Sec. 1.9. (a) This section applies only to a member of the public employees' retirement fund:
(1) who has served as a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and
(2) whose term of office as a state officer commenced after the election held on November 5, 2002.
(b) A member is eligible for normal retirement after becoming sixty-five (65) years of age if the member:
(1) has:
(A) served as a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana for at least eight (8) years; or
(B) been elected at least two (2) times and would have served at least eight (8) years as a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana had the member's term of office not been shortened under a statute enacted to establish uniform dates for beginning the terms of state officers listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and
(2) is prohibited by Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana from serving in that office for more than eight (8) years in any period of twelve (12) years.
(c) A member who:
(1) has served as a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and
(2) does not meet the requirements of subsection (b);
is eligible for normal retirement if the member has attained vested status (as defined in IC 5-10.2-1-8(a)) and meets the requirements of section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.115-2008, SEC.10.