Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1237

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 5-10.2-2-3.

Synopsis: Pension investment options. Provides that a member of the public employees' retirement fund or the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund may change the allocation among available funds of the amount credited to the member's annuity savings account once each quarter. (Current law provides that the allocation may be changed only one time every 12 months.)

Effective: January 1, 2002.





Thompson




    January 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1237



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 5-10.2-2-3; (01)IN1237.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 5-10.2-2-3 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.195-1999, SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002]: Sec. 3. (a) The annuity savings account consists of:
        (1) the members' contributions; and
        (2) the interest credits on these contributions in the guaranteed fund or the gain or loss in market value on these contributions in the alternative investment program, as specified in section 4 of this chapter.
Each member shall be credited individually with the amount of the member's contributions and interest credits.
    (b) Each board shall maintain the annuity savings account program in effect on December 31, 1995 (referred to in this chapter as the guaranteed program). In addition, the board of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund shall establish and maintain a guaranteed program within the 1996 account. Each board may establish investment guidelines and limits on all types of investments (including, but not

limited to, stocks and bonds) and take other actions necessary to fulfill its duty as a fiduciary of the annuity savings account, subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth in IC 5-10.3-5-3 and IC 21-6.1-3-9.
    (c) Each board shall establish alternative investment programs within the annuity savings account of the public employees' retirement fund, the pre-1996 account, and the 1996 account, based on the following requirements:
        (1) Each board shall maintain at least one (1) alternative investment program that is an indexed stock fund and one (1) alternative investment program that is a bond fund.
        (2) The programs should represent a variety of investment objectives under IC  5-10.3-5-3.
        (3) No program may permit a member to withdraw money from the member's account except as provided in IC 5-10.2-3 and IC 5-10.2-4.
        (4) All administrative costs of each alternative program shall be paid from the earnings on that program.
        (5) A valuation of each member's account must be completed as of the last day of each quarter.
    (d) The board must prepare, at least annually, an analysis of the guaranteed program and each alternative investment program. This analysis must:
        (1) include a description of the procedure for selecting an alternative investment program;
        (2) be understandable by the majority of members; and
        (3) include a description of prior investment performance.
    (e) A member may direct the allocation of the amount credited to the member among the guaranteed fund and any available alternative investment funds, subject to the following conditions:
        (1) A member may make a selection or change an existing selection at any time, but not more than once in a twelve (12) month period. each quarter.
        (2) The board shall implement the member's selection beginning the first day of the next calendar quarter that begins at least thirty (30) days after the selection is received by the board. This date is the effective date of the member's selection.
        (3) A member may select any combination of the guaranteed fund or any available alternative investment funds, in ten percent (10%) increments.
        (4) A member's selection remains in effect until a new selection is made.
        (5) On the effective date of a member's selection, the board shall

reallocate the member's existing balance or balances in accordance with the member's direction, based on:
            (A) for an alternative investment program balance, the market value on the effective date; and
            (B) for any guaranteed program balance, the account balance on the effective date.
        All contributions to the member's account shall be allocated as of the last day of that quarter in accordance with the member's most recent effective direction. The board shall not reallocate the member's account at any other time.
    (f) When a member who participates in an alternative investment program transfers the amount credited to the member from one (1) alternative investment program to another alternative investment program or to the guaranteed program, the amount credited to the member shall be valued at the market value of the member's investment, as of the day before the effective date of the member's selection. When a member who participates in an alternative investment program retires, becomes disabled, dies, or suspends membership and withdraws from the fund, the amount credited to the member shall be the market value of the member's investment as of the last day of the quarter preceding the member's distribution or annuitization at retirement, disability, death, or suspension and withdrawal, plus contributions received after that date.
    (g) When a member who participates in the guaranteed program transfers the amount credited to the member to an alternative investment program, the amount credited to the member in the guaranteed program is computed without regard to market value and is based on the balance of the member's account in the guaranteed program as of the last day of the quarter preceding the effective date of the transfer. When a member who participates in the guaranteed program retires, becomes disabled, dies, or suspends membership and withdraws from the fund, the amount credited to the member shall be computed without regard to market value and is based on the balance of the member's account in the guaranteed program as of the last day of the quarter preceding the member's distribution or annuitization at retirement, disability, death, or suspension and withdrawal, plus any contributions received since that date plus interest since that date.