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IN HB1366

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2016

Primary Sponsor

David Niezgodski

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases monthly pension benefits for public employees' retirement fund members who retired or became disabled before January 1, 2016, with adjustments calculated using a six-step formula based on years of service (capped at 30 years) and retirement date, with maximum increases of $300 per month.

  • Provides identical cost-of-living adjustments to Indiana state teachers' retirement fund members who retired or became disabled before January 1, 2016, using the same calculation methodology as public employees.

  • Increases basic monthly pension amounts for state police 1987 benefit system employee beneficiaries who retired or became disabled between June 30, 1987, and July 2, 2015, by one percent of the maximum basic monthly pension for a trooper with 25 years of service as of July 1, 2016.

  • Modifies state police pre-1987 benefit system supplemental benefit calculations to include updated adjustment provisions for retirees eligible in 2016 and after, with multiple subsections addressing different eligibility scenarios.

  • Declares an emergency and makes all provisions effective upon passage.

Legislative Description

Pension cost of living adjustments. Provides for cost of living adjustments for certain members of the: (1) public employees' retirement fund; (2) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (3) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (4) state police 1987 benefit system.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

1/12/2016

Committee Referrals

Employment, Labor and Pensions1/12/2016

Full Bill Text

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