16-25-3
Section 16-25-3 Membership; membership credit for service in armed forces of United States;
deferred benefits. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the following:
All persons who shall become teachers after the date of establishment shall become members
of the retirement system as a condition of their employment. Any person who is a teacher on
the date of establishment shall become a member as of that date unless within a period of
90 days next following such teacher shall file with the Board of Control on a form prescribed
by the board a notice of his election not to be covered in the membership of the system and
a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure
to him on account of his participation in the retirement system. (b) A teacher in service
on October 1, 1973, whose membership in the retirement system was contingent on his own election
and who elected not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be...
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36-27-11
Section 36-27-11 Determination of prior creditable service; computation of creditable service
at retirement; procedure for restoration of creditable service to certain persons; payment
of makeup contributions by certain persons. (a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board
of Control shall adopt, each member who was an employee prior to October 1, 1945, and who
has made up contributions for time served as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to
September 1, 1966, shall file a detailed statement of all service as an employee rendered
by him prior to October 1, 1945, for which he claims credit. (b) The Board of Control shall
fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent
to one year of service, but in no case shall it allow any credit for a period of absence without
pay of more than one month's duration, nor shall more than one year of service be creditable
for all service in one calendar year. (c) Subject to the restrictions...
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36-27-81
Section 36-27-81 Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions.
There is hereby provided to each person whose employer elects to come under the provisions
of this article and whose retirement is based on 51 or more percent service to an employer
participating under Section 36-27-6, and whose effective date of retirement for purposes of
receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and
to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees of such employers, provided
the effective date of death or retirement for such deceased retiree or deceased member for
purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October
1, 1987, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System a
cost-of-living increase as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained
by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said...
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36-27-98
Section 36-27-98 Certain pensioners and annuitants, retired from local units before units became
members and receiving benefits, may receive increase; certain local units may provide increase.
(a) Any pensioner who retired from a city, town, county, or local board before the city, town,
county, or local board became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving
a monthly benefit on May 13, 1993, administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive
an increase in benefits in the amount of $60 per month if the city, town, county, or local
board elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1992.
For purposes of this section, a pensioner is a retiree who earned retirement in any public
pension plan created by the Legislature or a political subdivision. (b) Any annuitant who
retired from a city, town, county, or local board before the city, town, county, or local
board became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and...
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45-37A-51.228
Section 45-37A-51.228 Survivor's benefits. (a) Effective July 1, 2002, in the event of the
death of a retiree or participant who, on the date of his or her death was eligible for voluntary
retirement under Section 45-37A-51.220, there may be payable a monthly survivor's benefit
equal to 60 percent of the monthly retirement benefit which the retiree was receiving or was
entitled to receive prior to his or her death or which the participant would have been entitled
to receive had he or she retired under Section 45-37A-51.220 on the day preceding his or her
death; notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the survivor's benefit may be increased pursuant
to Section 45-37A-51.242. In the event any survivor is being paid an amount in excess of 60
percent of the retiree's monthly benefit on May 1, 2006, such survivor's benefits shall not
be decreased. (b)(1) Effective July 1, 2002, upon the death of any retiree or participant
who at the time of his or her death was not eligible for voluntary...
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36-27-125
Section 36-27-125 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Any
pensioner or beneficiary who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public
organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization
of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly
benefit on October 1, 1994 administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive an
increase in benefits in the amount of not less than sixty dollars ($60) nor more than one
hundred dollars ($100) per month if the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization
of the state elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October
1, 1994. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any pensioner or annuitant of a city, town, county,
or public or quasi-public organization who receives his or her monthly benefit from a source
other than the Employees' Retirement System may receive an...
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36-27-155
Section 36-27-155 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing
October 1, 2000, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or
quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public
organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is
receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2000, administered by the Employees' Retirement
System, and whose years of creditable service has not been made known to the Employees' Retirement
System, may receive an increase in benefits of four percent, except that no pensioner shall
receive an increase of less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month, provided the retired
employee retired prior to October 1, 2000, and the employer decides to come under the provisions
of this article. (b) Retired local public agency employees who retired prior to membership
of the employer in the Employees' Retirement System and...
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36-27-184
Section 36-27-184 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing
October 1, 2002, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or
quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public
organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is
receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2002, administered by the Employees' Retirement
System, and whose years of creditable service have not been made known to the Employees' Retirement
System, may receive an increase in benefits of three percent except that no pensioner shall
receive an increase of less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the retired employee
retired prior to October 1, 2001, and the employer elects to come under the provisions of
this article. (b) Retired local public agency employees who retired prior to membership of
the employer in the Employees' Retirement System and whose...
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36-27-88
Section 36-27-88 Amount of increase - Persons whose retirement is based on 51 or more percent
service to employer participating under Section 36-27-6. There is hereby provided to each
person whose employer elects to come under the provisions of this act and whose retirement
is based on 51 or more percent service to an employer participating under Section 36-27-6,
and whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees'
Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1989, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members
and deceased retirees of such employers, provided the effective date of death or retirement
for such deceased retiree or deceased member for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees'
Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1989, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from
the Employees' Retirement System a cost-of-living increase as follows: (1) $1.00 per month
for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.00 per...
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45-37-123.84
Section 45-37-123.84 Service rules. Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, the rules
below shall apply in determining length of service for all purposes under the plan. (1) In
no case may more than one year of service be credited for service in one calendar year. (2)
A member shall work over one-half of a month, including all calendar days, in order to earn
one month of service. (3) Except as otherwise specifically stated herein or required by federal
law, a member shall not be allowed service credit for any period of more than one-half of
a month during which such member is absent without pay. (4) A member shall receive service
credit for any and all paid leaves of absence, including a paid Family and Medical Leave Act
leave, regardless of the length of the leave and regardless of the performance of any services.
For member's terminating employment between August 1, 1993 and January 31, 2010, up to three
months of service credit was granted to members on unpaid Family and...
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