§ 5056. Disability retirement
§ 5056. Disability retirement (a) Upon application of a member not more than 90 days before, or later than 90 days, or longer for cause shown, the date a member separates from service, any member who has not reached his or her normal retirement date and has had five or more years of creditable service, […]
§ 5056a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing
§ 5056a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing (a) An applicant for disability retirement benefits under section 5056 of this title may file a request for an evidentiary hearing with the Retirement Board if the application for benefits is denied. (b) The hearing shall be an appeal de novo and shall be conducted by a hearing officer […]
§ 5057. Reexamination of disability beneficiary
§ 5057. Reexamination of disability beneficiary (a) Once each year, the Retirement Board or the Medical Board may require any disability beneficiary who has not reached his or her normal retirement date to undergo a medical examination, by a physician or physicians designated by the Medical Board, the examination to be made at the place […]
§ 5058. Reinstatement
§ 5058. Reinstatement Should a disability beneficiary be restored to service and should his or her annual earnable compensation then or at any time thereafter be equal to or greater than his or her average final compensation at retirement, or should any other beneficiary be restored to service, his or her retirement allowance shall cease […]
§ 5052. Name and date of establishment
§ 5052. Name and date of establishment The date of establishment of the Retirement System shall be July 1, 1975. The System shall be known as the “Vermont Municipal Employees’ Retirement System”, and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its assets invested, and all of its cash and securities […]
§ 5053. Members
§ 5053. Members (a) An employee of an employer who joins the Vermont Municipal Employees’ System may become a member of the System on the effective date of participation of said employer or at a later date if he or she has completed three or more years of continuous service as an employee. If an […]
§ 5053a. Employees of a supervisory union
§ 5053a. Employees of a supervisory union (a) For purposes of this section, the term “transferred employee” means an employee under this chapter who transitioned from employment solely by a school district to employment, wholly or in part, by a supervisory union pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 261a(a)(6) or (8)(E) as amended on June 3, […]
§ 5054. Creditable service
§ 5054. Creditable service (a) An employee who becomes a member on July 1, 1975 shall receive credit for all prior service as an employee since the employee’s most recent date of hire with his or her present employer, up to a maximum of 20 years. Any other person who becomes a member shall receive […]
§ 5054a. Elective credits
§ 5054a. Elective credits (a) Any member may elect to have included in the member’s creditable service, years of service as an employee of another municipality, as a State employee, or as a teacher in a public or private school, as defined by the Board, and years of service in the defined contribution plan authorized […]
§ 5007. Penalties
§ 5007. Penalties Municipalities may prescribe by ordinance penalties for any violation of any ordinance or regulation adopted under this chapter by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, for each violation thereof. Each day’s failure to comply with any such provision shall constitute a […]