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45-37-123.28
Section 45-37-123.28 Claims procedure. (a) Claims for benefits under the plan shall be filed
in writing with the pension coordinator on forms provided by the pension board in accordance
with procedures established by the pension board and/or the pension coordinator. The procedure
and documents to be produced by a member or beneficiary may differ depending on the type of
benefit claim being made. (b) The pension board may allow a properly designated power of attorney
to act on behalf of a member or beneficiary so long as the act is authorized under the terms
of the power of attorney documentation. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586, §2:2.9.)...
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45-37-123.29
Section 45-37-123.29 Claims review procedure. Any employee, former employee, or beneficiary
of either, who has been denied a benefit by a decision of the pension board pursuant to a
claim made under Section 45-37-123.28 shall be entitled to request the pension board to give
further consideration to a claim by filing with the pension board a written request for a
hearing. Such request shall be filed with the pension board no later than 60 days after receipt
of the written notification of denial. The pension board shall then conduct a hearing as soon
as administratively feasible. The hearing shall typically be held at the pension board's regular
monthly meeting. A final decision as to the claim shall be made by the pension board as soon
as administratively feasible after receipt of the appeal and the claimant shall be notified
in writing of the decision. In the event of a denial of a disability retirement benefit claim,
a new disability retirement benefit claim may not be made for at...
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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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45-37-123.83
Section 45-37-123.83 Forfeitures, donations, and other similar contributions. The pension board
and county are authorized to contribute to the trust fund any monies received in the form
of donations, gifts, appropriations, bequests, or otherwise, or derived therefrom. Additionally,
any member or beneficiary who fails to make timely application for the amount of his or her
employee contributions pursuant to Section 45-37-123.104 shall be deemed to have forfeited
and donated such employee contributions to the trust fund. In no event shall any forfeitures
under the plan result in an increase in the benefit to be paid to any member. The pension
coordinator shall provide one certified letter to the member within 60 days following the
member's termination of employment advising the member of the foregoing forfeiture provisions.
See also Section 45-37-123.194 for additional forfeiture provisions. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586,
§2:4.4.)...
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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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12-17-227
Section 12-17-227 (Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Definitions. When
used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS. The sum of
all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member credited to his or her individual
account in the District Attorneys' Plan, together with regular interest thereon. (2) ACTUARIAL
EQUIVALENT. A benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of the mortality tables
adopted by the Board of Control and regular interest. (3) ANNUITY. Payments for life derived
from the accumulated contributions of a member. All annuities shall be payable in equal monthly
installments. (4) AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION. The average annual compensation of a district
attorney with respect to which he or she had made contributions pursuant to Section 12-17-227.2
during the five years in his or her last 10 years of membership service...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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45-37-123.103
Section 45-37-123.103 Death benefits. (a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member's beneficiary
is entitled to a preretirement joint survivorship pension, as described below. (1) MARRIED
MEMBER. If a married, active member dies, then the beneficiary may elect, on a form provided
by the pension board, to be paid in one of the following forms: a. One Hundred Percent Preretirement
Joint Survivorship Pension. If such member was eligible for a deferred retirement benefit
at the time of the member's death, then the beneficiary may elect to be paid in the form of
a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during
the beneficiary's lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that
would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment;
or b. Refund. The beneficiary may elect a refund of the member's employee contributions in
accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b. (2) UNMARRIED...
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45-37-123.101
Section 45-37-123.101 Postretirement joint survivorship pension. (a) Election of postretirement
joint survivorship pension. In lieu of a benefit under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive,
of Section 45-37-123.100, superannuation retirement benefit, early retirement benefit, or
deferred retirement benefit, respectively, a member may elect to receive a postretirement
joint survivorship pension. (1) PERCENTAGE ELECTION. In the event that a member desires to
elect pursuant to this subsection to receive a postretirement joint survivorship pension,
he or she shall elect one of the following percentages, which election shall be the actuarial
equivalent of the monthly retirement benefit provided in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive,
of Section 45-37-123.100, as applicable: a. Reduced monthly benefit payable over the life
of the member and the life of the member's designated beneficiary, 50 percent postretirement
joint survivorship pension. b. Reduced monthly benefit payable over the life of the...
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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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