Sec. 10. (a) A person who:
(1) begins service as a judge after August 31, 1985; and
(2) is not a participant in the fund;
shall become a participant in the fund.
(b) A person who is serving as a full-time magistrate on July 1, 2010, and makes an election under section 10.5 of this chapter is, beginning January 1, 2011, a participant in the judges' 1985 benefit system under this chapter.
(c) A person who begins serving as a full-time magistrate after July 1, 2010, is a participant in the judges' 1985 benefit system under this chapter beginning on the later of the following:
(1) January 1, 2011.
(2) The date the person begins service as a full-time magistrate.