Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 11. (a) Any participant who has attained the age of forty-five (45) years and has accrued at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service may retire and become eligible for benefits as provided in section 12(a) of this chapter. (b) If: (1) a participant is at least fifty-f…

Sec. 12. (a) The amount of annual retirement allowance payable in equal monthly installments to a participant who retires under section 11(a) of this chapter (relating to early retirement) shall be determined in accordance with section 10 of this chapter (relating to normal retir…

Sec. 12.7. (a) Upon a petition from a participant, the department, or the commission, the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system, or its designee, shall make the determinations required by section 13 of this chapter and shall also determine: (1) the degree of i…

Sec. 13. Any participant who becomes permanently or temporarily disabled from performing all suitable and available work on the force for which he is or may be capable of becoming qualified, considering reasonable accommodation to the extent required by the Americans with Disabil…

Sec. 13.5. (a) This section applies to participants whose disability occurred after June 30, 1987. (b) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of this chapter. (c) As used in this section, a disability is to be considered to have arisen in the line of duty…

Sec. 14. (a) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of this chapter. (b) This subsection applies to participants who were disabled before July 1, 1987. Any participant eligible to receive disability benefits under section 13 of this chapter is entitled to…

Sec. 15. (a) This subsection applies to participants who die before February 1, 2018. Surviving mothers, fathers, surviving spouses or unmarried children under the age of eighteen (18) years, of participants who have accrued at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service and w…

Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to participants who die before February 1, 2018. (b) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of this chapter. (c) A surviving mother or father nominated by the participant to receive survivors' benefits under the provision…

Sec. 16.3. (a) This section applies to: (1) an active participant, regardless of the participant's years of creditable service; and (2) an inactive participant with at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service; who dies other than in the line of duty after January 31, 2018. …

amount Sec. 16.6. (a) This section applies to participants who die in the line of duty after January 31, 2018. (b) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of this chapter. (c) A surviving mother or father nominated by the participant to receive survivors' …

Sec. 17. (a) Any participant whose employment as an officer is terminated before accumulating fifteen (15) years of creditable service and is not receiving a disability benefit under this chapter shall be entitled to a lump-sum refund of all contributions standing to the particip…

Sec. 18. Any participant who terminates his service as an officer before accumulating fifteen (15) years of creditable service may, in the manner and under the conditions provided in the public employees' retirement law, again become a member of the public employees' retirement f…

Sec. 19. The retirement plan created by this chapter shall, in all respects to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specifically enumerated in this chapter, be governed by the law creating the public employees' retirement fund, and for that purpose, the provisions of IC …

Sec. 2. (a) There is hereby created a state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan to establish a means of providing special retirement, disability and survivor benefits to employees of the department, the India…

Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "Internal Revenue Code": (1) means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as in effect on September 1, 1974, if permitted with respect to governmental plans; or (2) to the extent not inconsistent with subdivision (1), has the meaning set forth i…

Sec. 20. Participation in the retirement plan created by this chapter shall not affect the participant's rights and liabilities under the provisions of IC 5-10.1, IC 5-10.2, and IC 5-10.3. Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.29.

Sec. 21. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the monthly benefit payable after June 30, 1987, to a participant, or a survivor or beneficiary of a participant, who retired or was disabled before July 2, 1986, shall be increased by an amount determined by the board. The board…

Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "DROP" refers to a deferred retirement option plan established under this section. (b) As used in this section, "DROP entry date" means the date that a participant's election to enter a DROP becomes effective. (c) As used in this section, "DR…

Sec. 23. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a participant, survivor, or beneficiary receiving a monthly benefit under this chapter may, after June 30, 2017, authorize the board to make a deduction from the monthly benefit. (b) An authorization for a deductio…

Sec. 3. (a) The management administration of the retirement plan created by this chapter is hereby vested in the board. (b) Records of individual participants in the retirement plan created by this chapter and participants' information are confidential, except for the name and ye…

Sec. 3.5. The state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan shall be administered in a manner that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to the extent required by the Act. As added by P.L.4-1992…

Sec. 4. (a) A participants' savings fund is hereby created. This fund shall be maintained by the board as a trust fund, separate and distinct from all other entities for the purpose of securing payment of benefits to participants and their survivors, as provided in this chapter. …

Sec. 5. (a) Every person who is an officer on September 2, 1971, shall become a participant, unless the officer files a written notice of his election not to participate with the board within twenty (20) days prior to September 2, 1971. (b) Every person who becomes an officer aft…

Sec. 6. (a) Upon election to become a participant by any officer who is a member of the public employees' retirement fund, the board shall transfer all funds standing to the credit of the electing officer in the public employees' retirement fund to the participants' savings fund …

Sec. 7. (a) Upon election to become a participant by any officer who is a member of the public employees' retirement fund, the board shall transfer all creditable service standing to the credit of the electing officer under the public employees' retirement fund to the credit of t…

Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-3-1. (b) As used in this section, "public retirement fund" refers collectively to: (1) the public employees' retirement fund (IC 5-10.3)…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), every participant shall contribute four percent (4%) of the participant's annual salary to the participants' savings fund. (b) Contributions shall be made in the form of payroll deductions from each and every payment of salary rec…

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies to reports, records, and contributions submitted after December 31, 2011. (b) As used in this section, "electronic funds transfer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-8.1-2-7(f). (c) An employer shall submit through the use of electronic funds tra…

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every participant is required to retire on the first day of the month following the participant's sixty-fifth birthday. (b) An officer who becomes a participant after becoming fifty (50) years of age is required to retire on the e…

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Claim" means a request or demand for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the state: (A) provides any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded; or (B…

Sec. 10. (a) If the attorney general or the inspector general has reason to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of documentary material or information relevant to an investigation involving a false claim, the attorney general or the inspector general m…

Sec. 11. (a) A civil investigative demand issued under this chapter must describe the conduct constituting a violation involving a false claim that is under investigation and the statute or rule that has been violated. (b) If a civil investigative demand is for the production of …

Sec. 12. (a) A civil investigative demand issued under this chapter may not require the production of any documentary material, the submission of any answers to written interrogatories, or the giving of any oral testimony if the material, answers, or testimony would be protected …

Sec. 13. (a) A civil investigative demand issued under this chapter may be served by an investigator or by any other person authorized to serve process. (b) A civil investigative demand shall be served in accordance with the rules of trial procedure. A court having jurisdiction o…

Sec. 14. (a) The production of documentary material in response to a civil investigative demand served under this chapter shall be made in accordance with Trial Rule 34. (b) Each interrogatory in a civil investigative demand served under this chapter shall be answered in accordan…

Sec. 15. (a) The official who issued the civil investigative demand is the custodian of the documentary material, answers to interrogatories, and transcripts of oral testimony received under this chapter. (b) An investigator who receives documentary material, answers to interroga…

Sec. 16. (a) A person who has failed to comply with a civil investigative demand is subject to sanctions under Trial Rule 37 to the same extent as a person who has failed to cooperate in discovery. (b) A person who objects to a civil investigative demand issued under this chapter…

Sec. 17. Documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony provided in response to a civil investigative demand issued under this chapter are confidential. As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.23.

Sec. 18. Proceedings under this chapter are governed by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, unless the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure are inconsistent with this chapter. As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.23.

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a claim, record, or statement concerning income tax (IC 6-3); or (2) a claim, request, demand, statement, record, act, or omission made or submitted after June 30, 2014, in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15. (b)…

Sec. 3. (a) The: (1) attorney general; and (2) inspector general; have concurrent jurisdiction to investigate a violation of section 2 of this chapter. (b) If the attorney general discovers a violation of section 2 of this chapter, the attorney general may bring a civil action un…

Sec. 4. (a) A person may bring a civil action for a violation of section 2 of this chapter on behalf of the person and on behalf of the state. The action: (1) must be brought in the name of the state; and (2) may be filed in a circuit or superior court in: (A) the county in which…

Sec. 5. (a) If the attorney general or the inspector general intervenes in an action under section 4 of this chapter, the attorney general or the inspector general is responsible for prosecuting the action and is not bound by an act of the person who initially filed the complaint…

Sec. 6. (a) The person who initially filed the complaint is entitled to the following amounts if the state prevails in the action: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), if the attorney general or the inspector general intervened in the action, the person is entitled to recei…

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to an action brought by: (1) the attorney general; (2) the inspector general; (3) a prosecuting attorney; or (4) a state employee in the employee's official capacity. (b) A court does not have jurisdiction over an action brought under secti…

Sec. 8. (a) An employee who has been discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or otherwise discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment by the employee's employer because the employee: (1) objected to an act or omission described in section 2 of th…