Indiana § 33-38-8-11 - Contributions

Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 33-38-8-11 — Contributions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 33-38-8-11. Contributions

Sec. 11. (a) A participant shall make contributions to this fund of six percent (6%) of each payment of salary received for services as judge or, after December 31, 2010, as a judge or full-time magistrate. However, the employer may elect to pay the contribution for the participant as a pickup under Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) Participants' contributions, other than participants' contributions paid by the employer, shall be deducted from the monthly salary of each participant by the state comptroller and by the county auditor and credited to the fund as provided in IC 33-38-6-21 and IC 33-38-6-22. After December 31, 2011, the state comptroller and the county auditor shall submit the contributions paid by or on behalf of a participant under subsection (a) by electronic funds transfer in accordance with IC 33-38-6-21.5. However, a contribution is not required:

(1) because of any salary received after the participant has contributed to the fund for twenty-two (22) years; or

(2) during any period that the participant is not serving as judge or, after December 31, 2010, as a judge or full-time magistrate.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-13-10.1-4.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.122-2008, SEC.15; P.L.13-2011, SEC.10; P.L.9-2024, SEC.519.

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Section 33-38-8-11 ("Contributions") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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