Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to pension benefits for members of fire departments hired before May 1, 1977, in units for which a 1937 fund was established before May 1, 1977.

     (b) A firefighter with twenty (20) years of service is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the firefighter:

(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;

(2) did not convert under IC 19-1-36.5-7 (repealed September 1, 1981); and

(3) is rehired after April 30, 1977, by the same employer.

     (c) A firefighter is covered by this chapter and not by IC 36-8-8 if the firefighter:

(1) was hired before May 1, 1977;

(2) did not convert under IC 19-1-36.5-7 (repealed September 1, 1981);

(3) was rehired after April 30, 1977, but before February 1, 1979; and

(4) was made, before February 1, 1979, a member of a 1937 fund.

     (d) A firefighter who:

(1) is covered by this chapter before a consolidation under IC 36-3-1-6.1; and

(2) becomes a member of a fire department of a consolidated city under IC 36-3-1-6.1;

is covered by this chapter after the effective date of the consolidation, and the firefighter’s service as a member of a fire department of a consolidated city is considered active service under this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-1-37-1 part; 19-1-47-1 part; subsections (b), (c) formerly 19-1-36.5-5 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.57. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.130; P.L.170-2002, SEC.162; P.L.227-2005, SEC.39.