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MO Rev Stat § 169.573 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.573 - Plan for utilization of minority professionals, report.

Effective - 26 May 1994   169.573. Plan for utilization of minority professionals, report. — All retirement systems created in this chapter shall develop an affirmative action plan for the utilization of minority and women money managers, brokers, and investment counselors. Such retirement systems shall report their progress annually to the joint committee on public employee retirement. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 575 § 1)  Effective 5-26-94
MO Rev Stat § 169.574 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.574 - Members may designate trust as beneficiary.

Effective - 26 May 1994   169.574. Members may designate trust as beneficiary. — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any options available to members or retired members pursuant to this chapter, any such member or retired member may at any time designate an existing revocable or irrevocable trust or any other legal entity as the beneficiary to receive any accumulated contributions payable at the death of the member, the retired member or a beneficiary receiving monthly benefits under this chapter. Such designation shall be in writing and shall comply with rules of the board of trustees of the affected retirement system. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 575 § 2 and § 3)  Effective 5-26-94
MO Rev Stat § 169.576 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.576 - Authorizes board to provide for reciprocal creditable service transfers with other states.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   169.576. Authorizes board to provide for reciprocal creditable service transfers with other states. — The board of any retirement system established in this chapter may enter into a cooperative agreement with the board of any retirement system for education employees in any other state for the purpose of allowing the transfer of creditable service. Any such agreement shall meet the same terms as specified in section 105.691 for agreements with other retirement systems in Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 860)
MO Rev Stat § 169.577 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.577 - Purchase of additional creditable service to achieve minimum time required for allowance — request, form, purchase, requirements, term.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   169.577. Purchase of additional creditable service to achieve minimum time required for allowance — request, form, purchase, requirements, term. — Any member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is within five years of being eligible to retire with a retirement allowance as provided in this chapter, may elect to purchase additional creditable service of up to five-tenths of a year which shall, when so purchased, be included in the total of the member's years of creditable service, used to enable the member to achieve the minimum creditable service time required for a retirement allowance, and applied in the computation of the member's annual service retirement allowance. For any member of a retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or 169.600 to 169.715, and notwithstanding any other provision within this section to the contrary, the purchase shall be effected in the same manner as provided in section 169.056. The request for purchase of the additional creditable service shall be made in writing to the board of trustees of the system in which the applicant is a member. The purchase shall be effected by the member paying to the retirement system the amount required by the rules and regulations established by the respective retirement system, or absent such rules and regulations, the amount, with interest, the member would have contributed thereto and the amount the member's employer would have contributed thereto had the person been employed in a position covered by the retirement system for the number of months for which the member is electing to purchase credit, and had the member's compensation during such period been the same as the annual salary rate at which the member is receiving at the time of application, and the contribution rate in effect on the date of election to purchase credit. The payment shall be completed prior to termination of membership with the retirement system with interest on the unpaid balance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a member to vest in the retirement system by using the creditable service purchased pursuant to the provisions of this section to reach the time of vesting. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 378 § 1, A.L. 1997 H.B. 169 merged with S.B. 309, A.L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174)
MO Rev Stat § 169.585 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.585 - Certain retired teachers to be employed by retirement system as special school advisors and supervisors, when — actuarially unsound, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   169.585. Certain retired teachers to be employed by retirement system as special school advisors and supervisors, when — actuarially unsound, effect of. — 1. Any retired teacher now receiving retirement benefits, who served five years or more as a teacher in the public schools of this state and who retired after June 30, 1957, and prior to January 1, 1971, under the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon application to the retirement system from which he is receiving retirement benefits be employed by that retirement system as a special school advisor and supervisor. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees of the retirement system of which he becomes an employee directs, and shall receive a salary of five dollars per month for each year of teaching service not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs, but the payment to the retired person for such services, together with the retirement benefits he receives under this chapter, shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per month. The employment provided for by this section shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement benefits under this chapter.  2. Annually, immediately after the close of the fiscal year of each teacher retirement system, the actuary for the system shall determine if the payments made pursuant to the provisions of this section have impaired the actuarial soundness of the plan, and upon his certification that the soundness has been so impaired, the system shall bill each of the school districts which last employed each of these retired persons on a full-time basis for reimbursement of the amount paid to that person during the preceding fiscal year. The school districts shall forthwith accordingly reimburse the appropriate retirement system. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 613 § 1)  (1975) Constitutionality upheld as not violating art. III, § 39, or art. IV, § 25, of the constitution of Missouri. State ex rel. Dreer v. Public School Retirement System (Mo.), 519 S.W.2d 290.
MO Rev Stat § 169.587 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.587 - Benefits exempted from taxation and creditors — benefits not assignable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   169.587. Benefits exempted from taxation and creditors — benefits not assignable. — Any retirement allowance, benefit, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other claim whatsoever and shall be unassignable. ­­-------- (L. 1976 S.B. 721 § 1)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Taxation by state of annuities, pensions and retirement allowances, 143.123, 143.124
MO Rev Stat § 169.589 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.589 - Discharge from Armed Forces, defined — members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time — reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   169.589. Discharge from Armed Forces, defined — members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time — reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when. — 1. A member of the system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or sections 169.600 to 169.715 who entered the uniformed services of the United States of America, and who is reemployed pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, or any subsequent revisions, shall be deemed to have been an employee for purposes of vesting and because of qualifying service in the uniformed services of the United States shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 4 of section 169.050 or subsection 3 of section 169.650 with regard to termination of membership. In addition, such a member may elect within the period allowed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to pay the contributions the member would have paid but for service in the uniformed services. Upon completing payment, the member shall be entitled at retirement to payment of benefits based on the period of service. When a member has elected to make contributions as described in this section, the school district reemploying the member shall pay the employer contributions it would have paid with respect to the individual, with interest. The board of trustees of the retirement system may adopt rules for administration of this section consistent with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.  2. For the purposes of this chapter, "discharge from the Armed Forces" means the final date of discharge and shall not mean the last day of active duty. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1505 § 2, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860)
MO Rev Stat § 169.595 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.595 - Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   169.595. Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements. — Any employee of a school district who is a member of a system pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall remain a member of such system during any period of leave under sick leave provisions of the district or under workers' compensation and shall receive creditable service credit, not otherwise allowable, for such leave time if the employee makes contributions to the system equal to the amount of contributions which would have been made by such employee if such employee had been on active service status, in accordance with rules and regulations established by the respective retirement system. The school district shall make contributions on behalf of the employee as provided in the applicable provisions of this chapter relating to the system involved. The contributions of the member shall be made on a monthly or other basis in the manner provided by the system. The creditable service credit provided in this section shall be granted only for the actual time of the period of leave under sick leave provisions of the district or under workers' compensation and shall not be granted after the date the member begins receiving retirement benefits from the system in which the person is a member. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al., A.L. 1994 H.B. 1544 merged with S.B. 575, A.L. 1997 H.B. 169 merged with S.B. 309)
MO Rev Stat § 169.596 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.596 - Retired teacher may teach full time without loss of retirement benefits, when — school district requirements.

Effective - 01 Jul 2006   169.596. Retired teacher may teach full time without loss of retirement benefits, when — school district requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a retired certificated teacher receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.010 to 169.141 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, teach full time for up to two years for a school district covered by such retirement system; provided that the school district has a shortage of certified teachers, as determined by the school district, and provided that no such retired certificated teacher shall be employed as a superintendent. The total number of such retired certificated teachers shall not exceed, at any one time, the lesser of ten percent of the total teacher staff for that school district, or five certificated teachers.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a person receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.600 to 169.715 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, be employed full time for up to two years for a school district covered by such retirement system; provided that the school district has a shortage of noncertificated employees, as determined by the school district. The total number of such retired noncertificated employees shall not exceed, at any one time, the lesser of ten percent of the total noncertificated staff for that school district, or five employees.  3. The employer's contribution rate shall be paid by the hiring school district.  4. In order to hire teachers and noncertificated employees pursuant to the provisions of this section, the school district shall:  (1) Show a good faith effort to fill positions with nonretired certificated teachers or nonretired noncertificated employees;  (2) Post the vacancy for at least one month;  (3) Have not offered early retirement incentives for either of the previous two years;  (4) Solicit applications through the local newspaper, other media, or teacher education programs;  (5) Determine there is an insufficient number of eligible applicants for the advertised position; and  (6) Declare a critical shortage of certificated teachers or noncertificated employees that is active for one year.  5. Any person hired pursuant to this section shall be included in the State Directory* of New Hires for purposes of income and eligibility verification pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1320b-7. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)  Effective 7-01-06  *Word "Director" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 169.597 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.597 - Hancock amendment standing — certain statutes void, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 1998   169.597. Hancock amendment standing — certain statutes void, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board of trustees of any retirement system or the governing body of any political subdivision which funds such retirement system shall have standing to seek a declaratory judgment concerning the application of Article X, Section 21 of the Missouri Constitution to the provisions of this chapter. In the event a final judgment is rendered by a court which judgment determines that any provision of this chapter constitutes a new activity or service or increase in the level of an activity or service beyond that required by existing law pursuant to Article X, Section 21 of the Missouri Constitution, or any successor to that section, that provision of this chapter shall be void ab initio and any new benefit or feature required by such provision of this chapter shall be deemed not to have accrued and shall not be payable to members. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1998 S.B. 501 merged with S.B. 761)  Effective 7-1-98 (S.B. 501); 8-28-98 (S.B. 761)
MO Rev Stat § 169.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.610 - System established — board of trustees to administer — funds to be kept separate.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   169.610. System established — board of trustees to administer — funds to be kept separate. — 1. There is hereby created and established a retirement system for nonteacher employees of all public school districts, as defined in sections 169.600 to 169.710, which shall be a body corporate and which shall be known as "The Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri". The system shall, by and in its name, sue and be sued, transact all its business, invest all of its funds, and hold all its cash, securities and other property. The system hereby established shall begin operations on the first day of November, 1965.  2. The general administration of and the responsibility for the proper operation of this retirement system and for making effective the provisions of sections 169.600 to 169.710 is hereby vested in the board of trustees for the public school retirement system as established by section 169.020.  3. Said board shall keep all funds belonging to this system separate and apart from all other funds, but shall manage and administer this system in all other respects as prescribed by section 169.020. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 298 § 2, A.L. 1977 H.B. 135, A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
MO Rev Stat § 169.625 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.625 - Board of trustees may adopt plan requiring all contributions by employee to be paid directly to retirement system.

Effective - 14 Jun 1989   169.625. Board of trustees may adopt plan requiring all contributions by employee to be paid directly to retirement system. — The board of trustees by regulation may adopt a plan wherein each and every employer included within the retirement system shall specify that contributions withheld from compensation to members are being paid directly to the retirement system by the employer and that the members had no option to receive the contributions directly. These contributions shall be credited to member accounts as required by law, shall be included in the individual member salaries reported to the retirement system, and shall in all ways be considered member contributions. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 146)  Effective 6-14-89
MO Rev Stat § 169.640 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.640 - Bank deposits of system, how secured.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   169.640. Bank deposits of system, how secured. — Any funds belonging to this retirement system which are deposited in any bank or trust company shall be secured by the deposit of securities of the kind and value required by section 30.270 as security for the safekeeping and payment of deposits made by the board. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 298 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 169.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.660 - Eligibility for retirement, when — temporary-substitute service for retiree authorized, limitation, no contribution from retiree required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   169.660. Eligibility for retirement, when — temporary-substitute service for retiree authorized, limitation, no contribution from retiree required. — 1. On and after the first day of July next following the operative date, any member who is sixty or more years of age and who has at least five years of creditable service, or who has attained age fifty-five and has at least twenty-five years of creditable service, or who has at least thirty years of creditable service regardless of age may retire and receive the full retirement benefits based on the member's creditable service. A member whose creditable service at retirement is less than five years shall not be entitled to a retirement allowance but shall be entitled to receive the member's contributions.  2. Any person retired and currently receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to sections 169.600 to 169.715, other than for disability, may be employed on either a part-time or temporary-substitute basis by a district included in the retirement system not to exceed a total of five hundred fifty hours in any one school year, without a discontinuance of the person's retirement allowance. Such a person shall not contribute to the retirement system, or to the public school retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141, because of earnings during such period of employment. If such a person is employed in any capacity by such a district on a regular, full-time basis, or the person's part-time or temporary-substitute service in any capacity exceeds five hundred fifty hours in any one school year, the person shall not be eligible to receive the person's retirement allowance for any month during which the person is so employed.  3. The system shall pay a monthly retirement allowance for the month in which a retired member or beneficiary receiving a retirement allowance dies. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 298 § 7, A.L. 1973 H.B. 411, A.L. 1984 S.B. 407, A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al. merged with S.B. 264, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1997 S.B. 152 merged with S.B. 309)