§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 […]
§18-7B-7. Participation in Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System; Limiting Participation in Existing Teachers Retirement System
(a) Beginning July 1, 1991, and except as provided in this section, the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System shall be the single retirement program for all new employees whose employment commences on or after that date and all new employees shall be required to participate. No additional new employees except as may be provided in […]
§18-7B-7a. Plan Closed to Persons Employed for the First Time After June, 2005; Former Employees
The retirement system created and established in this article shall be closed and no new members accepted in the system after June 30, 2005. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections seven and eight of this article, all persons who are regularly employed for full-time service as a member or an employee whose initial employment commences after […]
§18-7B-8. Voluntary Participation in System; Expiration of Right to Elect Membership in Defined Contribution System
(1) Any employee who is a member of the existing retirement system may, upon written election, voluntarily elect membership in the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System, on a prospective basis, on or after July 1, 1991. All benefits earned by any employee making a voluntary election under the existing retirement system prior to the voluntary […]
§18-7B-8a. Qualified Military Service
Contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this section, "qualified military service" has the same meaning as in Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code. The retirement board is authorized to determine all questions and […]
§18-7B-9. Members' Contributions; Annuity Account Established
(a) Each employee who is a member of the Defined Contribution System shall contribute four and one-half percent of his or her gross compensation by salary deduction. The salary deductions shall be made by the employer and shall be paid to the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System within fifteen days of the end of the […]
§18-7B-10. Employer Contributions
Each participating employer shall annually make a contribution equal to seven and one-half percent of each member's gross compensation. The pro rata share of this amount shall be paid upon each date that a member contribution is made and shall be remitted as provided for in section nine of this article for credit to the […]
§18-7B-11. Termination of Membership
(a) Any member whose employment with a participating employer terminates after the completion of six complete years of employment service is eligible to terminate his or her annuity account and receive a distribution from the member's annuity account, in an amount equal to the member's contribution plus one third of the employer contributions and any […]
§18-7B-11a. Rollovers and Transfers to Repay Cashed-Out or Withdrawn Contributions
(a) This section applies to rollovers and transfers as specified in this section made on or after January 1, 2002. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary that would otherwise prohibit or limit rollovers and plan transfers to this system, the defined contribution system shall accept the following rollovers and plan transfers on […]