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OR Rev Stat § 238.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.500 - Definitions for ORS 238.500 to 238.585.

As used in ORS 238.500 to 238.585, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Court" means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and a circuit court. (2) "Judge" means a judge of any court. (3) "Judge member" means a judge who is a member of the Public Employees Retirement System subject to ORS 238.500 to 238.585. (4) "Service as a judge" means creditable service, as defined by ORS 238.005, by a judge as: (a) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court; or (b) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court temporarily in another court. [Formerly 237.211]
OR Rev Stat § 238.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.505 - Judges as PERS members.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who is not a judge on December 31, 1983, and who is elected or appointed to the office of judge on or after January 1, 1984, shall become a judge member on the date the person takes the office. (2) A person who, by reason of the age at which becoming a judge, could not make contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Fund during each of five calendar years as a judge member at or before attaining the age of 75 years shall not become a judge member. [Formerly 237.215]
OR Rev Stat § 238.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.510

[Renumbered 237.350 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.515 - Contributions.

(1)(a) Each judge member shall contribute monthly to the Public Employees Retirement Fund seven percent of the monthly salary of the judge member. The contributions of a judge member and earnings on the contributions shall be credited to the member account of the judge member. (b) The state shall pick-up, assume or pay the full amount of contributions to the fund required of judge members. The full amount of required judge member contributions picked-up, assumed or paid by the state on behalf of judge members shall be considered salary only for the purpose of computing a judge member’s final average salary within the meaning of ORS 238.535 (2) and not for any other purpose. The full amount of required judge member contributions picked-up, assumed or paid by the state on behalf of judge members shall be added to the member account of the judge members and shall be considered judge member contributions for all other purposes of ORS 238.500 to 238.585. (2) The state shall make employer contributions to the fund in respect to judge members as provided in ORS 238.225. Notwithstanding ORS 238.227, for the purposes of actuarial computation and contributions of the state under ORS 238.225, judge members shall be considered a separate group of employees. [Formerly 237.217; 2001 c.945 §59; 2005 c.808 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 238.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.520

[Renumbered 237.355 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.525 - Compulsory retirement age.

A judge member shall be retired from judicial office at the end of the calendar year in which the judge member attains the age of 75 years. [Formerly 237.219]
OR Rev Stat § 238.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.530

[Renumbered 237.360 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.538 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.538 - Health benefit plans for certain retired judge members.

(1) A judge member who elects to retire under ORS 238.535 (1)(b): (a) Shall continue to be eligible as a nonretired employee for health benefit plans contracted for under ORS 243.135 during the time that the judge member is serving as a pro tem judge under ORS 238.535 (1)(c); and (b) Subject to availability of funding, shall continue to receive the monthly state contribution as payment of all or part of the cost of a health benefit plan during the time that the judge member is serving as a pro tem judge under ORS 238.535 (1)(c). (2) A judge member receiving the monthly state contribution as payment of all or part of the cost of a health benefit plan under this section is not eligible for payments against the cost of Medicare supplemental insurance under ORS 238.420 until such time as the judge member is no longer serving as a pro tem judge under ORS 238.535 (1)(c). [2001 c.823 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 238.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.540

[Renumbered 237.365 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.550

[Renumbered 237.370 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.555 - Disability retirement allowance.

(1)(a) A judge member who has not attained the age of 65 years and who is found to be mentally or physically incapacitated for an extended duration, as determined by medical examination by one or more physicians selected by the board, and thereby unable to perform any work for which qualified, by injury or disease sustained while in actual performance of duty and not intentionally self-inflicted, shall be retired for disability and shall receive as a disability retirement allowance, payable monthly, a pension equal to the service retirement allowance to which the judge member would be entitled under ORS 238.535 (1)(a), had the judge member served as a judge continuously until attaining the age of 65 years, but not less than an annual amount equal to 45 percent of the final average salary, as defined in ORS 238.535 (2), of the judge member. (b) As used in paragraph (a) of this subsection, "injury" means bodily injury causing the disability directly and independently of all other causes and effected solely through accidental means. (2) A judge member who has six or more years of service as a judge, who has not attained the age of 65 years and who is found to be mentally or physically incapacitated for an extended duration, as determined by medical examination by one or more physicians selected by the board, and thereby unable to perform any work for which qualified, from cause other than injury or disease sustained while in actual performance of duty and not intentionally self-inflicted, shall be retired for disability and shall receive as a disability retirement allowance, payable monthly, a pension equal to the service retirement allowance to which the judge member would be entitled under ORS 238.535 (1)(a) had the judge member served as a judge continuously until attaining the age of 65 years, but not less than an annual amount equal to 45 percent of the final average salary, as defined in ORS 238.535 (2), of the judge member. (3) The effective date of the disability of a judge member shall not be determined by the board as prior to the last day for which the judge member performed service as a judge. (4) No disability retirement allowance may be paid for any month in which the judge member received salary or sick leave benefits from the state. (5) ORS 238.320 (4) and (5), 238.330 (3), 238.335 and 238.340 apply to retirement of a judge member for disability. (6) A judge member who is retired under the provisions of ORS 1.310 is entitled to any applicable retirement allowance for which eligible under ORS 238.500 to 238.585. [Formerly 237.225]
OR Rev Stat § 238.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.560

[Renumbered 237.375 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.570

[Renumbered 237.380 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 238.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.575 - Cost-of-living adjustments; ad hoc increase.

(1) Every monthly retirement allowance or pension payable to a judge member or surviving spouse of a judge member under ORS 238.500 to 238.585 shall be adjusted annually as provided in ORS 238.360. (2) ORS 238.368 applies to judge members, and for that purpose the monthly retirement allowance referred to in ORS 238.368 shall be the monthly retirement allowance payable to a judge member or the monthly pension payable to the surviving spouse of a judge member under ORS 238.565 (3)(a). [Formerly 237.230; 2001 c.945 §71; 2013 c.53 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 238.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.580 - Application of PERS laws to judges.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, ORS 238.005 (4) and (26), 238.025, 238.078, 238.082, 238.092, 238.115 (1), 238.250, 238.255, 238.260, 238.350, 238.364, 238.410, 238.415, 238.420, 238.445, 238.458, 238.460, 238.465, 238.475, 238.600, 238.605, 238.610, 238.618, 238.630, 238.635, 238.645, 238.650, 238.655, 238.660, 238.665, 238.670 and 238.705 and the increases provided by ORS 238.366 for members of the system who are serving as other than police officers or firefighters apply in respect to service as a judge member. (2) This chapter applies in respect to persons described in ORS 238.505 (1) and in respect to service as a judge member only as specifically provided in ORS 238.500 to 238.585. (3) ORS 238.005 (26)(c)(M) does not apply in respect to service as a judge member. [Formerly 237.233; 1999 c.317 §23; 2001 c.945 §62; 2005 c.152 §9; 2011 c.9 §25; 2011 c.637 §74a; 2019 c.355 §41]
OR Rev Stat § 238.585 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.585 - Use of creditable service by person who serves as both member and judge member; restoration of forfeited rights upon becoming judge member.

(1) A judge member who has creditable service as other than a judge member is entitled to the use of all creditable service as a judge member for the purpose of establishing eligibility under ORS 238.115, 238.125, 238.135 or any other provision of this chapter that requires a specified number of years of creditable service. (2) A judge member who has creditable service as other than a judge member is entitled to use of all creditable service as other than a judge member for the purpose of establishing eligibility under the provisions of ORS 238.366, 238.415, 238.420 or any other provision of this chapter that is applicable to a judge member and that requires a specified number of years of creditable service. (3) A member of the system other than a judge member who separates from all service entitling the person to membership in the system and who withdraws the amount credited to the member account of the member in the fund may restore all rights forfeited by the withdrawal in the manner specified by ORS 238.105 if the person becomes a judge member within five years after the date that the person is separated from all service entitling the person to membership in the system. [1995 c.658 §136; 2001 c.945 §63]
OR Rev Stat § 238.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.600 - System established; legislative intent.

(1) A system of retirement and of benefits at retirement or death for employees of public employers hereby is established and shall be known as the Public Employees Retirement System. The Public Employees Retirement System consists of this chapter and ORS chapter 238A. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that the system be qualified and maintained under sections 401(a), 414(d) and 414(k) of the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-qualified defined benefit governmental plan. (2) If the Public Employees Retirement System is terminated, or if contributions may no longer be made to the system, each member of the system has a nonforfeitable right to the benefits that the member has accrued as of the date of the termination, or as of the date that contributions may no longer be made to the system, to the extent that those benefits are funded. [Formerly 237.005; 1997 c.121 §2; 1999 c.317 §9; 2003 c.733 §55a; 2005 c.808 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 238.601 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.601 - Legislative findings and intent; administration of system.

The Legislative Assembly finds that the maintenance of a solid, affordable public employees retirement plan is essential to providing effective, efficient services to the citizens of Oregon by allowing the state and political subdivisions of the state to hire and retain employees who are committed to providing those services. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that the Public Employees Retirement Board, in performing its duties as trustee of the Public Employees Retirement Fund, recognize that the continued stability and viability of the Public Employees Retirement System depends on the ability of public employers and taxpayers to pay the costs of the system. Consistent with this intent, the board shall administer the system to create and maintain long-term stability and viability in the system, and shall act to achieve full funding for the benefits provided by the system, giving equal consideration to the interests of the public employer and the employee to the extent that treatment does not violate the fiduciary duties of the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose a fiduciary duty on the board to consider the interests of public employers, and the board shall consider the interests of public employers only with respect to matters unrelated to the board’s fiduciary duties as trustee of the fund. [2001 c.945 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 238.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.605 - Actuarial report on system; determination of unfunded actuarial liability.

(1) At least once every two years the Public Employees Retirement Board shall cause a competent actuary familiar with public systems of retirement and death benefits to prepare a report evaluating the current and prospective assets and liabilities of the system and indicating its current and prospective financial condition. In preparing the report the actuary shall investigate the mortality, disability, service and other experience of the members of, and employers participating in the system, shall state fully the condition of the system, and shall make such recommendations as the actuary deems advisable to facilitate administering it properly. The board shall publish and distribute a summary of the report to all the public employers participating in the system. The board may authorize the transfer of any portion of the funds collected under the provisions of ORS 238.225 to carry out the recommendations of the actuary. (2) For the purpose of evaluating the system under this section and for the purpose of issuing reports on the system, the actuary and the board shall determine the unfunded actuarial liability of the system by calculating the difference between the actuarial value of the current and prospective liabilities of the system and the actuarial value of the assets of the system, including any lump sum payments made under ORS 238.229. When reporting on the unfunded actuarial liability in any official documentation or report, the board shall report on the unfunded actuarial liability as determined under this subsection. [Formerly 237.285; 2017 c.746 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 238.606 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.606 - Independent review of actuarial report on system; reports.

(1)(a) At least once every four years, the Secretary of State shall contract with a firm qualified to perform an independent actuarial review of the report on the Public Employees Retirement System prepared under ORS 238.605. The firm shall review the report that was most recently used to calculate employer contribution rates under ORS 238.225. (b) The firm conducting the review required by this section shall use all appropriate actuarial standards of practice. (c) The Secretary of State shall determine the scope of the review required by this section. The review must include, but is not limited to, an examination of the reasonableness and consistency of the following aspects of the report described in paragraph (a) of this subsection: (A) Actuarial methods used; (B) Demographic and economic assumptions used; (C) Census and asset data used; (D) Valuation of the system, including projected future benefit payments, system liabilities, system normal cost and funded status; (E) Employer contribution rates calculated; (F) Rate collaring policy and calculation; (G) Assumed rate of return and discount rate used; (H) Comparison of legislative impact to actual impact; and (I) Instructions provided by the Public Employees Retirement Board to the actuary. (d) A review under this section must include a quantitative and qualitative analysis of any changes to actuarial methods and demographic and economic assumptions that were recommended by the actuary, adopted by the board, and used to prepare the report under ORS 238.605. (e) The Public Employees Retirement System, the State Treasurer, and the Oregon Investment Council shall cooperate with the firm conducting the review required by this section in all respects and shall permit the firm full access to all information the firm deems necessary to complete the review. (f) An actuary that prepared a report under ORS 238.605 may not conduct a review under this section for a period of six years after the actuary has provided any services for the board. (g) The Public Employees Retirement Board shall pay the cost of the review performed under this section. (2) A review performed under this section shall be available for public inspection, in accordance with the Secretary of State’s established rules and procedures governing public disclosure of public reports. (3) The Secretary of State shall submit the review performed under this section to the Public Employees Retirement Board and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee no later than February 15 of the year after the review is initiated. [2018 c.98 §11] Note: 238.606 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 238 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 238.608 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.608 - Separate actuarial equivalency factor tables for certain police officers and firefighters.

(1) The Public Employees Retirement Board shall conduct a study of the life expectancy of members of the Public Employees Retirement System in the categories described in subsection (2) of this section. If the board determines that members in the categories described in subsection (2) of this section have a life expectancy that is substantially shorter than the life expectancy of members of the system generally, the board shall adopt and use separate actuarial equivalency factor tables under ORS 238.607 for the purpose of computing the payments to be made to members in the categories described in subsection (2) of this section and to the beneficiaries and alternate payees of those members. Any actuarial equivalency factor tables adopted under this section shall first become effective January 1, 2005. (2) The provisions of this section apply to members of the system who are defined as firefighters under ORS 238.005 or as police officers under ORS 238.005 (19)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (L), (m), (o), (p) or (q). [2003 c.68 §7; 2003 c.625 §18; 2011 c.9 §26; 2011 c.506 §34; 2011 c.637 §74b]
OR Rev Stat § 238.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.610 - Administrative expenses of system; rules.

(1)(a) The administrative expenses of the Public Employees Retirement System shall be paid from interest earned by the Public Employees Retirement Fund; provided, that if such interest be insufficient the expense in excess thereof shall be paid from the contributions which this chapter and ORS 238A.220 and 238A.240 require participating employers to pay into the Public Employees Retirement Fund. The Public Employees Retirement Board by rule may establish procedures for recovering administrative costs from members for services provided in estimating retirement benefit amounts and processing payments if the board determines that the services requested by an individual member result in extraordinary costs to the system. (b) The board may adopt rules establishing procedures for recovering administrative costs from participating public employers for providing to those employers information or services needed to report in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. Administrative costs recovered under this paragraph may be recovered only from interest earned on employer contributions made under ORS 238.225 or 238A.220. (2) In order to facilitate financing the establishment and administration of the system the board may designate fiscal periods and may provide that extraordinary expenses incurred during one such period, such as expenses for equipment and actuarial studies, may, for purposes of equitably distributing part of the burden of the expenses, be apportioned to subsequent fiscal periods in such manner as to the board seems equitable. (3) For each fiscal period designated by the board there shall be deducted from the interest earned by the fund, the administrative expenses of the system for that period; provided, that if such interest be insufficient for such purpose, the excess expense shall be paid by deducting from the account of each employer participating in the system that fraction of the administrative expense of the system for that period which the employer’s total contribution to the fund for the period is of the sum of all the employers’ contributions to the fund for the period. (4) Amounts payable as refunds and retirement allowances shall not for any purpose be deemed expenses of the board and shall not be included in its biennial departmental budget. [Formerly 237.291; 2003 c.105 §5; 2003 c.733 §56; 2014 c.105 §1]