45-37-123.190
Section 45-37-123.190 Merger, consolidation, or transfer of assets. (a) This plan may be merged
or consolidated with any other qualified plan or its assets or liabilities transferred to
any other qualified plan as determined by the Legislature or the county. (b) A member, with
the approval of the pension board, may elect to transfer, in cash, amounts from his or her
account under a § 457(b), Internal Revenue Code, plan in accordance with such rules and regulations
as the pension board may establish from time to time. Unless otherwise determined by the pension
board, any such amounts transferred from a § 457(b), Internal Revenue Code plan shall be
treated as employee contributions for purposes of the plan. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586, §2:9.1.)...

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45-37-123.108
Section 45-37-123.108 Direct rollovers. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section,
this section shall be effective as of January 1, 1993. (1) ROLLOVERS GENERALLY. a. Notwithstanding
any provision of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election
under this section, a distributee, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the pension
board, may elect to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution that is equal to
at least two hundred dollars ($200) paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified
by the distributee in a direct rollover. b. For purposes of this subdivision, the following
definitions shall apply: 1.(i) An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of all
or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover
distribution does not include: Any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments, not less frequently than annually, made...
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45-37A-51.09
Section 45-37A-51.09 Compensation limits; forfeitures; required minimum. (a) Compensation in
excess of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000), or such other amount provided in
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be disregarded. Such amount shall be
adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B), except
that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for
the fiscal years beginning with or within such calendar year. If compensation for any prior
determination period is taken into account in determining a participant member's benefits
for the current fiscal year, the compensation for such prior determination period is subject
to the applicable annual compensation limit in effect for that prior period. (b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing and to the extent applicable to governmental plans as such are defined in Section
414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in no event may...
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45-37-123.22
Section 45-37-123.22 Powers and duties of the pension board. (a) The pension board shall be
responsible for the general administration and proper operation of the plan, and shall administer
the plan for the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries, subject to the
specific terms of the plan. The pension board shall administer the plan in accordance with
its terms and shall have the power and discretion to construe the terms of the plan and the
act and to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration, interpretation,
and application of the plan. Any such determination by the pension board shall be conclusive
and binding upon all persons. The pension board may establish procedures, correct any defect,
supply any information, or reconcile any inconsistency in such manner and to such extent as
shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the plan; provided, however,
that any procedure, discretionary act, interpretation, or...
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45-8A-22.124
Section 45-8A-22.124 Eligible rollover distribution; direct rollover. (a) Rollovers Generally.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a
distributee's election under this section, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the retirement board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution
paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover.
(2) Definitions. a. Eligible Rollover Distribution. An eligible rollover distribution is any
distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except
that an eligible rollover distribution does not include: 1. Any distribution that is one of
a series of substantially equal periodic payments, not less frequently than annually, made
for the life, or life expectancy, of the distributee or the joint lives, or joint life expectancies,
of the distributee and the distributee's designated...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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45-37-123.104
Section 45-37-123.104 Withdrawal and refund of employee contributions. The following provisions
generally govern a member's withdrawal and refund of employee contributions under the plan.
Any member who fails to make application for the amount of his or her employee contributions
pursuant to this section within five years after his or her separation from the service of
the county, except as otherwise provided herein or otherwise determined by the pension board,
shall be deemed to have forfeited and donated such employee contributions to the trust fund
pursuant to Section 45-37-123.83. The foregoing five year rule only applies to a member; in
the case of a beneficiary, the pension board may only forfeit employee contributions after
it has exhausted reasonable efforts to locate the beneficiary. (1) WITHDRAWAL OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBERS NOT ENTITLED TO A DEFERRED RETIREMENT BENEFIT. In the event that
a member ceases to be an employee of the county for reasons other than...
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36-27-24
Section 36-27-24 Funds for assets of retirement system - Creation; composition; disposition
of funds; appropriations. (a) Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement
system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds,
namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The
operation of the former Pension Reserve Fund and the Annuity Reserve Fund shall be discontinued
as of such date and the balance of the former Pension Reserve Fund shall be transferred to
the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the balance of the former Annuity Reserve Fund shall be
transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund. (b) Annuity Savings Fund. The Annuity Savings
Fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of
members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the Annuity Savings
Fund shall be made as follows: Effective October 1, 1971, each employer shall...
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45-37A-51.250
Section 45-37A-51.250 Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004. Solely for purposes of calculating
DROP benefits and for converting lump sum amounts for compliance with § 415, Internal Revenue
Code, if the system provides a benefit in a form that is subject to the minimum present value
requirements of § 417(e)(3), Internal Revenue Code, in a fiscal year beginning in 2004 or
2005, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity that is used for demonstrating compliance
with § 415, Internal Revenue Code, shall be the greater of: (1) The straight life annuity
determined using the plan rate and plan mortality table and (2) the straight life annuity
determined using 5.5 percent and the applicable mortality table. A benefit is subject to the
minimum present value requirements of § 417(e)(3), Internal Revenue Code, if it is any benefit
other than a nondecreasing annuity payable for a period of not less than the life of the participant,
or, in the case of a qualified preretirement survivor...
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19-3B-508
Section 19-3B-508 Qualified trusts under the Internal Revenue Code. (a) As used in this section:
(1) ASSIGNMENT or ALIENATION, and any conjugation thereof, includes any anticipation, assignment
at law or in equity, alienation, attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal
or equitable process. The term includes: (i) any arrangement providing for the payment to
the employer or other sponsor of such plan of benefits that otherwise would be due the participant
under the plan; (ii) any direct or indirect arrangement, whether revocable or irrevocable,
whereby any person acquires from a participant or beneficiary of such plan a right or interest
enforceable against the plan in, or to, all or any part of a plan benefit which is, or may
become, payable to the participant or beneficiary; (iii) any attachment, execution, seizure,
or the like, or under any form of legal process whatsoever; and (iv) the operation of any
bankruptcy or insolvency laws under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b) as from...
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