PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. I, ch. 279, art. IV

in effect

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-401 Determination of pension fund membership.

Sec. 279-401. - Determination of pension fund membership. (1) A member of the county police force who was an employee beneficiary of the sheriff's pension trust before the consolidation of the law enforcement departments and after the consolidation becomes a law enforcement officer of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department remains an employee beneficiary of the sheriff's pension trust. The member retains, after the consolidation, credit in the sheriff's pension trust for service earned while a member of the county police force and continues to earn service credit in the sheriff's pension trust as a member of the department for purposes of determining the member's benefits from the sheriff's pension trust. (2) Management of the sheriff's pension trust shall continue as currently constituted. (3) A member of the police department of the consolidated city who was a member of the 1953 fund or the 1977 fund before the consolidation of the law enforcement departments and after the consolidation becomes a law enforcement officer of the department remains a member of the 1953 fund or the 1977 fund. The member retains, after the consolidation, credit in the 1953 fund or the 1977 fund for service earned while a member of the police department of the consolidated city and continues to earn service credit in the 1953 fund or the 1977 fund as a member of the department for purposes of determining the member's benefits from the 1953 fund or the 1977 fund. (4) Whether members of the department are subject to Social Security withholding shall be determined by the Social Security Administration in accordance with federal and state law. No member of the sheriff's department who becomes a member of the department and remains in the sheriff's department pension plan will be removed from Social Security against his or her wishes. (5) A member who is appointed or re-appointed to the department after December 31, 2006, who was not employed by the sheriff's department or the Indianapolis Police Department on December 31, 2006, is a member of the 1977 fund. (6) Members of the sheriff's department and of the police department shall not suffer any loss in pay, pension, or fringe benefits by reason of such consolidation. Sick leave, longevity and vacation time accrued by such members prior to consolidation shall be credited to members, subject to existing contracts. Nothing in this provision limits the ability of members, their collective bargaining agent and/or the department from negotiating pay, pension, fringe benefits or other job benefits. (7) No members of the sheriff's department or police department shall be terminated due to this consolidation. Members shall retain the merit ranks they attained prior to consolidation, subject to changes due to disciplinary or other similar action. (G.O. 110, 2005, § 1; G.O. 47, 2009, § 16)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-402 Leaves and holidays.

Sec. 279-402. - Leaves and holidays. (a) Members of the department who were transferred to the department from the Indianapolis Police Department or the county police force of the sheriff's department shall retain their leave accruals and holiday schedules as set forth in existing collective bargaining agreements between the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 86 and the respective departments until such time as those agreements may be renegotiated with the department. (b) Members of the department who are appointed by the department after December 31, 2006, who are not covered by subparagraph (a) shall accrue leaves and observe the holiday schedule as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 86 and the Marion County Sheriff's Department for the period from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006 until such time as that agreement is renegotiated with the department. (c) Upon the negotiation of any collective bargaining agreement(s) between the department and the bargaining agent of the members of that department, the leaves and holiday schedules set forth in such agreement(s) shall apply as set forth in such agreement(s). (G.O. 110, 2005, § 1; G.O. 47, 2009, § 16)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-403 Maximum monthly pension.

Sec. 279-403. - Maximum monthly pension. For merit deputies of the sheriff's department who are member of the sheriff's pension plan and who retire during the period from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006, for purposes of determining such deputies' maximum monthly pension, and pursuant to authority granted by IC 36-8-10-12.1(a), IC 36-8-10-12.1 shall apply instead of IC 36-8-10-12(j). (G.O. 110, 2005, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-404 Cost of living pension adjustment.

Sec. 279-404. - Cost of living pension adjustment. (a) This section is authorized by IC 36-8-10-23. (b) A cost of living adjustment ("COLA") payment shall be determined annually commencing in 1998. The amount of the COLA payment shall be determined annually by the pension engineers, as they are defined by IC 36-8-10-2. The pension engineers shall determine if there has been an increase in the Consumer Price Index (United States City Average) prepared by the United States Department of Labor, by comparing the arithmetic mean of the Consumer Price Index for January, February, and March of the payment year with the same three-month period of the preceding year. If there has been an increase, the increase shall be stated as a percentage of the arithmetic mean for the three-month period for the year preceding the payment year ("the adjustment percentage"). The adjustment percentage shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one (1) percent, and it may not exceed two (2) percent in any year beginning January 1, 1998. (c) The COLA payment authorized under this section shall be funded by maintaining a fully funded actuarially sound trust fund and shall be paid monthly to each authorized retired or disabled county police officer. (d) This section and the COLA payment shall apply only to retired or disabled county police officers who either are or become at least fifty-five (55) years of age after the effective date of this section. (G.O. 110, 2005, § 1)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH279INMEPODE_ARTIVPEOTBEFetched: 10/27/2026