(a) If a member first joined the plan before July 1, 1990, and has military service or Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) service, or if a member joined the plan before July 1, 1978, and has creditable outside service, the member may claim this service. If the member claims the service, the member is indebted to the plan as follows:
(1) at the time of first becoming a member of the plan, the arrearage indebtedness is seven percent of the base salary multiplied by the total number of years of creditable outside, military, and Alaska BIA service; the administrator shall add compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation to the arrearage indebtedness beginning July 1, 1963, or at the time the member first becomes eligible to claim the service, whichever is later, to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first;
(2) if a member terminates from the plan and is subsequently reemployed as a member, the arrearage indebtedness to the plan for outside, military, or Alaska BIA service accumulated in the interim is seven percent of the base salary upon reentering membership service, multiplied by the number of years of interim outside, military, and Alaska BIA service; compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning July 1, 1963, or the date of reemployment as a member, whichever is later, to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.
(b) If a member joins the plan on or after July 1, 1978, and has creditable outside service, the member may claim this service. If claimed, the member is indebted to the plan as follows:
(1) The arrearage indebtedness is the full actuarial cost of providing benefits for the service being claimed. Compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning the date the actuarial cost is established to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.
(2) If a member terminates from the plan and is subsequently reemployed as a member, the arrearage indebtedness for outside service during the interim is the full actuarial cost of providing benefits for the interim service being claimed. Compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning the date the actuarial cost is established to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.
(c) The total military service claimed may not exceed five years. The combined total of outside and military service may not exceed 10 years, except that, if entry into the armed forces is immediately preceded by membership service and within one year after discharge is continued by membership service, that service may not be counted for purposes of determining the applicability of the 10-year limitation on the combined total of outside and military service.
(d) If a member first joined the plan on or after July 1, 1990, and has military service or Alaska BIA service, the member's indebtedness shall be determined under (a) of this section except that the percentage multiplier is 8.65 percent.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums
Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement
Article 2. Teachers' Defined Benefit Retirement Plan.
Sec. 14.25.009. Applicability of AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220.
Sec. 14.25.010. Retirement plan established; federal qualification requirements.
Sec. 14.25.012. Purpose and effective date.
Sec. 14.25.040. Membership; credited service.
Sec. 14.25.043. Reemployment of retired members.
Sec. 14.25.047. Participation by Special Education Service Agency employees.
Sec. 14.25.048. Teachers of Alaska Native language and culture.
Sec. 14.25.050. Contributions by members.
Sec. 14.25.055. Supplemental contributions by teachers.
Sec. 14.25.060. Arrearage indebtedness.
Sec. 14.25.061. Retroactive indebtedness.
Sec. 14.25.063. Payment of indebtedness.
Sec. 14.25.065. Transmittal of contributions; claims against funds of an employer.
Sec. 14.25.070. Contributions by employers.
Sec. 14.25.075. Purchase of credited service.
Sec. 14.25.085. Additional state contributions.
Sec. 14.25.087. Contributions for medical benefits.
Sec. 14.25.100. Credit for service in the armed forces.
Sec. 14.25.105. Credit for service as an employee of the Territory of Alaska.
Sec. 14.25.107. Credit for Alaska BIA service.
Sec. 14.25.110. Retirement benefits.
Sec. 14.25.115. Unused sick leave credit.
Sec. 14.25.125. Conditional service retirement benefits.
Sec. 14.25.130. Disability benefits.
Sec. 14.25.142. Cost-of-living allowance.
Sec. 14.25.143. Post retirement pension adjustment.
Sec. 14.25.145. Interest on individual accounts.
Sec. 14.25.150. Refund upon termination.
Sec. 14.25.153. Rights under qualified domestic relations order.
Sec. 14.25.155. Nonoccupational death benefits.
Sec. 14.25.157. Occupational death benefits.
Sec. 14.25.160. Death benefits.
Sec. 14.25.162. Survivor's allowance.
Sec. 14.25.163. Rollover distributions and rollover contributions.
Sec. 14.25.164. Spouse's pension.
Sec. 14.25.165. Distribution requirements.
Sec. 14.25.166. Designation of beneficiary.
Sec. 14.25.167. Joint and survivor option.
Sec. 14.25.168. Medical benefits.
Sec. 14.25.169. Duplicate benefits.
Sec. 14.25.175. Waiver of adjustments.
Sec. 14.25.177. Effect of amendments; determination of benefits upon termination.
Sec. 14.25.181. Exclusive benefit; use of forfeitures; limitations.
Sec. 14.25.195. Special rules for treatment of qualified military service.
Sec. 14.25.200. Exemption from taxation and process.
Sec. 14.25.205. Time limit for application.
Sec. 14.25.210. Penalty for false statements.