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Article I - (38.2101...38.2111)
Section 38.2101 - Short Title. - Sec. 101. This act shall be known and may be...
Section 38.2102 - Meanings of Words and Phrases. - Sec. 102. For the purposes of this act, the words...
Section 38.2103 - Definitions; A. - Sec. 103. (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the balance standing to...
Section 38.2104 - Definitions; C, D. - Sec. 104. (1) "Compensation" means 1 of the following: (a)...
Section 38.2105 - Definitions; E, F. - Sec. 105. (1) Beginning January 1, 2002, except as otherwise...
Section 38.2106 - Definitions; I to M. - Sec. 106. (1) "Interest" means the rate or rates of...
Section 38.2107 - Definitions; O. - Sec. 107. (1) "Option A beneficiary" means the retirement allowance...
Section 38.2108 - Definitions; P. - Sec. 108. (1) "Plan 1 member" means a member or...
Section 38.2109 - Definitions; R. - Sec. 109. (1) "Refund beneficiary" means 1 or more persons...
Section 38.2110 - Definitions; S. - Sec. 110. (1) "Salary standardization payment" means the amount of...
Section 38.2110a - “Tier 1” and “Tier 2” Defined. - Sec. 110a. (1) "Tier 1" means the retirement plan available...
Section 38.2111 - Definitions; V. - Sec. 111. "Vested former member" means a member who is...
Article II - (38.2201...38.2217)
Section 38.2201 - Michigan Judges Retirement System; Creation; Purpose. - Sec. 201. The Michigan judges retirement system is created for...
Section 38.2202 - Michigan Judges Retirement Board; Creation Within Department; Membership; Terms; Vacancy; Compensation and Expenses. - Sec. 202. (1) The Michigan judges retirement board is created...
Section 38.2203 - Retirement Board Member; Oath; Quorum; Unexcused Absences; Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. - Sec. 203. (1) Each appointed retirement board member, before assuming...
Section 38.2204 - Retirement Board; Duties Pursuant to MCL 16.101 to 16.608; Rules; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Writings Available to Public. - Sec. 204. (1) The retirement board has the rights, authority,...
Section 38.2205 - Management Functions; Director of Bureau of Retirement Systems as Executive Secretary; Employees. - Sec. 205. The department shall be responsible for the budgeting,...
Section 38.2206 - State Treasurer as Treasurer of Retirement System; Authority; Duties. - Sec. 206. (1) The state treasurer is the treasurer of...
Section 38.2207 - Attorney General as Retirement Board Attorney. - Sec. 207. The attorney general is the legal adviser to...
Section 38.2208 - Administration of Retirement System. - Sec. 208. The retirement system shall draw its warrants upon...
Section 38.2209 - Annual Report. - Sec. 209. The retirement system shall prepare an annual report...
Section 38.2210 - Reserve for Member Contributions. - Sec. 210. The reserve for member contributions is created. The...
Section 38.2211 - Reserve for Employer Contributions. - Sec. 211. The reserve for employer contributions is created. The...
Section 38.2212 - Reserve for Retirement Benefits. - Sec. 212. The reserve for retirement benefits is created. The...
Section 38.2213 - Reserve for Investment Income. - Sec. 213. (1) The reserve for investment income is created....
Section 38.2214 - Reserve for Health Benefits. - Sec. 214. The reserve for health benefits is created. The...
Section 38.2214a - Postretirement Medical Benefits. - ***** 38.2214a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 215 OF...
Section 38.2215 - Determination of Actuarial Cost; Establishing Method; Calculation. - Sec. 215. The retirement board and the department shall establish...
Section 38.2216 - Compliance With Reciprocal Retirement Act. - Sec. 216. The retirement system shall comply with the reciprocal...
Section 38.2217 - Court Fee Fund; Applicability of Section. - Sec. 217. (1) A court fee fund is created in...
Article III - (38.2301...38.2308)
Section 38.2301 - Actuary; Duties. - Sec. 301. (1) The retirement system shall direct the actuary...
Section 38.2302 - Annual Appropriation; Determination and Certification of Amount. - Sec. 302. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the...
Section 38.2303 - Thirty-Sixth District Court; Annual Contribution; Amount; Plan 3b or 3c Member Supplemental Salary Payment. - Sec. 303. (l) The reporting unit for the district court...
Section 38.2304 - Deposit of Court Fees, Late Fees, and Interest Payments. - ***** 38.2304 SUBSECTION (4) MAY NOT APPLY: See (4) of...
Section 38.2305 - Contributions; Plan Member Classification; Manner of Payment; Withholding Payment to County or District Control Unit for Contributions Not Received Within 60 Days. - Sec. 305. (1) Each member, upon taking office and so...
Section 38.2306 - Member Contributions Picked Up by State; Tax Treatment; Contributions Picked Up by Employer of Judge in Detroit Recorder's Court, Thirty-Sixth District Court, or Probate Court or by Resolution or Act of Governing Body; Contributions... - Sec. 306. (1) This state shall pick up member contributions...
Section 38.2307 - Disposition of Unclaimed Retirement Allowance or Money Payable on Separation or Death. - Sec. 307. Upon the separation from service by a member...
Section 38.2308 - Offsetting Benefits Against Amounts Owed; Forfeiture of Service Credit for Transfer to Federal Agency; Rights Subject to Public Employee Retirement Benefit Protection Act. - Sec. 308. (1) The retirement system may offset retirement benefits...
Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)
Section 38.2401 - Retirement System; Members; Membership Form; Conditions for Ceasing Membership. - Sec. 401. (1) Each of the following is a member...
Section 38.2401a - Exclusion From Tier 1; Eligibility as Qualified Participant in Tier 2. - Sec. 401a. (1) Notwithstanding section 401, an individual described in...
Section 38.2402 - Retirement Board; Determining Service Credits; Forfeiture; Reinstatement; Service Credit for Limited Period or Specific Assignment. - Sec. 402. (1) The retirement board shall credit each member...
Section 38.2403 - Election to Purchase Other Public Service Credit; Request; Documentation; Payment of Actuarial Cost; Basis for Calculating Service Credit. - Sec. 403. (1) A member who has 4 or more...
Section 38.2404 - Election to Purchase Active Duty Service Credit; Request; Documentation; Payment to Reserve; Basis for Calculating Service Credit. - Sec. 404. (1) A member who has 12 or more...
Section 38.2405 - Accumulated Contributions; Payment to Person Ceasing to Be Member; Payment to Refund Beneficiary Before Retirement Allowance Is Payable; Payment to Refund Beneficiary if Retirant and Option a Beneficiary, Option B Beneficiary, or Sp... - Sec. 405. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,...
Section 38.2406 - Retirant Authorized by Supreme Court to Perform Judicial Duties for Limited Period or Specific Assignment; Retirant Elected or Appointed by Governor as Judge or State Official. - Sec. 406. (1) If a retirant is authorized by the...
Article V - (38.2501...38.2512)
Section 38.2501 - Retirement Allowance; Requirements; Application; Form; Retirement Date; Beginning Payment. - Sec. 501. (1) A member or vested former member who...
Section 38.2501a - Early Retirement Benefits Act; System Subject to Regulation. - Sec. 501a. This retirement system is subject to the regulation...
Section 38.2502 - Vested Former Member; Entitlement to Deferred Vested Service Retirement Allowance; Forfeiture. - Sec. 502. A member who leaves office for a reason...
Section 38.2503 - Member or Vested Former Member; Payment of Straight Life Retirement Allowance; Calculation; Payment for Lifetime of Retirant; Election of Optional Retirement Allowance. - Sec. 503. (1) Upon retirement as provided in this act,...
Section 38.2504 - Plan 3 Member; Conversion of $2,250.00 of State Salary Standardization Payment; Exemptions; Limitations; State Base Salary of Probate Court Judge; Deduction and Transfer of Contribution. - Sec. 504. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,...
Section 38.2504a - Plan 3 Member; Election; Filing; Manner; Payment; Definitions; Applicability of Section. - ***** 38.2504a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 215 OF...
Section 38.2505 - Salary Standardization Payment as Wages for Social Security Reporting Purposes. - Sec. 505. For a member who is a judge and...
Section 38.2506 - Election of Straight Life Retirement Allowance or Optional Retirement Allowance. - Sec. 506. (1) Upon application for retirement under this act,...
Section 38.2507 - Disability; Determination by Medical Adviser; Notice to Appeal; Determination by Medical Committee; Refusal to Submit to Medical Examination; Payment. - Sec. 507. (1) A member who has 8 or more...
Section 38.2508 - Death of Member With 8 or More Years of Credited Service or of Vested Former Member Before Retirement; Payment of Retirement Allowance. - Sec. 508. (1) If a member who has 8 or...
Section 38.2509 - Hospital and Medical-Surgical and Sick Care Benefits; Payment of Premiums. - Sec. 509. (1) The retirement system shall pay the premium...
Section 38.2510 - Effective Date of Retirement Before January 1, 1980; Exception; Supplement. - Sec. 510. (1) Effective June 1, 1996, the retirement allowance...
Section 38.2511 - Effective Date of Retirement Before January 1, 1980; Supplement; Minimum Amount; Retirant or Beneficiary Receiving Annuity or Allowance From Another Publicly Supported System; Former Probate Judges Retirement System. - Sec. 511. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the...
Section 38.2512 - Supplemented Retirement Allowance. - Sec. 512. (1) A person may elect to receive a...
Article VI - (38.2601...38.2608)
Section 38.2601 - False Statement or Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty. - Sec. 601. A person who, with intent to deceive, makes...
Section 38.2602 - Change or Error in Records; Adjustment. - Sec. 602. If a change or error in the records...
Section 38.2603 - Retirement Board Member or Employee; Prohibited Acts. - Sec. 603. Except as provided in this act, a retirement...
Section 38.2604 - Intent of Act; Employer-Financed Benefits; Limitations; Use of Assets; Returning Post-Tax Member Contributions; Beginning Date of Distributions; Minimum Distribution Requirements; Termination of Retirement System; Election to Rollov... - Sec. 604. (1) This section is enacted under section 401(a)...
Section 38.2605 - Effect of Proceedings, Rights, and Liabilities Existing Under Former Judges Retirement System or Former Probate Judges Retirement System. - Sec. 605. All proceedings pending and all rights and liabilities...
Section 38.2606 - Transfer of Assets, Rights, and Obligations Under Former Retirement Systems to Judges Retirement System. - Sec. 606. All assets, rights, and obligations under the former...
Section 38.2607 - Repeal of MCL 38.801 to 38.831, 38.901 to 38.933, and 600.2530a. - Sec. 607. (1) Act No. 198 of the Public Acts...
Section 38.2608 - Conditional Effective Date. - Sec. 608. This act shall not take effect unless House...
Article VII - (38.2651...38.2670)
Section 38.2651 - Participation in Tier 1 or Tier 2 by Member, Vested Former Member, or Former Nonvested Member; Election; Writing; Irrevocability; Method; Election Subject to Domestic Relations Order Act; Disqualification for Tax Purposes; Election... - Sec. 701. (1) The retirement system shall provide an opportunity...
Section 38.2651a - Participation of Judge of Circuit Court, Probate Court, or District Court in Tier 1 or Tier 2; Election; Window of Opportunity; Method; Disqualification for Tax Purposes. - ***** 38.2651a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 215 OF...
Section 38.2651b - Election Pursuant to MCL 38.2651 or MCL 38.2651a. - ***** 38.2651b THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 215 OF...
Section 38.2652 - Termination of Membership; Transfer, Recomputation, and Calculation by Retirement System. - Sec. 702. (1) For a member who elects to terminate...
Section 38.2652a - Termination of Membership in Tier 1 Pursuant to MCL 38.2651a; Definitions; Transfer to Account in Tier 2; Calculation; Disqualification for Tax Purposes. - ***** 38.2652a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 215 OF...
Section 38.2653 - Calculation and Submission of Cost Savings. - Sec. 703. After consulting the retirement system's actuary, the department...
Section 38.2654 - Meanings of Words and Phrases; “Accumulated Balance” Defined. - Sec. 704. (1) For the purposes of this article, the...
Section 38.2655 - “Employer,”“former Qualified Participant,” and “Health Benefit Dependent” Defined. - Sec. 705. (1) "Employer" means this state. (2) "Former qualified...
Section 38.2656 - “Qualified Participant,”“refund Beneficiary,”“salary,” and “State Treasurer” Defined. - Sec. 706. (1) "Qualified participant" means an individual who is...
Section 38.2657 - Administration of Tier 2 by State Treasurer. - Sec. 707. (1) The state treasurer shall administer Tier 2...
Section 38.2658 - Hearing. - Sec. 708. (1) A qualified participant, former qualified participant, health...
Section 38.2659 - Direction of Investment by Qualified Participant, Former Qualified Participant, and Refund Beneficiary. - Sec. 709. Each qualified participant, former qualified participant, and refund...
Section 38.2660 - Administrative Expenses. - Sec. 710. The administrative expenses of Tier 2 shall be...
Section 38.2661 - Participation in Other Retirement Benefits Plan; Prohibition. - Sec. 711. (1) A qualified participant shall not participate in...
Section 38.2662 - Judge or State Official; Election Not to Participate or to Discontinue Participation in Tier 2. - Sec. 712. An individual who first becomes a judge or...
Section 38.2663 - Election to Terminate Membership in Tier 1; Credit or Charge to Tier 2 Account. - Sec. 713. (1) The state treasurer shall promptly credit the...
Section 38.2664 - Contributions by Employer and Participant. - Sec. 714. (1) This section is subject to the vesting...
Section 38.2665 - Vesting Requirements. - Sec. 715. (1) A qualified participant is immediately 100% vested...
Section 38.2666 - Participation in Tier 2; Crediting Years of Service Accrued Under Tier 1. - Sec. 716. A qualified participant who was a member, deferred...
Section 38.2667 - Refund Beneficiary. - Sec. 717. A qualified participant or former qualified participant may...
Section 38.2668 - Methods of Distribution. - Sec. 718. (1) A qualified participant is eligible to receive...
Section 38.2669 - Health Insurance Coverage. - Sec. 719. (1) A former qualified participant may elect health...
Section 38.2670 - Distributions; Exemption From Tax; Subject to Taxation Beginning January 1, 2012; Right of Setoff to Recover Overpayments; Satisfaction of Claims Arising From Embezzlement or Fraud; Correction of Errors. - Sec. 720. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...