§ 10-12-4-7 — Basic monthly pension amount; additional benefits

Indiana § 10-12-4-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 12: STATE POLICE PENSIONS AND BENEFITS
• Ch. 4: The State Police 1987 Benefit System

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(a) Benefits provided under this section are
subject to IC 10-12-2-3.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the basic monthly pension
amount of an employee beneficiary may not exceed one-half (1/2) of
the employee beneficiary's average monthly wage (excluding payments
for overtime and determined without regard to any salary reduction
agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue
Code) received during the highest paid consecutive thirty-six (36)
months before retirement.
(c) For an employee beneficiary who retires after June 30, 1987, and
before July 1, 1988, the basic monthly pension may not exceed the
lesser of:
(1) the pension under subsection (b); or
(2) one-half (1/2) the maximum salary of a first sergeant.
(d) For an employee beneficiary who retires after June 30, 1988, and
before July 1, 1989, the basic monthly pension may not exceed the
lesser of:
(1) the pension under subsection (b); or
(2) one-half (1/2) the maximum salary of a captain.
(e) An employee beneficiary in the active service of the department
who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service after July 1, 1937,
and who continues after July 1, 1937, in the service of the department
is entitled to add to the basic monthly pension amount, at retirement,
the following:
(1) Five percent (5%) of the basic amount for each of the next
three (3) full years over twenty-five (25) years.
(2) Six percent (6%) of the basic amount for each of the next two
(2) full years over twenty-eight (28) years.
(3) Seven percent (7%) of the basic amount for each of the next
two (2) full years over thirty (30) years.
(4) Eight percent (8%) of the basic amount for each of the next
two (2) full years over thirty-two (32) years.
However, the total of these additional amounts may not exceed seventy
percent (70%) of the basic pension amount. These additional benefits
are subject to any compulsory retirement age provided by the pension
trust.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2.3-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3.