40.20 Creation. A Wisconsin retirement system is created, including the benefits provided by this subchapter, the disability annuities provided by s. 40.63 and the death benefits provided by ss. 40.71 and 40.73. For purposes of determining an employee’s eligibility for social security coverage only, the former state teachers retirement system and Milwaukee teachers retirement fund […]
40.21 Participating employers. (1) Any employer shall be included within and thereafter subject to the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system by so electing, through adoption of a resolution by the governing body of the employer. (2) Any employer who elected or was required to participate in the Wisconsin retirement fund under s. 41.05, 1979 […]
40.22 Participating employees. (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6), each employee currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or other participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating employer. […]
40.23 Retirement annuities. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), any participant who has attained age 55, and any protective occupation participant who has attained age 50, on or before the annuity effective date shall be entitled to a retirement annuity in accordance with the actuarial tables in effect on the effective date of […]
40.24 Annuity options. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) to (4) and (7), any participant who is eligible to receive a retirement annuity in the normal form may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the normal form annuity in any of the following optional annuity forms: (a) A straight-life annuity terminating at the […]
40.25 Lump sum payments. (1) (a) If all other requirements for payment of a retirement annuity are met and if the retirement annuity in the normal form which could be provided under s. 40.23 is equal to or less than $100 monthly for a benefit with an effective date that is on or after April […]
40.27 Post-retirement adjustments. (1) Supplemental benefits. Any person who received a supplemental benefit under s. 41.23, 1979 stats., s. 42.49 (10), 1979 stats., or s. 42.82, 1979 stats., is eligible to continue receiving a supplemental benefit in the amounts determined under s. 41.23, 1979 stats., s. 42.49 (10), 1979 stats., or s. 42.82, 1979 stats. […]
40.28 Variable benefits. (1) Any annuity provided to a participant whose accounts include credits segregated for a variable annuity shall consist of a core annuity and a variable annuity. (a) The initial amount of the variable annuity shall be the amount which can be provided on the basis of the actuarial tables in effect on […]
40.285 Purchase of creditable service. (1) General requirements. (a) Deadline for purchase of creditable service. An application to purchase creditable service must be received by the department, on a form provided by the department, from an applicant who is a participating employee on the day that the department receives the application. (b) Calculation of creditable […]
40.29 Temporary disability; creditable service. (1) If a participating employee receives temporary disability compensation under s. 102.43 for any period prior to termination of employment with the participating employer which commences on or after April 30, 1980, the employee shall be: (a) Credited with creditable service during that period on the same basis as the […]
40.30 Intrastate retirement reciprocity. (1) This section shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern to encourage career public service by employees of the state, 1st class cities and counties having a population of 750,000 or more but shall not be construed to affect the authority of any 1st class city to exercise its […]
40.31 Maximum benefit limitations. (1) General limitation. The maximum retirement benefits payable to a participant in a calendar year, excluding benefits attributable to contributions subject to the limit under s. 40.32, may not exceed the maximum benefit limitation established under section 415 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted under section 415 (d) of […]
40.32 Limitations on contributions. (1) The sum of all employee post-tax contributions allocated to a participant’s account may not in any calendar year exceed the maximum contribution limitation established under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted under section 415 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code and any applicable regulations adopted by […]
