Indiana § 36-8-8-5 - System board; powers and duties; appeals; personnel; confidentiality of fund records

§ 36-8-8-5. System board; powers and duties; appeals; personnel; confidentiality of fund records

Sec. 5. (a) The system board shall:

(1) determine eligibility for and make payments of benefits, except as provided in section 12 of this chapter;

(2) in accordance with the powers and duties granted it in IC 5-10.3-5-3 through IC 5-10.3-5-6, IC 5-10.5-4, and IC 5-10.5-5, administer the 1977 fund;

(3) provide by rule for the implementation of this chapter; and

(4) authorize deposits.

(b) A determination by the system board may be appealed under the procedures in IC 4-21.5.

(c) The powers and duties of the director appointed by the system board, the actuary of the system board, and the attorney general, with respect to the 1977 fund, are those specified in IC 5-10.3-3, IC 5-10.3-4, and IC 5-10.5.

(d) The system board may hire additional personnel, including hearing officers, to assist it in the implementation of this chapter.

(e) The 1977 fund records of individual members and membership information are confidential, except for the name and years of service of a 1977 fund member.

(f) After July 1, 2022, if the system board determines that a new police officer or firefighter in PERF should be a member of the 1977 fund, the system board shall require the employer to:

(1) transfer the member into the 1977 fund; and

(2) contribute the amount that the system board determines is necessary to fund fully the member's service credit in the 1977 fund for all service earned as a police officer or firefighter in PERF.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-1-17.8-3; 19-1-36.5-3.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.59. Amended by P.L.5-1988, SEC.219; P.L.5-1990, SEC.21; P.L.94-2004, SEC.8; P.L.99-2010, SEC.11; P.L.35-2012, SEC.117; P.L.85-2022, SEC.5.