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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 24 - Government - State » Article 54 - County, Municipal, and Political Subdivision Officers' and Employees' Retirement Systems

§ 24-54-101. Authorization to Establish and Maintain Retirement Plan or System – Definitions

Any county, municipality, or other political subdivision by itself or in conjunction with any other county, municipality, or political subdivision is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a general plan or system of retirement benefits for its elected or appointed officers and its employees, or any class thereof, subject to appropriations being available therefor. (Deleted […]

§ 24-54-102. Type of Plan or System

Any plan or system adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be based either on the purchase of an insured group plan of retirement annuities funded through a group carrier or on a noninsured trust retirement plan; or such plan or system may provide for participation in the public employees’ retirement association as […]

§ 24-54-103. Prior Service Benefits

Employees of a county, municipality, political subdivision, or other participating entity that adopts a retirement plan or system may receive prior service benefits not to exceed five years to be funded entirely by the county, municipality, political subdivision, or other participating entity; but prior service benefits in excess of five years may be allowed if […]

§ 24-54-104. Funds for Plan or System – Additional Contribution

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any plan or system adopted pursuant to this article 54 shall require participants to contribute a percentage of their salaries toward the cost thereof, such rate of contribution to be not less than three percent of the participant’s basic salary or wage. Participation in the public employees’ retirement […]

§ 24-54-106. Association Shall Be Formed – Withdrawal

Any county, or group of counties, any municipality or group of municipalities, any political subdivision or group of political subdivisions, or any other participating entity or group of participating entities adopting a retirement plan or system pursuant to the provisions of this article shall form and maintain an association for the purchase, establishment, or procurement […]

§ 24-54-107. Boards of Retirement

The management of the county retirement system shall be vested in a county board of retirement consisting of five members, one of whom shall be the county treasurer of the county in the system or from the county with the largest population if two or more counties are involved, two of whom shall be nonelected […]

§ 24-54-108. Control and Management of Plan or System

The retirement board of any association formed pursuant to the provisions of section 24-54-106 shall have full and complete control and management of any retirement plan provided for and authorized by this article, other than matters relating to participation in the public employees’ retirement association. Such retirement board shall make all necessary rules and regulations […]

§ 24-54-108.5. Control and Management of Individual County Plan

The retirement board of any individual county retirement plan shall have full and complete control and management of any retirement plan provided for and authorized by this article, other than matters relating to participation in the public employees’ retirement association. Such retirement board shall make all necessary rules for managing and discharging its duties, for […]

§ 24-54-109. County, Municipal, or Political Subdivision Retirement Fund – Tax

Any county adopting a retirement plan as authorized by this article shall establish a county officials’ and employees’ retirement fund, which fund is hereby authorized. The board of county commissioners may levy a retirement fund tax, in addition to any other tax authorized by law, on all of the taxable property within said county, the […]

§ 24-54-110. Exemption Authorized – Conditions

Any municipality is authorized to exempt the city manager and key management staff who report directly to the city manager or directly to the city council from the provisions of this article. Source: L. 87: Entire article added, p. 1090, § 2, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1589, § 65, effective July 1.

§ 24-54-111. Funds Not Subject to Process

Except for assignments for child support purposes as provided for in sections 14-10-118 (1) and 14-14-107, C.R.S., as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, for income assignments for child support purposes pursuant to section 14-14-111.5, C.R.S., for writs of garnishment that are the result of a judgment taken for arrearages for child support or […]

§ 24-54-112. Investments

The retirement board shall have complete control and authority to invest the funds of the plan. (Deleted by amendment, L . 2000, p. 752, § 1, effective August 2, 2000.) Funds of the plan shall be managed and invested by the retirement board of such plan in accordance with the prudent investor rule and the […]

§ 24-54-113. Direct Rollovers

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an employee or official who has terminated contributions to a plan established pursuant to this article, or a surviving spouse, may elect to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan in a direct rollover in accordance with section 401 (a)(31) […]

§ 24-54-114. Audit

Every three years, the state auditor may conduct or cause to be conducted an audit of any retirement plan or system of retirement benefits established and maintained by any county in conjunction with any other county pursuant to the provisions of this article. The audit shall review the financial transactions and accounts of the plan […]

§ 24-54-115. Confidentiality

All information contained in records of members of a retirement plan or system of retirement benefits established and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this article, former members, inactive members, or benefit recipients and their dependents shall be kept confidential by a retirement plan or system established pursuant to this article. Source: L. 2005: Entire […]

§ 24-54-117. Notice of Possible Change in Benefits – Ensuring Sustainability

The board of any defined benefit plan or system adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article shall provide written notice to each member, inactive member, and beneficiary that the possibility of a reduction of benefits to ensure the sustainability of the defined benefit plan or system could occur in the future. Source: L. 2012: […]