House Bill 1032
Enrolled House Bill (H)
DIGEST
Various pension matters. Provides that the assets of the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan may be commingled for investment purposes with the assets of other funds administered by the board of trustees (board) of the Indiana public retirement system. Provides that an employer who elects to purchase special death benefit coverage for an eligible emergency medical services provider must pay for the coverage annually as prescribed by the board. Eliminates the guaranteed fund investment option after December 31, 2016, for members of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the teachers'
Various pension matters. Provides that the assets of the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan may be commingled for investment purposes with the assets of other funds administered by the board of trustees (board) of the Indiana public retirement system. Provides that an employer who elects to purchase special death benefit coverage for an eligible emergency medical services provider must pay for the coverage annually as prescribed by the board. Eliminates the guaranteed fund investment option after December 31, 2016, for members of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the teachers'
retirement fund (TRF) and replaces the guaranteed fund with an unguaranteed stable value fund investment option. Provides that a miscellaneous participating entity that freezes its participation in PERF must begin payment of its additional contributions to fully fund the service of its PERF members not later than July 1, 2016, or a date determined by the board. Allows the board to charge interest on any amount that remains unpaid after the payment date determined by the board. Provides for the disbursement or investment of annuity savings account money if an unvested member or PERF or TRF is suspended, and discontinues the practice of moving that annuity savings account money to a reserve account. Provides that a retired or disabled member of PERF or TRF who has begun to receive benefits may change the member's designated beneficiary or the form of the member's benefit any number of times. Allows an individual who: (1) is an employee of the state on July 1, 2016; (2) became for the first time, after January 1, 2013, a full-time employee of the state in a position that is eligible for membership in PERF; and (3) is a member of PERF; to elect to become a member of the public employees' defined contribution plan (plan). Requires the individual to make the election not later than July 30, 2016. Provides that for an individual who makes the election: (1) the individual's service in PERF is considered participation in the plan for purposes of vesting in the employer contribution subaccount, and the individual waives service credit in PERF for the service; (2) the amount credited to the individual's annuity savings account in PERF is transferred to the individual's member contribution subaccount in the plan; and (3) the amounts paid to PERF by the state as employer normal cost contributions for the individual are transferred to the individual's employer contribution subaccount in the plan. Makes a technical correction. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
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