Sec. 1b.
(1) "Beneficiary" or "disability beneficiary" means a person other than a retirant who receives a retirement allowance, pension, or other benefit provided by this act.
(2) "Compensation" means the remuneration paid a member on account of the member's services rendered to this state. If a member's remuneration is not paid totally in money, the retirement board shall employ the maintenance-compensation schedules established from time to time by the civil service commission. Compensation does not include any of the following:
(a) Remuneration paid in lieu of accumulated sick leave.
(b) Remuneration for services rendered after October 1, 1981, payable at retirement or termination under voluntary or involuntary pay reduction plan B, in excess of the amount the member would have received had the member been compensated for those services at the rate of pay in effect at the time those services were performed.
(c) Payment for accrued annual leave at separation in excess of 240 hours.
(d) Remuneration received by an employee of the department formerly known as the department of mental health resulting from severance pay received because of the deinstitutionalization of the department formerly known as the department of mental health resident population.
(e) Remuneration received as a bonus by investment managers of the department of treasury under the treasury incentive bonus plan first approved by the civil service commission on February 11, 1988, pursuant to section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.
(f) Remuneration received as a bonus or merit payment by assistant attorneys general in the department of attorney general under the merit pay plan approved by the civil service commission on January 19, 1990, pursuant to section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.
(g) Any amounts refunded under section 35(2).
(3) "Conservation officer" means an employee of the department of natural resources, or its predecessor or successor agency, who has sworn to the prescribed oath of office and who is designated as a peace officer under section 1606 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.1606, and section 1 of 1986 PA 109, MCL 300.21.
(4) "Credited service" means the sum of the prior service and membership service credited to a member's service account.
History: Add. 1995, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 1995 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 264, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2011 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 264 of 2011 provides:"Enacting section 1. If the office of retirement services in the department of technology, management, and budget receives notification from the United States internal revenue service that any section or any portion of a section of this amendatory act will cause the retirement system to be disqualified for tax purposes under the internal revenue code, then the portion that will cause the disqualification does not apply."
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement
Act 240 of 1943 - State Employees' Retirement Act (38.1 - 38.69)
Section 38.1 - Short Title; Meanings of Words and Phrases.
Section 38.1a - Definitions; A, B.
Section 38.1b - Definitions; B, C.
Section 38.1c - Definitions; D.
Section 38.1e - Definitions; F to I.
Section 38.1f - Definitions; M to O.
Section 38.1g - Definitions; P.
Section 38.1h - Definitions; R.
Section 38.1i - Definitions; S, T.
Section 38.3 - Retirement Board; Appointment and Terms of Members.
Section 38.4 - Retirement Board; Vacancies, Vacation of Office.
Section 38.6 - Retirement Board; Officers and Employees.
Section 38.9 - State Treasurer as Custodian of Retirement System Funds; Powers and Duties.
Section 38.10 - Retirement Board Members and Employees; Interest in Investments Prohibited.
Section 38.13 - Membership in Retirement System.
Section 38.14 - Information Required of Members by Retirement Board.
Section 38.15 - Original Members; Prior Service Certification.
Section 38.16 - Cessation of Membership; Reemployment.
Section 38.17 - Service Credited From State Board of Control for Vocational Education; Conditions.
Section 38.17b - Credited Service to Include Service Rendered Certain Universities.
Section 38.17e, 38.17f - Repealed. 1998, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 1, 1998.
Section 38.17g - Parental Leave; Purchase of Service Credit.
Section 38.17k - Repealed. 1998, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 1, 1998.
Section 38.17m - Purchase of Service Credit; Limitation; Refund.
Section 38.17n - City Employee; Transfer or Purchase of Service Credit.
Section 38.19h - Payments Not Tax Exempt and Subject to Certain Operations of Law.
Section 38.20a - Minimum Retirement Allowance.
Section 38.20b - Increase in Monthly Retirement Allowance; Payment.
Section 38.20c - Supplement to Retirement Allowance.
Section 38.20e - Supplemental Retirement Allowance; Amount; Payment.
Section 38.20f - Supplement to Retirement Allowance Payable on or After September 30, 1976.
Section 38.21 - Duty Disability Retirement.
Section 38.23 - Retirement for Disability Before Attaining Age 60; Benefits.
Section 38.24 - Non-Duty Disability Retirement.
Section 38.25 - Retirement for Disability.
Section 38.26 - Repealed. 1955, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 24, 1955.
Section 38.27a - Retirement Allowances Granted Under MCL 38.27; Adjustment.
Section 38.29 - Death Before Retirement; Refund of Contributions.
Section 38.30 - Withholding Refund of Contributions.
Section 38.32 - Remarriage of Surviving Spouse.
Section 38.34 - Disability Retirant; Reinstatement to Service, Service Credits Allowable.
Section 38.35a - Election Under MCL 38.50a; Contribution.
Section 38.36, 38.37 - Repealed. 1974, Act 216, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1974.
Section 38.39 - Repealed. 1982, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1982.
Section 38.41 - Correction of Errors in Payment of Retirement Allowances.
Section 38.42 - Retirement System Records; Falsification, Penalty.
Section 38.43 - Repealed. 1997, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 30, 1998.
Section 38.44 - Rights, Privileges, and Benefits of Vested Employee.
Section 38.44a - Member Employed by State Judicial Council.
Section 38.48 - Conservation Officers.
Section 38.51 - Transfer of Lump Sum Amount.
Section 38.52 - Calculation of Accrued Cost Savings for Each Fiscal Year.
Section 38.53 - Meanings of Words and Phrases; Definitions; a to C.
Section 38.54 - Definitions; E to H.
Section 38.55 - Definitions; P to Y.
Section 38.56 - State Treasurer; Powers and Duties.
Section 38.59 - Payment of Administrative Expenses.
Section 38.60 - Other Public Sector Retirement Benefits Plan; Participation.
Section 38.61 - Election by Elected or Appointed Official.
Section 38.62 - Transfer of Amount; Crediting and Charging Participant Account.
Section 38.63 - Contributions by Employer and Participant.
Section 38.63a - Tier 2 and Tax-Deferred Accounts; Terms and Conditions.
Section 38.64 - Tier 2; Vesting Requirements.
Section 38.65 - Crediting Years of Service Accrued.
Section 38.66 - Refund Beneficiary.
Section 38.67 - Distributions of Accumulated Balance.
Section 38.68 - Health Insurance Coverage.
Section 38.68a - Appropriation Amount; Purpose; Work Project; Estimated Completion Date.
Section 38.68d - Administration of Changes; Appropriation.