Ind. Code § 5-10-1.1-4

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 5-10-1.1-4 - Deferred compensation committee; state employees' deferred compensation plan
(a) The deferred compensation committee is established. The committee consists of five (5) persons appointed by the state board of finance as follows:
(1) Each member of the state board of finance shall appoint one (1) member to the committee.
(2) The remaining two (2) members:
(A) must be participants in the state employees' deferred compensation plan;
(B) may not be employees of the members of the state board of finance;
(C) must be from different political parties; and
(D) may not serve for more than two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms.
(b) The deferred compensation committee may annually elect a chairperson and a secretary.
(c) The deferred compensation committee may approve proposed investment products for the state employees' deferred compensation plan.
(d) All amounts deferred under the state employees' deferred compensation plan must be put into a trust for the exclusive benefit of plan participants, as required by Section 457(g) of the Internal Revenue Code. The deferred compensation committee is the trustee of the trust.
(e) The plan shall include appropriate provisions pertaining to its day to day operation providing for methods of electing to defer income, methods of changing the amount of income to be deferred, and such other provisions as may be appropriate. Notwithstanding IC 22-2-6-2, the plan may also include provisions for the use of automated voice response units and telephonic communications, on-line activities, and other technology for participant elections, directions, and services if the technology has sufficient capacity to record and store the elections and directions.
(f) The plan shall provide for the preparation and distribution, from time to time to all eligible employees, of pamphlets describing the plan and outlining the opportunities available to employees under the plan.
(g) The state board of finance shall extend the plan to any political subdivision which elects to utilize the state employees' deferred compensation plan for its employees as authorized in section 7(b)(2) or 7(b)(3) of this chapter.
(h) At least annually, the deferred compensation committee shall report to the state board of finance on the status of the state employees' deferred compensation plan, including any changes to the plan.

IC 5-10-1.1-4

(Formerly: Acts1975 , P.L. 42, SEC.1.) As amended by Acts1977 , P.L. 51, SEC.2; Acts1980 , P.L. 27, SEC.2; P.L. 15-1998, SEC.2; P.L. 184-2001, SEC.3; P.L. 220-2005, SEC.2.