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OR Rev Stat § 238A.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.145 - Loss of retirement credit.

(1) A pension program member who is not vested forfeits all retirement credit if the member performs fewer than 600 hours of service in each of five consecutive calendar years. A forfeiture under this section takes effect at the end of the fifth calendar year. (2) If a pension program member forfeits retirement credit under this section and is subsequently reemployed by a participating public employer: (a) The person may acquire retirement credit under the pension program only for the purpose of service performed after the person is reemployed; and (b) Any service performed before the forfeiture may not be credited toward the period of service required by ORS 238A.100 or 238A.115, or toward the accrual of retirement credit under ORS 238A.140, 238A.150 or 238A.155. [2003 c.733 §12] Note: Sections 5 and 6, chapter 461, Oregon Laws 2021, provide: Sec. 5. Section 6 of this 2021 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 238A. [2021 c.461 §5] Sec. 6. Notwithstanding ORS 238A.110 and 238A.145 and in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic, if calendar year 2020 is a member’s fifth consecutive calendar year of performing fewer than 600 hours of service and the member forfeited all retirement credit under ORS 238A.145 at the end of 2020, but the person performs 600 hours or more of service in calendar year 2021, the person’s membership and any retirement credit forfeited at the end of calendar year 2020 shall be restored. [2021 c.461 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.150 - Retirement credit for service in uniformed services; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 238A.100 to 238A.250, an eligible employee who leaves a qualifying position for the purpose of performing service in the uniformed services, and who subsequently returns to employment with a participating public employer with reemployment rights under federal law, is entitled to accrue retirement credit, credit toward the probationary period required by ORS 238A.100 and credit toward the vesting requirements of ORS 238A.115 under rules adopted by the Public Employees Retirement Board pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. (2) The board shall adopt rules establishing benefits and service credit for any period of service in the uniformed services by an employee described in subsection (1) of this section. For the purpose of adopting rules under this subsection, the board shall consider and take into account all federal law relating to benefits and service credit for any period of service in the uniformed services, including 26 U.S.C. 414(u), as in effect on April 1, 2021. Benefits and service credit under rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subsection may not exceed benefits and service credit required under federal law for periods of service in the uniformed services. [2003 c.733 §13; 2009 c.5 §3; 2009 c.909 §3; 2010 c.82 §3; 2011 c.7 §3; 2012 c.31 §3; 2013 c.377 §3; 2014 c.52 §3; 2015 c.442 §3; 2016 c.33 §4; 2017 c.527 §4; 2018 c.101 §4; 2019 c.319 §4; 2021 c.456 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.155 - Retirement credit for periods of disability.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 238A.100 to 238A.250, an active member of the pension program described in subsection (2) of this section who becomes disabled shall accrue retirement credit and hours of service credit for vesting purposes for the period during which the member is disabled. (2) The provisions of this section apply only to: (a) A member who has accrued 10 years or more of retirement credit before the member becomes disabled; or (b) A member who becomes disabled by reason of injury or disease sustained while in the actual performance of duty. (3) Retirement credit accrues under this section only for as long as the member remains disabled or until the member reaches the normal retirement age under ORS 238A.160. (4) If a disabled member does not return to employment with a participating public employer after the period of disability, the member shall receive a pension under ORS 238A.180, 238A.185 or 238A.190 upon retirement based on an adjusted salary. The adjusted salary shall be the salary paid to the disabled member on the date the member left active employment with the participating public employer by reason of disability, adjusted for each year after the member left employment and before the member’s effective date of retirement to reflect cost-of-living changes, based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Adjustments under this subsection may not exceed a two percent increase or decrease for any year. An adjustment shall be made under this subsection only for calendar years in which the member is disabled for at least six months during the year. (5) A pension program member is considered to be disabled for the purpose of this section if: (a) The member is found, after being examined by one or more physicians selected by the Public Employees Retirement Board, to be mentally or physically incapacitated for an extended duration and unable to perform any work for which qualified, by reason of injury or disease that was not intentionally self-inflicted; or (b) The member receives workers’ compensation benefits by reason of injury or disease that was sustained while in actual performance of duty with a participating public employer and that was not intentionally self-inflicted and returns to employment with a participating public employer after the period of disability. [2003 c.733 §14; 2017 c.653 §1; 2019 c.57 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.160 - Normal retirement age; normal retirement date.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, normal retirement age for a member of the pension program is the earlier of: (a) 65 years of age; or (b) 58 years of age if the member has 30 years or more of retirement credit. (2) Normal retirement age for a member of the pension program who retires from service as a police officer or firefighter, and who has held a position as a police officer or firefighter continuously for a period of not less than five years immediately preceding the effective date of retirement, is the earlier of: (a) 60 years of age; or (b) 53 years of age if the member has 25 years or more of retirement credit. (3) Normal retirement age for a member of the pension program who retires from service as a school employee as defined by ORS 238A.140 is the earlier of: (a) 65 years of age; or (b) 58 years of age if the member has been an active member in 30 or more calendar years. (4) The normal retirement date of a member is the first day of the month beginning on or after the date the member reaches normal retirement age. [2003 c.733 §15; 2005 c.808 §35]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.165 - Earliest retirement age; earliest retirement date.

(1) Except as provided in this section, earliest retirement age for a member of the pension program is 55 years of age. (2) Earliest retirement age for a member of the pension program who retires from service as a police officer or firefighter is 50 years of age if the member has held a position as a police officer or firefighter continuously for a period of not less than five years immediately before the effective date of retirement. Earliest retirement date for a member described in this subsection is not later than the date the member reaches 55 years of age. (3) If a member of the pension program has 25 years or more of retirement credit as a telecommunicator, as defined in ORS 181A.355, earliest retirement age for the member is 55 years of age or the age of the member when the member acquires a total of 25 years or more of retirement credit as a telecommunicator, whichever occurs first. A member who retires under this subsection before attaining the age of 55 shall not receive a cost-of-living adjustment under ORS 238A.210 until the member attains the age of 55. (4) A member of the pension program who has reached earliest retirement age may retire on an early retirement date that is the first day of any month on or after the member has reached earliest retirement age. [2003 c.733 §16; 2005 c.332 §13; 2007 c.404 §2; 2007 c.769 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.170 - Latest retirement date; required minimum distributions; rules.

(1) An active member of the pension program who is 72 years of age or older must retire not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the member terminates employment with all participating public employers. An inactive member of the pension program must retire not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the member attains 72 years of age. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 238A.100 to 238A.250, the entire interest of a member of the pension program must be distributed over a time period commencing no later than the required beginning date set forth in subsection (1) of this section, and must be distributed in a manner that satisfies all other minimum distribution requirements of 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9) and regulations implementing that section, as in effect on April 1, 2021. The Public Employees Retirement Board shall adopt rules implementing those minimum distribution requirements. [2003 c.733 §17; 2009 c.5 §4; 2009 c.909 §4; 2010 c.82 §4; 2011 c.7 §4; 2012 c.31 §4; 2013 c.377 §4; 2014 c.52 §4; 2015 c.442 §4; 2016 c.33 §5; 2017 c.527 §5; 2018 c.101 §5; 2019 c.319 §5; 2021 c.456 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.180 - Normal retirement benefit.

Upon retiring on normal retirement date or thereafter, a member of the pension program who is vested shall be paid an annual pension for the life of the member, calculated as provided in ORS 238A.125. The annual pension provided for under this section shall be paid in equal monthly installments, payable as of the first day of each calendar month, beginning on the later of the member’s normal retirement date or the member’s effective date of retirement and ending on the first day of the month in which the member dies. [2003 c.733 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.185 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.185 - Early retirement.

A member of the pension program who is vested may retire with a reduced pension that is the actuarial equivalent of the pension provided for in ORS 238A.180 at any time on or after the member’s earliest retirement date as described in ORS 238A.165. [2003 c.733 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.195 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.195 - Cash out of small benefits.

If the monthly pension benefit payable to a member of the pension program under ORS 238A.180 is less than $200, or the monthly death benefit payable to the beneficiary of a deceased member under ORS 238A.230 is less than $200, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall convert the benefit into a lump sum that represents the actuarial equivalent of the present value of the pension or death benefit and pay that amount to the member or the deceased member’s beneficiary in lieu of a pension or death benefit under ORS 238A.100 to 238A.250. [2003 c.733 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.200 - Actuarial equivalency factor tables.

(1) Once every two calendar years, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall adopt actuarial equivalency factor tables for the purpose of computing the payments to be made to members of the pension program and their beneficiaries and alternate payees under ORS 238.465. The tables may be adopted in conjunction with the biennial evaluation of the Public Employees Retirement System required by ORS 238.605. Tables adopted under this section must use the best actuarial information on mortality available at the time the board adopts the tables, as provided by the actuary engaged by the board. Actuarial equivalency factor tables adopted under this section become effective on January 1 of the calendar year following adoption of the tables by the board. All computations of payments must use the actuarial equivalency factor tables that are in effect on: (a) The effective date of retirement for any member or alternate payee; (b) The date that the first payment is due for any person receiving a death benefit under ORS 238A.230; or (c) The date that the first payment is due after any recalculation of payments that is not attributable to error, including but not limited to recalculations under ORS 238.465 (2). (2) The board may not defer or delay implementation of the actuarial equivalency factor tables adopted under this section. [2003 c.733 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.210 - Cost-of-living adjustment.

(1) On July 1 of each year, the board shall increase every pension payable under ORS 238A.180, 238A.185 and 238A.190, every disability benefit under ORS 238A.235 and every death benefit payable under ORS 238A.230 as provided in subsection (2) of this section. The increase shall be made for the payments payable on August 1 and thereafter. (2)(a) If a person’s yearly pension or benefit is $60,000 or less, the pension or benefit shall be increased by 1.25 percent. (b) If a person’s yearly pension or benefit is more than $60,000, the pension or benefit shall be increased by $750 plus 0.15 percent of the amount of the yearly pension or benefit exceeding $60,000. (3) As used in this section, "yearly pension or benefit" means the monthly pension or benefit that a person is entitled to on July 1 of the year in which the board is calculating the increase under subsection (1) of this section, multiplied by 12. [2003 c.733 §23; 2013 c.53 §§5,7; 2013 s.s. c.2 §3] Note: The text of 238A.210, as it existed before the amendments to 238A.210 by sections 5 and 7, chapter 53, Oregon Laws 2013, and section 3, chapter 2, Oregon Laws 2013 (special session), is set forth for the user’s convenience. (1) As soon as practicable after January 1 each year, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall determine the percentage increase or decrease in the cost of living for the previous calendar year, based on the Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Before July 1 each year, the board shall adjust every pension payable under ORS 238A.180, 238A.185 and 238A.190, every disability benefit under ORS 238A.235 and every death benefit payable under ORS 238A.230 by multiplying the monthly payment by the percentage figure determined by the board. If a person has been receiving a pension or benefit for less than 12 months on July 1 of a calendar year, the board shall make a pro rata reduction of the adjustment based on the number of months that the pension or benefit was received before July 1 of the year. The adjustment shall be made for the payments payable on August 1 and thereafter. (2) An increase or decrease in the benefit payments under this section may not exceed two percent in any year. A pension or death benefit may not be adjusted to an amount that is less than the amount that would have been payable if no cost-of-living adjustment had been made since the pension or death benefit first became payable.
OR Rev Stat § 238A.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.220 - Employer contributions.

(1) A participating public employer shall make employer contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Board at intervals designated by the board in the amounts determined by the board under ORS 238.225. All participating public employers shall be considered to be a single employer for the purposes of the employer contributions under ORS 238.225 that are required for funding the pension program established under ORS 238A.025. (2) For the purpose of the actuarial computation required under ORS 238.225, the board shall separately establish the liability of participating public employers for police officers and firefighters under the pension program and shall require that public employers that employ police officers and firefighters who are members of the pension program make contributions for those employees based on the liability established under this subsection. [2003 c.733 §24; 2005 c.808 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.235 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.235 - Disability benefit.

(1) An active member of the pension program described in subsection (2) of this section who becomes disabled shall receive a disability benefit in the amount of 45 percent of the salary of the member determined as of the last full month of employment before the disability commences. (2) The provisions of this section apply only to: (a) A member, other than a school employee as defined by ORS 238A.140, who has accrued 10 years or more of retirement credit before the member becomes disabled; (b) A member who is a school employee as defined by ORS 238A.140 and who was an active member in 10 or more calendar years before the member becomes disabled; or (c) A member who becomes disabled by reason of injury or disease sustained while in the actual performance of duty. (3) A disability benefit under this section shall be paid until: (a) The member is no longer disabled; or (b) The member attains normal retirement age under ORS 238A.160. (4) A member is considered to be disabled for the purpose of this section if the member is found, after being examined by one or more physicians selected by the board, to be mentally or physically incapacitated for an extended duration and unable to perform any work for which qualified, by reason of injury or disease that was not intentionally self-inflicted. [2003 c.733 §25a; 2005 c.808 §36; 2009 c.103 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.240 - Funding of disability benefit.

(1) A participating public employer shall contribute to the pension program, at intervals designated by the Public Employees Retirement Board, all amounts determined by the board to be actuarially necessary to adequately fund the disability benefits to be provided under ORS 238A.235 and the reasonable costs of administering the provision of those benefits. The board shall periodically determine the liabilities attributable to the disability benefits and shall set the amount of contributions to be made by participating public employers, and by other public employers who are required to make contributions on behalf of members, to ensure that those liabilities will be funded no more than 40 years after the date on which the determination is made. All participating public employers shall be considered to be a single employer for the purposes of the contributions required under this section. (2) For the purpose of the actuarial computation required under subsection (1) of this section, the board shall separately establish the liability of participating public employers for police officers and firefighters, and shall require that public employers that employ police officers and firefighters make contributions for those employees based on the liability established under this section. [2003 c.733 §25b]
OR Rev Stat § 238A.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238A - Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan|Section 238A.245 - Reemployment after commencement of pension benefits.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 237.650 and 238A.250, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall cease making pension payments to a retired member of the pension program who is reemployed by a participating public employer in a qualifying position. A retired member of the pension program who is employed in a qualifying position becomes an active member of the pension program without serving the probationary period provided for in ORS 238A.100. (2) If a retired member of the pension program is reemployed under the provisions of this section, any option chosen by the member under ORS 238A.190 is canceled, and upon retiring thereafter the member may elect any option provided for in ORS 238A.180 and 238A.190. The board shall recalculate the pension of the member upon subsequent retirement. [2003 c.733 §26; 2011 c.722 §4; 2013 s.s. c.3 §12] Note: Sections 36, 37 and 38, chapter 355, Oregon Laws 2019, provide: Sec. 36. Section 37 of this 2019 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 238A. [2019 c.355 §36] Sec. 37. Employment of retired member without limitation on hours during calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 237.650 and any provision of this chapter [ORS chapter 238A] and subject to the limitations in this section, during calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, a participating public employer may employ any retired member without limitation on the hours worked by the retired member if the administrative head of the public employer is satisfied that the employment is in the public interest. The Public Employees Retirement Board shall continue making pension payments to a retired member of the pension program who is reemployed under this section. (2) A public employer that employs a retired member during calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024 shall contribute to the board the percentage of the member’s wages that would have been contributed to the board under ORS 238A.220 if the member were an active member of the Public Employees Retirement System. Employer contributions made under this section are in addition to employer contributions made under ORS 238A.220. The board shall apply contributions made by a public employer under this subsection against the liabilities of the public employer. The board shall adopt rules governing payments made under this subsection. (3) This section does not apply to any member who retires under the provisions of ORS 238A.185, unless the person is absent from employment with all participating public employers for at least six months before the date the person is employed under this section. (4) Employment under this section does not affect the status of a person as a retired member of the pension program and a recipient of retirement benefits under this chapter. [2019 c.355 §37; 2021 c.135 §3] Sec. 38. Sections 35 and 37 of this 2019 Act are repealed on January 2, 2025. [2019 c.355 §38]