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MI Comp L § 38.2304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article III - (38.2301...38.2308)|Section 38.2304 - Deposit of Court Fees, Late Fees, and Interest Payments.

 ***** 38.2304 SUBSECTION (4) MAY NOT APPLY: See (4) of 38.2304 ***** 38.2304 Deposit of court fees, late fees, and interest payments. Sec. 304.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), the retirement system shall transmit all court fees received by the executive secretary and all late fees and interest payments received under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the reserve for employer contributions where these assets and earnings on these assets shall be treated as pension assets.  (2) The retirement board may periodically establish a late fee and interest rate for all court fees that are not submitted to the executive secretary as prescribed in subsection (3). The retirement board shall establish a late fee of $50.00 or more and an interest rate of 12% or more per year for a late transmittal of court fees.  (3) If the county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court, or clerk of the district court fails to transmit to the executive secretary all court fees by the twentieth day of the month following the month in which they are collected under the revised judicature act, the retirement system shall assess a late fee for each late transmittal and an interest payment for each day the transmittal is late. Upon written notice from the executive secretary to the director of the supreme court finance office, the state treasurer shall withhold payment of the amount due under this section for late court fees, late fees, and interest payments from the salary standardization payment payable to a county or district control unit that fails to make timely court fee transmittals as required by this section.  (4) When the retirement system determines that the amount of court fees deposited into the reserve for employer contributions under subsection (1) equals the amount needed in addition to other publicly financed contributions to sustain the required level of publicly financed contributions, based upon the most recent actuarial valuation available at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year, the executive secretary shall transmit to the state treasurer the remainder of the court fees received during the fiscal year for deposit into the court fee fund created by section 217 where these assets and any earnings on these assets shall not be treated as pension assets for any purpose. This subsection applies unless the department receives notification from the United States internal revenue service that this subsection will cause the retirement system to be disqualified for tax purposes under the internal revenue code. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
MI Comp L § 38.2305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article III - (38.2301...38.2308)|Section 38.2305 - Contributions; Plan Member Classification; Manner of Payment; Withholding Payment to County or District Control Unit for Contributions Not Received Within 60 Days.

38.2305 Contributions; plan member classification; manner of payment; withholding payment to county or district control unit for contributions not received within 60 days. Sec. 305.  (1) Each member, upon taking office and so long as he or she remains in office, shall make contributions to the retirement system according to the applicable plan member classification as follows:  (a) A plan 1 member or a plan 2 member shall contribute 5% of the member's compensation. From this contribution, the retirement system shall deposit an amount equal to 2.0% of the member's compensation into the reserve for health benefits for hospital and medical-surgical and sick care benefits as provided in section 509.  (b) A plan 3a member, a plan 3b member, or a plan 5 member shall contribute 3.5% of the member's compensation.  (c) A plan 3c member, a plan 4 member, a plan 6 member, or a plan 7 member shall contribute 7% of the member's compensation. However, a plan 6 member shall not contribute more than $980.00 annually.  (2) The retirement board shall determine the manner in which member contributions are paid. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the retirement system shall credit member contributions when received to the reserve for member contributions.  (3) Upon written notice from the executive secretary to the state court administrator, the state treasurer shall withhold payment of the amount due from the salary standardization payment payable to a county or district control unit for member contributions that are not received by the retirement system within 60 days after the due date. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
MI Comp L § 38.2307 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article III - (38.2301...38.2308)|Section 38.2307 - Disposition of Unclaimed Retirement Allowance or Money Payable on Separation or Death.

38.2307 Disposition of unclaimed retirement allowance or money payable on separation or death. Sec. 307.  Upon the separation from service by a member or upon the death of a retirant, a retirement allowance beneficiary, or a refund beneficiary, any unclaimed retirement allowance or other money otherwise payable on account of the separation or death remains a part of the reserve in which it is deposited until claimed by the separated member, retirement allowance beneficiary, refund beneficiary, or the estate or legal representative of a separated member, retirement allowance beneficiary, or refund beneficiary. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2308 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article III - (38.2301...38.2308)|Section 38.2308 - Offsetting Benefits Against Amounts Owed; Forfeiture of Service Credit for Transfer to Federal Agency; Rights Subject to Public Employee Retirement Benefit Protection Act.

38.2308 Offsetting benefits against amounts owed; forfeiture of service credit for transfer to federal agency; rights subject to public employee retirement benefit protection act. Sec. 308.  (1) The retirement system may offset retirement benefits or refunds payable under this act against amounts owed to the retirement system by a member, vested former member, retirant, retirement allowance beneficiary, or refund beneficiary.  (2) If the retirement system is required by the federal government pursuant to a court order to transmit a part of a member's accumulated contributions to a federal agency, the service credit that is covered by the payment shall be forfeited in the same manner as if the employee had requested and been paid a refund of the member's most recent contributions.  (3) The right of a person to a retirement allowance, to the return of accumulated contributions, to an optional benefit, to any other right accrued or accruing to a member or beneficiary under this act, and to the money belonging to the retirement system is subject to the public employee retirement benefit protection act. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
MI Comp L § 38.2401 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2401 - Retirement System; Members; Membership Form; Conditions for Ceasing Membership.

38.2401 Retirement system; members; membership form; conditions for ceasing membership. Sec. 401.  (1) Each of the following is a member of the retirement system:  (a) A person who is duly elected or appointed as a judge or state official on or after the effective date of this act, unless within 30 days from taking office the judge or state official files a written notice not to participate in the retirement system with the retirement system.  (b) A person who was a member of the former judges retirement system or former probate judges retirement system on the day before the effective date of this act and who remains a judge or state official on and after the effective date of this act.  (c) A person, other than a retirant, who is authorized by the supreme court to perform judicial duties for a limited period or a specific assignment pursuant to section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963 and who performs at least 20 days of service in a 30-consecutive day period.  (2) A judge or state official who becomes a member under subsection (1)(a) shall complete a membership form furnished by the retirement system and shall forward the form to the retirement system within 30 days of taking office. A judge or state official, upon becoming a member, is considered to have agreed that in the event of adjudication of the member's mental incompetency, a guardian, if appointed, has the power and authority to complete and execute the necessary application forms to retire the member as provided in section 507. In all cases of doubt, the retirement board shall decide the membership status of a judge or state official.  (3) The membership of a judge or state official in the retirement system ceases when the member retires, when the members forfeits his or her membership under the provisions of section 507, at the end of the judicial term in which the member who is a judge attains age 70, or upon ceasing to be a judge or state official unless the person is a vested former member. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2401a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2401a - Exclusion From Tier 1; Eligibility as Qualified Participant in Tier 2.

38.2401a Exclusion from Tier 1; eligibility as qualified participant in Tier 2. Sec. 401a.  (1) Notwithstanding section 401, an individual described in this subsection is not a member of the Tier 1 retirement plan:  (a) An individual who first becomes a judge or state official on or after March 31, 1997.  (b) An individual who elects to terminate membership under section 701 or 701a and who, but for that election, would otherwise be eligible for membership in Tier 1 pursuant to section 401.  (2) An individual who first becomes a judge or state official on or after March 31, 1997 is eligible to be a qualified participant in Tier 2 subject to article VII. History: Add. 1996, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 215, Eff. May 30, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
MI Comp L § 38.2402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2402 - Retirement Board; Determining Service Credits; Forfeiture; Reinstatement; Service Credit for Limited Period or Specific Assignment.

38.2402 Retirement board; determining service credits; forfeiture; reinstatement; service credit for limited period or specific assignment. Sec. 402.  (1) The retirement board shall credit each member with the number of years and months of service for which the member performed service as a judge or state official. The retirement board shall credit service for the month in which the member's retirement becomes effective if the member retires from service before the end of the month and the member terminates his or her service after the fifteenth of the month. Except as provided in subsection (4), the retirement board shall not credit service for any month for which a member receives less than 1 month's salary. The retirement board shall not credit more than 1/12 of a year of service for all service rendered in a 30-consecutive day period. After a member who is a judge attains age 70, the retirement board shall not credit service after the end of the term in which the judge attains age 70.  (2) A member's credited service is forfeited at the time his or her membership terminates, except upon becoming a retirant or as provided in section 502.   (3) The retirement system shall reinstate credited service forfeited because of a break in membership in the member's service account if all of the following conditions are satisfied:   (a) The person, upon return to membership, acquires 6 months or more of credited service performed as a member of this retirement system subsequent to the break in service that caused the forfeiture.  (b) The member pays to the retirement system all accumulated contributions previously paid to the member, plus interest from the date of payment to the member to the date of repayment to the retirement system.  (4) Except as provided in this subsection and subject to the requirements of this subsection, the retirement system shall grant credited service to the same extent as provided in subsection (1) to a member who is serving as a judge for a limited period or a specific assignment as authorized by the supreme court pursuant to section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963. The retirement system shall grant 1/12 of a year of credited service for a 30-consecutive day period in which a member described in this subsection performs service and receives a salary under the following circumstances:  (a) The member performs service for at least 20 days in the 30-consecutive day period.  (b) The member receives a salary that is not less than the pro rata of the state base salary for the court in which the service is performed. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2403 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2403 - Election to Purchase Other Public Service Credit; Request; Documentation; Payment of Actuarial Cost; Basis for Calculating Service Credit.

38.2403 Election to purchase other public service credit; request; documentation; payment of actuarial cost; basis for calculating service credit. Sec. 403.  (1) A member who has 4 or more years of membership service may elect to purchase service credit for other public service by filing a request with the retirement system. The member shall provide documentation of the other public service and shall pay into the reserve for member contributions the actuarial cost. The member shall relinquish for himself or herself and his or her beneficiaries all rights in and to a pension or annuity payable from another retirement system for the same period of service purchased under this section.  (2) The retirement system shall calculate the amount of service credit for other public service under subsection (1) on the same basis as provided in section 402(1). History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2404 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2404 - Election to Purchase Active Duty Service Credit; Request; Documentation; Payment to Reserve; Basis for Calculating Service Credit.

38.2404 Election to purchase active duty service credit; request; documentation; payment to reserve; basis for calculating service credit. Sec. 404.  (1) A member who has 12 or more years of credited service may elect to purchase not more than 2 years of service credit for active duty by filing a request with the retirement system. The member shall provide documentation of the active duty and shall pay into the reserve for member contributions an amount equal to 5% of the member's annualized rate of compensation at the time payment is made multiplied by the number of years and months of active duty service that the member elects to purchase up to the maximum. The member shall relinquish for himself or herself and his or her beneficiaries all rights in and to a pension or annuity payable from another retirement system for the same period of service purchased under this section.  (2) The retirement system shall calculate the amount of service credit for active duty under subsection (1) on the same basis as provided in section 402(1).  History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2406 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article IV - (38.2401...38.2406)|Section 38.2406 - Retirant Authorized by Supreme Court to Perform Judicial Duties for Limited Period or Specific Assignment; Retirant Elected or Appointed by Governor as Judge or State Official.

38.2406 Retirant authorized by supreme court to perform judicial duties for limited period or specific assignment; retirant elected or appointed by governor as judge or state official. Sec. 406.  (1) If a retirant is authorized by the supreme court to perform judicial duties for a limited period or a specific assignment pursuant to section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the retirement system shall continue payment of his or her retirement allowance without change in amount or conditions. A retirant is not a member during the period he or she performs judicial duties for a limited period or a specific assignment as authorized by the supreme court pursuant to section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963.  (2) If a retirant is elected or appointed by the governor as a judge or state official, the retirement system shall suspend payment of the retirant's retirement allowance during the period he or she remains in office. The retirement system shall base the suspension of benefits on 1/12 of the annual retirement benefit for each month the retirant serves in the office to which he or she was elected or appointed. A retirant who is again elected as a judge or state official is a member pursuant to section 401. The retirement system shall recalculate the retirement allowance of a retirant who again becomes a member under this subsection if the member leaves office due to disability or death, or if the member again retires after serving 1 full term or more in office. A retirement allowance recalculated pursuant to this subsection is subject to section 503. The retirement system shall begin payment of the recalculated retirement allowance under this subsection to a person who again retires effective the first of the month following the month in which the person leaves office. If a retirant again becomes a member under this subsection but is not entitled to have his or her retirement allowance recalculated under this subsection, the retirement system shall begin payment of his or her retirement allowance without change in amount or conditions effective the first of the month following the month in which the person leaves office. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2501 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article V - (38.2501...38.2512)|Section 38.2501 - Retirement Allowance; Requirements; Application; Form; Retirement Date; Beginning Payment.

38.2501 Retirement allowance; requirements; application; form; retirement date; beginning payment. Sec. 501.  (1) A member or vested former member who has 4 or more years of membership service and who meets 1 or more of the following requirements, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, is entitled to a retirement allowance computed under section 503:  (a) The member or vested former member is 60 years of age or older and has 8 or more years of credited service.  (b) The member or vested former member is 55 years of age or older and has 18 or more years of credited service of which the last 6 years are continuous service.  (c) The member or vested former member has 25 or more years of credited service of which the last 6 years are continuous service.  (d) The member or vested former member is 55 years of age or older but less than 60 years of age and has 12 or more, but less than 18, years of credited service, of which the last 6 years are continuous service. However, the retirement system shall permanently reduce the retirement allowance calculated under section 503 for a member who meets the requirements of this subdivision by the early retirement reduction percentage, which is 0.5% for each month, and fraction of a month, from the effective date of the member's retirement to the date of the member's sixtieth birthday.  (e) The member or vested former member is 60 years of age or older and has served 2 full terms in the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, or 1 full term in the office of legislative auditor general.   (2) A member or vested former member who meets or will meet the requirements of subsection (1) may retire by filing a written application with the retirement system on a form furnished by the retirement system. The member or vested former member shall state a date in the application on which he or she wishes to retire that is on or after the date the member or vested former member meets the requirements under subsection (1) and that is 30 days or more after the date the application is filed with the retirement system.  (3) The retirement system shall begin payment of the retirement allowance payable to a member or vested former member who retires under this section on the first day of the month after termination of service or the first day of the month that is 30 days or more after the application is filed with the retirement system, whichever is later. The retirement system shall pay a full month's retirement allowance for the month in which a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary ceases to be eligible for continuation of benefits. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
MI Comp L § 38.2501a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article V - (38.2501...38.2512)|Section 38.2501a - Early Retirement Benefits Act; System Subject to Regulation.

38.2501a Early retirement benefits act; system subject to regulation. Sec. 501a.  This retirement system is subject to the regulation of early retirement benefits act. History: Add. 1996, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
MI Comp L § 38.2502 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 234 of 1992 - The Judges Retirement Act of 1992 (38.2101 - 38.2670)|Article V - (38.2501...38.2512)|Section 38.2502 - Vested Former Member; Entitlement to Deferred Vested Service Retirement Allowance; Forfeiture.

38.2502 Vested former member; entitlement to deferred vested service retirement allowance; forfeiture. Sec. 502.  A member who leaves office for a reason other than the member's retirement or death, who does not withdraw accumulated contributions, and who satisfies the service or term of office requirements of section 501(1) is a vested former member. Subject to section 501, a vested former member is entitled to a deferred vested service retirement allowance computed pursuant to section 503 or, if applicable, section 13a of former Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951 or section 15 of former Act No. 165 of the Public Acts of 1954, as in effect at the time of termination of the vested former member's tenure in office. The vested former member shall forfeit his or her entitlement to a deferred vested service retirement allowance if the vested former member withdraws from the retirement system his or her accumulated contributions unless the service is reinstated as provided in section 402. History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993