Ind. Code § 5-10-5.5-7 – Transfer of creditable service; credit during disability

(a) Upon election to become a participant by any officer who is a member of the public employees' retirement fund, the board shall transfer all creditable service standing to the credit of the electing officer under the public employees' retirement fund to the credit of the electing officer under the retirement plan created by this chapter.
(b) Creditable service under this chapter, including credit for military service, shall accrue and be computed and credited to participants in the same manner and in the same amount as creditable service accrues, is computed and credited under the public employees' retirement law.
(c) In addition to creditable service computed under subsection (b), a participant is entitled to receive creditable service under this chapter for the time the participant receives disability benefits under a disability plan established under IC 5-10-8-7 .
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.1, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.180-2007, SEC.1.