Sec. 28.1. (a) The special police employees of the state police assigned to security activities under IC 10-1-1-29 or IC 10-1-1-30 (before their repeal) initially shall be composed of the employees of the Indiana department of administration who are employed on June 30, 2002, as part of its security officer activity. Civilian employees of the Indiana department of administration who support the security officer activity become employees of the department.

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employee of the Indiana department of administration who becomes a member of the department under subsection (a) on July 1, 2002:

(1) is entitled to have the employee’s service under the Indiana department of administration before July 1, 2002, included for the purpose of computing all applicable employment rights and benefits with the security section;

(2) is a member of the state retirement fund or pension plan in which the employee was a member on June 30, 2002; and

(3) if the employee was covered on June 30, 2002, by a labor agreement to which the state is a party, continues to be subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement and any successor labor agreements entered into by the state.

     (c) An employee of the Indiana department of administration who:

(1) becomes a member of the department under subsection (a); and

(2) becomes a state police officer after fulfilling the law enforcement training requirements and all other requirements of the department;

is not entitled to have the employee’s service under the Indiana department of administration or the security section included for the purpose of computing all applicable employment rights and benefits as a state police officer.

As added by P.L.16-2009, SEC.16.