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MO Rev Stat § 70.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.530 - Members of the regional investment district commission reimbursed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   70.530. Members of the regional investment district commission reimbursed, when. — Missouri members of the regional investment district commission, appointed under section 70.515, shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 825)
MO Rev Stat § 70.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.540 - Regional investment district compact expires, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   70.540. Regional investment district compact expires, when. — The provisions of sections 70.515 to 70.540 shall expire upon nullification and voidance of the regional investment district compact, under the compact enacted in section 70.515. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 825)
MO Rev Stat § 70.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.545 - Counties and commission may operate under compact if not authorized by Kansas, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   70.545. Counties and commission may operate under compact if not authorized by Kansas, when. — If the state of Kansas has not enacted the compact by August 28, 2007, then the district described in section 70.515 shall nonetheless be created, and the district, any Missouri county in the district, the commission, and an oversight committee shall have all the powers and duties and may operate as set forth in sections 70.515 to 70.545, provided that:  (1) The regional investment district created in section 70.515 shall be known as the "Missouri Regional Investment District", shall be a political subdivision solely of the state of Missouri, and shall consist only of those Missouri counties that are within the Mid-America regional planning area and Buchanan County. All references to a "regional investment district" or "district" in section 70.515 shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the "Missouri regional investment district".  (2) Article XII of the compact shall be inapplicable. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 825, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 70.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.610 - Election to become an employer, when effective — who covered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   70.610. Election to become an employer, when effective — who covered. — Each political subdivision, by a majority vote of its governing body, may elect to become an employer and cover its employees under the system, as follows:  (1) The clerk or secretary of the political subdivision shall certify the election to be an employer to the board within ten days after the vote of the governing body. The effective date of the political subdivision's coverage is the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of the election to be an employer, or the operative date of the system, whichever is the later.  (2) An employer must cover all its employees who are neither policemen nor firemen and may cover its policemen or firemen or both. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 70.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.615 - Other plans prohibited, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   70.615. Other plans prohibited, exceptions. — After October 13, 1967, a political subdivision shall not commence coverage of its employees who are neither policemen nor firemen under another plan similar in purpose to this system, other than under this system, except the federal Social Security Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program, as amended; except that, any political corporation or subdivision of this state, now having or which may hereafter have an assessed valuation of one hundred million dollars or more, which does not now have a pension system for its officers and employees adopted pursuant to state law, may provide by proper legislative action of its governing body for the pensioning of its officers and employees and the widows and minor children of deceased officers and employees under a plan separate and apart from that provided in sections 70.600 to 70.670 and appropriate and utilize its revenues and other available funds for such purposes, and except that the board of hospital trustees of any hospital which is owned by any political corporation or subdivision of this state, may provide for the pensioning of its employees and the widows and minor children of deceased employees under a plan separate and apart from that provided in sections 70.600 to 70.670, and utilize its revenues and other funds for such purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 4, A.L. 1981 S.B. 4, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1098)
MO Rev Stat § 70.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.620 - Prior plan, effect of — discrimination between employees prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   70.620. Prior plan, effect of — discrimination between employees prohibited. — In the event an employer has in effect for all or part of its employees a plan similar in purpose to this system, by agreement with the board, after the board has received the advice of its technical advisors concerning such agreement, that employer may provide for coverage under this system of either some part or all of such employee's employment previously covered or coverable by such other plan, provided such coverage and resulting benefits hereunder do not duplicate any benefits previously provided by such other plan. In providing for such coverage, an employer and the board shall pursue uniform policies and shall not discriminate in favor of or against any such employee or group of such employees. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 70.621 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.621 - Political subdivisions may opt to have LAGERS administer prior non-LAGERS retirement plan, when, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   70.621. Political subdivisions may opt to have LAGERS administer prior non-LAGERS retirement plan, when, procedure. — 1. In the event a political subdivision has a plan in effect for all or part of its employees similar in purpose to the Missouri local government employees' retirement system, and in the further event such a political subdivision is an employer in the system, at the request of the political subdivision the board of the system may, at its sole discretion, enter into an agreement with such an employer whereby the system assumes all duties and responsibilities of operating the employer's prior plan.  2. After making the necessary changes to the statute, city ordinance, city charter, or governing documents of the employer's prior plan and upon receiving a concurring resolution from the board of trustees of the prior plan after a simple majority vote of the active employees of the prior plan, such employer may enter into an agreement with the board of the system to operate the employer's prior plan so long as an election has been made to cover new employees under section 70.630. Upon entering into such agreement, the employer shall irrevocably delegate and cede all operational duties and responsibilities to the system. Upon entering into such an agreement, the board of the system shall become the governing board of the employer's prior plan. The employer's prior plan shall be administered as a frozen prior plan by the system and shall continue to operate under its existing governing documents in all other respects.  3. Where an agreement authorized by this section is entered into by an employer and the system, the employer shall continue to have sole responsibility for the full funding of its prior plan including all related expenses. If any employer fails to make any payment due under the prior plan, the provisions of section 70.735 shall apply.  4. The system shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own proceedings relating to this section and for the administration of this section, as the board may deem necessary. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1443)
MO Rev Stat § 70.625 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.625 - Employees acquired from another subdivision or private business, how handled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   70.625. Employees acquired from another subdivision or private business, how handled. — In the event an employer acquires employees as the result of acquiring an enterprise from a private business which had an employee retirement plan or from another political subdivision, by agreement with the board after the board has received the advice of its technical advisors concerning such agreement, such employer may provide for coverage under this system of either some part or all of such employee's employment with such private business or other political subdivision, provided such coverage does not duplicate any coverage of a plan similar in purpose to this system which such private business or other political subdivision may have had in effect. In providing for such coverage, an employer and the board shall pursue uniform policies and shall not discriminate in favor of or against any such employee or group of such employees. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 70.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.630 - Membership, composition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   70.630. Membership, composition. — 1. The membership of the system shall include the following persons:  (1) All employees who are neither policemen nor firemen who are in the employ of a political subdivision the day preceding the date such political subdivision becomes an employer and who continue in such employ on and after such date shall become members of the system.  (2) All persons who become employed by a political subdivision as neither policemen nor firemen on or after the date such political subdivision becomes an employer shall become members of the system.  (3) If his employing political subdivision has elected to cover present and future policemen, all policemen who are in the employ of a political subdivision the day preceding the date such political subdivision covers policemen hereunder and who continue in such employ as a policeman on and after such date, and all persons who become employed by a political subdivision as a policeman on or after the date the political subdivision covers policemen shall become members of the system.  (4) If his employing political subdivision has elected to cover only future policemen, all persons who become employed by a political subdivision as a policeman on or after the date such political subdivision covers policemen hereunder shall become members of the system.  (5) If his employing political subdivision has elected to cover present and future firemen, all firemen who are in the employ of a political subdivision the day preceding the date such political subdivision covers firemen hereunder and who continue in such employ as a fireman on and after such date, and all persons who become employed by a political subdivision as a fireman on or after the date the political subdivision covers firemen hereunder shall become members of the system.  (6) If his employing political subdivision has elected to cover only future firemen, all persons who become employed by a political subdivision as a fireman on or after the date such political subdivision covers firemen hereunder shall become members of the system.  2. In no event shall an employee become a member if continuous employment to time of retirement will leave the employee with less than minimum number of years of credited service specified in section 70.645.  3. In any case of question as to the system membership status of any person, the board shall decide the question. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 7, A.L. 1973 H.B. 218)
MO Rev Stat § 70.631 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.631 - Addition of public safety personnel members to the system, how — requirements and limitations — applicable only in certain counties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   70.631. Addition of public safety personnel members to the system, how — requirements and limitations — applicable only in certain counties. — 1. Each political subdivision may, by majority vote of its governing body, elect to cover emergency telecommunicators, jailors, and emergency medical service personnel as public safety personnel members of the system. The clerk or secretary of the political subdivision shall certify an election concerning the coverage of emergency telecommunicators, jailors, and emergency medical service personnel as public safety personnel members of the system to the board within ten days after such vote. The date in which the political subdivision's election becomes effective shall be the first day of the calendar month specified by such governing body, the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of the certification of the election, or the effective date of the political subdivision's becoming an employer, whichever is the latest date. Such election shall not be changed after the effective date. If the election is made, the coverage provisions shall be applicable to all past and future employment with the employer by present and future employees. If a political subdivision makes no election under this section, no emergency telecommunicator, jailor, or emergency medical service personnel of the political subdivision shall be considered public safety personnel for purposes determining a minimum service retirement age as defined in section 70.600.  2. If an employer elects to cover emergency telecommunicators, jailors, and emergency medical service personnel as public safety personnel members of the system, the employer's contributions shall be correspondingly changed effective the same date as the effective date of the political subdivision's election.  3. The limitation on increases in an employer's contributions provided by subsection 6 of section 70.730 shall not apply to any contribution increase resulting from an employer making an election under the provisions of this section.  4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to counties of the third classification and any county of the first classification with more than seventy thousand but fewer than eighty-three thousand inhabitants and with a city of the fourth classification with more than thirteen thousand five hundred but fewer than sixteen thousand inhabitants as the county seat, and any political subdivisions located, in whole or in part, within such counties. ­­-------- (L. 2019 S.B. 17)
MO Rev Stat § 70.638 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.638 - Elected county officials, may purchase prior service, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   70.638. Elected county officials, may purchase prior service, procedure. — Any employee of a county, including any elected county official, who became a member of the system due to the amendment to the definition of "employee" in section 70.600, and who has been previously employed by a county in a position which is now considered covered employment, may elect to purchase all of his membership service or prior service for which he would have been required to make member contributions provided for in section 70.705 if the member provides an affidavit stating that he is not receiving and is not eligible to receive retirement credits or benefits from any other public or private retirement plan for the period of service to be purchased. The purchase shall be effected by the member's paying to the members deposit fund the amount required in section 70.705 together with regular interest from the date of employment to the date of repayment. Each political subdivision shall also be responsible for making employer contributions in accordance with section 70.730. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1440)
MO Rev Stat § 70.645 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.645 - Retirement, when eligible — eligibility for option.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   70.645. Retirement, when eligible — eligibility for option. — Any member in service may retire with an allowance provided for in section 70.655 upon his written application to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing of his application he desires to be retired; except that, at the time specified for his retirement the member must have attained his minimum service retirement age, or if an election has been made in accordance with section 70.646 to provide for alternate eligibility, have years of attained age and years of credited service in force which total eighty or more, and must have five or more years of credited service in force, and notwithstanding that during the period of notification he may have separated from service. He shall have the right to elect an option provided for in section 70.660. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 10, A.L. 1975 H.B. 111, A.L. 1977 H.B. 702, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1098)
MO Rev Stat § 70.646 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.646 - Alternate election, system may provide for, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   70.646. Alternate election, system may provide for, how. — 1. Each political subdivision may, by majority vote of its governing body, elect from time to time, with respect to its members retiring in the future, to provide an alternate for unreduced age and service retirement eligibility for its members, which alternate shall allow for unreduced age and service retirement for its members who have years of attained age and years of credited service in force which total eighty or more. If a political subdivision makes no election under this section, the minimum age and service requirements of section 70.645 shall be in effect. The clerk or secretary of the political subdivision shall certify an election concerning age and service eligibility to the board within ten days after such vote. The effective date of the political subdivision's age and service eligibility election is the first day of the calendar month specified by such governing body, or the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of the certification of the age and service eligibility election, or the effective date of the political subdivision's becoming an employer, whichever is the latest date. Such age and service eligibility may be changed from time to time by a majority vote of the governing body, but not more than once in two years. If such election is to adopt the alternate age and service eligibility provided for in this section, such alternate provisions shall be applicable to allowances for which the employer is financially responsible for all of the employer's employees who accrue credited service with the employer while such alternate is in effect. If the election is to limit retirement eligibility to the minimum eligibility provisions of section 70.645, such election shall be applicable to employees of the employer who did not accrue service credit with the employer while the alternate may have been in effect.  2. Should an employer change its age and service eligibility election as provided in this section, the employer contributions shall be correspondingly changed effective the same date as the age and service eligibility change.  3. The limitation on increases in an employer's contributions provided by subsection 6 of section 70.730 shall not apply to any contribution increase resulting from an employer's making an age and service eligibility election under the provisions of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1098, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1440)
MO Rev Stat § 70.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units|Section 70.650 - Mandatory retirement age, how determined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   70.650. Mandatory retirement age, how determined. — Subject to the provisions of any applicable federal or state law the governing body of an employer may determine the mandatory separation age for its employees which shall not be less than the minimum service retirement age. Upon such separation from his last employer, a member who has five or more years of credited service in force shall receive an allowance provided for in section 70.655 and shall have the right to elect an option provided for in section 70.660. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 141 § 11, A.L. 1975 H.B. 111, A.L. 1977 H.B. 702, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1098)