Sec. 5. (a) The pension stabilization fund is established. The pension stabilization fund is a part of the pre-1996 account and shall be administered by the board in accordance with the powers and duties granted to the board by IC 5-10.4-3-10 through IC 5-10.4-3-14, IC 5-10.5-4, and IC 5-10.5-6.

     (b) The following shall be deposited in the pension stabilization fund:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-10.4-2-5

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) Amounts allocated to the pension stabilization fund by the board from amounts transferred to the Indiana public retirement system under IC 4-30-16-3.

(2) A part of the employer reserve balance as determined by the budget director so that the employer reserve is sufficient for the cash flow needs.

(3) Other amounts appropriated to the pension stabilization fund by the general assembly.

     (c) Payments from the pension stabilization fund must equal the pre-1996 account liabilities for the current fiscal year minus the prior year‘s state general fund payments for the pre-1996 account multiplied by the pension stabilization percentage set forth in subsection (d).

     (d) The pension stabilization percentage is one hundred six percent (106%). The budget agency, after review by the budget committee and with the approval of the governor, may change the pension stabilization percentage so that the present value of future payments from the fund equal the fund’s balance plus the present value of future receipts to the fund, but the payments may not allow the fund balance to be negative.

     (e) Money in the pension stabilization fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

[Pre-2006 Education Finance Recodification Citation: 21-6.1-2-8.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.88; P.L.127-2018, SEC.11.