Section 36-27-170 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as a part of this retirement system, an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which may be cited as “DROP.” The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually, in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a […]
Section 36-27-171 Withdrawal from service; death of participant. (a) On withdrawing from service pursuant to Section 36-27-16, a member who participated in DROP: (1) Who fulfilled his or her contractual obligation pursuant to DROP shall receive a lump-sum payment from his or her DROP account equal to the payments made to that account on his […]
Section 36-27-172 Relation to federal law. At no time shall any provision or implementation of such provision pertaining to DROP be contrary to the rules and regulations of the federal law governing governmental plans. DROP is intended to operate in accordance with Section 415 and other applicable sections of the United States Internal Revenue Code. […]
Section 36-27-173 Relation to Section 36-27-6. This article shall not apply to any unit participating pursuant to Section 36-27-6, unless the governing body of such employer shall agree to come under this section and assume any costs associated with implementation of the DROP program. When such a unit exercises an option to participate in the […]
Section 36-27-174 Incentives for participation in plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other laws to the contrary, no employer whose employees are covered under the Employees’ Retirement System shall offer any incentives of value including, but not limited to, monetary payments, prepayment of health insurance, or extraordinary payments for accrued leave, […]
Section 36-27-175 Restoration to active service. Any member of the Employees’ Retirement System who has participated in DROP and withdraws from service under Section 36-27-171 is not eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 36-27-16 or subsection (f) of Section 16-25-4. Rather, the employee shall be restored to active […]
