(b) A firefighter with twenty (20) years of service is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the firefighter:

1. (1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
2. (2) did not convert under IC 19-1-36.5-7 (repealed September 1, 1981); and
3. (3) is rehired after April 30, 1977, by the same employer.

(c) A firefighter is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the firefighter:

1. (1) was hired before May 1, 1977;
2. (2) did not convert under IC 19-1-36.5-7 (repealed September 1, 1981);
3. (3) was rehired after April 30, 1977, but before February 1, 1979; and
4. (4) was made, before February 1, 1979, a member of a 1937 fund.

(d) A firefighter who:

1. (1) is covered by this chapter before a consolidation under IC 36-3-1-6.1 ; and

2. (2) becomes a member of a fire department of a consolidated city under IC 36-3-1-6.1 ;

   is covered by this chapter after the effective date of the consolidation, and the firefighter's service as a member of a fire department of a consolidated city is considered active service under this chapter.

   [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection

3. (a) formerly 19-1-37-1 part; 19-1-47-1 part; subsections (b), (c) formerly 19-1-36.5-5 part.]

   As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.57. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.130; P.L.170-2002, SEC.162; P.L.227-2005, SEC.39.