Wyoming Statutes
Article 4 - Retirement
Section 9-3-422 - Disability Retirement; Board Determination; Reports and Examinations; Amount; Options as to Form of Benefit.

9-3-422. Disability retirement; board determination; reports and examinations; amount; options as to form of benefit.
(a) Except as specified for law enforcement officers under W.S. 9-3-432, any member in service who has ten (10) or more years of service credit during which contributions have been paid because of illness or injury outside of or in the scope of employment, or any firefighter member in service for whom contributions have been paid because of injury in the scope of employment, may retire on account of a total or partial disability in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. In determining mental or physical incapacitation for disability retirement under this section, the board may require physician reports, medical examinations, functional capacity evaluations, vocational examinations and other necessary reports and examinations for purposes of this section. The costs of any functional capacity evaluation, vocational examination or other specialized test required under this subsection shall be paid from the retirement account.
(b) Upon retirement for a total disability and except as provided under W.S. 9-3-431(f) and 9-3-432(h), a member shall receive a monthly disability retirement benefit for the period of his disability equal to one hundred percent (100%) of his service retirement benefit under this article as if the member was eligible for normal retirement benefits. Upon retirement for a partial disability, a member shall receive a monthly disability retirement benefit for the period of his disability equal to fifty percent (50%) of the normal retirement benefit payable to the member as if the member were eligible for normal retirement benefits. Disability benefits are payable for the life of the member or until the member is no longer disabled.
(c) Any employee granted disability retirement under this section shall at the time retirement is granted, elect to receive either the benefit authorized by this section or one (1) of the joint and survivor benefit options specified in W.S. 9-3-420.

Structure Wyoming Statutes

Wyoming Statutes

Title 9 - Administration of the Government

Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits

Article 4 - Retirement

Section 9-3-401 - Short Title.

Section 9-3-402 - Definitions.

Section 9-3-403 - Wyoming Retirement System; Establishment; Purpose; Powers as Body Corporate.

Section 9-3-404 - Wyoming Retirement Board; Responsibility for Administration of System; Composition; Appointment; Term; Vacancies; Meetings; Election of Chairman.

Section 9-3-405 - Retirement Board Duties and Powers.

Section 9-3-406 - Retirement Board; Employment and Compensation of Director, Consulting Actuary and Assistants; Director Designated Secretary; Compensation of Members; Quorum; Seal.

Section 9-3-407 - Retirement Board; Control and Management of Account Containing Assets of Retirement System; Payments From Account.

Section 9-3-408 - Designated Custodian of Retirement Account; Disbursements; Investment of Account Monies.

Section 9-3-409 - Retirement Board; Rules and Regulations; Powers and Privileges Required to Perform Functions; Requiring Employers to Furnish Information and Keep Records.

Section 9-3-410 - Retirement Board; Actuarial Investigation and Valuation of System; Annual Valuation of Assets and Liabilities to Be Prepared and Published; Public Record of Proceedings.

Section 9-3-411 - Retirement Board; Right to Hearing Before Board; Judicial Review.

Section 9-3-412 - Members' Contributions; Payroll Deductions; Employer Authorized to Pay Employee's Share.

Section 9-3-413 - Employer's Contributions; Payable Monthly; Transfer to Account; Interest Imposed Upon Delinquent Contributions; Recovery.

Section 9-3-414 - Provision for Employers' Contributions to Be Made in Budgets; Notice to Department Heads.

Section 9-3-415 - When Retirement Permitted; Service Credit.

Section 9-3-416 - Members Leaving Service Without Withdrawing Accumulated Contributions Eligible for Retirement.

Section 9-3-417 - Determination of Eligibility for Retirement; Board to Determine Equivalent of Years of Service; Credit for Military Service.

Section 9-3-418 - Amount of Service Retirement Benefit; Firefighter Members Excluded.

Section 9-3-419 - Retirement Benefit Adjustments.

Section 9-3-420 - Option as to Form of Benefit; Beneficiary Designations.

Section 9-3-421 - Death Benefits; Monthly Benefit Option; Refund of Excess Employee Contributions Plus Interest; Medical Insurance Premiums.

Section 9-3-422 - Disability Retirement; Board Determination; Reports and Examinations; Amount; Options as to Form of Benefit.

Section 9-3-423 - Disability; Medical and Other Examinations, Tests and Evaluations Subsequent to Retirement; Failure to Submit to Examinations, Tests and Evaluations; Restoration to Service; Deduction From Benefit for Excess Earnings.

Section 9-3-424 - Refund of Contributions Upon Termination of Employment; Procedure; Redeposit; Limitation on Refund.

Section 9-3-425 - Right of Members Retired Under Terminated Systems to Retirement Benefits From Account; No Prohibition to Increase Provided in w.s. 9-3-419.

Section 9-3-426 - Benefits, Allowances and Contents of Account Exempt From Taxation and Not Subject to Execution or Attachment; Assignment Limited; Qualified Domestic Relations Order; System Assets.

Section 9-3-427 - Other Retirement Plans Prohibited.

Section 9-3-428 - Construction of Article; Limitation of Liability of State; Termination of System.

Section 9-3-429 - False Statements and Records Prohibited; Right to Modify Article.

Section 9-3-430 - Application for Benefits; Benefit Payment Effective Dates; Minimum Distribution Rules.

Section 9-3-431 - Firefighter Members; Contributions; Benefit Eligibility; Service and Disability Retirement Benefits; Termination of Benefits Upon Failure to Make Timely Contribution Payments.

Section 9-3-432 - Law Enforcement Officers; Contributions; Benefit Eligibility; Service and Disability Benefits; Death Benefits; Benefit Options.

Section 9-3-433 - Short Title.

Section 9-3-434 - Definitions.

Section 9-3-435 - Scope.

Section 9-3-436 - Establishment of Trust.

Section 9-3-437 - Powers of Trustee.

Section 9-3-438 - Delegation of Functions.

Section 9-3-439 - General Duties of Trustee and Fiduciary.

Section 9-3-440 - Duties of Trustee in Investing and Managing Assets of Retirement System.

Section 9-3-441 - Special Application of Duties.

Section 9-3-442 - Reviewing Compliance.

Section 9-3-443 - Liability of Trustee or Other Fiduciary.

Section 9-3-444 - Open Meetings and Records.

Section 9-3-445 - Disclosure to Public.

Section 9-3-446 - Disclosure to Participants and Beneficiaries.

Section 9-3-447 - Reports to Agency.

Section 9-3-448 - Summary Plan Description.

Section 9-3-449 - Annual Disclosure of Financial and Actuarial Status.

Section 9-3-450 - Annual Report.

Section 9-3-451 - Enforcement.

Section 9-3-452 - Alienation of Benefits.

Section 9-3-453 - Public Employee Retirement Plans; Funding; Legislative Findings; Required Determinations for Benefit Increases.

Section 9-3-454 - Required Determinations for Recommended Benefit Increases.