Authority: IC 5-10.5-4-2

Affected: IC 5-10-8-7; IC 5-10.2-3-1; IC 5-10.2-3-7.5; IC 5-10.4-4-2

Sec. 13. (a) "In service" or "active service" refers to active teaching or employment in any of the positions covered in IC 5-10.4-4- 1, or approved leave from active service where a member is entitled to service credit while still under contract, employed, or while receiving state disability benefits.

(b) For purposes of the determination of service credit under IC 5-10.4-4-2, "in service", "active service", or "serve" means physically performing covered employment duties in any one (1) day or fraction thereof. The terms also include service by a member who is a state employee and who is entitled to service credit for the time the member is receiving disability benefits under a disability plan established under IC 5-10-8-7.

(Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System; 35 IAC 14-1-13; filed Oct 5, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 703; readopted filed Dec 3, 2001, 11:02 a.m.: 25 IR 1731; adopted Mar 27, 2007: 20070404-IR-550070200ONA; adopted Dec 16, 2009: 20100106-IR-550090990ONA; adopted Apr 26, 2013: 20130508-IR-035130167ONA) NOTE: Transferred from the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Teachers' Retirement Fund (550 IAC 2-1-5) to the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System (35 IAC 14-1-13) by P.L.23-2011, SECTION 22, effective July 1, 2011.