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Article 1 - Social Security Benefits
§ 25-11-1. Citation - Articles 1 and 3 shall be known and cited as...
§ 25-11-3. Purpose and declaration of policy - In order to extend to employees of the state and...
§ 25-11-5. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: The term "wages" means...
§ 25-11-15. Administration and operation of Public Employees' Retirement System, federal-state agreement, and Articles 1 and 3 - The members described above and serving on the board on...
§ 25-11-17. Rules and regulations - The board shall make, adopt, and promulgate such rules and...
§ 25-11-19. Studies and reports - The board shall make studies concerning the problem of old-age...
§ 25-11-21. Former laws remain in force - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as repealing...
Article 3 - Additional State Retirement and Disability Benefits
§ 25-11-101. Public employees' retirement system established - A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the...
§ 25-11-105. Membership - I. THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP The membership of...
§ 25-11-107. Civilian employees of Mississippi National Guard as a coverage group - The board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 25-11-109. Creditable service - When membership ceases, such prior service certificates shall become void....
§ 25-11-111. Superannuation retirement - (1) Any member who became a member of the system...
§ 25-11-111.1. Payment of retirement benefits by the most appropriate means as determined by the board - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall make payments of retirement...
§ 25-11-112. Additional annual payment to retirees and beneficiaries - [(1.03)n - 1] x [annual retirement allowance], where n is...
§ 25-11-113. Disability retirement - The temporaryallowance shall equal the greater of (i) forty percent...
§ 25-11-115. Options - Option 1.If the retired member dies before he or she...
§ 25-11-115.1. Designation of new spouse as beneficiary under Option 4-A; benefits payable to spouse - Any retired member who died in 1993, who retired under...
§ 25-11-118. Retirement system authorized to accept eligible roll over distributions to repay fund or for purchase of optional service credit - Effective July 1, 2000, and subject to the rules adopted...
§ 25-11-121. Investments - 1. Be listed on a national stock exchange; or 2....
§ 25-11-123. Crediting of assets; financing - All of the assets of the system shall be credited...
§ 25-11-124. Employer to pay required member contributions; tax treatment; funding; retirement treatment - Each employer shall pick up the member contributions required by...
§ 25-11-127. Benefits upon reemployment of retired persons - To determine the normal working days for a position under...
§ 25-11-133. Guaranty; vested right to benefits; maximum annual retirement allowance - In the event of a deficit in the availability of...
§ 25-11-135. Former laws remain in force - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as repealing...
§ 25-11-139. Payment, commencement of benefits - Any retirement allowance or other annuity or benefit provided by...
§ 25-11-141. Group life and health benefits for retired persons - The board of trustees may enter into an agreement with...
Article 5 - Teachers' Retirement System
§ 25-11-201. Continuance of certain vested rights - In any event, if no election has been made, such...
Article 7 - Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan
§ 25-11-301. Creation and management of supplemental legislative retirement plan - There is hereby established and placed under the management of...
§ 25-11-303. Applicable definitions - For the purposes of this article, the definitions in Section...
§ 25-11-312. Acceptance of eligible rollover distribution or direct transfer of funds from qualified plan in payment of costs to reinstate previously withdrawn service credit - From and after July 1, 2000, subject to the rules...
§ 25-11-313. Employer to pay required member contributions; tax treatment; funding; retirement treatment - The employer shall pick up the member contributions required by...
Article 9 - Feasibility Study of Establishing Separate Retirement Plan for Volunteer Fire Fighters
§ 25-11-351. Feasibility study of establishing separate retirement plan for volunteer fire fighters; expenses of study - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi shall conduct a...
Article 11 - Optional Retirement Program for Employees of State Institutions of Higher Learning
§ 25-11-401. Eligibility for optional program - There is established an optional retirement program for employees of...
§ 25-11-403. Contributions to annuity contracts and mutual funds - Retirement and death benefits shall be provided to participants in...
§ 25-11-405. Administration of program; delegation of responsibilities - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 25-11-407. Designation of life insurance companies for purchase of annuity contracts and mutual funds - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 25-11-409. Election to participate in program; time of election - Eligible employees initially employed on or after July 1, 1990,...
§ 25-11-411. Contributions made by reduction in salary; contributions by employer; amount; accrued liability contribution fund - Each participant shall contribute monthly to the optional retirement program...
§ 25-11-413. Ineligibility for membership in Public Employees' Retirement System - Any person electing to participate in the optional retirement program...
§ 25-11-415. Deductions from employers' contribution to administer program; expense fund - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi may deduct not...
§ 25-11-417. Benefits payable not obligations of state but of designated companies - Benefits payable to participants under the optional retirement program are...
§ 25-11-419. Exemption from state or municipal tax; exemption from levy, garnishment, attachment, or other process; application of State Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act - Annuity contracts, mutual fund accounts or similar investment products authorized...
§ 25-11-421. Qualification under Section 401(a) or conformity with section 403(b) of Internal Revenue Code; determination letter from Internal Revenue Service - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...
§ 25-11-423. Actuarial study; report of study - After a period of three (3) years has elapsed from...