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2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-6. Dependent's Pension Reserve Account

Sec. 6. (a) The department may establish, operate, and make necessary contributions to a dependent's pension reserve account for the payment of pensions to dependent parents, surviving spouses, and dependent unmarried children of employee beneficiaries who are killed in the line of duty.
(b) The maximum monthly pension amount payable to dependent mothers, dependent fathers, and surviving spouses:
(1) may not exceed the then current basic monthly pension amount paid to retirees; and
(2) shall cease with the last payment before the dependent parent's or surviving spouse's death.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) through (f), the maximum monthly pension amount payable to each dependent unmarried child may not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the current basic monthly pension amount paid to retirees. The payment shall cease with the last payment before the child's marriage or nineteenth birthday, whichever occurs first.
(d) The total monthly pension amount paid to all dependent unmarried children of an employee beneficiary may not exceed the current basic monthly amount paid to retirees.
(e) Each unmarried dependent child who is at least nineteen (19) years of age but less than twenty-three (23) years of age is eligible to receive a pension payment while enrolled as a full-time student in a school, college, or university.
(f) A dependent child, married or unmarried, of an employee beneficiary who is killed in the line of duty is eligible for an educational costs exemption as provided under IC 21-14-4.
(g) All dependent mothers, dependent fathers, surviving spouses, and dependent children who received a dependent pension on June 30, 1969, shall receive a pension calculated as provided by this section beginning on July 1, 1969. Any surviving spouse electing to, or who has previously elected to, receive joint survivorship benefits instead of pension payments is eligible to receive the full pension benefit.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.112-2019, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-7. Police Benefit Fund; Duties of Trustee; Appropriations

Sec. 7. (a) The:
(1) mortality reserve account referred to in section 4 of this chapter;
(2) disability reserve account referred to in section 5 of this chapter; and
(3) dependent pension reserve account referred to in section 6 of this chapter;
may be commingled and operated as one (1) fund, known as the police benefit fund, under the terms of a supplementary trust agreement between the department and the trustee for the exclusive benefit of employee beneficiaries and their dependents.
(b) The trustee shall receive and hold as trustee for the uses and purposes set out in the supplementary trust agreement all funds paid to it as the trustee by the department or by any other person or persons.
(c) The trustee shall hold, invest, and reinvest the police benefit fund in:
(1) investments that trust funds are permitted to invest in under Indiana law; and
(2) other investments as may be specifically designated in the supplementary trust agreement.
(d) The trustee, with the assistance of the pension engineers, shall, not more than ninety (90) days after the close of the fiscal year, prepare and file with the department and the department of insurance a detailed annual report showing receipts, disbursements, case histories, and recommendations as to the contributions required to keep the program in operation.
(e) Contributions by the department to the police benefit fund shall be provided in the general appropriations to the department.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-8. Actuarial Soundness of Pension Trust; Inspection of Books and Accounts

Sec. 8. (a) The department of insurance shall approve the actuarial soundness of the pension trust and the general method of operation of the police benefit fund before the police benefit fund begins operation.
(b) In addition to the annual report required by subsection (d), the department's books, reports, and accounts shall be open to inspection by the department of insurance at all times.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-9. Transfer of Funds to Police Benefit Fund; Rewards and Fees

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a member of the department may not accept:
(1) a fee for the performance of an act in the line of duty; or
(2) a reward offered for the apprehension or conviction of any person or persons or for the recovery of any property.
(b) Any fee or reward to which a member of the department would be entitled except for the provisions of subsection (a) shall be paid to the police benefit fund.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-8.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-10. Encumbering Shares of Benefits Before Payment; Reimbursement of Employers; Withholding Payments While Charges of Criminal Taking From Employer Pending

Sec. 10. (a) A person entitled to, having an interest in, or sharing a pension or benefit from the trust funds does not, before the actual payment of the pension or benefit, have the right to anticipate, sell, assign, pledge, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the pension or benefit.
(b) A person's interest, share, pension, or benefit, before the actual payment of the interest, share, pension, or benefit, may not be:
(1) used to satisfy the debts or liabilities of the person entitled to the interest, share, pension, or benefit;
(2) subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, or levy or sale on judicial proceedings; or
(3) transferred by any means, voluntarily or involuntarily.
(c) The trustee may pay from the trust fund the amounts that the trustee determines are proper and necessary expenses of the trust fund.
(d) However, the person's contributions or benefits, or both, may be transferred to reimburse the person's employer for loss resulting from the person's criminal taking of the employer's property by the trustee if the trustee receives adequate proof of the loss. The loss resulting from the person's criminal taking of the employer's property must be proven by an order for restitution in favor of the employer issued by the sentencing court following a felony or misdemeanor conviction.
(e) The trustee may withhold payment of the person's contributions and interest if the employer of the person notifies the trustee that felony or misdemeanor charges accusing the person of the criminal taking of the employer's property have been filed.
(f) The trustee may withhold payment of a person's contributions and interest under subsection (e) until the final resolution of the criminal charges.
(g) Subsections (e) and (f) do not apply to the:
(1) monthly benefit of a retired employee beneficiary; or
(2) disability pension of an employee beneficiary with a disability.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.203-2019, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-11. Educational Costs Exemption

Sec. 11. The child or spouse of an employee beneficiary who has a permanent and total disability from a catastrophic personal injury that was sustained in the line of duty and permanently prevents the employee beneficiary from performing any gainful work is eligible for an educational costs exemption as provided under IC 21-14-4.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-11.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.36; P.L.112-2019, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 2. Pension, Death, Disability, Survivor, and Other Benefits › 10-12-2-12. Report on Stress Test or Risk Assessment

Sec. 12. If during a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2018, the trustee or the pension consultants perform a stress test or a risk assessment on the trust fund, including a sensitivity analysis of funding status, the trustee, or another suitable person designated by the trustee, shall before November 1 of the following state fiscal year:
(1) submit a report describing the stress tests and risk assessments performed and the results of those tests and risk assessments to the interim study committee on pension management oversight established by IC 2-5-1.3-4 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6; and
(2) upon request from the chairman of the interim study committee on pension management oversight, present a summary of the information described in subdivision (1) to the interim study committee on pension management oversight.
As added by P.L.20-2019, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-0.2. p.l.146-1987 Intended to Be Codification and Restatement of Law; No Effect on Substantive Operation of Prior Law

Sec. 0.2. (a) The:
(1) addition of IC 10-1-1.9 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-1) and IC 10-1-2.2 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter);
(2) amendments made to IC 10-1-2-2 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-2-2); and
(3) repeal of IC 10-1-2-1;
by P.L.146-1987 are intended to be a codification and restatement of applicable or corresponding provisions of IC 10-1-2-1. If P.L.146-1987 repealed and replaced a law in the same form or in a restated form, the substantive operation and effect of that law continue uninterrupted.
(b) The:
(1) addition of IC 10-1-1.9 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-1) and IC 10-1-2.2 (before its repeal, now codified at in this chapter);
(2) amendments made to IC 10-1-2-2 (before its repeal, now codified at IC 10-12-2-2); and
(3) repeal of IC 10-1-2-1;
by P.L.146-1987, do not affect rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, crimes committed, or proceedings begun before July 1, 1987. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, crimes, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced as if P.L.146-1987 had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.236.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to an employee beneficiary who:
(1) is hired for the first time before July 1, 1987; and
(2) does not choose coverage by IC 10-12-4 under IC 10-12-4-1.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-2. Limitations on Pension Trust

Sec. 2. The pension trust for employee beneficiaries covered by this chapter is subject to the limitations specified in this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-3. Retirement Age

Sec. 3. (a) The normal retirement age for a regular police employee of the department may not be later than seventy (70) years of age.
(b) The department may not enforce a mandatory retirement age against its civilian employees.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-4. Deductions From Wages

Sec. 4. The monthly deductions from the employee beneficiary's wages for the trust fund may not exceed six percent (6%) of the employee beneficiary's average monthly wages (excluding payments for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code).
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-5. Right to Net Amount Paid Into Fund From Wages

Sec. 5. If an employee beneficiary ceases to be an eligible employee for any reason, including death, disability, unemployment, or retirement:
(1) the employee beneficiary;
(2) the employee beneficiary's beneficiary; or
(3) the employee beneficiary's estate;
is entitled to receive at least the net amount paid into the trust fund from the wages of the employee beneficiary, either in a lump sum or in monthly installments not less than the basic pension amount.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-6. Old Age Retirements; Right to Monthly Income; Minimum Service for Full Amount

Sec. 6. If an employee beneficiary is retired for old age, the employee beneficiary is entitled to receive a lifelong monthly income as specified in section 7 of this chapter. However, to be entitled to the full amount of the basic pension amount, an employee beneficiary must have completed at least twenty (20) years of service to the department before retirement. Otherwise, the employee beneficiary is entitled to receive a proportionate pension based on the employee beneficiary's years of service to the department.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 3. The State Police Pre-1987 Benefit System › 10-12-3-7. Basic Pension Amount; Additional Benefits

Sec. 7. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to IC 10-12-2-3.
(b) The basic monthly pension amount may not exceed by more than twenty dollars ($20) one-half (1/2) the amount of the employee beneficiary's average monthly wage (excluding payments for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code) received during the highest paid consecutive twelve (12) months before retirement. Salary that exceeds the monthly wage received by a police employee in the grade of trooper at the beginning of the trooper's fourth year of service may not be considered when the basic pension amount is computed.
(c) An employee beneficiary in the active service of the department who has completed twenty (20) years of service after July 1, 1937, and who continues after July 1, 1937, in the service of the department is entitled to add to the basic monthly pension amount, at retirement, the following:
(1) Two percent (2%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years of service over twenty (20) years.
(2) Three percent (3%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over twenty-two (22) years.
(3) Four percent (4%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over twenty-four (24) years.
(4) Five percent (5%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over twenty-six (26) years.
(5) Six percent (6%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over twenty-eight (28) years.
(6) Seven percent (7%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over thirty (30) years.
(7) Eight percent (8%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over thirty-two (32) years.
However, the total of the additional amount may not exceed seventy percent (70%) of the basic pension amount. These additional benefits are subject to the compulsory retirement age provided by the pension trust.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.2-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.189-2007, SEC.1; P.L.201-2023, SEC.123.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-1. Application of Chapter; Election of Coverage

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to an employee beneficiary who:
(1) is hired for the first time after June 30, 1987; or
(2) chooses coverage by this chapter under subsection (b).
(b) Subject to subsection (c), an employee beneficiary who is hired for the first time before July 1, 1987, may choose to be covered by this chapter instead of IC 10-12-3 if the employee files an election with the trustee before July 1, 1988. An election filed under this subsection is irrevocable and, except as provided in subsection (d), takes effect after twelve (12) months of service as an eligible employee following the filing of the election.
(c) This chapter is applicable only if the general assembly provides sufficient funding for the increased cost of the benefits provided by this chapter. If this chapter is not applicable, then IC 10-12-3 applies to all employee beneficiaries regardless of when hired for the first time.
(d) If an employee beneficiary's mandatory retirement date occurs during the twelve (12) months following the filing of an election under subsection (b), the election takes effect only if:
(1) the employee beneficiary serves as an eligible employee until the mandatory retirement date; and
(2) the employee beneficiary pays to the trust fund a lump sum equal to the remaining deductions that would have been made from the employee beneficiary's wages under this chapter during the twelve (12) months following the election if the employee beneficiary had not retired.
The election takes effect on the mandatory retirement date or the date when the lump sum payment is made, whichever is later.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-2. Limitations on Trust

Sec. 2. The pension trust for employee beneficiaries covered by this chapter is subject to limitations specified in this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-3. Retirement Age

Sec. 3. The normal retirement age for an employee beneficiary must be established by the pension trust.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-4. Deductions From Wages

Sec. 4. An employee beneficiary shall contribute to the trust fund, by monthly deduction, six percent (6%) of the employee beneficiary's wages (excluding payments for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code).
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-5. Years of Service for Full Pension Amount; Proportionate Amount; Beginning of Payments

Sec. 5. (a) An employee beneficiary who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service with the department is entitled to the full amount of the basic pension amount specified in section 7 of this chapter.
(b) An employee beneficiary who has completed less than twenty-five (25) years of service is entitled to a proportionate amount of the basic pension amount specified in section 7 of this chapter, based upon the employee beneficiary's years of service to the department. However, benefit payments to an employee beneficiary with less than twenty-five (25) years of service may not begin until the first day of the month on or after the date on which:
(1) the employee beneficiary becomes fifty (50) years of age; or
(2) the employee beneficiary retires;
whichever is later.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-6. Right to Net Amount Paid Into Fund From Wages

Sec. 6. If an employee beneficiary ends employment for any reason before qualifying for a benefit under this chapter, the trustee shall pay to:
(1) the employee beneficiary;
(2) the employee beneficiary's beneficiary; or
(3) the employee beneficiary's estate;
the net amount paid into the trust fund from the employee beneficiary's wages. This amount may be paid in a lump sum or in monthly installments not less than the basic pension amount.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-7. Basic Monthly Pension Amount; Additional Benefits

Sec. 7. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to IC 10-12-2-3.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the basic monthly pension amount of an employee beneficiary may not exceed one-half (1/2) of the employee beneficiary's average monthly wage (excluding payments for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code) received during the highest paid consecutive thirty-six (36) months before retirement.
(c) For an employee beneficiary who retires after June 30, 1987, and before July 1, 1988, the basic monthly pension may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) the pension under subsection (b); or
(2) one-half (1/2) the maximum salary of a first sergeant.
(d) For an employee beneficiary who retires after June 30, 1988, and before July 1, 1989, the basic monthly pension may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) the pension under subsection (b); or
(2) one-half (1/2) the maximum salary of a captain.
(e) An employee beneficiary in the active service of the department who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service after July 1, 1937, and who continues after July 1, 1937, in the service of the department is entitled to add to the basic monthly pension amount, at retirement, the following:
(1) Five percent (5%) of the basic amount for each of the next three (3) full years over twenty-five (25) years.
(2) Six percent (6%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over twenty-eight (28) years.
(3) Seven percent (7%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over thirty (30) years.
(4) Eight percent (8%) of the basic amount for each of the next two (2) full years over thirty-two (32) years.
However, the total of these additional amounts may not exceed seventy percent (70%) of the basic pension amount. These additional benefits are subject to any compulsory retirement age provided by the pension trust.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-8. Increase in Pension to Certain Individuals

Sec. 8. (a) The basic monthly pension payable under section 7 of this chapter after June 30, 1995, to a member of the pension trust who retired after June 30, 1987, and before July 1, 1990, shall be increased by thirty-nine dollars ($39).
(b) The department shall pay into the trust fund an amount sufficient to pay the increased benefits granted under this section. The trustee shall pay the increase in the monthly benefit required by this section from money in the trust fund.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-8.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-9. Benefit Increase Payable After June 30, 2007

Sec. 9. (a) The basic monthly pension amount (plus postretirement increases) payable after June 30, 2007, to an employee beneficiary of the state police 1987 benefit system who retired or was disabled after June 30, 1987, and before July 2, 2005, shall be increased by one percent (1%) of the maximum basic monthly pension amount payable to a retired state police employee in the grade of a trooper who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service as of July 1, 2007, as calculated under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) The increases specified in this section:
(1) shall be based on the date of the employee beneficiary's latest retirement or disability;
(2) do not apply to the benefits payable in a lump sum; and
(3) are in addition to any other increase provided by law.
As added by P.L.189-2007, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System › 10-12-4-10. Benefit Increase Payable After June 30, 2008

Sec. 10. (a) The basic monthly pension amount (plus postretirement increases) payable after June 30, 2008, to an employee beneficiary of the state police 1987 benefit system who retired or was disabled after June 30, 1987, and before July 2, 2006, shall be increased by one percent (1%) of the maximum basic monthly pension amount payable to a retired state police employee in the grade of trooper who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service as of July 1, 2007, as calculated under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) The increases specified in this section:
(1) shall be based on the date of the employee beneficiary's latest retirement or disability;
(2) do not apply to the benefits payable in a lump sum; and
(3) are in addition to any other increase provided by law.
As added by P.L.189-2007, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-0.3. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter; Reduction of Recomputed Supplemental Benefit

Sec. 0.3. (a) The amendments made to sections 3 and 4 of this chapter by P.L.5-2008 apply to supplemental benefits payable after June 30, 2007, to retired employee beneficiaries of the state police pre-1987 retirement system established under IC 10-12-3.
(b) The payment of a supplemental benefit recomputed under sections 3 and 4 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.5-2008, for the period after June 30, 2007, and before the date on which the recomputed supplemental benefit is first paid, must be reduced by the amount of any supplemental benefit computed and paid after June 30, 2007, under sections 3 and 4 of this chapter before those sections were amended by P.L.5-2008.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.237.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-1. Intent of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter is intended to be a supplement to IC 10-12-3 and does not repeal, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the pension fund or pension benefits provided for in IC 10-12-3 for eligible employees of the department.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-2. Eligibility

Sec. 2. To become eligible for any supplemental benefits provided in this chapter, an employee of the department must:
(1) be at least fifty-five (55) years of age;
(2) have completed at least twenty (20) years of service with the department or be retired by virtue of becoming fifty-five (55) years of age; and
(3) be eligible to receive retirement benefits under IC 10-12-3.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-3. Administration; Schedule of Benefits; Benefit Calculation

Sec. 3. (a) The pension advisory board that administers the pension under IC 10-12-3 shall direct and supervise the supplemental benefits provided in this chapter.
(b) The pension advisory board shall:
(1) annually provide a schedule showing the number of retirees receiving pension benefits under IC 10-12-3; and
(2) meet at least one (1) time each year to add to the regular pension benefit or annuity and any previously granted supplemental benefit the amount described in subsection (c) or (d).
(c) This subsection applies only to a retiree who is eligible for the first time under section 2 of this chapter to receive a supplemental benefit. The supplemental benefit referred to in subsection (b)(2) for a retiree in the first year the retiree is eligible for a supplemental benefit is the sum of:
(1) the difference between:
(A) the retiree's pension benefit; and
(B) the pension benefit:
(i) received by an employee retiring in that year from the department with twenty (20) years of active service; and
(ii) computed on the day the pension advisory board meets as required under subsection (b)(2); plus
(2) any amount computed under subsection (d) after the date the retiree reaches fifty-five (55) years of age.
(d) This subsection applies to a retiree who is eligible under section 2 of this chapter to receive a supplemental benefit, but whose supplemental benefit is not computed under subsection (c). The supplemental benefit referred to in subsection (b)(2) is equal to fifty percent (50%) of the difference between:
(1) the pension benefits to be received by an employee retiring from the department with twenty (20) years of active service the day after a change in the monthly wage received by a police employee in the grade of trooper at the beginning of the trooper's fourth year of service; and
(2) the pension benefit received by an employee retiring from the department with twenty (20) years of active service the day before a change in the monthly wage received by a police employee in the grade of trooper at the beginning of the trooper's fourth year of service.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.189-2007, SEC.4; P.L.5-2008, SEC.1; P.L.201-2023, SEC.124.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-4. Incentive Increases

Sec. 4. As an incentive to all employees of the department, the supplemental pension benefits of this chapter shall be increased by more than the increase provided in section 3(c) or 3(d) of this chapter, at the rate of a five percent (5%) per year increase for each year of active service over twenty (20) years up to thirty (30) years of service, as calculated in section 3(c) or 3(d) of this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.189-2007, SEC.5; P.L.3-2008, SEC.84; P.L.5-2008, SEC.2; P.L.1-2009, SEC.89.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-5. Pension Advisory Board Meetings; Benefit Funding

Sec. 5. (a) The pension advisory board may meet at any time to make the necessary computations required by this chapter.
(b) The general assembly shall appropriate and the budget agency shall make available an amount sufficient to provide the funds necessary for supplemental pension benefits for eligible retirees under this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.189-2007, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-6. Treasurer of State; Trustee of Account

Sec. 6. The treasurer of state:
(1) is the trustee for the funds allocated to the supplemental pension benefits; and
(2) shall keep the supplemental pension benefit funds in a separate account that the treasurer of state may designate as the state police department supplemental pension benefit fund.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 5. Supplemental Pension Benefits › 10-12-5-7. Time of Payment

Sec. 7. The supplemental pension benefits provided for in this chapter shall be paid at the same time and along with the regular pension benefits.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.6-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 6. Special Death Benefit for Motor Carrier Inspectors and Special Police Employees › 10-12-6-1. "Dies in the Line of Duty"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from any action that:
(1) a motor carrier inspector; or
(2) a special police employee of the department who is not a regular police employee of the department;
is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform in the course of the inspector's or special police employee's regular duties.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1-28(a).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 12. State Police Pensions and Benefits › Chapter 6. Special Death Benefit for Motor Carrier Inspectors and Special Police Employees › 10-12-6-2. Special Death Benefit; Motor Carrier Inspector; Special Police Employee

Sec. 2. A special death benefit of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2020, and two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2020, shall be paid in a lump sum from the special death benefit fund established under IC 5-10-9.8 to the following relative of a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty:
(1) The surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, the surviving children (to be shared equally).
(3) If there is no surviving spouse and there are no surviving children, the parent or parents in equal shares.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1-28(b).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.40-2017, SEC.18; P.L.99-2020, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 1. Definitions › 10-13-1-2. "Department"

Sec. 2. "Department" refers to the state police department established by IC 10-11-2-4.
[2003 Recodification Citation: New; Pre-2003 Recodification Citations: 5-2-5-1(8); 5-2-5.1-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 1. Definitions › 10-13-1-3. "Superintendent"

Sec. 3. "Superintendent" refers to the superintendent of the department appointed under IC 10-11-2-6.
[2003 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-1. "Division"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "division" refers to the criminal justice data division established by section 2 of this chapter.
[2003 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-2. Establishment

Sec. 2. (a) The criminal justice data division is established within the department.
(b) The division is under the administrative control and jurisdiction of the superintendent.
(c) The superintendent may:
(1) staff the division with personnel necessary for its efficient operation; and
(2) adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-3. Storage and Retrieval of Criminal Justice Data; Consultants

Sec. 3. (a) The division shall use the most current equipment, methods, and systems for the rapid storage and retrieval of criminal justice data necessary for an effective criminal justice system within Indiana.
(b) The superintendent may hire consultants to advise the superintendent in the most efficient means of establishing, funding, and maintaining the criminal justice data system with the ultimate purpose of extending the services and benefits of the system to all governmental agencies of the state and its political subdivisions having a need for the data.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-2 part.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-4. Purpose

Sec. 4. The division shall be organized and administered to fulfill the following purposes:
(1) To inform the public and responsible governmental officials as to the nature of the crime problem, its magnitude, and its trend over time.
(2) To measure the effects of prevention and deterrence programs, ranging from community action to police patrol.
(3) To find out who commits crimes by age, sex, family status, income, ethnic and residential background, and other social attributes, to find the proper focus of crime prevention programs.
(4) To measure the workload and effectiveness of all agencies of the criminal justice system, both individually and as an integrated system.
(5) To analyze the factors contributing to success and failure of probation, parole, and other correctional alternatives for various kinds of offenders.
(6) To provide criminal justice agencies with comparative norms of performance.
(7) To furnish baseline data for research.
(8) To compute the costs of crime in terms of economic injury inflicted upon communities and individuals, as well as to assess the direct public expenditures by criminal justice agencies.
(9) To project expected crime rates and their consequences into the future for more enlightened government planning.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-2 part.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-5. Duties

Sec. 5. (a) The division, under the supervision and direction of the superintendent and in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter, shall do the following:
(1) Collect data necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter from all persons and agencies mentioned in section 6 of this chapter.
(2) Prepare and distribute to all the persons and agencies the forms to be used in reporting data to the division. The forms also must provide for items of information needed by federal bureaus, agencies, or departments engaged in the development of national criminal statistics.
(3) Prescribe the form and content of records to be kept by the persons and agencies to ensure the correct reporting of data to the division.
(4) Instruct the persons and agencies in the installation, maintenance, and use of records and equipment and in the manner of reporting to the division.
(5) Tabulate, analyze, and interpret the data collected.
(6) Supply data, upon request, to federal bureaus, agencies, or departments engaged in collecting and analyzing national criminal statistics.
(7) Present the following to the governor:
(A) Not later than June 1 and December 1 of each year, a report containing the criminal statistics of the preceding six (6) months.
(B) At other times the superintendent considers necessary or the governor requests, reports on public aspects of criminal statistics in a sufficiently general distribution for public enlightenment.
(8) Upon request of the Indiana criminal justice institute, transmit not later than June 1 and December 1 of each year, a report containing the criminal statistics of Marion County for the preceding six (6) months, to assist the Indiana criminal justice institute in implementing the Marion County violent crime reduction pilot project under IC 5-2-6-26. This subdivision expires December 31, 2027.
(b) All laws regulating privacy or restricting use of the data apply to any data collected.
(c) The division may accept data and reports from agencies other than those required to report under this chapter if the data and reports are consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.97-2004, SEC.41; P.L.15-2017, SEC.1; P.L.103-2022, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-6. Public Officials; Reporting Requirements; Cooperation With Division; Reporting Noncompliance

Sec. 6. (a) If requested by the division, a public official or public agency dealing with crime or criminals or with delinquency or delinquents shall do the following:
(1) Install and maintain records needed for reporting data required by the division.
(2) Report to the division, as and when prescribed, all data requested.
(3) Report to the division all uniform crime data from the federal Uniform Crime Reporting Program using the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format as required by the division.
(4) Give the accredited agents of the division access to the records for the purpose of inspection.
(5) Cooperate with the division to the end that its duties may be properly performed.
(b) An official required under this chapter to furnish reports, information, or statistics to the criminal justice data division or a person employed by the official is not liable in any action arising out of having furnished the information in a manner as may be required by this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter.
(c) If a public official or public agency fails to comply with its duties under subsection (a), the division shall notify the Indiana criminal justice institute of the noncompliance in any manner approved by the Indiana criminal justice institute.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.35-2013, SEC.2; P.L.15-2017, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-7. Equipment Methods and Systems; Compatibility

Sec. 7. As far as is practicable, the equipment methods and systems used by the criminal justice data division must be compatible with those used by similar agencies in other states and the federal government so that data necessary for interstate, national, and international criminal justice is readily available.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-8. Commission and Advisory Council; Planning Agency

Sec. 8. In the administration of the division, the superintendent shall have the advice and assistance of the criminal justice commission and advisory council and the criminal justice planning agency.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-9. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 9. (a) The superintendent shall adopt rules necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(b) In formulating the rules, the superintendent shall have the advice and assistance of the criminal justice advisory committee established by section 10 of this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-7 part.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-10. Criminal Justice Advisory Committee; Composition; Meetings

Sec. 10. (a) The criminal justice advisory committee is established.
(b) The committee consists of the following persons or their designated representatives:
(1) The superintendent, who shall act as chairman.
(2) The attorney general.
(3) The executive director of the criminal justice planning agency.
(4) The commissioner of corrections.
(5) One (1) county sheriff serving in the sheriff's second or subsequent term of office.
(6) One (1) chief of police with at least two (2) years of experience as chief.
(7) One (1) prosecuting attorney in the prosecuting attorney's second or subsequent term of office.
(8) One (1) judge of a court of general criminal jurisdiction.
(9) The executive director of the law enforcement training academy.
(10) A criminologist or forensic scientist.
(c) A member of the committee:
(1) must be appointed by the governor on a nonpartisan basis; and
(2) shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(d) A member of the committee serves without compensation except per diem as provided by law.
(e) The committee shall meet as often as is considered necessary by the superintendent to formulate or revise rules for the statewide operation of the criminal justice data division.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-7 part.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-11. Reports and Analyses

Sec. 11. The division shall, within the limits of time and manpower, comply with all reasonable requests for periodic reports and analysis of data as may be made by any officer or agency required to report data that is necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the officer or agency.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-8.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs › Chapter 2. Criminal Justice Data Division › 10-13-2-12. Intent of Chapter; Violations; Penalties

Sec. 12. (a) It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this chapter to provide information and data with reference to the total criminal justice system that will be equally beneficial to all officers, agencies, and components of the criminal justice system to better perform their respective duties for the overall improvement of criminal justice. Rules adopted under this chapter shall be drafted to express this intent.
(b) If a public official:
(1) is required by the rules to report to the division; and
(2) fails to comply with:
(A) the requests of the superintendent for information or data; or
(B) the rules governing records and systems and equipment and their maintenance;
the director of the criminal justice planning agency may deny the public official the benefits of the system until the public official complies with the rules.
(c) An official who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly makes a false return of information to the division commits a Class A misdemeanor.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.5-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.115-2003, SEC.10.