{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-10-12-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 10-12-4-5","heading":"Years of service for full pension amount; proportionate amount; beginning of payments","body":"Sec. 5. (a) An employee beneficiary who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service with the department is entitled to the full amount of the basic pension amount specified in section 7 of this chapter.\n(b) An employee beneficiary who has completed less than twenty-five (25) years of service is entitled to a proportionate amount of the basic pension amount specified in section 7 of this chapter, based upon the employee beneficiary's years of service to the department. However, benefit payments to an employee beneficiary with less than twenty-five (25) years of service may not begin until the first day of the month on or after the date on which:\n(1) the employee beneficiary becomes fifty (50) years of age; or\n(2) the employee beneficiary retires;\nwhichever is later.","path":["TITLE 10. PUBLIC SAFETY","ARTICLE 12. STATE POLICE PENSIONS AND BENEFITS","Chapter 4. The State Police 1987 Benefit System"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_10.html#10-12-4-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T05:25:42Z","sha256":"38a2aee0c6cf19ff03f746a86f4911ad2c78355618a0736ee6eeb94efe7318c3","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-10-12-4-4","next":"us-in/ic-10-12-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}