Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
56.840. Benefits to retired employees, initial payments, when — creditable service, how accrued, certain counties — benefits as part-time prosecutor, when. — 1. Annuity payments to retired employees under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 shall be available beginning January first next succeeding the expiration of two calendar years from the effective date of the establishment of the system to eligible retired employees, and employees with at least twelve years of creditable service shall have vested rights and upon reaching the required age shall be entitled to retirement benefits.
2. All members serving as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in a county of the first classification, a county with a charter form of government, or a city not within a county shall receive one year of creditable service for each year served.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, members serving as a prosecuting attorney in counties that elected to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position shall receive one year of creditable vesting service for each year served as a part-time or full-time prosecuting attorney. Such members shall receive one year of creditable benefit service for each year served as a full-time prosecuting attorney and six-tenths of a year of creditable benefit service for each year served as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Upon retirement, any member who has less than twelve years of creditable benefit service shall receive a reduced full-time benefit in a sum equal to the portion that the member's creditable benefit years bear to twelve vesting years.
4. Members restoring creditable service under subsection 2 of section 56.833 shall receive one year of creditable service for each restored year served as a full-time prosecuting attorney and six-tenths of a year of creditable service for each restored year served as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Unless otherwise permitted by law, no member shall receive credit for any partial year of employment.
5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any member who vested in the system as a part-time prosecuting attorney and who ceased being a member for more than six months before returning as a full-time prosecuting attorney shall be entitled only to retirement benefits as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Any creditable service earned by such an employee upon returning to the system as a full-time prosecuting attorney shall begin a new vesting period subject to the provision of the system in effect at the time of the member's return. No member shall receive benefits while employed as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.865, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government
Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors
Section 56.010 - Prosecuting attorney — election — qualifications.
Section 56.020 - When term begins.
Section 56.060 - Prosecutor's duties, generally, expenses — employed attorney, how compensated.
Section 56.070 - Prosecuting attorney's duties — exception.
Section 56.080 - Duties — habeas corpus.
Section 56.090 - Must be present, when.
Section 56.095 - Annual report required (second class and certain first class counties).
Section 56.110 - If interested in case, court to appoint substitute.
Section 56.120 - When sick, court to appoint substitute.
Section 56.130 - Power of appointee.
Section 56.140 - Subject to fine, when.
Section 56.180 - Assistants — duties (first class counties).
Section 56.190 - Stenographers — duties (first class counties).
Section 56.200 - Assistants — qualifications, salaries (second class counties).
Section 56.210 - Assistants commissioned (second class counties).
Section 56.220 - Assistants — term of office — vacancy, how filled (second class counties).
Section 56.230 - Stenographic and clerical help (second class counties).
Section 56.245 - Stenographic and clerical help, compensation (third and fourth class counties).
Section 56.305 - Judicial paroles — duties (third and fourth class counties).
Section 56.320 - Fees paid to county treasury (first class counties).
Section 56.330 - Fees set aside as contingent fund (first class counties).
Section 56.340 - Fees — records — collection (second, third and fourth class counties).
Section 56.350 - Acceptance of fee for signing pardon application deemed bribery — penalty.
Section 56.360 - Employment in criminal cases prohibited — civil practice authorized.
Section 56.410 - May be suspended upon indictment — governor to appoint successor.
Section 56.420 - Restoration to office.
Section 56.430 - Circuit attorney — election — qualifications (St. Louis City).
Section 56.450 - Circuit attorney — duties (St. Louis City).
Section 56.453 - Circuit attorney, additional duties, how established.
Section 56.455 - Circuit attorney to report on felons (St. Louis City).
Section 56.510 - Circuit attorney, duties, coroners' inquests.
Section 56.530 - Circuit attorney, contingent fund.
Section 56.550 - Circuit attorneys and assistants — oaths — duties.
Section 56.570 - Assistants and clerks — tenure.
Section 56.600 - Circuit attorney — salary — fees, collection, disposition.
Section 56.631 - County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation.
Section 56.640 - County counselor and assistants, duties of.
Section 56.660 - Special county counselors — employment — compensation — qualifications.
Section 56.700 - Assistants for prosecuting attorneys, number, appointment, compensation.
Section 56.750 - Office of prosecution services created — purpose — services.
Section 56.755 - Executive director — staff — duties — office site.
Section 56.770 - Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other officials.
Section 56.775 - Severability of provisions.
Section 56.800 - Retirement fund authorized, administration of.
Section 56.811 - Members, eligibility.
Section 56.814 - Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity.
Section 56.816 - Normal annuity, computation of — reserve account established, purpose.
Section 56.816 - Normal annuity, computation of — reserve account established, purpose.
Section 56.818 - Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits.
Section 56.820 - Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service.
Section 56.823 - Prior service, credit, limitation, amount.
Section 56.824 - Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two.
Section 56.825 - Retirement of member, application to board — payments to begin, when.
Section 56.830 - Death benefits, amount — surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when.