Police officers and firefighters

Sec. 2.7. (a) This section applies only to an individual who:

(1) began service as a police officer or firefighter and became a member of a police officers' pension fund or firefighters' pension fund before 1980;

(2) began service in another position (referred to in this section as the "PERF position") and was enrolled erroneously as a contributing member of the public employees' retirement fund with respect to the PERF position before 1980;

(3) made contributions to the public employees' retirement fund with respect to the PERF position as if the individual had been legally enrolled in that fund;

(4) after 1991 was denied service credit in the public employees' retirement fund with respect to all or part of the individual's service in the PERF position because of the individual's service in the police officer or firefighter position described in subdivision (1); and

(5) claims service credit in PERF and applies for membership in PERF before January 1, 2000.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of this chapter, an individual described in subsection (a) who:

(1) is not otherwise eligible for membership in the public employees' retirement fund; and

(2) was enrolled erroneously in the public employees' retirement fund as a contributing member;

is eligible for membership in the public employees' retirement fund and is entitled to receive the benefits provided by that fund.

As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.21.