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Article 1 - General Municipal Employees' Retirement
§ 21-29-1. Short title - This article may be cited as the "General Municipal Employees'...
§ 21-29-3. Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this article,...
§ 21-29-5. Creation of City Employees Retirement Fund; election to come under provisions of article - In every municipality of the State of Mississippi, operating under...
§ 21-29-9. Board of the General Retirement System; advisory board - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 21-29-11. Powers and duties of board - The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of...
§ 21-29-15. Statement of clerk of municipality; issuance of prior service certificates - The clerk of said employer shall, within thirty (30) days...
§ 21-29-17. Membership - The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as...
§ 21-29-19. Cessation of membership - Except as otherwise provided in this article, should a member...
§ 21-29-21. Refunds to members withdrawing from service - Should any member cease to be an employee before becoming...
§ 21-29-23. Funds - All funds provided for herein shall be part of the...
§ 21-29-25. Expenses of operation of retirement system - All expenses of the operation of the retirement system shall...
§ 21-29-29. Discontinuance, reduction, or reassessment of taxes - When the amount of funds derived from the tax levied...
§ 21-29-31. Service retirement - After the expiration of four (4) years from the effective...
§ 21-29-33. Service retirement allowance - Upon retirement from service as provided in Section 21-29-31 a...
§ 21-29-35. Duty disability retirement - Upon application of a member in service of the employer,...
§ 21-29-37. Duty disability retirement allowance - Upon retirement for duty disability, prior to becoming eligible for...
§ 21-29-39. Non-duty disability retirement - Upon application of a member in service of the employer,...
§ 21-29-41. Non-duty disability retirement allowance - Upon retirement for nonduty disability as provided in Section 21-29-39,...
§ 21-29-45. Death of member - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...
§ 21-29-45. Death of member - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...
§ 21-29-47. Appeal - Appeal may be taken from any decision of the board...
§ 21-29-49. Proration of payments - Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient...
§ 21-29-51. Rights to any benefit under this Article governed by Section 21-29-307 - The right of a person to an annuity, a retirement...
§ 21-29-53. Other retirement laws not affected - The General Municipal Employees' Retirement Law and the provisions thereof...
§ 21-29-55. Effect of change in form of government - If, at any time, any municipality now covered by this...
§ 21-29-57. Vacation and sick leave; payment for unused time - Nothing in this article shall limit or otherwise restrict the...
Article 3 - Firemen's and Policemen's Disability and Relief Funds
§ 21-29-101. Disability and relief fund; exception and application; discontinuance of new memberships - Except as otherwise provided in this section, in every city...
§ 21-29-105. Administration of disability and relief funds; advisory boards - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 21-29-107. Powers and duties of Board of Trustees - The board of trustees shall fix a time for regular...
§ 21-29-113. Board of disability and relief appeals - The commissioner of insurance, the attorney general, and the secretary...
§ 21-29-115. Appealing decisions of board of disability and relief - The governing authorities of the city, any applicant for benefits...
§ 21-29-118. Tax proceeds transferred to Public Employees' Retirement System - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized...
§ 21-29-119. Discontinuance and reinstatement of tax; actuarial study - When the amount of funds derived from the tax levied...
§ 21-29-121. Disability and relief fund constitutes special fund; transfer of moneys to Public Employees' Retirement System - The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall...
§ 21-29-123. Allowances upon disability and relief fund - All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for...
§ 21-29-125. Investment of part of disability and relief fund - The authority is vested in the board of trustees to...
§ 21-29-127. Advancements from general fund to disability and relief fund - The governing authority may immediately advance necessary moneys from the...
§ 21-29-129. Who entitled to benefits - Every member of said fire department and police department including...
§ 21-29-131. Service records to be kept - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of...
§ 21-29-133. Disability benefits; injury or illness resulting from discharge of duties - If any member of said fire department or police department...
§ 21-29-135. Disability benefits; illness or injury resulting from other than discharge of duties - Should any member of a fire or police department become...
§ 21-29-137. Physical and mental examinations - In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a...
§ 21-29-139. Retirement benefits - If any member of said fire and/or police department who...
§ 21-29-141. Refunds - Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases...
§ 21-29-143. Loss of benefits in case of transfer - Any person receiving relief or benefits under the provisions of...
§ 21-29-145. Death benefits where death results from discharge of duty or after retirement - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...
§ 21-29-145. Death benefits where death results from discharge of duty or after retirement - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...
§ 21-29-147. Death benefits where death results from other causes - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...
§ 21-29-147. Death benefits where death results from other causes - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...
§ 21-29-149. Suit shall not be filed in cases of insufficient funds - Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make...
§ 21-29-151. Application - This article shall apply to municipalities whether under private charter...
Article 5 - Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen and Policemen Under Laws 1930, Chapter 55
§ 21-29-201. Creation of disability and relief fund and system for firemen and policemen - In each city in the State of Mississippi having a...
§ 21-29-203. Election as to inauguration of disability and relief fund and system - Said fund and system of relief to the fire department...
§ 21-29-205. Election as to continuation of disability and relief system and fund; effect thereof; discontinuance of new memberships - Whenever the said fund shall be created, and a system...
§ 21-29-207. Organization of board of disability and relief; advisory board; compensation - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 21-29-209. Powers and duties of the board of disability and relief - The board shall fix a time for regular meetings in...
§ 21-29-215. Creation of board of disability and relief appeals - The commissioner of insurance, the attorney general, and the secretary...
§ 21-29-217. Appeals - Any applicant for benefits of the disability and relief fund...
§ 21-29-220. Tax proceeds transferred to Public Employees' Retirement System - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized...
§ 21-29-221. Discontinuance and reinstatement of ad valorem tax; actuarial study - The ad valorem tax provided for in Section 21-29-219 shall...
§ 21-29-223. Disability and relief fund constitutes special fund; transfer of moneys to Public Employees' Retirement System - The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall...
§ 21-29-225. Allowances upon disability and relief fund - All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for...
§ 21-29-227. Investment of part of disability and relief fund - The authority is vested in the board of trustees to...
§ 21-29-229. Tax on premiums of fire and lightning insurers - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System,...
§ 21-29-231. On what premiums tax may be imposed; tax not to be used as an element of premium - Said tax on insurance premiums shall not be imposed or...
§ 21-29-233. Duty of state tax commission - It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission...
§ 21-29-235. Failure of insurance company to report - Any fire insurance company, subject to the tax mentioned in...
§ 21-29-237. Persons entitled to benefits - Every member of said fire department and police department including...
§ 21-29-239. Service records to be kept - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of...
§ 21-29-241. Disability relief - If any member of the fire department and/or police department...
§ 21-29-243. Physical and mental examination - In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a...
§ 21-29-245. Retirement benefits - If any member of said fire and/or police department who...
§ 21-29-247. Cost-of-living increases - In any calendar year following 1970 in which the cost-of-living...
§ 21-29-249. Refunds - Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases...
§ 21-29-251. Alternative program; retirement benefits - Any municipality which has a population in excess of twenty...
§ 21-29-253. Alternative program; refunds - Any member of said fire and/or police department who ceases...
§ 21-29-255. Death benefits - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...
§ 21-29-255. Death benefits - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...
§ 21-29-257. Exemption from process - No part of said fund to which any of said...
§ 21-29-259. Suit shall not be filed in cases of insufficient fund - Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make...
§ 21-29-261. Application of article - This article shall apply to municipalities whether under private charter...
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 21-29-305. Employers to pick up member contributions to employees' retirement and disability systems - Each employer shall pick up the member contributions required by...
§ 21-29-311. Additional optional benefits available - Any municipality providing benefits under Articles 1, 3 or 5...
§ 21-29-313. Schedule for computation of membership service or prior service - Notwithstanding any other provision of Articles 1, 3 or 5,...
§ 21-29-315. Repayment of refund after reemployment following retirement for purpose of reestablishing contributing membership - Any active member who previously received a refund under either...
§ 21-29-319. Employment-related fringe benefits - Deductions made prior to retirement by the employer for employment-related...
§ 21-29-321. Determination of average monthly base salary and longevity pay - For purposes of determining the "average monthly base salary and...
§ 21-29-323. Determination of amount of death benefits to be paid to or for benefit of dependent children - Monthly benefits payable to a spouse in the event of...
§ 21-29-325. Payment of retirement benefits by the most appropriate means as determined by the board - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall make payments of retirement...
§ 21-29-327. Board of Trustees of Public Employees' Retirement System authorized to assess interest and bring suit on delinquent payments from municipalities whose retirement funds it administers - Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability...