# Ind. Code § 5-10.3-7-3: Optional membership

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 5-10.3-7-3
- **Heading:** Optional membership
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 5 / Article 10.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 5-10.3-7-3

## Text

Sec. 3. (a) Members of the general assembly, including members who:

(1) completed their service before July 1, 1987; and

(2) were not members of the fund during their service in the general assembly;

are entitled to become, at their option, members of the fund. A member of the general assembly who completed his service before July 1, 1987, in order to become a member of the fund must apply to the board for membership and must present evidence satisfactory to the board of his prior service. Such a member of the general assembly may become a member without any service after June 30, 1987.

(b) Notwithstanding the exclusion specified in section 2(4) of this chapter, a member of the general assembly who is a member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund and who retires after June 30, 1980, may choose at his retirement date to become a member of the public employees' retirement fund and to receive his retirement benefit from the fund.

(c) An employee who:

(1) was hired before July 1, 1982; or

(2) is employed by a participating school corporation;

and who is occupying a position normally requiring performance of services of less than one thousand (1,000) hours a year may at his option be a member of the fund.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.28, SEC.8; Acts 1982, P.L.37, SEC.4; P.L.30-1984, SEC.2; P.L.381-1987(ss), SEC.2; P.L.46-1988, SEC.7.

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