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     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

SOURCE: IC 5-10-5.5-1; (11)SE0076.1.1. -->

    SECTION 1. IC 5-10-5.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.227-2007, SECTION 51, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. As used in this chapter and unless the context clearly denotes otherwise:
    (a) "Department" means the Indiana department of natural resources.
    (b) "Commission" means the alcohol and tobacco commission.
    (c) "Officer" means any Indiana state excise police officer, any Indiana state conservation enforcement officer, any gaming agent, or any gaming control officer.
    (d) "Participant" means any officer who has elected to participate in the retirement plan created by this chapter.
    (e) "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.
    (f) "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.
    (g) "Public employees' retirement act" means IC 5-10.3.

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    (h) "Public employees' retirement fund" means the public employees' retirement fund created by IC 5-10.3-2.
    (i) "Interest" means the same rate of interest as is specified under by rule by the board of trustees of the public employees' retirement law. fund.
    (j) "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.
    (k) Other words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as set forth in IC 5-10.3-1.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-7-13; (11)SE0076.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 33-38-7-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a participant:
        (1) whose employment as a judge is terminated regardless of cause; and
        (2) who has less than twelve (12) years service;
is entitled to withdraw from the fund, beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written application. However, the date on which the withdrawal begins may not be before the date of final termination of employment of the participant, or the date thirty (30) days before the receipt of the application by the board.
    (b) Upon the withdrawal, a participant is entitled to receive out of the fund an amount equal to the total sum contributed to the fund on behalf of the participant plus interest at a rate specified by rule by the board, payable within sixty (60) days after date of the withdrawal application or in monthly installments as the participant may elect.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-7-14; (11)SE0076.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 33-38-7-14 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 14. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to IC 33-38-6-13 and section 16 of this chapter.
    (b) If annuities are not payable to the survivors of a participant who dies after July 1, 1983, the surviving spouse or child or children of the participant, if any, as determined by the participant, and if none survive, then any dependent or dependents surviving shall draw from the fund the amount that the participant paid into the fund plus interest as determined at a rate specified by rule by the board. If no spouse, child or children, or other dependents survive, then the amount, plus interest at a rate specified by rule by the board and minus any payments made to the participant, shall be paid to the executor or administrator of the participant's estate.
    (c) The amount owed a spouse, child or children, or other

dependent, or estate under this section is payable within sixty (60) days after date of the withdrawal application or in the monthly installments as the recipient may elect.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-7-19; (11)SE0076.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 33-38-7-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2008, SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 19. (a) This section applies only to a person who:
        (1) is a judge participating under this chapter;
        (2) before becoming a judge was a member of an Indiana public employees' retirement fund;
        (3) received credited service under an Indiana public employees' retirement fund for the employment described in subdivision (2), and the credited service is not eligible for service credit under section 18 of this chapter;
        (4) has not attained vested status under a public employees' retirement fund for the employment described in subdivision (2); and
        (5) has at least eight (8) years of service credit in the judges' retirement system.
    (b) If a person becomes a participant in the judges' 1977 benefit system under this chapter, credit for service described in subsection (a) shall be granted under this chapter by the board if:
        (1) the prior service was credited under an Indiana public employees' retirement fund; and
        (2) the judge pays in a lump sum or in a series of payments determined by the board, not exceeding five (5) annual payments, the amount determined by the actuary for the 1977 benefit system as the total actual cost of the service.
    (c) If the requirements of subsection (b) are not satisfied, a participant is entitled to credit only for years of service after the date of participation in the 1977 benefit system.
    (d) An amortization schedule for contributions paid under this section must include interest at a rate determined by the board.
    (e) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, the appropriate board shall transfer from the retirement fund described in subsection (a)(2) to the judges' 1977 benefit system the amount credited to the judge's annuity savings account and the present value of the retirement benefit payable at sixty-five (65) years of age that is attributable to the transferring participant.
    (f) The amount a participant must contribute to the judges' 1977 benefit system under subsection (b) shall be reduced by the amount transferred to the judges' 1977 benefit system by the appropriate board under subsection (e).

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    (g) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, credit for prior service in a public employees' retirement fund that is purchased under this section is waived.
    (h) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1977 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a rollover of a distribution from any of the following:
        (1) A qualified plan described in Section 401(a) or Section 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (3) An eligible plan that is maintained by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (4) An individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or Section 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (i) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1977 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a trustee to trustee transfer from any of the following:
        (1) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An eligible deferred compensation plan under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-8-12; (11)SE0076.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 33-38-8-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2008, SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12. (a) A participant who:
        (1) ceases service:
            (A) as a judge; or
            (B) after December 31, 2010, as a judge or full-time magistrate;
        other than by death or disability; and
        (2) is not eligible for a retirement benefit under this chapter;
is entitled to withdraw from the fund, beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written application. The date on which the withdrawal begins may not be before the date of final termination of employment or the date thirty (30) days before the receipt of the application by the board.
    (b) Upon the withdrawal, the participant is entitled to receive the

total sum contributed plus interest at a rate specified by rule by the board, payable within sixty (60) days from the date of the withdrawal application or in monthly installments as the participant may elect.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-8-19; (11)SE0076.1.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 33-38-8-19 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 19. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to IC 33-38-6-13.
    (b) If benefits are not payable to the survivors of a participant who dies, and if a withdrawal application is filed with the board, the total of the participant's contributions, plus interest as determined at a rate specified by rule by the board and minus any payments made to the participant, shall be paid to:
        (1) the surviving spouse of the participant or a child or children of the participant, as designated by the participant;
        (2) any other dependent or dependents of the participant, if a spouse or designated child or children does or do not survive; or
        (3) the participant's estate, if a spouse, designated child or children, or other dependent does or do not survive.
    (c) The amount owed a spouse, designated child or children, or other dependent or dependents, or estate under subsection (b) is payable within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of the withdrawal application or in the monthly installments as the recipient elects.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-8-22.5; (11)SE0076.1.7. -->     SECTION 7. IC 33-38-8-22.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.122-2008, SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 22.5. (a) This section applies after December 31, 2010, only to a person who:
        (1) is a full-time magistrate participating under this chapter;
        (2) was appointed by a court to serve as:
            (A) a full-time referee or full-time commissioner; or
            (B) before January 1, 2011, a full-time magistrate;
        (3) was a member of the public employees' retirement fund during the employment described in subdivision (2); and
        (4) received credited service under the public employees' retirement fund for the employment described in subdivision (2).
    (b) If a person becomes a participant as a full-time magistrate in the judges' 1985 benefit system under section 1 of this chapter, credit for service by the magistrate as a full-time referee, full-time commissioner, or, before January 1, 2011, full-time magistrate shall be granted under this chapter by the board if:
        (1) the service was credited under the public employees' retirement fund; and
        (2) the magistrate pays in a lump sum or in a series of payments

determined by the board, not exceeding five (5) annual payments, the amount determined by the actuary for the judges' 1985 benefit system as the total cost of the service.
    (c) If the requirements of subsection (b) are not satisfied, a participant is entitled to credit only for years of service earned as a participant in the judges' 1985 benefit system.
    (d) An amortization schedule for contributions paid under this section must include interest at a rate determined by the board.
    (e) The following provisions apply to a person described in subsection (a):
        (1) A minimum benefit applies to participants receiving credit in the judges' 1985 benefit system from service covered by the public employees' retirement fund. The minimum benefit is payable at sixty-five (65) years of age or when the participant is at least fifty-five (55) years of age and meets the requirements under section 13(2)(B) of this chapter and equals the actuarial equivalent of the vested retirement benefit that is:
            (A) payable to the member at normal retirement under IC 5-10.2-4-1 as of the day before the transfer; and
            (B) based solely on:
                (i) creditable service;
                (ii) the average of the annual compensation; and
                (iii) the amount credited under IC 5-10.2 and IC 5-10.3 to the annuity savings account of the transferring member as of the day before the transfer.
        (2) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, the board shall transfer from the public employees' retirement fund to the judges' 1985 benefit system the amount credited to the annuity savings account and the present value of the retirement benefit payable at sixty-five (65) years of age or at least fifty-five (55) years of age under section 13(2)(B) of this chapter that is attributable to the transferring participant.
        (3) The amount the participant must contribute to the judges' 1985 benefit system under subsection (b) shall be reduced by the amount transferred to the judges' 1985 benefit system by the board under subdivision (2).
        (4) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, credit for service in the public employees' retirement fund as a full-time referee, full-time commissioner, or before July 1, 2010, full-time magistrate that is purchased under this section is waived. Any credit for the service under the judges' 1985 benefit system may be granted only under subsection (b).

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    (f) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1985 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a rollover of a distribution from any of the following:
        (1) A qualified plan described in Section 401(a) or Section 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (3) An eligible plan that is maintained by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (4) An individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or Section 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (g) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1985 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a trustee to trustee transfer from any of the following:
        (1) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An eligible deferred compensation plan under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

SOURCE: IC 33-38-8-23; (11)SE0076.1.8. -->     SECTION 8. IC 33-38-8-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2008, SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 23. (a) This section applies only to a person who:
        (1) is:
            (A) a judge; or
            (B) after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate;
        participating under this chapter;
        (2) before becoming:
            (A) a judge; or
            (B) after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate;
        was a member of a public employees' retirement fund;
        (3) received credited service under a public employees' retirement fund for the employment described in subdivision (2), and the credited service is not eligible for service credit under section 22 or 22.5 of this chapter;
        (4) has not attained vested status under a public employees' retirement fund for the employment described in subdivision (2); and

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        (5) has at least eight (8) years of service credit in the judges' retirement system.
    (b) If a person becomes a participant in the judges' 1985 benefit system under this chapter, credit for service described in subsection (a) shall be granted under this chapter by the board if:
        (1) the prior service was credited under a public employees' retirement fund; and
        (2) the judge or full-time magistrate pays in a lump sum or in a series of payments determined by the board, not exceeding five (5) annual payments, the amount determined by the actuary for the judges' 1985 benefit system as the total cost of the service.
    (c) If the requirements of subsection (b) are not satisfied, a participant is entitled to credit only for years of service after the date of participation in the judges' 1985 benefit system.
    (d) An amortization schedule for contributions paid under this section must include interest at a rate determined by the board.
    (e) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, the appropriate board shall transfer from the retirement fund described in subsection (a)(2) to the judges' 1985 benefit system the amount credited to the judge's or full-time magistrate's annuity savings account and the present value of the retirement benefit payable at sixty-five (65) years of age that is attributable to the transferring participant.
    (f) The amount a participant must contribute to the judges' 1985 benefit system under subsection (b) shall be reduced by the amount transferred to the judges' 1985 benefit system by the appropriate board under subsection (e).
    (g) If the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, credit for prior service in a public employees' retirement fund that is purchased under this section is waived.
    (h) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1985 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a rollover of a distribution from any of the following:
        (1) A qualified plan described in Section 401(a) or Section 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (3) An eligible plan that is maintained by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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        (4) An individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or Section 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (i) To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations, the judges' 1985 benefit system may accept, on behalf of a participant who is purchasing permissive service credit under subsection (b), a trustee to trustee transfer from any of the following:
        (1) An annuity contract or account described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) An eligible deferred compensation plan under Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

SOURCE: IC 33-39-7-13; (11)SE0076.1.9. -->     SECTION 9. IC 33-39-7-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13. (a) A participant who:
        (1) ceases service in a position described in section 8 of this chapter, other than by death or disability; and
        (2) is not eligible for a retirement benefit under this chapter;
is entitled to withdraw from the fund, beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written application. The date upon which the withdrawal begins may not be before the date of final termination of employment or the date thirty (30) days before the receipt of the application by the board. Upon withdrawal the participant is entitled to receive the total sum contributed plus interest at the a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) compounded annually specified by rule by the board, payable not later than sixty (60) days from the date of the withdrawal application.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 8 of this chapter, a participant who withdraws from the fund under subsection (a) and becomes a participant again at a later date is not entitled to service credit for years of service before the withdrawal.

SOURCE: IC 33-39-7-14; (11)SE0076.1.10. -->     SECTION 10. IC 33-39-7-14 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 14. (a) Interest shall be credited annually on June 30 at the a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) specified by rule by the board on all amounts credited to the member as of June 30 of the preceding year.
    (b) Contributions begin to accumulate interest at the beginning of the fiscal year after the year in which the contributions are due.
    (c) When a member retires or withdraws, a proportional interest credit determined under this chapter shall be paid for the period elapsed since the last date on which interest was credited.

SOURCE: IC 33-39-7-16; (11)SE0076.1.11. -->     SECTION 11. IC 33-39-7-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.33-2006, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE

JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to a participant who meets the requirements for disability benefits under section 17 of this chapter.
    (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the amount of the annual retirement benefit to which a participant who applies for a retirement benefit and who is at least sixty-five (65) years of age is entitled equals the product of:
        (1) the highest annual salary that was paid to the participant before separation from service; multiplied by
        (2) the percentage prescribed in the following table:
    Participant's Years     Percentage
    of Service
    Less than 8     0
    8    24%
    9    27%
    10    30%
    11    33%
    12    50%
    13    51%
    14    52%
    15    53%
    16    54%
    17    55%
    18    56%
    19    57%
    20     58%
    21    59%
    22 or more    60%
    (c) If a participant who applies for a retirement benefit is not at least sixty-five (65) years of age, the participant is entitled to receive a reduced annual retirement benefit that equals the benefit that would be payable if the participant were sixty-five (65) years of age reduced by one-fourth percent (0.25%) for each month that the participant's age at retirement precedes the participant's sixty-fifth birthday.
    (d) Benefits payable to a participant under this section are reduced by the pension, if any, that would be payable to the participant from the public employees' retirement fund if the participant had retired from the public employees' retirement fund on the date of the participant's retirement from the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund. Benefits payable to a participant under this section are not reduced by annuity payments made to the participant from the public employees' retirement fund.

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    (e) If benefits payable from the public employees' retirement fund exceed the benefits payable from the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund, the participant is entitled at retirement to withdraw from the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund the total sum contributed plus interest at the a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) compounded annually. specified by rule by the board.

SOURCE: IC 33-39-7-21; (11)SE0076.1.12. -->     SECTION 12. IC 33-39-7-21 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 21. (a) If benefits are not payable to the survivors of a participant who dies, and if a withdrawal application is filed with the board by the survivors or the participant's estate, the total of the participant's contributions, plus interest at the a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) compounded annually, specified by rule by the board and minus any payments made to the participant, shall be paid to:
        (1) the surviving spouse of the participant;
        (2) any dependent or dependents of the participant, if a spouse does not survive; or
        (3) the participant's estate, if a spouse or dependent does not survive.
    (b) The amount owed a spouse, dependent or dependents, or estate under subsection (a) is payable not later than sixty (60) days after the date of receipt of the withdrawal application.

SOURCE: IC 36-8-8-8; (11)SE0076.1.13. -->     SECTION 13. IC 36-8-8-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.180-2007, SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. (a) Each fund member shall contribute during the period of the fund member's employment or for thirty-two (32) years, whichever is shorter, an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the salary of a first class patrolman or firefighter. However, the employer may pay all or a part of the contribution for the member. The amount of the contribution, other than contributions paid on behalf of a member, shall be deducted each pay period from each fund member's salary by the disbursing officer of the employer. The employer shall send to the PERF board each year on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, for the calendar quarters ending on those dates, a certified list of fund members and a warrant issued by the employer for the total amount deducted for fund members' contributions.
    (b) Except as provided in section 7.2 of this chapter, if a fund member ends the fund member's employment other than by death or disability before the fund member completes twenty (20) years of active service, the PERF board shall return to the fund member in a lump sum the fund member's contributions plus interest as determined at a rate specified by rule by the PERF board. If the fund member

returns to service, the fund member is entitled to credit for the years of service for which the fund member's contributions were refunded if the fund member repays the amount refunded to the fund member in either a lump sum or a series of payments determined by the PERF board.

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