Section 16-25-150 – Participation in Plan.
Section 16-25-150 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as a part of this retirement system an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which may be cited as “DROP.” The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually, in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a […]
Section 16-25-151 – Withdrawal From Service; Death of Participant.
Section 16-25-151 Withdrawal from service; death of participant. (a) On withdrawing from service pursuant to Section 16-25-14, a member who participated in DROP: (1) Who fulfilled his or her contractual obligation pursuant to DROP shall receive a lump-sum payment from his or her DROP account equal to the payments made to that account on his […]
Section 16-25-152 – Relation to Federal Law.
Section 16-25-152 Relation to federal law. At no time shall any provision or implementation of such provision pertaining to DROP be contrary to the rules and regulations of the federal law governing governmental plans. DROP is intended to operate in accordance with Section 415 and other applicable sections of the United States Internal Revenue Code. […]
Section 16-25-153 – Incentives for Participation in Plan.
Section 16-25-153 Incentives for participation in plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other laws to the contrary, no employer whose employees are covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System shall offer any incentives of value including, but not limited to, monetary payments, prepayment of health insurance, or extraordinary payments for accrued leave, […]
Section 16-25-154 – Restoration to Active Service.
Section 16-25-154 Restoration to active service. Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who has participated in DROP and withdraws from service under Section 16-25-151 is not eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 16-25-14 or subsection (f) of Section 36-27-12. Rather, the employee shall be restored to active […]