Indiana § 36-8-6-1 - Application of chapter
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§ 36-8-6-1. Application of chapter
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to pension benefits for members of police departments hired before May 1, 1977, in second and third class cities, and in towns that have established a board of metropolitan police commissioners.
(b) A police officer with twenty (20) years of service is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the police officer:
(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
(2) did not convert under IC 19-1-17.8-7 (repealed September 1, 1981); and
(3) is rehired after April 30, 1977, by the same employer.
(c) A police officer is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the police officer:
(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
(2) did not convert under IC 19-1-17.8-7 (repealed September 1, 1981);
(3) was rehired after April 30, 1977, but before February 1, 1979; and
(4) was made, before February 1, 1979, a member of a 1925 fund.
(d) A police matron is covered by this chapter and not by IC 5-10.3 or IC 36-8-8 if the police matron:
(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
(2) is a member of a police department in a second or third class city; and
(3) is employed as a police matron on March 31, 1996.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-1-24-1 part; 19-1-47-1 part; subsections (b), (c) formerly 19-1-17.8-5 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.55. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.57; P.L.3-1990, SEC.129; P.L.236-1996, SEC.1; P.L.127-2017, SEC.241.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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