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CO Code § 24-51-1725 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1725. Determination of Option P2 or P3 Benefits

 For reduced superannuation retirements and disability recalculations, for members who retire with an effective date of retirement on or after December 31, 2004, the calculation of benefits payable pursuant to option P2 or P3, as set forth in sections 24-51-1723 and 24-51-1724, shall be actuarially determined as of the effective date of retirement or, in the case of a recalculation pursuant to the DPS plan document for a member retired for disability, the applicable recalculation date.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1372, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1726 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1726. Minimum Benefits - Contributing Members and Affiliate Members

  The minimum monthly pension portion of the retirement allowance under an option A settlement shall be the greater of:   Such pension amount payable as a part of the retirement allowance computed under the provisions of section 24-51-1715 in the case of a member retiring for superannuation.    The minimum benefits in effect on or after January 1, 1974, and prior to January 1, 1985, as governed by the DPS plan document.    Effective January 1, 1985, the sum of fifteen dollars, multiplied by the number of whole years of accredited service plus additional whole months expressed as a fraction of a year of accredited service but in no event in excess of the total sum of one hundred fifty dollars, plus the sum of twenty dollars multiplied by the number of whole years of accredited service in excess of ten years plus additional whole months expressed as a fraction of a year of accredited service. These minimum benefits shall not apply to retirements previous to January 1, 1985.    The minimum monthly pension portion of the retirement allowance under options other than option A shall be computed by taking such minimum amount as established under an option A settlement and making the appropriate reduction to reflect the additional actuarial factors involved under such other option pursuant to the applicable tables then in use.        Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1373, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1727 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1727. Eligibility for Deferred Members

  Benefits shall be payable under this section and sections 24-51-1728 to 24-51-1731 if the following conditions are met:   The employee must be an affiliate member or contributing member who has completed a period of not less than five years of active service with the district. Any contributing member or affiliate member who terminated employment prior to January 1, 1997, shall be governed by the DPS plan document.    Such member is not eligible to receive and has not received, by virtue of district employment, payment of any other benefits under this retirement plan. A refund of accumulated contributions is not deemed a benefit within the meaning of this section.    The employment of such member with the district, either regular or casual, has been terminated and there has not been a withdrawal of the member's accumulated contributions. In the case of a member whose employment has terminated and who withdrew such contributions but thereafter accepted reemployment with the district, such prohibition against withdrawal shall refer to any normal, arrearage, or additional contributions thereafter made by such employee.    Within one year following an effective date of termination of employment falling on or before December 31, 2008, such member must file an election and declaration of intent to apply for a deferred retirement allowance. Such election and declaration shall be made in the manner and form as prescribed.    If a member's effective date of termination of employment falls on or after January 1, 2009, such member is automatically deemed a deferred member and is eligible to apply for a deferred retirement allowance upon meeting the requirements for commencement of a deferred retirement allowance.        Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1373, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1728 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1728. Accredited Service - Deferred Members

 In computing the amount of any deferred retirement allowance becoming due to such member upon final termination of employment, such member must, at the time of the effective date of termination of service, have a credit of accumulated contributions in such amount as would have been to such member's credit if such member had complied in full with the requirements of sections 24-51-1705 and 24-51-1707 as such requirements may apply. In the event said member fails to comply with such requirements, as applicable, then the accredited service of such member, subsequent to December 1, 1945, shall be credited in the same ratio that accumulated contributions, at the time of termination of service, bear to such member's credit if such member had complied in full with the requirements of sections 24-51-1705 and 24-51-1707 as such requirements may apply. If the provisions of section 24-51-1706 apply to such member applying for a deferred retirement allowance, then no portion of service subject to said provisions shall be counted as accredited service unless, at the time of termination of service, said member completed payment of the total amounts required by said section 24-51-1706. If such total amount as required by section 24-51-1706 is not so paid within such time, any incomplete amount paid in pursuant to section 24-51-1706 shall be refunded, without increase of any kind to such member, under such rules and regulations as the association may provide.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1374, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1730 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1730. Deferred Member Death

 In case any deferred member, as defined under section 24-51-1702 (19)(e), dies while such membership status remains in force but before the effective date of the deferred retirement allowance, the amount of the accumulated contribution balance at the time of death shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of record or to the member's estate.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1377, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1731 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1731. Benefits for Deferred Members Determined Upon Date of Termination

 Subject to the provisions of this section, in the event of reemployment, all rights and privileges incident to a deferred retirement allowance shall be and remain as provided under the retirement plan and its pertinent policies and rules and regulations in effect at the time of such termination of employment. If such employee whose employment has been terminated is reemployed by the district and thereafter remains continuously in the employ of the district for a sufficient period to establish a full year of accredited service, then any rights with respect to a deferred retirement allowance shall be determined by the provisions of sections 24-51-1727 to 24-51-1730 in effect on the date of such subsequent termination of employment.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1377, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1732 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1732. Benefit Increases - Annual Retirement Allowance Adjustment - Contributing Members - Affiliate Members - Deferred Members - Survivors (2001 and 2005)

    Monthly retirement and survivor benefit payments, including the increases determined under the provisions of the DPS plan document attributable to retirement or death of an eligible employee of the district who retired or died after December 1, 1945, shall be increased in accordance with part 10 of this article. (1) (a) Monthly retirement and survivor benefit payments, including the increases determined under the provisions of the DPS plan document attributable to retirement or death of an eligible employee of the district who retired or died after December 1, 1945, shall be increased in accordance with part 10 of this article.    Adjusted payments based on survivor benefits that are suspended by reason of the beneficiary not having attained the minimum age requirements provided in sections 24-51-1738 to 24-51-1740 or pursuant to the provisions of the DPS plan document shall not continue to accumulate or accrue during such period of suspension.       Upon attainment of the minimum age requirements and resumption of such survivor's benefit payments or reinstatement under the provisions of the DPS plan document, no increase shall be made until such resumed payments have been paid continuously for the twelve months prior to July 1.    (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (SB 10-001), ch. 2, p. 30, § 32, effective February 23, 2010.)    No increase shall be payable incident to any retirement or survivor benefits becoming payable to any legal entity other than an individual person, to a personal representative or other person acting in an analogous representative capacity. This subsection    Pursuant to section 24-51-1726.5, adjusted payments based on benefits that are suspended by reason of the annuitant's having returned to service with an employer affiliated with the association as a regular employee shall not continue to accumulate or accrue during such period of suspension. Upon reinstatement of the retirement allowance payments, no increase shall be made until such resumed payments have been paid continuously for the twelve months prior to July 1.    Annuitants who are reemployed by the district on or before December 31, 2009, shall until termination of such employment be subject to the DPS plan document provisions related to the reemployment of an annuitant. Any subsequent employment shall be governed by part 11 of this article.     (4) shall not preclude payment of such increase to the guardian or conservator of a person otherwise entitled thereto.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1377, § 56, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2010: (1), (2), (3), and (5) amended, (SB 10-001), ch. 2, p. 30, § 32, effective February 23.
CO Code § 24-51-1733 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1733. Domestic Relations Order

 Agreements entered into pursuant to section 14-10-113 (6), C.R.S., on or before December 31, 2009, shall be subject to the provisions of the DPS plan document, and agreements entered into on and after January 1, 2010, pursuant to section 14-10-113 (6), C.R.S., shall be subject to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the association.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1379, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1734 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1734. Disability Retirement

 Applications for disability for DPS members filed on or before December 31, 2009, shall be governed by the disability provisions of the DPS plan document, and on or after January 1, 2010, disability shall be governed by the provisions of part 7 of this article. Persons receiving disability benefits under the DPS plan as of December 31, 2009, shall continue to receive such benefits in accordance with the DPS plan. The association board shall administer the provisions of the DPS plan regarding discontinuance or reduction of disability benefits paid under the DPS plan.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1379, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1735 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1735. Survivor Benefits - Refund

  The determination of death and survivor benefits for DPS members shall be governed by this section. Pursuant to the provisions of this part 17 regarding portability, references in this section to service with the district shall be deemed to include service with all employers affiliated with the association.    In case of death of any affiliate or contributing member prior to retirement, the total accumulated contribution balance at the time of death shall be payable in one lump sum to the designated beneficiary, if applicable, or to the member's estate, unless one or more of the following circumstances exist:   Said member meets the definition of deferred member under section 24-51-1702 (19)(e) at the time of death, in which case section 24-51-1730 shall apply.    The designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of said member shall elect, pursuant to the provisions of sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, to have the provisions of said sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 applied in lieu of the refund above mentioned.        Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1379, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1736 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1736. Eligibility for Survivor Benefits

  No benefits shall be payable under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 unless all of the following conditions are met:   At the time of death the deceased member was a contributing member, or a contributing member who retired for disability on or after July 1, 1962, and who would not be precluded pursuant to the DPS plan document from rights for survivor benefits.    The deceased contributing member was a regular employee in the active service of the district continuously for the five-year period prior to said member's death, said five-year period having been contributing service, except:   Absence on sabbatical leave or on a leave for restoration of health on a half-salary basis for periods during which contributions are paid shall be deemed continuous employment within the meaning of sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 and included in the required five-year period. Time absent from employment because of leave other than sabbatical leave or a leave for restoration of health on a half-salary basis and time absent from employment because of a permitted absence not constituting a termination of regular employment shall be disregarded and for the purposes of sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 shall not be deemed either an interruption of service or included in the required five-year period.    If the deceased member was retired for disability on or after July 1, 1962, and was a contributing member upon the effective date of disability retirement, the requirement of five years of service prior to death shall be waived.           Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1379, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1738 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1738. Survivors of Members Who Died Between 1974 and 1984

 Benefits payable to survivors of deceased eligible members who die on or after January 1, 1974, and prior to January 1, 1984, subject to the limitations provided in sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, shall be governed by the DPS plan document.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1381, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1739 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1739. Survivors of Members Who Died Between 1984 and 1988

 Benefits payable to survivors of deceased eligible members who die on or after January 1, 1984, and prior to January 1, 1988, subject to the limitations provided in sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, shall be governed by the DPS plan document.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1381, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1741 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1741. Effective Date of Survivor Benefits

 On or after January 1, 1998, if survivor benefits are payable under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, such benefits shall be deemed to accrue as of the first day following the death of the member or the first day when the first beneficiary becomes eligible, whichever is later, and shall be computed and payable from that date accordingly.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1382, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1742 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1742. Election by Designated Beneficiary

 If the deceased member had designated a beneficiary, other than the member's estate, to receive the refund of the accumulated contribution balance, no survivor's benefits shall be subject to claim under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 unless such designated beneficiary or beneficiaries then entitled to receive such refund, by written notification delivered within such time and in such form as prescribed, shall elect, in lieu of receiving such refund, to have the provisions of sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 applied. If there is more than one designated beneficiary then entitled to receive such refund, such election must be joined in by all of them. If the deceased member had designated the estate as such beneficiary or if by operation of law the estate shall be entitled to such refund, then such election may be made by the duly appointed personal representative of the estate of such deceased member in like time and in like manner as may be prescribed by the board by general rule as specified in this section. If, however, such deceased member was qualified for retirement under the terms and conditions of sections 24-51-1713 and 24-51-1714, the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries so entitled to refund or benefits under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, may elect, in lieu of such benefits, to allow benefits to be paid under either option B or option P3 subject to the applicable sections thereof providing for superannuation retirement. Such election shall be made within such time and in such form as the board may prescribe and shall become effective as of the day after the date of the member's death. If there is more than one designated beneficiary entitled to receive such benefits, such election must be joined in by all of them.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1383, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1743 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1743. When Election Becomes Irrevocable

 The election described in section 24-51-1742 shall become irrevocable upon the first payment thereunder of any benefits provided under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746 or under sections 24-51-1713 and 24-51-1714. If, subsequent to exercise of such election by the appropriate beneficiary or beneficiaries but prior to the first payment of benefits thereunder, such beneficiary or beneficiaries desire to revoke such earlier election, such person or persons shall be permitted to do so and shall thereupon be eligible to receive a refund paid under the terms and conditions set forth in section 24-51-1735, and such revoking beneficiary or beneficiaries shall thereafter have no rights to any benefits of any kind, incident to the death of such member, other than said refund. If the election has been made to receive benefits hereunder and there is only one beneficiary and such beneficiary shall die before any payment of such benefits is made, a refund of such deceased member's accumulated contributions, computed as of the date of death, shall be made to the estate of such deceased beneficiary. If there shall be more than one beneficiary but all of them shall have died before any payment of such benefits is made, such refund shall be made to the estate of the last survivor of said several beneficiaries.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1383, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1744 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1744. Fund Transfer

 Upon the effective date of benefits under sections 24-51-1736 to 24-51-1746, the accumulated contributions of said deceased member at the time of death shall be transferred to and merged with that portion of the Denver public schools division trust fund set aside as a reserve to provide such benefits.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1384, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1745 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1745. Payment in Good Faith

 Any payments of such survivor's benefits made to any person who is an eligible survivor of the deceased member and entitled thereto shall, to the extent of such payments actually made, be and constitute a complete release and acquittance to the system under this retirement plan. Such release shall not be deemed to preclude the right of another claimant or an adverse claimant of such survivor's benefits from establishing a right to future payments.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1384, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.
CO Code § 24-51-1746 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association|Part 17 - Denver Public Schools Division|§ 24-51-1746. Waive Appointment of Guardian

 In the payment of survivor benefits hereunder, the association may, from time to time, authorize and approve payments directly to a minor or the parent caring for such minor without requiring the appointment of a duly constituted guardian for such minor. Likewise, the association may waive the appointment of a conservator for a beneficiary deemed mentally incompetent or otherwise unable by reason of age or illness to act without assistance, and may, from time to time, authorize and approve such payments to the person or institution having care of such beneficiary. The receipt of the person or institution so receiving such payments shall be a complete release and acquittance under this retirement plan with respect to such payments in all respects as if such payments had been made to a duly constituted guardian or conservator.   Source: L. 2009: Entire part added, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1384, § 56, effective January 1, 2010.