Sec. 5. (a) A member may suspend the member’s membership in the applicable fund if the member terminates employment and is not currently employed in a covered position with the applicable fund.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-10.2-3-5

  • Board: as used in this article , means the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 5-10.2-1-1
  • Fund: as used in this article means the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund and the public employees' retirement fund. See Indiana Code 5-10.2-1-2
  • Member: as used in this article means a member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund or of the public employees' retirement fund. See Indiana Code 5-10.2-1-4
  • vested status: as used in this article means the status of having ten (10) years of creditable service. See Indiana Code 5-10.2-1-8
     (b) After five (5) continuous years in which the member performs no service, the member’s membership shall be automatically suspended by the board unless the member has vested status.

     (c) A member retains the member’s creditable service for the period of employment before the suspension of membership, but only to the extent that the same period of employment is not being used by another governmental plan for purposes of the member’s benefit in the other governmental plan.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.22-1998, SEC.4; P.L.195-1999, SEC.11; P.L.165-2009, SEC.5; P.L.193-2016, SEC.9; P.L.179-2018, SEC.6.