9-3-707. Amount of benefit; adjustments.
(a) Any employee who has left service covered under this act, and who has not withdrawn his accumulated contributions, is eligible to receive a retirement allowance computed according to the terms of this act at the age specified in W.S. 9-3-706. The service retirement allowance payable to an employee under this act is subject to the following:
(i) The amount shall be equal to the percentage computed under paragraph (ii) of this subsection times the employee's highest average salary as defined in W.S. 9-3-702(a)(vii);
(ii) For the purposes of making the computation under paragraph (i) of this subsection, the percentage shall be computed based upon the sum of the following for credited service:
(A) Four percent (4%) for each of the first five (5) years of credited service;
(B) Three percent (3%) for each year from and including the sixth year through the fifteenth year of credited service;
(C) Two percent (2%) for each year from and including the sixteenth year through the twentieth year of credited service;
(D) One percent (1%) for each year from and after the twenty-first year of credited service.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 21, § 2.
(iv) For an employee retired for disability, W.S. 9-3-422(a) and (b) apply with respect to computing the amount of the benefit.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 107, § 3.
(c) W.S. 9-3-430 applies to this act.
(d) Benefits shall not be payable under the program to the extent that they exceed the limitations imposed by section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The board shall provide any benefits in excess of the limitations under special pay plans authorized under W.S. 9-3-405(b) to the extent the benefits can be provided and the program retain qualified plan status under the Internal Revenue Code.
Structure Wyoming Statutes
Title 9 - Administration of the Government
Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits
Article 7 - Judicial Retirement
Section 9-3-701 - Short Title.
Section 9-3-702 - Definitions.
Section 9-3-703 - Administration.
Section 9-3-704 - Employee Contributions.
Section 9-3-705 - Employer Contributions.
Section 9-3-706 - Age of Retirement.
Section 9-3-707 - Amount of Benefit; Adjustments.
Section 9-3-708 - Death Benefits; Survivor's Benefits.
Section 9-3-710 - Disposition of Funds; Custodian of Monies.
Section 9-3-711 - Payment of Employers' Contribution From Budgets.
Section 9-3-713 - Election to Transfer Into the System Established Under This Act.