2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan
Section 238A.320 - Vesting.


(2) A member who makes rollover contributions becomes vested in the rollover account established for the member under ORS 238A.350 (4) on the date the rollover account is established.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if an employer makes employer contributions for a member under ORS 238A.340 the member becomes vested in the employer account established under ORS 238A.350 (3) on the earliest of the following dates:
(a) The date on which the member completes at least 600 hours of service in each of five calendar years. The five calendar years need not be consecutive, but are subject to the provisions of subsection (5) of this section.
(b) The date on which an active member reaches the normal retirement age for the member under ORS 238A.160.
(c) If the individual account program is terminated, the date on which termination becomes effective, but only to the extent the account is then funded.
(d) The date on which an active member becomes disabled, as described in ORS 238A.155 (5).
(e) The date on which an active member dies.
(4) If on the date that a person becomes an active member the person has already reached the normal retirement age for the person under ORS 238A.160, and the employer makes employer contributions for the member under ORS 238A.340, the person is vested in the employer account established under ORS 238A.350 (3) on that date.
(5) If a member of the individual account program who is not vested in the employer account performs fewer than 600 hours of service in each of five consecutive calendar years, hours of service performed before the first calendar year of the period of five consecutive calendar years shall be disregarded for purposes of determining whether the member is vested under subsection (3)(a) of this section.
(6) Solely for purposes of determining whether a member is vested under subsection (3)(a) of this section, hours of service include creditable service, as defined in ORS 238.005, performed by the person before the person became an eligible employee, as long as the membership of the person under ORS chapter 238 has not been terminated under the provisions of ORS 238.095 on the date the person becomes an eligible employee.
(7) A member becomes vested in the employee pension stability account established for the member under ORS 238A.353 on the date the employee pension stability account is established. [2003 c.733 §31; 2011 c.9 §27; 2011 c.722 §11; 2019 c.355 §6]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan

Section 238A.005 - Definitions.

Section 238A.025 - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan established.

Section 238A.030 - Information technology system.

Section 238A.050 - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan part of Public Employees Retirement System.

Section 238A.070 - Participation generally.

Section 238A.100 - Establishing membership under pension program.

Section 238A.110 - Termination of membership.

Section 238A.115 - Vesting.

Section 238A.117 - Vesting of member killed in course and scope of employment.

Section 238A.120 - Withdrawal from pension program by vested inactive member.

Section 238A.125 - Amount of pension; rules.

Section 238A.130 - Final average salary; rules.

Section 238A.140 - Accrual of retirement credit.

Section 238A.142 - Accrual by academic employees of community college.

Section 238A.145 - Loss of retirement credit.

Section 238A.150 - Retirement credit for service in uniformed services; rules.

Section 238A.155 - Retirement credit for periods of disability.

Section 238A.160 - Normal retirement age; normal retirement date.

Section 238A.165 - Earliest retirement age; earliest retirement date.

Section 238A.170 - Latest retirement date; required minimum distributions; rules.

Section 238A.190 - Survivorship benefits.

Section 238A.200 - Actuarial equivalency factor tables.

Section 238A.210 - Cost-of-living adjustment.

Section 238A.220 - Employer contributions.

Section 238A.230 - Death benefit; rules.

Section 238A.235 - Disability benefit.

Section 238A.240 - Funding of disability benefit.

Section 238A.245 - Reemployment after commencement of pension benefits.

Section 238A.250 - Option of legislators to receive certain benefits.

Section 238A.300 - Establishing membership under individual account program.

Section 238A.305 - Persons establishing membership in system before August 29, 2003.

Section 238A.310 - Termination of membership.

Section 238A.320 - Vesting.

Section 238A.330 - Employee contributions.

Section 238A.335 - Employer payment of employee contribution.

Section 238A.340 - Employer contributions.

Section 238A.350 - Individual accounts established.

Section 238A.353 - Employee pension stability accounts established.

Section 238A.360 - Rollover contributions; rules.

Section 238A.375 - Distribution of accounts to inactive member.

Section 238A.400 - Payment of accounts at retirement; rules.

Section 238A.410 - Death benefits; rules.

Section 238A.415 - Credit for service in uniformed services; rules.

Section 238A.420 - Investment options under individual account program; rules.

Section 238A.430 - Direct rollovers; rules.

Section 238A.435 - Distribution of death benefit as rollover distribution.

Section 238A.450 - Rules for Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan.

Section 238A.460 - Limitation on powers of board, director and staff.