SB 107-1_ Filed 03/28/2001, 14:42
Adopted 3/29/2001
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COMMITTEE REPORT
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MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Ways and Means , to which was referred Senate Bill 107 ,
has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
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Page 2, line 31, after "member." insert " However, this section does
not prohibit a board from providing fund records to an association
described in
IC 5-10.3-8-10
or
IC 21-6.1-5-17.".
Page 5, between lines 15 and 16, begin a new paragraph and insert:
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"SECTION 6.
IC 5-10.2-4-8
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.195-1999,
SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "exempt amount"
means,
the annual earnings limit under the federal Social Security
system at the member's Social Security normal retirement age for a
member entitled to receive unreduced Social Security benefits, in the
case of a member who has not attained the Social Security normal
retirement age for unreduced benefits, twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000), computed for the calendar year in which a retired
public employees' retirement fund member is reemployed and
computed for the fiscal year in which a retired teachers' retirement fund
member is reemployed.
(b) This subsection does not apply to a member who is employed
by the department of education. If a member who is receiving
retirement benefits and who has not attained the Social Security
normal retirement age for unreduced benefits:
(1) becomes reemployed in a position covered by this article; and
(2) earns in that position more than the exempt amount;
his retirement benefit payments shall stop, and the member shall begin
making contributions as required in
IC 5-10.2-3-2.
However, employer
contributions shall be made throughout the period of reemployment.
The earnings limitation under this subsection does not apply to a
member who has attained the Social Security normal retirement
age for unreduced benefits.
(c) If a member who is receiving retirement benefits is reemployed
in a position covered by this article not more than ninety (90) days after
the member's retirement, the member's retirement benefits shall stop,
the member shall begin making contributions as required by
IC 5-10.2-3-2
, and employer contributions shall be made throughout
the period of reemployment.
(d) If a retired member is reemployed in a position covered by
this article, section 10 of this chapter applies to the member upon
the member's retirement from reemployment.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.2-4-9; (01)AM010709.7. -->
SECTION 7.
IC 5-10.2-4-9
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9. (a) If the member
dies during reemployment, contributions and interest, if any, credited
to him during reemployment shall be paid to his beneficiary.
(b) If any a member dies during reemployment and retirement
benefits from before his reemployment are payable after his death, the
payment of these amounts shall be made without change, and any
additional benefit earned during reemployment shall be paid as
provided in section 10 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.2-4-10; (01)AM010709.8. -->
SECTION 8.
IC 5-10.2-4-10
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 10. (a) Benefits
provided under this section are subject to
IC 5-10.2-2-1.5.
(b) Upon termination of reemployment, except by death, the
retirement benefits from before his the member's reemployment which
are payable after termination shall be paid without change.
(c) If the member is reemployed for fewer than sixty (60) ninety
(90) consecutive school or working days, upon termination of
reemployment, contributions and interest credited to the member
member's annuity savings account shall be paid to the member. upon
the member's application for withdrawal of the contributions and
interest.
(d) If the member is reemployed for sixty (60) ninety (90) or more
consecutive school or working days, upon termination of
reemployment, the member shall receive an additional retirement
benefit.
(e) The additional retirement benefit consists of the sum of a
supplemental pension and a supplemental annuity. However, a member
may choose to receive a lump sum payment of the amount credited to
the member in the annuity savings account during the member's
reemployment. If the member chooses to receive the lump sum
payment, the member is not entitled to a supplemental annuity. If the
member chooses the lump sum payment and is not entitled to a
supplemental annuity, the member is still entitled to receive the
actuarial equivalent of the annuity payments that were not paid during
the reemployment.
(1) The supplemental pension is computed as follows:
STEP ONE: Compute a pension under section 4 of this chapter
using the member's:
(1) years of service during the member's reemployment; and
(2) average compensation and age at termination of
reemployment. during the member's reemployment, if the
member is reemployed for less than five (5) years, or average
of the annual compensation (as defined in section 3 of this
chapter) during the member's reemployment.
STEP TWO: Compute a pension using the member's years of
service, compensation, and age at the date of reemployment.
STEP THREE: Subtract the pension in STEP TWO from the
pension in STEP ONE. The remainder is the supplemental
pension.
(2) If the member is entitled to a supplemental annuity, it consists of
the sum of:
(A) an annuity provided by contributions and interest credited
to the member during reemployment, if any. and
(B) the actuarial equivalent of the annuity payments that were
not paid during the reemployment.
(f) The additional retirement benefits are guaranteed for five (5)
years or until the member's death, whichever is later. The member may
choose instead of the guaranteed payments any of the following
options from under section 7 of this chapter
(1) The joint and survivor benefit with no guarantee.
(2) The cash refund annuity options. for the payment of the
member's additional retirement benefits.
(g)
IC 5-10.2-2-7
applies to additional retirement benefits.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.3-3-1; (01)AM010709.9. -->
SECTION 9.
IC 5-10.3-3-1
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. (a) The board is
composed of five (5) trustees appointed by the governor:
(1) one (1) of whom must be a member of the fund with at least
ten (10) years of creditable service; and
(2) not more than three (3) of whom may be members of the same
political party; and
( 3) one (1) of whom must be:
(A) a member of a collective bargaining unit of state
employees represented by a labor organization; or
(B) an officer of a local, a national, or an international
labor union that represents state employees.
(b) The governor shall fill by appointment vacancies on the board in
the manner described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) In making the appointments under subsection (a), the governor
may consider whether at least one (1) trustee is a retired member of the
fund.".
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Page 7, between lines 6 and 7, begin a new paragraph and insert:
" (d) A fire chief appointed under a waiver under section 6(c) of
this chapter or police chief appointed under a waiver under section
6.5(c) of this chapter who is receiving, or is entitled to receive,
benefits from the 1925, 1937, 1953, or 1977 fund may receive those
benefits while serving as chief, subject to all normal requirements
for receipt of a benefit, including a separation from service.".
Page 13, between lines 37 and 38, begin a new paragraph and insert:
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"SECTION 16.
IC 36-8-8-1
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. This chapter applies
to:
(1) full-time police officers hired or rehired after April 30, 1977,
in all municipalities, or who converted their benefits under
IC 19-1-17.8-7
(repealed September 1, 1981);
(2) full-time fully paid firefighters hired or rehired after April 30,
1977, or who converted their benefits under
IC 19-1-36.5-7
(repealed September 1, 1981);
(3) a police matron hired or rehired after April 30, 1977, and
before July 1, 1996, who is a member of a police department in a
second or third class city on March 31, 1996; and
(4) a park ranger who:
(A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the
Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law
enforcement academy in another state that were required at
the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement
academy or the law enforcement academy in another state;
(B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or
a comparable law enforcement academy in another state;
and
(C) is employed by the parks department of a city having a
population of more than one hundred twenty thousand
(120,000) but less than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000);
except as provided by section 7 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-8-7; (01)AM010709.17. -->
SECTION 17.
IC 36-8-8-7
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as
provided in subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h):
(1) a police officer; or
(2) a firefighter;
who is less than thirty-six (36) years of age and who passes the baseline
statewide physical and mental examinations required under section 19
of this chapter shall be a member of the 1977 fund and is not a member
of the 1925 fund, the 1937 fund, or the 1953 fund.
(b) A police officer or firefighter with service before May 1, 1977,
who is hired or rehired after April 30, 1977, may receive credit under
this chapter for service as a police officer or firefighter prior to entry
into the 1977 fund if the employer who rehires him chooses to
contribute to the 1977 fund the amount necessary to amortize his prior
service liability over a period of not more than forty (40) years, the
amount and the period to be determined by the PERF board. If the
employer chooses to make the contributions, the police officer or
firefighter is entitled to receive credit for his prior years of service
without making contributions to the 1977 fund for that prior service. In
no event may a police officer or firefighter receive credit for prior years
of service if the police officer or firefighter is receiving a benefit or is
entitled to receive a benefit in the future from any other public pension
plan with respect to the prior years of service.
(c) Except as provided in section 18 of this chapter, a police officer
or firefighter is entitled to credit for all years of service after April 30,
1977, with the police or fire department of an employer covered by this
chapter.
(d) A police officer or firefighter with twenty (20) years of service
does not become a member of the 1977 fund and is not covered by this
chapter, if he:
(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
(2) did not convert under
IC 19-1-17.8-7
or
IC 19-1-36.5-7
(both
of which were repealed September 1, 1981); and
(3) is rehired after April 30, 1977, by the same employer.
(e) A police officer or firefighter does not become a member of the
1977 fund and is not covered by this chapter if he:
(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
(2) did not convert under
IC 19-1-17.8-7
or
IC 19-1-36.5-7
(both
of which were repealed September 1, 1981);
(3) was rehired after April 30, 1977, but before February 1, 1979;
and
(4) was made, before February 1, 1979, a member of a 1925,
1937, or 1953 fund.
(f) A police officer or firefighter does not become a member of the
1977 fund and is not covered by this chapter if he:
(1) was hired by the police or fire department of a unit before May
1, 1977;
(2) did not convert under
IC 19-1-17.8-7
or
IC 19-1-36.5-7
(both
of which were repealed September 1, 1981);
(3) is rehired by the police or fire department of another unit after
December 31, 1981; and
(4) is made, by the fiscal body of the other unit after December
31, 1981, a member of a 1925, 1937, or 1953 fund of the other
unit.
If the police officer or firefighter is made a member of a 1925, 1937, or
1953 fund, he is entitled to receive credit for all his years of service,
including years before January 1, 1982.
(g) As used in this subsection, "emergency medical services" and
"emergency medical technician" have the meanings set forth in
IC 16-18-2-110
and
IC 16-18-2-112.
A firefighter who:
(1) is employed by a unit that is participating in the 1977 fund;
(2) was employed as an emergency medical technician by a
political subdivision wholly or partially within the department's
jurisdiction;
(3) was a member of the public employees' retirement fund during
the employment described in subdivision (2); and
(4) ceased employment with the political subdivision and was
hired by the unit's fire department due to the reorganization of
emergency medical services within the department's jurisdiction;
shall participate in the 1977 fund. A firefighter who participates in the
1977 fund under this subsection is subject to sections 18 and 21 of this
chapter.
(h) A police officer or firefighter does not become a member of the
1977 fund and is not covered by this chapter if the individual was
appointed as:
(1) a fire chief under a waiver under
IC 36-8-4-6
(c); or
(2) a police chief under a waiver under
IC 36-8-4-6.5
(c);
unless the executive of the unit requests that the 1977 fund accept the
individual in the 1977 fund and the individual previously was a
member of the 1977 fund.
(i) A police matron hired or rehired after April 30, 1977, and before
July 1, 1996, who is a member of a police department in a second or
third class city on March 31, 1996, is a member of the 1977 fund.
(j) A park ranger who:
(1) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the
Indiana law enforcement academy
or a comparable law
enforcement academy in another state that were required at the
time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement
academy
or the law enforcement academy in another state;
(2) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy
or a
comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and
(3) is employed by the parks department of a city having a
population of more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000)
but less than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000);
is a member of the fund.
SOURCE: ; (01)AM010709.18. -->
SECTION 18. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a)
Notwithstanding
IC 21-6.1-4-6.1
, a member is entitled to service
credit in the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund in an amount
equal to the duration of the member's active military service if the
following conditions are met:
(1) The member completed military service before beginning
approved college teacher training.
(2) The member received an honorable discharge from
military service.
(3) After 1960 and before 1965, the member received a letter
or other notice from the executive director of the Indiana
state teachers' retirement fund erroneously stating that the
member was eligible to receive service credit in the Indiana
state teachers' retirement fund for the military service.
(4) The member is not otherwise eligible to claim service
credit in the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund for the
military service.
(5) The member files an application with the Indiana state
teachers' retirement fund before December 31, 2001, to claim
the service credit.
(b) Service credit provided under this SECTION applies only to
benefits first payable after the member files an application for the
service credit and the application is approved by the Indiana state
teachers' retirement fund.
(c) This SECTION expires July 1, 2002.
SOURCE: ; (01)AM010709.19. -->
SECTION 19. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]
Notwithstanding
IC 5-10.3-3-1
, as amended by this act, the requirement in
IC 5-10.3-3-1
(a)(3), as added by this act, applies beginning with the
first appointment or reappointment made to the board of trustees
of the public employees' retirement fund after June 30, 2001.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to SB 107 as printed February 20, 2001.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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