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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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