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CO Code § 24-51-1705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1705. Purchase of Service Credit Relating to a Refunded Member Contribution Account and Noncovered Employment

 Purchases related to reemployment and noncovered employment for which payments are not complete prior to January 1, 2010, shall be governed by the DPS plan document. On January 1, 2010, service credit shall be credited to the member accounts to the extent of payments received, a new service credit purchase agreement shall be issued by the association using the previously existing lump-sum or installment payment amount, and future payments and service accruals shall be governed by part 5.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1364, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1706 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1706. Accreditation of Casual Employment and Qualifiable Leave

 Accreditation of casual employment and qualifiable periods of leave as described in section 24-51-1704 for which payments are not complete prior to January 1, 2010, shall be governed by the DPS plan document. On January 1, 2010, such service shall be credited to the member accounts to the extent of payments received, and a new purchase agreement shall be issued by the association using the previously existing lump-sum or installment payment amount, and future payments and service accruals shall be governed by part 5 of this article. After January 1, 2010, accreditation of casual employment and qualifiable leaves as provided in this part 17 shall not be permitted.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1364, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1707 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1707. Affiliate Membership

 A casual employee who has been approved or has applied, and is ultimately approved, for status as an affiliate member as of December 31, 2009, shall remain an affiliate member and the benefits provided for pursuant to the DPS plan document shall govern at the time of retirement, unless such status is revoked pursuant to the DPS plan document. Any applicant for affiliate member status shall complete payments in accordance with the DPS plan document or be subject to revocation of affiliate member status. On or after January 1, 2010, further applications for affiliate membership shall not be permitted, and all eligible benefits payable to the existing affiliate members shall be based on the highest average salary, as defined in section 24-51-1702 (17), and benefit descriptions, as detailed in sections 24-51-1715, 24-51-1729, and 24-51-1734 to 24-51-1746.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1364, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1708 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1708. Unclaimed Moneys

 Any moneys due under this part 17 to employees who have resigned, been dismissed, or died prior to retirement, and that have been unclaimed for a period of three years shall be forfeited and credited to the Denver public schools division.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1365, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1709 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1709. Arrearages

 Arrearage contributions allowed pursuant to this part 17 that require employer contributions, as well as employee contributions, shall be the obligation of and shall be paid by the member's Denver public schools division employer at the time the payment obligation was initiated even if the service so qualified was rendered during a period of employment with a different Denver public schools division employer.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1365, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1710 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1710. Earned Service

  Effective on January 1, 2004, each active member of the system shall be credited with earned service. Subject to the further provisions of this section, earned service shall be equal to the greater of a member's active or accredited service on January 1, 2004, calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this retirement plan as it existed immediately prior to January 1, 2004. Following December 31, 2003, a member's earned service shall be used in lieu of active or accredited service in determining both the eligibility for and the amount of retirement benefits under this retirement plan.    On and after January 1, 2010, in making calculations of earned service, active service shall not include outside service, but outside service substantiated on or before December 31, 2009, may be added to earned service in determining a member's eligibility to retire for superannuation with an unreduced benefit at age fifty-five or older and with at least twenty-five years of service, in accordance with sections 24-51-1715 and 24-51-1734; except that outside service taken together with service purchased under sections 24-51-1705 and 24-51-1706 may not exceed ten years in determining such eligibility to retire. This subsection    On and after January 1, 2004, earned service shall be calculated in the same manner provided in the DPS plan document for calculating active service prior to January 1, 2004, except for casual employment, which shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the DPS plan document; except that earned service shall not include outside service.    In the case of a person who is an employee of the district on January 1, 2004, and thereafter qualifies as a deferred member in accordance with the DPS plan document and later applies for benefits under this part 17, the conversion to earned service shall be accomplished in the manner provided in this part 17, and benefits shall be calculated accordingly.    In the case of a person who, on January 1, 2004, has either qualified for disability retirement or has applied for disability retirement and is thereafter determined to be entitled to such disability retirement, the recomputation of retirement benefits in accordance with the DPS plan document shall be accomplished utilizing earned service calculated pursuant to the provisions of this section.    On and after January 1, 2004, this section shall, in accordance with its terms, amend and supersede all prior provisions of this retirement plan in conflict with such terms.     (2) only applies to DPS members who retire from the Denver public schools division without exercising portability and DPS members who retire a frozen segment of service in the Denver public schools division that includes outside service.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1365, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1711 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1711. Contributions - Refunds

  Refund upon termination. Upon termination of employment, a contributing member or affiliate member, subject to the portability provisions of section 24-51-1747, shall be entitled to a refund of the total accumulated contribution balance as of the date of such termination refund.    Request for refund for deferred members. Subject to the provisions of portability in section 24-51-1747, a deferred member account shall be available for refund unless a retirement benefit has commenced. The amount of the refund of such deferred account shall include any accumulated contribution balance or interest as of December 31, 2009, and interest accumulated thereafter, which shall be in accordance with section 24-51-407 (5). The accumulation of contributions or interest in the deferred account prior to December 31, 2009, shall be governed by the DPS plan document.     Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1366, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1712 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1712. Application for Retirement Benefits

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 17, application for and processing of retirement applications shall be governed by the rules and procedures adopted by the association's board. Pursuant to the provisions of this part 17 regarding portability, references in this part 17 to service with the district shall be deemed to include service with all employers affiliated with the association.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1366, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1713 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1713. Eligibility - Retirements Without Actuarial Reduction

  This section shall only apply to DPS members who have five or more years of service credit as of January 1, 2011. For DPS members who have less than five years of service credit as of January 1, 2011, eligibility for retirement without an actuarial reduction shall be governed by section 24-51-602 (1)(a.7) and    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member pursuant to the DPS plan has completed a period of twenty-five years of active service, of which not less than fifteen years shall have been with the district, and has attained the age of fifty-five years while in the service of the district, said member shall be eligible for retirement for superannuation. Such retirement shall be made upon due application and subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the association.    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member of the DPS plan has completed a period of five years of active service and has attained the age of sixty-five while in the service of the district, said member shall be eligible for retirement for superannuation. Such retirement shall be made upon due application and subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the board of trustees.    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member pursuant to the DPS plan has completed a period of thirty years of active service with the district and has attained the age of fifty years while in the service of the district, said member shall be eligible for retirement for superannuation. Such retirement shall be made upon due application and subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the association.     (1)(d).   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1366, § 56, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-001), ch. 2, p. 25, § 27, effective January 1, 2011.
CO Code § 24-51-1714 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1714. Eligibility - Retirements Requiring Actuarial Reduction

  This section shall only apply to DPS members who have five or more years of service credit as of January 1, 2011. For DPS members who have less than five years of service credit as of January 1, 2011, eligibility for retirement requiring an actuarial reduction shall be governed by section 24-51-604.    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member pursuant to the DPS plan has completed a period of twenty-five years of active service with the district but has not attained the age of fifty-five years, said member shall be eligible for retirement for superannuation but with reduced benefits in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 24-51-1715. Any such retirement shall be voluntary and reflect the choice of the member.    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member pursuant to the DPS plan has completed a period of fifteen years of active service with the district and has attained the age of fifty-five years while in the service of the district, said member shall be eligible for retirement for superannuation but with reduced benefits in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 24-51-1715. Any such retirement shall be voluntary and reflect the choice of the contributing member.    Whenever a contributing member or affiliate member pursuant to the DPS plan has completed a period of thirty years of active service with the district but has not attained the age of fifty years, said contributing member shall nevertheless be eligible for retirement for superannuation but with reduced benefits in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 24-51-1715. Any such retirement shall be voluntary and reflect the choice of the member.     Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1367, § 56, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-001), ch. 2, p. 26, § 28, effective January 1, 2011.
CO Code § 24-51-1716 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1716. Optional Forms of Allowance

 Any contributing member or affiliate member whose effective date of retirement is on or after December 31, 2004, may elect to receive a superannuation retirement allowance in accordance with any of the options hereinafter stated. Option A shall be deemed a basic option, and the amount of the annual retirement allowance payable under such option as determined under the provisions of section 24-51-1715 shall be the amount that shall be duly adjusted in computing payments to be made under options other than option A. Prior to application for retirement, any such election may be changed or revoked, but when a member files application for retirement and elects an option, such option may not thereafter be changed or revoked, except where the designated co-annuitant under option P2 or option P3 predeceases the member prior to the effective date of retirement, pursuant to section 24-51-1723 or 24-51-1724, whichever is applicable. This shall not preclude the member's right to have the option elected become effective as of the date of retirement. In addition to the provisions of this section, in any dissolution of marriage action in any district court of the state of Colorado, the court shall have jurisdiction to order or allow an annuitant who is a petitioner or respondent in such action, and who selected an option P2 or P3 at the time of retirement designating the annuitant's spouse as the co-annuitant, to revoke the co-annuitant designation and for an option A benefit to become payable thereafter to the annuitant. The option A benefit shall be the original option A amount calculated as of the annuitant's effective date of retirement increased by any increases in the basic retirement allowance granted in accordance with the provisions of the DPS plan document and section 24-51-1732 subsequent to the annuitant's effective date of retirement. If no option is elected by a member at or prior to the time of application for retirement, such member shall be considered to have automatically elected to receive the applicable benefit under option A.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1369, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1717 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1717. Option A

 Option A is a single life annuity, which is defined as a specified sum of money payable monthly to an annuitant from the time of retirement until the death of said annuitant, without refund of any kind to the estate of the deceased annuitant or anyone claiming by or through the annuitant. The monthly retirement allowance under option A shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 24-51-1715. For retirements having effective dates on or after December 31, 2004, option A shall be revised to provide that if, upon the death of the annuitant, the total amount of retirement allowance that has been paid to the annuitant does not exceed the amount of the member's accumulated contributions, then the difference between said accumulated contributions and the total amount of retirement allowance paid to such annuitant shall be paid to the named beneficiary of the annuitant or, if no named beneficiary exists, to the estate of the annuitant. The monthly retirement allowance under the revised option shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 24-51-1715.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1369, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1718 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1718. Option B

  Option B is an installment refund annuity, which is defined as a smaller sum of money than the amount that would be payable under option A but that is the actuarial equivalent thereof, as provided in this retirement plan, payable monthly to an annuitant from the time of retirement until death, with the additional provision that if said annuitant dies before receiving an amount equal to the total reserve credited to said annuitant, said payments shall be continued to beneficiaries designated by said annuitant until the total amount of the payments made to such annuitant and to beneficiaries of said annuitant is equal to the total amount of reserve allocated to the payment of said annuitant's retirement allowance.    If a deceased member's estate is the beneficiary, payment in one sum of the commuted value of the retirement allowance shall be made to the member's estate. The rate of interest used in determining the commuted value shall be the actuarial investment assumption rate of the association on the date of death of the member.    In the event of the death of a retired deceased member's beneficiary who is receiving monthly benefits under option B, a payment in one sum of the commuted value of the remaining monthly payments shall be made to the estate of the deceased beneficiary. The rate of interest used in determining the commuted value shall be the actuarial investment assumption rate of the association on the date of death of the beneficiary.     Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1370, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1719 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1719. Option C

  Any contributing member or affiliate member choosing or having chosen option C through December 31, 2009, will be governed by the DPS plan document. As of January 1, 2010, option C will no longer be a permissible payment choice.    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an annuitant may change the co-annuitant that was named by such annuitant and designate a supplemental needs trust as a co-annuitant in place of the previously named co-annuitant if:   The beneficiary of the supplemental needs trust is the same person as the previously named co-annuitant; and    The retiree files an application and any required documents in a form as designated by the association.       If a supplemental needs trust is not established before or within ninety days after the death of the annuitant, is determined to be invalid, or is terminated on or after the death of the annuitant, the beneficiary that was named in the trust is the co-annuitant.     Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1370, § 56, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (SB 15-097), ch. 111, p. 328, § 10, effective April 16.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 15-097, see section 1 of chapter 111, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.
CO Code § 24-51-1720 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1720. Option D

 Any contributing member or affiliate member choosing or having chosen option D through December 31, 2009, will be governed by the DPS plan document. As of January 1, 2010, option D will no longer be a permissible payment choice.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1370, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1721 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1721. Option E

  Any contributing member or affiliate member choosing or having chosen option E through December 31, 2009, will be governed by the DPS plan document. As of January 1, 2010, option E will no longer be a permissible payment choice.    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an annuitant may change the co-annuitant that was named by such annuitant and designate a supplemental needs trust as a co-annuitant in place of the previously named co-annuitant if:   The beneficiary of the supplemental needs trust is the same person as the previously named co-annuitant; and    The retiree files an application and any required documents in a form as designated by the association.       If a supplemental needs trust is not established before or within ninety days after the death of the annuitant, is determined to be invalid, or is terminated on or after the death of the annuitant, the beneficiary that was named in the trust is the co-annuitant.     Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1370, § 56, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (SB 15-097), ch. 111, p. 328, § 11, effective April 16.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 15-097, see section 1 of chapter 111, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.
CO Code § 24-51-1722 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1722. Additional Optional Forms of Allowance Beginning December 31, 2004

 In addition to the options provided in sections 24-51-1717 and 24-51-1721, any contributing member or affiliate member whose effective date of retirement is on or after December 31, 2004, may elect to receive a superannuation retirement allowance in accordance with any of the options provided in sections 24-51-1723 and 24-51-1724. Option A shall be deemed a basic option under this section, and the amount of the annual retirement allowance payable thereunder, as determined under the provisions of section 24-51-1715, shall be the amount that shall be duly adjusted in computing payments to be made under options P2 and P3. Prior to application for retirement, any such election may be changed or revoked, but when a member files application for retirement and elects an option, such option may not thereafter be changed or revoked except as provided in this part 17.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1370, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.