45-37-123.131
Section 45-37-123.131 Maximum annual benefit. (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the exceptions and adjustments below, effective for limitation years ending after December 31, 2001, the annual benefit otherwise payable to a member under the plan at any time shall not exceed the maximum annual benefit, and if the benefit a member would otherwise accrue in a limitation year would produce an annual benefit in excess of the maximum annual benefit, the benefit shall be limited, or the rate of accrual reduced, to a benefit that does not exceed the maximum annual benefit. The maximum annual benefit payable to a member under the plan in any limitation year shall equal the defined benefit dollar limitation. The defined benefit dollar limitation is one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000), as adjusted, effective January 1 of each year, under § 415(d), Internal Revenue Code, in such manner as the secretary shall prescribe, and payable in the form of a straight life annuity....
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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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36-21-189
Section 36-21-189 Retirement annuity. (a) Any member, at any time after reaching the age of 62 and completion of at least 25 years' qualified service, shall be entitled to an annuity benefit. (b) The amount of the monthly benefit shall be determined by the board in an amount recommended by the actuary for the fund. The benefit shall begin upon approval by the board on the date of the member's application for the benefits on forms provided by the board, but in no event shall the benefit begin prior to his or her termination of service as a firefighter. The benefits shall be paid for the life of the member, except as otherwise provided in this section. (c) Any application made pursuant to this section shall contain evidence satisfactory to the board of the date of birth of the member. If any member receiving retirement benefits reenters employment as a firefighter, the payment of retirement benefits shall be terminated as long as he or she is so employed. Upon termination of his or her...
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36-21-190
Section 36-21-190 Disability benefits. (a) Any member who becomes totally or permanently disabled as a result of a heart attack or any injury received in the line of duty as a firefighter, not as a result of his or her misconduct, and who makes proper application to the board on a form supplied by the board and submits evidence satisfactory to the board of such total or permanent disability and the circumstances giving rise to its occurrence, shall be entitled to be paid benefits. The board may require that any applicant for benefits under this section be examined by one or more physicians on behalf of the board and at its expense. Failure of any such applicant to subject himself or herself to such examination shall be sufficient grounds for the board to deny payment of benefits under this section. Any benefit paid under this section shall be paid for a period of not longer than 24 calendar months as follows: (1) Seventy-two dollars ($72) per calendar month if his or her qualified...
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45-37-123.132
Section 45-37-123.132 Adjustments to annual benefit and limitations. (a) Adjustment if fewer than 10 years. Effective for limitation years ending after December 31, 2001, if a member has fewer than 10 years of participation in the plan, then the defined benefit dollar limitation of Section 45-37-123.131(a) shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of years, or part thereof, of participation in the plan, and the denominator of which is 10. However, in no event shall such fraction be less than one-tenth. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made to the defined benefit dollar limitation for a distribution on account of a member becoming disabled by reason of personal injuries or sickness, or as a result of the death of a member. For purposes of this subsection, a year of participation means each accrual computation period for which the following conditions are met: The member is credited with a period of service for benefit accrual purposes,...
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45-37-123.133
Section 45-37-123.133 Annual benefit not in excess of $10,000. (a) The plan may pay an annual benefit to any member in excess of the member's maximum annual benefit if the annual benefit derived from employer contributions under the plan and all other defined benefit plans maintained by the county does not in the aggregate exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the limitation year or for any prior limitation year and the county has not at any time maintained a defined contribution plan, a welfare benefit fund under which amounts attributable to postretirement medical benefits are allocated to separate accounts of key employees, as defined in § 419(A)(d)(3), Internal Revenue Code, or an individual medical account in which the member participated. For purposes of this section, if the plan provides for voluntary or mandatory employee contributions, such contributions shall not be considered a separate defined contribution plan maintained by the county. (b) However, if a member has...
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16-25-11.15
Section 16-25-11.15 Purchase of credit for prior service with eligible employer under Employees' Retirement System. (a)(1) Any person who, as of July 1, 1990, is an officer or a regular employee of an employer participating in the Teachers' Retirement System and who has previously been employed by another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, shall be eligible to receive creditable service for each year of service previously rendered to another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, for up to eight years of creditable service, provided, that the member claiming the credit shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive of military service credit under the Teachers' Retirement System, and the member performs and complies with the condition prescribed in subdivision (2). (2) A member of the Teachers' Retirement System...
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16-25-11
Section 16-25-11 Creditable service. (a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board of Control shall adopt, each person who was a teacher prior to October 1, 1940, and who under the provisions of this chapter makes up contributions plus eight percent compound interest on such contributions for the time said teacher taught as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to October 1, 1974, shall file a detailed statement of all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to October 1, 1940, for which he claims credit. 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 for more than one month's duration, nor shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year. Service rendered for a regular school year shall be equivalent to one year's service. Subject to the above restrictions and...
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45-37-123.100
Section 45-37-123.100 Retirement benefits. (a) Superannuation retirement benefit. (1) ELIGIBILITY. A member shall be eligible for a superannuation retirement benefit if: a. The member has 30 or more years of paid membership time, regardless of age; b. The member has 10 or more years of paid membership time and has attained the age of 60; or c. The member has 30 years of service, 20 years of which are paid membership time, and has attained the age of 55. (2) CALCULATION OF BENEFIT. If a member meets the foregoing eligibility criteria, then the member shall be eligible to retire and receive a monthly benefit for the remainder of his or her life to be determined by the following formula: a. Two and one-half percent multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied by the number of years of paid membership time; plus b. Five-eights of one percent multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied by the number of years of unpaid membership time, if applicable. (3) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT...
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45-37A-51.11
Section 45-37A-51.11 Death benefit for spouses and children not receiving certain benefits. (a) The words, terms, and phrases used in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them by Act 929, or Section 45-37A-51.07, unless it appears from the context that a different meaning is intended. (b)(1) This section shall not apply to any firefighter or police officer, or to his or her spouse, child, or children, unless at the time of his or her death he or she had accumulated at least five years' credited service under Act 929. This section shall not apply to any firefighter or police officer who has not executed within the time hereinafter specified an instrument which shall provide that in the event of his or her death the board of managers of this supplemental pension system shall receive the return of any contributions made by him or her to this supplemental pension system and to the general retirement and relief system created by Act 929, which if he or she had not executed the...
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