Sec. 2. The following employees may not be members of the fund:

(1) Officials of a political subdivision elected by vote of the people, unless the governing body specifically provides for the participation of locally elected officials.

(2) Employees occupying positions normally requiring performance of service of less than six hundred (600) hours during a year who:

(A) were hired before July 1, 1982; or

(B) are employed by a participating school corporation.

(3) Independent contractors or officers or employees paid wholly on a fee basis.

(4) Employees who occupy positions that are covered by other pension or retirement funds or plans, maintained in whole or in part by appropriations by the state or a political subdivision, except:

(A) the federal Social Security program; and

(B) the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund established by IC 33-39-7-9.

(5) Managers or employees of a license branch of the bureau of motor vehicles commission, except those persons who may be included as members under IC 9-14-10.

(6) Employees, except employees of a participating school corporation, hired after June 30, 1982, occupying positions normally requiring performance of service of less than one thousand (1,000) hours during a year.

(7) Persons who:

(A) are employed by the state;

(B) have been classified as federal employees by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States; and

(C) are covered by the federal Social Security program as federal employees under 42 U.S.C. 410.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.24, SEC.5; Acts 1982, P.L.37, SEC.3; P.L.31-1984, SEC.2; P.L.42-1986, SEC.1; P.L.62-1987, SEC.1; P.L.61-1987, SEC.2; P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.5; P.L.62-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1991, SEC.26; P.L.98-2004, SEC.68; P.L.195-2013, SEC.10; P.L.198-2016, SEC.10.