Section 5-10.2-4-1.9 - Eligibility of certain state officers for normal retirement(a) This section applies only to a member of the public employees' retirement fund: (1) who has served as a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and(2) whose term of office as a state officer commenced after the election held on November 5, 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 a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 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 a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana had the member's term of office not been shortened under a statute enacted to establish uniform dates for beginning the terms of state officers listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and(2) is prohibited by Article 6, Section 1 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 a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; 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(a) ) and meets the requirements of section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L. 115-2008, SEC.10.