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§ 38-812 – Maximum annual pension; limitations; definition

38-812. Maximum annual pension; limitations; definition A. The maximum annual pension for a limitation year shall not exceed the following: 1. For limitation years beginning before 1995, the lesser of ninety thousand dollars, as indexed for inflation, or one hundred per cent of the member’s average yearly salary. 2. For limitation years beginning in 1995 […]

§ 38-814 – Termination of plan; adjustment and refund

38-814. Termination of plan; adjustment and refund A. If the plan terminates, each member’s accrued benefits to the date of termination become one hundred percent nonforfeitable to the extent funded. After provision is made for all expenses of the plan, including expenses of liquidation, the assets of the plan shall be allocated by the payment […]

§ 38-815 – Joinder agreement

38-815. Joinder agreement A. Elected officials of an incorporated city or town may participate in the plan if the governing body of the city or town enters into a joinder agreement with the board on behalf of its elected officials and the employer unconditionally accepts the provisions of the plan and binds its elected officials […]

§ 38-816 – Redemption of prior service

38-816. Redemption of prior service A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, an active elected official who has at least five years of credited service with the plan may elect to redeem up to sixty months of any part of the following prior service or employment by paying into the fund the […]

§ 38-816.01 – Purchase of service; payment

38-816.01. Purchase of service; payment A member who purchases service pursuant to this article or section 38-922 or 38-924 shall make payments directly to the plan in whole or in part by any one or a combination of the following methods: 1. In lump sum payments. 2. Through an arrangement with the plan that the […]

§ 38-818.04 – Cost-of-living adjustment

38-818.04. Cost-of-living adjustment A. Each retired member or survivor of a retired member is eligible to receive a compounding cost-of-living adjustment in the base benefit as provided in this section. The first payment under this section shall be made immediately following the first year the cost-of-living adjustment specified in subsection C of this section is […]

§ 38-820 – Credit for military service

38-820. Credit for military service A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a member of the plan who has at least five years of credited service with the plan may receive credited service for periods of active military service performed before employment with the member’s current employer if: 1. The member was […]

§ 38-821 – Charter city retirement system service credits; transfers

38-821. Charter city retirement system service credits; transfers A. A member of a charter city retirement system who is an elected official may apply for a transfer of service credits from the charter city retirement system to the elected officials’ retirement plan pursuant to this section if all of the following conditions are met: 1. […]

§ 38-822 – Domestic relations orders; procedures; payments

38-822. Domestic relations orders; procedures; payments A. Notwithstanding any other law, in a judicial proceeding for annulment, dissolution of marriage or legal separation that provides for the distribution of community property, or in any judicial proceeding to amend or enforce such a property distribution, a court in this state may issue a domestic relations order […]

§ 38-823 – Discount rate; service purchase; transfer of service credits

38-823. Discount rate; service purchase; transfer of service credits A. Beginning July 1, 2017, the discount rate specified in subsection B of this section applies to service purchases or transfers of service credits to the plan pursuant to the following sections: 1. Section 38-816, subsection C. 2. Section 38-820, subsection A or B. 3. Section […]