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MI Comp L § 38.561 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 345 of 1937 - Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (38.551 - 38.562)|Section 38.561 - Referendum; Township or Charter Township.

38.561 Referendum; township or charter township.  Sec. 11.  At any time after this act shall become effective, any city, village or municipality having a paid or part paid fire or police department, may come under the provisions of this act and create a pension board hereunder by submitting the same to the electors of any such city, village or municipality at any regular or special election for adoption, in the manner provided by law for amending charters: Provided, That this act shall not become effective until the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year after such adoption of the provisions of this act by any city, village or municipality: Provided further, That where no provision is made in the charter of the city, village or municipality for amending said charters, this act may be submitted for adoption in accordance with any law authorizing the amending of the charters of cities: Provided further, That in case of a township or charter township, this act shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township or townships by the township board on the filing of a petition requesting the submission, signed by 10 per cent of the registered and qualified electors in such township or charter township, at any general election or special election called for that purpose by the township board, in accordance with the laws of this state, and this act shall be in force and effect in any such township or charter township if a majority of the electors voting on such proposition, as determined by the canvass of votes cast, shall vote in favor thereof. History: 1937, Act 345, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 256, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 38.561 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1951 Popular Name: Act 345
MI Comp L § 38.561a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 345 of 1937 - Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (38.551 - 38.562)|Section 38.561a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

38.561a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 11a.  A petition under section 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. History: Add. 1998, Act 200, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 Popular Name: Act 345
MI Comp L § 38.562 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 345 of 1937 - Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (38.551 - 38.562)|Section 38.562 - Membership of Retirement System.

38.562 Membership of retirement system.  Sec. 12.  (1) The membership of the retirement system created by a municipality affected by this act shall include each police officer and fire fighter employed by a municipality. A police officer or fire fighter, who is a member of the retirement system and who is transferred from the classification of a police officer or fire fighter to a civilian position within the police or fire department or who is transferred from the police or fire department of the municipality to another department of the municipality by an officer or body of the municipality authorized to make the transfer, shall continue as a member of this retirement system covering the police officers and fire fighters, and shall be subject to the provisions of the retirement system. If the officers and employees of the department to which the person is transferred are covered by an annuity pension or retirement system to which the municipality makes contributions and the person transferred becomes entitled to membership in that system, the person shall cease to be a member of this police officer and fire fighter retirement system.  (2) The membership of the retirement system shall not include a volunteer fire fighter, a privately employed police officer or fire fighter, a person temporarily employed during an emergency, a civilian employee of a police and fire department, or a person participating in a transitional public employment program, except as provided in subsection (1) and section 6c. History: 1937, Act 345, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 38.562 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1951 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 Popular Name: Act 345
MI Comp L § 38.571 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 28 of 1966 - Firemen and Policemen Pensions (38.571 - 38.572)|Section 38.571 - Reserve Fund; Use of Interest for Medical, Hospital, or Nursing Care for System Member; "Reserve Fund" Defined.

38.571 Reserve fund; use of interest for medical, hospital, or nursing care for system member; "reserve fund" defined.Sec. 1.  Subject to the protecting local government and retirement benefits act, the board of trustees with the approval of the governing body of the county, city, village, or township of any police and firemen retirement system, municipal employees retirement system, or county retirement system may use not more than 1/2 of the interest earned by any reserve fund in the system to contract for medical, hospital, or nursing care for any person receiving benefits of the system. As used in this section, "reserve fund" means the money contributed by the city, village, township, or county. History: 1966, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1966 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 201, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1968 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 602, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2002 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 206, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
MI Comp L § 38.572 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 28 of 1966 - Firemen and Policemen Pensions (38.571 - 38.572)|Section 38.572 - Computation of Liability for Regular Interest; Inclusions; Exclusions.

38.572 Computation of liability for regular interest; inclusions; exclusions. Sec. 2.  The amount of interest used according to the provisions of this act shall be included as interest and other earnings on the money of the retirement system in the computation of any city, village, township, or county liability for regular interest. These supplemental benefits shall not be considered an increase in the rate of retirement allowances to be paid. They shall be on a year-to-year basis and shall not create a liability for their continuance. History: 1966, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1966 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 602, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2002
MI Comp L § 38.581 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 276 of 1976 - Military Service Credits in Police and Firemen Retirement Systems (38.581 - 38.582)|Section 38.581 - Police or Fireman's Retirement System; Military Service Credit.

38.581 Police or fireman's retirement system; military service credit. Sec. 1.  A city, village, or township which has a police or fireman's retirement system which is not included under Act No. 345 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 38.551 to 38.562 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may provide for a military service credit, not to exceed 5 years, to a member of the retirement system employed subsequent to his service in the military. History: 1976, Act 276, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 1976
MI Comp L § 38.582 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 276 of 1976 - Military Service Credits in Police and Firemen Retirement Systems (38.581 - 38.582)|Section 38.582 - Military Service Credit; Computation of Payment to Retirement System.

38.582 Military service credit; computation of payment to retirement system. Sec. 2.  A member who elects to claim the service credit provided for in section 1 shall pay to the retirement system an amount, together with interest, equal to the annual contribution rate in effect at the time of his election multiplied by the period of military service claimed. History: 1976, Act 276, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 1976
MI Comp L § 38.691 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 137 of 1967 - Combined Retirement Systems (38.691 - 38.691)|Section 38.691 - Agreement to Establish, Combine, and Finance Retirement Systems.

38.691 Agreement to establish, combine, and finance retirement systems. Sec. 1.  Any 2 or more political subdivisions or other governmental instrumentalities created pursuant to state or local law may enter into an agreement to establish, combine, and finance retirement systems for their respective employees and officials, elected or appointed. History: 1967, Act 137, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1980
MI Comp L § 38.701 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.701 - City Library Employees' Retirement System; Establishment.

38.701 City library employees' retirement system; establishment.  Sec. 1.  The legislative body of any incorporated city of 250,000 or more (hereinafter referred to for the purposes of this act as the local legislative body), where free public libraries have been or may hereafter be established is hereby authorized, upon the application and recommendation of the local library board or commission or body duly authorized by law to maintain free public libraries in such city (hereinafter referred to for the purposes of this act as the library board), to establish a system of retiring allowances for the employes of such libraries which system shall be based upon the principle that there shall be accumulated, year by year, a reserve fund sufficient to provide the agreed annuity at the time of retirement. Upon the establishment of such system, the local legislative body shall raise by taxation each year a sum which will provide an adequate reserve fund. History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 8109 ;-- CL 1948, 38.701
MI Comp L § 38.702 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.702 - Library Board; Submission of Retirement Plan to Local Legislative Body; Retirement Plan Subject to Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act.

38.702 Library board; submission of retirement plan to local legislative body; retirement plan subject to protecting local government retirement and benefits act.Sec. 2.  (1) A library board described in section 1 that desires to establish a retirement system shall apply to the local legislative body and submit to the local legislative body for its approval and adoption a detailed plan for the retirement system, which must be based on the following provisions and conditions:  (a) It must enumerate the classes of employees to be included in the retirement system.   (b) Subject to subsection (2), it must fix the amount of the annual retirement allowance, the number of years of service necessary to entitle an employee to a retirement allowance, the age at which an employee may be retired, the nature and extent of the physical or mental disability that entitles an employee to retire before reaching the age of retirement, and the conditions on which the age of retirement may be anticipated.   (c) It must provide for a body to be known as the retirement fund trustees, which must consist of 5 members. Two members must be elected by the staff; 2 members must be appointed by the local legislative body; and the terms of office of the members must be 4 years, except that when the retirement system is first put into effect, the terms of office must be fixed so that 1 member's term expires each year. The fifth member must be, ex-officio, the presiding officer of the library board. The trustees shall have charge of the retirement allowance fund and shall invest the retirement allowance fund only in securities that are legal for savings banks. The trustees shall adopt any rules and bylaws that may be necessary and not inconsistent with the state constitution of 1963, laws of this state, and this act.   (d) There must be attached to the retirement system as may be recommended, the certificate of a recognized and competent actuary stating that the retirement system is actuarially sound, and the retirement system must provide for annual reports and valuations by the actuary to determine whether the fund is on a sound financial and actuarial basis.  (2) Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, a retirement system established under this act is subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act. History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 8110 ;-- CL 1948, 38.702 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
MI Comp L § 38.703 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.703 - Approval of Plan by Legislative Body; Commencement.

38.703 Approval of plan by legislative body; commencement.  Sec. 3.  Upon the submission by said library board of a plan for a system of retiring allowances, the local legislative body shall take the same under consideration and shall then, in conference with said library board agree upon the details of said plan and if said plan so agreed upon differs from the one submitted, it shall, before adoption, be submitted to an actuary for report upon its financial and actuarial soundness and, if certified to be sound, may then be adopted. The plan shall then be put into operation at the beginning of the next fiscal year, unless an earlier date is agreed upon. History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 8111 ;-- CL 1948, 38.703
MI Comp L § 38.704 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.704 - Annual Assessment for Retirement Allowance.

38.704 Annual assessment for retirement allowance. Sec. 4.  When a system for retiring allowances has been agreed upon by the local legislative body and the library board and formally adopted by the former, then it shall be the duty of said local legislative body to raise by taxation each year, the sum found necessary to produce the retiring allowance fund required by the system adopted. History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 8112 ;-- CL 1948, 38.704
MI Comp L § 38.705 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.705 - Reserve Fund and Annuities; Tax Exemption; Subject to Taxation Beginning January 1, 2012.

38.705 Reserve fund and annuities; tax exemption; subject to taxation beginning January 1, 2012.Sec. 5.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a system of retiring allowances is adopted under this act, the reserve fund created is exempt from all state, county, township, city, village, and school district taxes and the annuities payable to the members of the staff are exempt from all state, county, township, city, village, and school district taxes.  (2) Beginning January 1, 2012, the annuities payable to the members of the staff are subject to state taxes. History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 8113 ;-- CL 1948, 38.705 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 44, Imd. Eff. May 25, 2011
MI Comp L § 38.706 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 339 of 1927 - City Library Employees' Retirement System (38.701 - 38.706)|Section 38.706 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System; Coverage of Employees of Public Libraries.

38.706 Municipal employees' retirement system; coverage of employees of public libraries. Sec. 6.  In lieu, however, of formulating any plan under the foregoing sections of this act the library board and the local legislative body may, by concurrent resolution, adopt and put into effect for the employes of the library any plan which may have been, or may hereafter be, adopted for the employes of the city. History: Add. 1935, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 38.706
MI Comp L § 38.841 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 443 of 1980 - Calculation of Retirement Benefits by Local Units of Government (38.841 - 38.846)|Section 38.841 - Definitions.

38.841 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:   (a) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, township, or other political subdivision of this state which offers its employees a retirement plan in which a judge may be a member.  (b) "Judge" means a judge of the district court, the circuit court, or the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, who has converted a portion of his or her state salary standardization payment as an addition to his or her state base salary under section 14a or 14c of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended, being sections 38.814a and 38.814c of the Michigan Compiled Laws. For purposes of sections 2 and 6, "judge" also means a judge of the probate court. History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 188, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
MI Comp L § 38.842 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 443 of 1980 - Calculation of Retirement Benefits by Local Units of Government (38.841 - 38.846)|Section 38.842 - Computing Retirement Benefits for Judge Employed by Local Unit of Government.

38.842 Computing retirement benefits for judge employed by local unit of government. Sec. 2.  A local unit of government, for the purpose of computing retirement benefits of an employee who is a judge, shall use a figure which is the difference between the figure otherwise used under the local unit's retirement plan to compute retirement benefits, and those portions, if any, of the state salary standardization payment which are converted as an addition to the judge's state base salary for the purpose of computation of retirement benefits pursuant to sections 14a and 14c of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951, being sections 38.814a and 38.814c of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 188, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
MI Comp L § 38.843 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 443 of 1980 - Calculation of Retirement Benefits by Local Units of Government (38.841 - 38.846)|Section 38.843 - Conditional Effective Date; Adoption of Resolutions by City of Detroit and County of Wayne Assuming Responsibility for Expenses; Effect of Action.

38.843 Conditional effective date; adoption of resolutions by city of Detroit and county of Wayne assuming responsibility for expenses; effect of action. Sec. 3.  (1) This amendatory act shall not take effect unless the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, by resolutions adopted not later than May 1, 1981, by the governing bodies of the city and the county, respectively, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city or the county by this amendatory act and the bills listed in enacting section 4 which are enacted and take effect.  (2) If the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, acting through their governing bodies, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city and the county by this amendatory act and the bills listed in enacting section 4 which are enacted and take effect, that action constitutes an exercise of the city's and the county's option to provide a new activity or service or to increase the level of activity or service offered in the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne beyond that required by existing law, as the elements of that option are defined by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1979, being sections 21.231 to 21.244 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and a voluntary acceptance by the city and the county of all expenses and capital improvements which may result from establishment of the district court in the thirty-sixth district and the reorganization of the circuit court in the third judicial circuit and the recorder's court of the city of Detroit. However, the exercise of the option does not affect the state's obligation to pay the same portion of each district or circuit judge's salary which is paid by the state to the other district or circuit judges, or to appropriate and disburse funds to the district control units, city, or county, for the necessary costs of state requirements established by a state law, other than this amendatory act or the bills listed in enacting section 4, which becomes effective on or after December 23, 1978. History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 Compiler's Notes: The words “this amendatory act” and “enacting section 4” appearing in this section evidently should read “this act” and “section 4”, respectively.The resolutions referred to in this section were adopted by the city council of the city of Detroit on April 29, 1981, and by the board of commissioners of the county of Wayne on April 30, 1981.
MI Comp L § 38.844 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 443 of 1980 - Calculation of Retirement Benefits by Local Units of Government (38.841 - 38.846)|Section 38.844 - Conditional Effective Date.

38.844 Conditional effective date. Sec. 4.  This amendatory act shall not take effect unless the following bills of the 1980 regular session of the legislature are enacted into law:  (a) House Bill No. 4789.   (b) House Bill No. 5630.  (c) House Bill No. 5711.  (d) House Bill No. 5748.  (e) Senate Bill No. 1106. History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 Compiler's Notes: “This amendatory act” at the beginning of this section evidently should read “This act”.The following House and Senate Bills, referred to in this section, were enacted into law as follows:House Bill No. 4789 was approved by the Governor on January 15, 1981, and became P.A. 1980, No. 439.House Bill No. 5630 was approved by the Governor on January 15, 1981, and became P.A. 1980, No. 440.House Bill No. 5711 was approved by the Governor on January 15, 1981, and became P.A. 1980, No. 441.House Bill No. 5748 was approved by the Governor on January 15, 1981, and became P.A. 1980, No. 442.Senate Bill No. 1106 was approved by the Governor on January 15, 1981, and became P.A. 1980, No. 438.
MI Comp L § 38.845 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement|Act 443 of 1980 - Calculation of Retirement Benefits by Local Units of Government (38.841 - 38.846)|Section 38.845 - Effective Date.

38.845 Effective date. Sec. 5.  This act shall take effect September 1, 1981. History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981