of:(1) amounts allotted to the account by the board from amounts transferred to the Indiana public retirement system under IC 4-30-16-3;(2) amounts appropriated or transferred to the account by the general assembly;(3) contributions from employers under IC 5-10.2-12-3; and(4) donations, gifts, bequests, and devises made to the account.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.127-2018, SEC.4; P.L.136-2018, SEC.33.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-5. Participants; Eligibility

Sec. 5. (a) Every person who is an officer on September 2, 1971, shall become a participant, unless the officer files a written notice of his election not to participate with the board within twenty (20) days prior to September 2, 1971.(b) Every person who becomes an officer after September 2, 1971 shall become a participant as a condition of his employment.(c) Any officer who elects not to become a participant shall thereafter be forever ineligible to become a participant.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-6. Transfer of Funds to Savings Fund

Sec. 6. (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 funds standing to the credit of the electing officer in the public employees' retirement fund to the participants' savings fund created by this chapter.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a transfer of funds under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section constitutes a full and complete discharge of all of the rights of the electing officer under the public employees' retirement fund.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-7. Transfer of Creditable Service; Credit During Disability

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.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-8. Contributions; Rate; Payroll Deductions; Employer Pick-Up of Contributions

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), every participant shall contribute four percent (4%) of the participant's annual salary to the participants' savings fund.(b) Contributions shall be made in the form of payroll deductions from each and every payment of salary received by the participant. Every participant shall, as a condition precedent to becoming a participant, consent to the payroll deductions.(c) An employer may pay all or a part of the contributions for the participant. All contributions made by an employer under this subsection shall be treated as pick-up contributions under Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.(d) After December 31, 2011, an employer shall submit the contributions paid by or on behalf of a participant under this section by electronic funds transfer in accordance with section 8.5 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.3; P.L.13-2011, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-8.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-8.5. Submission of Contributions, Reports, and Records Electronically

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies to reports, records, and contributions submitted after December 31, 2011.(b) As used in this section, "electronic funds transfer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-8.1-2-7(f).(c) An employer shall submit through the use of electronic funds transfer:(1) employer contributions, determined by the board, to fund the retirement, disability, and survivor benefits described in this chapter; and(2) contributions paid by or on behalf of a participant under section 8 of this chapter.(d) An employer shall submit in a uniform format through a secure connection over the Internet or through other electronic means specified by the board the reports and records required by the board under this chapter.(e) The board shall establish by rule the due dates for all reports, records, and contributions required under this chapter.As added by P.L.13-2011, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-9. Retirement Provisions

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every participant is required to retire on the first day of the month following the participant's sixty-fifth birthday.(b) An officer who becomes a participant after becoming fifty (50) years of age is required to retire on the earlier of:(1) the first day of the month following the participant's sixty-fifth birthday; or(2) the first day of the month following the completion of fifteen (15) years of service.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.38-1986, SEC.1; P.L.55-1987, SEC.1; P.L.55-1989, SEC.2; P.L.128-2008, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-10. Retirement Allowance

Sec. 10. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of this chapter.(b) The annual retirement allowance of a participant, payable in equal monthly installments beginning on the participant's normal retirement date, shall be a percentage of the participant's average annual salary, such percentage to be twenty-five percent (25%) increased by one and two-thirds percent (1 2/3%) of the participant's average annual salary for each completed year of creditable service more than ten (10) years. However, the annual retirement allowance computed under this subsection may not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the participant's average annual salary.(c) The annual retirement allowance shall cease with the last monthly payment prior to the death of the participant.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.55-1989, SEC.3; P.L.180-2007, SEC.4; P.L.128-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-11. Early Retirement

Sec. 11. (a) Any participant who has attained the age of forty-five (45) years and has accrued at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service may retire and become eligible for benefits as provided in section 12(a) of this chapter.(b) If:(1) a participant is at least fifty-five (55) years of age; and(2) the sum of the participant's years of creditable service and age in years equals at least eighty-five (85);the participant may retire and become eligible for benefits as provided in section 12(b) of this chapter.(c) A participant who:(1) is at least fifty (50) years of age; and(2) has accrued at least twenty-five (25) years of creditable service;may retire and become eligible for benefits under section 12(b) of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.10-1995, SEC.2; P.L.180-2007, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-12. Early Retirement Allowance; Monthly Installments

Sec. 12. (a) The amount of annual retirement allowance payable in equal monthly installments to a participant who retires under section 11(a) of this chapter (relating to early retirement) shall be determined in accordance with section 10 of this chapter (relating to normal retirement). However, the amount of annual retirement allowance otherwise payable upon early retirement shall be reduced by one-quarter percent (1/4%) for each full month that the date of early retirement precedes the attainment of the participant's sixtieth birthday.(b) The amount of annual retirement allowance payable in equal monthly installments to a participant who retires under section 11(b) or 11(c) of this chapter (relating to early retirement) shall be determined in accordance with section 10 of this chapter (relating to normal retirement).Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.10-1995, SEC.3; P.L.180-2007, SEC.6; P.L.3-2008, SEC.23.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-12.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-12.7. Determinations by Board of Trustees; Impairment Standards; Transcripts, Reports, Records, and Other Materials

Sec. 12.7. (a) Upon a petition from a participant, the department, or the commission, the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system, or its designee, shall make the determinations required by section 13 of this chapter and shall also determine:(1) the degree of impairment of any officer determined to have a disability; and(2) whether the disability arose in the line of duty (as defined in section 13.5 of this chapter).(b) The impairment standards contained in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities in effect at the time the application for disability benefits is filed with the board of trustees shall be used to determine the degree of impairment.(c) To the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the transcripts, reports, records, and other material generated as a result of a hearing, a review, or an appeal conducted under this chapter to determine the existence of a disability, the cause of a disability, or the degree of impairment shall be:(1) kept in separate medical files for each member; and(2) treated as confidential medical records.As added by P.L.56-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.57; P.L.4-1992, SEC.7; P.L.25-1994, SEC.1; P.L.99-2007, SEC.12; P.L.35-2012, SEC.24.
IN Code § 5-10-5.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 10. Public Employee Benefits|Chapter 5.5. State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control Officer, and Conservation Enforcement Officers' Retirement Plan|5-10-5.5-13. Permanent or Temporary Disability

Sec. 13. Any participant who becomes permanently or temporarily disabled from performing all suitable and available work on the force for which he is or may be capable of becoming qualified, considering reasonable accommodation to the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, shall be entitled to disability benefits in the amount provided by this chapter. Benefits may not be provided under this section for any disability:(1) resulting from an intentionally self-inflicted injury or attempted suicide while sane or insane;(2) resulting from the member's commission or attempted commission of a felony; or(3) which begins within two (2) years after a member's entry or reentry into active service on the force and which was caused or contributed to by a mental or physical condition which manifested itself before the member entered or reentered active service.Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.48, SEC.1; P.L.56-1987, SEC.3; P.L.4-1992, SEC.8.