§18-7B-20. Prohibition of Involuntary Cash-Outs
Notwithstanding any provision of this section or of any legislative rule contained in series three, involuntary cash-outs to members may not be made after June 30, 2005.
§18-7B-21. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
(a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board shall correct errors in the retirement system in a timely manner whether the individual, entity or board was at fault for the error with the intent of placing the affected individual, entity and retirement board in the position each would have been in had the […]
§18-7B-12. Retirement, Commencement of Annuity Payments, Payments Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order
(a) Subject to the provisions of section twelve-a of this article, an employee attaining fifty-five years of age, may elect to take retirement by notifying the board or its designee in writing of his or her intention to retire. The notice of retirement must be received by the board or its designee no fewer than […]
§18-7B-12a. Federal Minimum Required Distributions
The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of a members or beneficiarys interest and take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of this defined contribution system. This section applies to plan years beginning after December 31, 1986. Notwithstanding anything in this system to the contrary, the payment of benefits under this article shall be […]
§18-7B-13. Amount of Annuity Payments; Federal Law Maximum Benefit
limitations. (a) The amount of annuity payments a retired member shall receive shall be based solely upon the balance in the member's annuity account at the date of retirement, the retirement option selected, or in the event of an annuity option being selected, the actuarial life expectancy of the member and such other factors as […]
§18-7B-13b. Direct Rollovers
(a) Except where otherwise stated, this section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this system, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion […]
§18-7B-14. Supplemental Annuity Contracts
The board shall authorize the private pension, insurance, annuity, mutual fund or other qualified company or companies with whom it contracts to make available to members such supplemental annuity options, disability and other insurance or benefits as the board deems appropriate: Provided, That such supplemental annuities, insurance and benefits shall be funded solely from employee […]
§18-7B-15. Account Statements
The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared, on an annual basis, an account statement for each members' annuity account. The statement shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of the current market value of the members' account. The board shall prescribe the form and content of the account statement not inconsistent […]
§18-7B-16. Years of Employment Service
(a) A member of the Defined Contribution System who terminates employment with a participating employer and does not remove any funds from his or her vested employee and employer account, or who removes the funds and repays them within five years after termination, and becomes reemployed with a participating employer within five years does not […]
§18-7B-17. Deposits to the Members' Annuity Accounts
Beginning on July 1, 1991 and thereafter, each county board of education shall deposit in the member's annuity account created pursuant to section nine of this article an amount equal to seven and one-half percent of all compensation paid to members of the defined contribution system in excess of that authorized for minimum salaries in […]