Sec. 5. Special Benefit: $200 Minimum. (a) On and after July 1, 1976, a retired member is entitled to a supplemental retirement benefit to be paid by the fund as long as he meets each of these conditions:
(1) he currently receives an annuity or pension or other retirement benefit from his fund;
(2) he was sixty-five (65) years of age or older on July 1, 1976; and
(3) the amount of all annuities, pensions, and retirement benefits for which he is eligible under the Social Security Act is less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month.
(b) The amount of supplemental retirement benefit to which a qualifying retired member is entitled each month is the difference between two hundred dollars ($200) and the total of all annuities, pensions and retirement benefits which he is eligible to receive under the Social Security Act. A retired member who is not eligible for any annuity, pension, or retirement benefit under the Social Security Act on July 1, 1976, and who qualifies under subsection (a) of this section, is entitled to a supplemental retirement benefit of two hundred dollars ($200) per month.
(c) This section does not apply to members of the public employees' retirement fund who have been classified as federal employees by the secretary of agriculture of the United States.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.24, SEC.3.
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