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.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-8
- Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
- Participant: means any officer who has elected to participate in the retirement plan created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Salary: means the total compensation, exclusive of expense allowances, paid to any officer by the department or the commission, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
(b) Contributions shall be made in the form of payroll deductions from each and every payment of salary received by the participant. Every participant shall, as a condition precedent to becoming a participant, consent to the payroll deductions.
(c) An employer may pay all or a part of the contributions for the participant. All contributions made by an employer under this subsection shall be treated as pick-up contributions under Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) After December 31, 2011, an employer shall submit the contributions paid by or on behalf of a participant under this section by electronic funds transfer in accordance with section 8.5 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.3; P.L.13-2011, SEC.1.