Section 5-10.2-4-1.7 - Elected county official eligibility for normal retirement(a) This section applies only to members of the public employees' retirement fund who retire after June 30, 2002.(b) A member is eligible for normal retirement after becoming sixty-five (65) years of age if the member: (1) has: (A) served as an elected county official in an office described in Article 6, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana for at least eight (8) years; or(B) been elected at least two (2) times and would have served at least eight (8) years as an elected county official in an office described in Article 6, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana had the member's term of office not been shortened under a statute enacted under Article 6, Section 2(b) of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and(2) is prohibited by Article 6, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana from serving in that office for more than eight (8) years in any period of twelve (12) years.(c) A member who:(1) has served as an elected county official; and(2) does not meet the requirements of subsection (b); is eligible for normal retirement if the member has attained vested status (as defined in IC 5-10.2-1-8(b)(3) ) and meets the requirements of section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L. 73-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L. 88-2005, SEC.2.