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Division 1 - Background and Definitions.
Section 45-37-123 - General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County. - (a) This part is a defined benefit pension plan, to...
Section 45-37-123.01 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall...
Division 2 - Administration.
Section 45-37-123.20 - Powers and Responsibilities of the County. - (a) Provisions of records. The county shall provide all records...
Section 45-37-123.21 - Designation of Administrative Authority. - (a) General administration. The role of the pension board is...
Section 45-37-123.22 - Powers and Duties of the Pension Board. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-456 IN THE 2021...
Section 45-37-123.23 - Records and Reports. - (a) Records. The pension board shall keep minutes of its...
Section 45-37-123.24 - Appointment of Advisers and Allocation of Responsibilities. - The pension board may allocate responsibilities among the members of...
Section 45-37-123.25 - Information From County, Personnel Board, or County’s Agent. - The county, the Jefferson County Personnel Board, or the county’s...
Section 45-37-123.26 - Payment of Expenses. - All payment of benefits, expenses of administration, and any other...
Section 45-37-123.27 - Majority Actions. - Three members of the pension board shall constitute a quorum...
Section 45-37-123.28 - Claims Procedure. - (a) Claims for benefits under the plan shall be filed...
Section 45-37-123.29 - Claims Review Procedure. - Any employee, former employee, or beneficiary of either, who has...
Section 45-37-123.30 - Investment Authority. - (a) The pension board and any investment manager it appoints...
Division 3 - Eligibility.
Section 45-37-123.50 - Conditions of Eligibility. - Any eligible employee may become a member of the system...
Section 45-37-123.51 - Determination of Eligibility. - The pension board shall determine the eligibility of each employee...
Section 45-37-123.52 - Termination of Eligibility. - In the event a member subsequently elects to participate in...
Section 45-37-123.53 - Conversion of Unpaid Membership Time to Paid Membership Time. - (a) Commission-authorized conversions. The commission, from time to time, may...
Section 45-37-123.54 - Rehired Members. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-242 IN THE 2022...
Division 4 - Contributions and Valuations.
Section 45-37-123.80 - Payment of Contributions and Employer Contributions. - (a) Employer contributions. Each payroll period, an amount equal to...
Section 45-37-123.81 - Actuarial Methods. - There shall be an actuarial valuation of the plan at...
Section 45-37-123.82 - Employee Contributions. - (a) Employee contributions generally. As a condition of employment and...
Section 45-37-123.83 - Forfeitures, Donations, and Other Similar Contributions. - The pension board and county are authorized to contribute to...
Section 45-37-123.84 - Service Rules. - Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, the rules below shall...
Division 5 - Benefits.
Section 45-37-123.100 - Retirement Benefits. - (a) Superannuation retirement benefit. (1) ELIGIBILITY. A member shall be...
Section 45-37-123.101 - Postretirement Joint Survivorship Pension. - (a) Election of postretirement joint survivorship pension. In lieu of...
Section 45-37-123.102 - Disability Retirement Benefits. - (a) Non-service connected disability benefits. Subject to subsection (h), any...
Section 45-37-123.103 - Death Benefits. - (a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member's beneficiary is entitled...
Section 45-37-123.104 - Withdrawal and Refund of Employee Contributions. - The following provisions generally govern a member's withdrawal and refund...
Section 45-37-123.105 - Offset of Benefits for Rehired Retired Members by Amounts Payable by County. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 45-37-123.106 - Minimum Distribution Requirements. - (a) General rules. (1) EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided...
Section 45-37-123.107 - Time of Segregation or Distribution. - Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever the trustee is to...
Section 45-37-123.108 - Direct Rollovers. - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, this section...
Section 45-37-123.109 - Participant Distribution Notice. - (a) The pension board shall during the 30 to 180...
Division 6 - Irc Section 415 Limitations.
Section 45-37-123.130 - Annual Benefit and Final Regulations Under &Sect;415, Internal Revenue Code. - (a) Annual benefit. For purposes of this subpart annual benefit...
Section 45-37-123.131 - Maximum Annual Benefit. - (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the exceptions and...
Section 45-37-123.132 - Adjustments to Annual Benefit and Limitations. - (a) Adjustment if fewer than 10 years. Effective for limitation...
Section 45-37-123.133 - Annual Benefit Not in Excess of $10,000. - (a) The plan may pay an annual benefit to any...
Section 45-37-123.134 - Purchase of Permissive Service Credit. - (a) In general. If a member makes one or more...
Section 45-37-123.135 - Annual Benefit Attributable to Mandatory Employee Contributions. - (a) Effective for limitation years beginning on and after December...
Section 45-37-123.136 - Qualified Section 415(m) Plan. - In order to yield the maximum benefit specified under this...
Division 7 - Amendments and Benefit Enhancements.
Section 45-37-123.150 - Amendments. - (a) The pension board shall have the right at any...
Section 45-37-123.151 - Benefit Enhancements. - (a) Specifically, but not in limitation of the pension board's...
Division 8 - Plan Termination.
Section 45-37-123.170 - Termination. - In the event that the Legislature takes appropriate action to...
Division 9 - Miscellaneous.
Section 45-37-123.190 - Merger, Consolidation, or Transfer of Assets. - (a) This plan may be merged or consolidated with any...
Section 45-37-123.191 - Member's Rights. - The plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract...
Section 45-37-123.192 - Construction of Plan. - The plan shall be construed and enforced according to the...
Section 45-37-123.193 - Gender and Number. - Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine, feminine,...
Section 45-37-123.194 - Prohibition Against Diversion of Funds. - (a) Except as provided below and otherwise specifically required by...
Section 45-37-123.195 - Receipt and Release for Payments. - Any payment to any member, the member's legal representative, beneficiary,...
Section 45-37-123.196 - Action by the County. - Whenever the county under the terms of the plan is...
Section 45-37-123.197 - Headings and Severability. - The headings and subheadings of the plan have been inserted...
Section 45-37-123.198 - Uniformity. - All provisions of this subpart shall be interpreted and applied...