Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1050

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 36-8-8-24.

Synopsis: Return of 1977 fund member contributions. Allows a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund to designate one or more beneficiaries to receive the 1977 fund member's contributions plus interest if the 1977 fund member dies without receiving retirement or disability benefits and without a spouse, child, or parent entitled to receive survivor benefits.

Effective: Upon passage.





Crouch, Goodin




    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1050



    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 36-8-8-24; (10)IN1050.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-8-8-24 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 24. (a) A fund member may designate one (1) or more beneficiaries to receive in a lump sum the fund member's contributions plus interest at a rate determined by the PERF board if the fund member dies:
        (1) without receiving a retirement benefit under sections 10 and 11 of this chapter;
        (2) without receiving a disability benefit under section 13.3 or 13.5 of this chapter;
        (3) without a survivor entitled to receive a benefit under section 13.8, 13.9, or 14.1 of this chapter; and
        (4) without the PERF board returning the fund member's contributions under section 8 of this chapter.
    (b) The fund member who chooses to designate one (1) or more beneficiaries under this section shall file the fund member's designation with the PERF board on a form prescribed by the

PERF board.
    (c) The PERF board shall adopt rules to allow a fund member who designates more than one (1) beneficiary to allocate the contributions and interest paid in percentage increments.

SOURCE: ; (10)IN1050.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.