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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1162 - Recognition Board; Establishment; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Election of Chairperson; Duties of Board.

38.1162 Recognition board; establishment; appointment and terms of members; vacancy; election of chairperson; duties of board.
Sec. 2.
(1) The department shall establish a recognition board within the department to consist of 5 members appointed by the director. The director shall select the members from a list of state employees and retired state employees. Not more than 1 member shall be from the same state department. Not more than 1 member shall be a retired state employee.
(2) The terms of the members, except to fill vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term, shall be 2 years from the date of appointment. A vacancy in the office of a member, occurring other than by expiration of term, shall be filled by the director for the balance of the term. The members shall elect a chairperson of the board.
(3) The board shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop the guiding principles for employee, retired state employee, and department and agency recognition, including the establishment of guidelines for the type of recognition to be granted within the limits of section 5.
(b) Perform the final review of process improvements, value added behaviors, and the resulting recognition actions valued at amounts greater than $500.00 and any actions that receive a request for reconsideration.
(c) Prepare the rules for promulgation by the department under section 6 for the operation of the recognition system described under this act.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
Admin Rule:
R 38.901 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1163 - Recognition Administrator; Appointment; Responsibilities; Report.

38.1163 Recognition administrator; appointment; responsibilities; report.
Sec. 3.
(1) The director shall appoint a recognition administrator from the employees of the department.
(2) The recognition administrator shall be responsible for all of the following:
(a) The administrative supervision and promotion of the employee, retired state employee, and department and agency recognition systems in a cooperative relationship with the recognition board and all state departments.
(b) The provision of support services to all state department and agency recognition systems.
(c) The final review of process improvements, value added behaviors, and the resulting recognition actions valued at $500.00 or less.
(d) The submission of quarterly reports on recognition activities to the appropriation committees in the house of representatives and the senate, to the house and senate fiscal agencies, and to the department.
(e) The submission to the board of process improvements, value added behaviors, and the resulting recognition actions valued at more than $500.00.
(3) Information to be contained in the report required under subsection (2)(d) shall be established by the recognition board.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1164 - Committee; Establishment by Head of Each Department; Appointment of Members; Review; Report.

38.1164 Committee; establishment by head of each department; appointment of members; review; report.
Sec. 4.
(1) The head of each state department shall establish a committee with an uneven number of members who are employees of that state department and who shall be appointed by the head of that state department. The committee shall have no less than 3 members and not more than 11 members based on the need as determined by the head of the state department. The committee shall review the process improvements, value added behaviors, and the resulting recognition actions of significant impact that pertain to the operations of that state department.
(2) The committee without undue delay shall report to the recognition administrator concerning each process improvement and value added behavior reviewed and the resulting recognition action taken or recommended. Information to be contained in the report shall be established by the board.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
Admin Rule:
R 38.901 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1165 - Recognition; Types; Distribution.

38.1165 Recognition; types; distribution.
Sec. 5.
The types of recognition granted under section 2 or 3 shall be developed in guidelines by the recognition board. Recognition shall be distributed in an equitable fashion to all state employees and retired state employees who are involved in recommending, initiating, and implementing the improvement and to those who demonstrate value added behaviors. The tangible value of recognition for any single process improvement implemented shall not exceed $5,000.00.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 310, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1166 - Rules.

38.1166 Rules.
Sec. 6.
The department may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement and administer this act, and to equitably phase out the current suggestion system. Operational guidelines shall be established and implemented by approval of the recognition board.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
Admin Rule:
R 38.901 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1167 - Staff to Assist Board and Recognition Administrator.

38.1167 Staff to assist board and recognition administrator.
Sec. 7.
The department shall provide the necessary staff to assist the board and the recognition administrator in the performance of their duties under this act.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1168 - Cost of Administering Act and Recognition.

38.1168 Cost of administering act and recognition.
Sec. 8.
The cost of administering this act and the granting of recognition under section 5 shall be included within the annual appropriation of the department.
History:
1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 325 of 1978 - Quality Recognition System (38.1161 - 38.1169) › Section 38.1169 - Retired State Employee as Recipient of Recognition; Effect.

38.1169 Retired state employee as recipient of recognition; effect.
Sec. 9.
A retired state employee who is the recipient of recognition under this act will be treated as a self-employed person for tax purposes and shall receive recognition from the appropriated fund for the recognition system as administered by the department. The retirement system from which the state employee is a retirant shall not be held responsible for any payment, and no adjustment or recalculation of benefit level will occur due to a retired state employee receiving recognition under this system.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 452 of 1978 - Compensation for Injured Employees of Department of State (38.1181 - 38.1182) › Section 38.1181 - Assault on Department of State Employee Rendering Direct Services to Public; Compensation.

38.1181 Assault on department of state employee rendering direct services to public; compensation.
Sec. 1.
(1) A person employed as a classified employee of the department of state who is assaulted while performing employment duties, rendering direct services to the public, shall receive full wages from the department of state until worker's compensation benefits begin. After the benefits begin, the person shall receive, in addition to the worker's compensation benefits, a supplement from the department which together with the worker's compensation benefits shall equal but not exceed the normal weekly wages of the employee at the time of the injury, up to 40 hours per week. This supplement shall only apply while the person is on the department's payroll and is receiving worker's compensation benefits qualifying for supplemental duty disability pay under the rules and procedures of the civil service commission.
(2) An employee who is receiving worker's compensation due to an injury covered by this section on the effective date of this act shall be entitled to benefits from that date forward. Fringe benefits normally received by an employee shall remain in effect during the time the employee receives the supplement provided by this section.
History:
1978, Act 452, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 452 of 1978 - Compensation for Injured Employees of Department of State (38.1181 - 38.1182) › Section 38.1182 - Definition of Employee Rendering Direct Services to Public.

38.1182 Definition of employee rendering direct services to public.
Sec. 2.
For the purposes of this act, an employee rendering direct services to the public shall be defined as a classified employee who is servicing the public in a branch office or driver improvement center, an employee who is conducting road tests associated with a branch office or driver improvement center, or an employee who is classified as an investigator or who is in training to become an investigator.
History:
1978, Act 452, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1201 - Applicability of Act.

38.1201 Applicability of act.
Sec. 1.
This act applies to employees of the state who are not classified state civil service employees. This act does not apply to employees in the legislative and judicial branches of government, those elected by popular election, employees of state institutions of higher education, persons in the armed forces of the state, employees who serve without salary, or to members of boards or commissions who are paid at a per diem rate.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1202 - Salary Considered Annual Salary; Salary Payments.

38.1202 Salary considered annual salary; salary payments.
Sec. 2.
A salary prescribed by statute or in an appropriation act, unless otherwise qualified, is considered to be an annual salary. Nonclassified employees shall be paid in increments at a rate determined by dividing the annual salary by the number of state payrolls in a fiscal year. Regular salary payments shall be made only for that time during which the employee holds the position.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1203 - Sick, Annual, Bonus, and Personal Leave Time.

38.1203 Sick, annual, bonus, and personal leave time.
Sec. 3.
The crediting, accumulation, use, and recording of sick, annual, bonus, and personal leave time for nonclassified employees shall be the same as that established for employees in the state classified service. These conditions may be waived by a nonclassified employee by written agreement with the appointing authority, in which case the nonclassified employee shall not be eligible for the provisions in sections 4 and 5 or other monetary benefits.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1204 - Terminal Leave Benefits; Approved Leave of Absence.

38.1204 Terminal leave benefits; approved leave of absence.
Sec. 4.
When services of a nonclassified employee are terminated for any reason, the employee or the employee's heirs shall be paid terminal leave benefits the same as classified state civil service employees, except that those nonclassified employees who are on an approved leave of absence from a position in the classified service and who return to that position shall utilize the combined balances of sick leave, both in the classified and nonclassified service, for the purpose of determining the percentage of sick leave payment.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1205 - Annual Longevity Payments.

38.1205 Annual longevity payments.
Sec. 5.
A nonclassified employee shall be eligible for annual longevity payments on the same basis as classified employees, except that eligibility for longevity payment shall be determined by combining the years of service in both the classified and nonclassified service and the amount of payment determined by the equivalent longevity pay rates established by the civil service commission for nonclassified employees.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1206 - Voluntary Payroll Deductions; Group Benefits.

38.1206 Voluntary payroll deductions; group benefits.
Sec. 6.
A nonclassified employee is entitled to the same types of voluntary payroll deductions as is an employee in the state classified service, and is entitled to join employee groups for benefit purposes, subject to approval by sponsoring authorities or applicable law.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1207 - Terminal Payment for Accrued Leave Balances.

38.1207 Terminal payment for accrued leave balances.
Sec. 7.
A terminal payment for accrued leave balances, as prescribed in section 4, is limited to the unexpended appropriation balance for the position, and as supplemented by the legislature.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1208 - Procedures for Administering Act.

38.1208 Procedures for administering act.
Sec. 8.
The department of management and budget may establish procedures for administering this act.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 429 of 1978 - Salaries and Benefits of Nonclassified State Employees (38.1201 - 38.1209) › Section 38.1209 - Effective Date.

38.1209 Effective date.
Sec. 9.
This act shall take effect October 1, 1978.
History:
1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1211 - Short Title.

38.1211 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee health care fund investment act".
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1212 - Definitions.

38.1212 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Bankruptcy trust" means a trust created by a court order, including a plan for adjustment.
(b) "Bankruptcy trust beneficiary" means an individual who is eligible to receive health care benefits under a bankruptcy trust.
(c) "Board of trustees" or "board" means the governing board of a bankruptcy trust.
(d) "Fund" means a public employee health care fund created under this act or a court order, including a plan for adjustment, and used for the accumulation and investment of funds for the purpose of funding health care for retired employees of the public corporation.
(e) "Investment fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following:
(i) Exercises any discretionary authority or control in the investment of the fund's or trust's assets.
(ii) Renders investment advice to a fund or trust for a fee or other direct or indirect compensation.
(f) "Plan for adjustment" means a plan for the adjustment of debts entered and approved by a federal bankruptcy court for a public corporation.
(g) "Public corporation" means a county, city, village, township, authority, district, board, or commission in this state.
(h) "Qualified person" means an individual who is eligible to receive health care benefits and who is designated as a qualified person by the public corporation.
(i) "Trust" means a trust created under the authority of a state or federal law for the purpose of funding retiree health care benefits.
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2017
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 557 of 2016 provides:"Enacting section 1. It is the intent of the legislature that a bankruptcy trust as defined in the amendatory act that added section 4a to the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, must provide for the removal and reappointment of members of the board of trustees, and the legislature finds and declares that providing that removal and appointment is necessary to the efficient operation and administration of the bankruptcy trust for the benefit of bankruptcy trust beneficiaries."Enacting section 2 of Act 557 of 2016 provides:"Enacting section 2. If there is a conflict between the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, and a plan for adjustment as defined in the amendatory act that added section 4a to the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, the plan for adjustment must control."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1213 - Establishment of Public Employee Health Care Fund; Resolution.

38.1213 Establishment of public employee health care fund; resolution.
Sec. 3.
The legislative body of a public corporation may adopt a resolution establishing a public employee health care fund for the purpose of accumulating funds to provide for the funding of health care benefits to retirants and beneficiaries of retirants of the public corporation. Money for the payment of health care benefits for retired employees of the public corporation may, at the discretion of the public corporation, be provided from this fund or any other fund or trust. The resolution shall include all of the following:
(a) The designation of a person or persons who shall act as the fund's investment fiduciary.
(b) A restriction of withdrawals from the fund solely for the payment of health care benefits on behalf of qualified persons and the payment of the expenses of administration of the fund.
(c) The designation of who is a qualified person for purposes of payment of health care benefits from the fund.
(d) A determination of whether the fund will be established on an actuarial basis.
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1214 - Investment Fiduciary; Duties.

38.1214 Investment fiduciary; duties.
Sec. 4.
An investment fiduciary shall invest the assets of the fund in accordance with an investment policy adopted by the governing body of a public corporation and that complies with section 13 of the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1133. However, the investment fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties solely in the interest of the public corporation. The public corporation may invest the fund's assets in the investment instruments and subject to the investment limitations governing the investment of assets of public employee retirement systems under the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1140.
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1214b - Compensation.

38.1214b Compensation.
Sec. 4b.
Subject to a plan for adjustment, if a bankruptcy trust provides for the compensation of the members of the board of trustees, a member of the board may decline compensation from the bankruptcy trust.
History:
Add. 2016, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2017
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 557 of 2016 provides:"Enacting section 1. It is the intent of the legislature that a bankruptcy trust as defined in the amendatory act that added section 4a to the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, must provide for the removal and reappointment of members of the board of trustees, and the legislature finds and declares that providing that removal and appointment is necessary to the efficient operation and administration of the bankruptcy trust for the benefit of bankruptcy trust beneficiaries."Enacting section 2 of Act 557 of 2016 provides:"Enacting section 2. If there is a conflict between the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, and a plan for adjustment as defined in the amendatory act that added section 4a to the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 to 38.1216, the plan for adjustment must control."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1215 - Investment of Trust Assets; Resolution.

38.1215 Investment of trust assets; resolution.
Sec. 5.
The legislative body of a public corporation may, by resolution, allow a trust to invest the assets of the trust in accordance with the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1140. The resolution shall include the following:
(a) A statement of the authority under which the trust is established.
(b) Approval to invest the assets of the trust in accordance with the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1140.
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 149 of 1999 - Public Employee Health Care Fund Investment Act (38.1211 - 38.1216) › Section 38.1216 - Actuarial Review; Report.

38.1216 Actuarial review; report.
Sec. 6.
The investment fiduciary shall have an actuarial review of the fund or trust prepared at least every 5 years with assets valued on a market related basis. The investment fiduciary shall prepare and issue a summary annual report to the legislative body of the public corporation that established the fund or trust.
History:
1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 1 - (38.1301...38.1309) › Section 38.1301 - Short Title.

38.1301 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as "the public school employees retirement act of 1979".
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 1 - (38.1301...38.1309) › Section 38.1302 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.

38.1302 Meanings of words and phrases.
Sec. 2.
For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 8 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 1 - (38.1301...38.1309) › Section 38.1303 - Definitions; A.

38.1303 Definitions; A.
Sec. 3.
(1) "Accumulated contributions" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) The amounts credited to a member's individual subaccount in the reserve for employee contributions plus regular interest on those amounts.
(b) The amounts credited to a member's individual subaccount in the reserve for member investment plan plus compound interest on those amounts.
(2) "Active duty" means full-time duty in the armed forces other than active duty which is exclusively for training purposes.
(3) "Actuarial cost" means an amount that shall be paid, except as otherwise specifically provided by this act, by a member to purchase additional service credit as allowed under this act. Actuarial cost shall be computed as provided in section 79.
(4) "Armed forces" means the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, and coast guard, including the reserve components.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 1 - (38.1301...38.1309) › Section 38.1307 - Definitions; R.

38.1307 Definitions; R.
Sec. 7.
(1) "Refund beneficiary" means 1 or more persons whom the member or former member nominates in writing and files with the retirement system for the purpose of being paid accumulated contributions in the event of the death of the member or former member. If a valid nomination is not on file, the retirement board shall pay the accumulated contributions to the legal representative of the deceased member or deceased former member, if any, or to the estate of the deceased member or deceased former member.
(2) "Regular interest" means interest at 1 or more rates per annum determined by the retirement board and compounded annually.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, "reporting unit" means a public school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, tax supported community or junior college, or university, or an agency having employees on its payroll who are members of this retirement system. The reporting unit shall be the employer for purposes of this act. On and after January 1, 1996, reporting unit does not include a university, except to the extent that university has employees on its payroll who are members of this retirement system.
(4) "Retirant" means a member who retires with a retirement allowance payable from reserves of the retirement system.
(5) "Retirement allowance" means a payment for life or a temporary period provided for in this act to which a retirant, retirement allowance beneficiary, or refund beneficiary is entitled.
(6) "Retirement allowance beneficiary" means a person who is being paid or has entitlement to the payment of a retirement allowance in the event of the death of a member, deferred member, or retirant.
(7) "Retirement board" means the board provided to administer this retirement system.
(8) "Retirement system" means the Michigan public school employees' retirement system provided for in this act.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 318, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 272, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 1 - (38.1301...38.1309) › Section 38.1309 - Calculating Member's Final Average Compensation; Effective Date of Section.

38.1309 Calculating member's final average compensation; effective date of section.
Sec. 9.
(1) The definition of final average compensation under section 4 as that section existed prior to Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1985 shall be used to calculate a member's final average compensation if it produces a higher result than the amount calculated pursuant to either section 4 or section 43c.
(2) This section shall take effect July 10, 1985.
History:
Add. 1986, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1986 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1321 - Public School Employees' Retirement System; Creation.

38.1321 Public school employees' retirement system; creation.
Sec. 21.
A Michigan public school employees' retirement system is created for the public school employees of this state.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1323 - Retirement Board; Oath; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Quorum; Failure to Attend Scheduled Meetings; Availability of Writings to Public.

38.1323 Retirement board; oath; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; quorum; failure to attend scheduled meetings; availability of writings to public.
Sec. 23.
(1) A member of the retirement board, upon appointment, shall take an oath of office, which shall be filed immediately in the office of the secretary of state.
(2) The business which the retirement board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the retirement board held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended. A majority of the retirement board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the board. A member of the retirement board who fails to attend 3 consecutive regularly scheduled meetings of the board, without valid excuse, shall be considered as having resigned from retirement board membership, and the retirement board shall declare the member's office vacated as of the date of adoption of a proper resolution.
(3) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the retirement board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1324 - Retirement Board; Compensation and Expenses.

38.1324 Retirement board; compensation and expenses.
Sec. 24.
The per diem compensation of the retirement board and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending meetings of the retirement board and in performing the required services of the members shall be established annually by the legislature.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1326 - State Treasurer as Treasurer of Retirement System; Investment Authority; Fiduciary Responsibility; Disposition of Funds.

38.1326 State treasurer as treasurer of retirement system; investment authority; fiduciary responsibility; disposition of funds.
Sec. 26.
(1) This section does not apply to Tier 2.
(2) The state treasurer shall be treasurer of the retirement system and shall have investment authority, including the custodianship of the funds of the retirement system, and shall have fiduciary responsibility with regard to the investment of funds of the retirement system.
(3) The state treasurer shall deposit the funds of the retirement system in the same manner and subject to the law governing the deposit of state funds by the treasurer. Income earned by the retirement system's funds shall be credited to the respective reserves under this act that earned the income.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 488, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1997 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 75, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010
Compiler's Notes:
Section 2 of Act 488 of 1996 provides:"Section 2. If any section or part of a section of this act is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the holding does not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this act or the act in its entirety."Enacting section 1 of Act 75 of 2010 provides:"Enacting section 1. If any section or part of a section of this act is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the holding does not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this act or the act in its entirety."
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1327 - Warrants.

38.1327 Warrants.
Sec. 27.
The retirement system shall draw its warrants upon the state treasurer, payable out of reserves of the retirement system, for the payment of retirement allowances, the refund of accumulated contributions as provided in this act, and the payment of salaries and other expenses necessary in the administration of the retirement system. The payment of retirement allowances shall be in equal monthly installments.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1329 - Reserve for Employee Contributions; Individual Subaccounts; Refund, Payment, or Transfer of Accumulated Contributions.

38.1329 Reserve for employee contributions; individual subaccounts; refund, payment, or transfer of accumulated contributions.
Sec. 29.
The reserve for employee contributions is the account in which member contributions made under the contributory retirement plan and other member payments as provided by statute shall be accumulated. The retirement board shall provide for the maintenance of an individual subaccount for each member of the retirement system showing the amount of the member's contributions together with regular interest accumulations on the amount. The contributions refunded to a member upon the member's withdrawal from service or paid to the member's legal representative, estate, or refund beneficiary in event of the member's or former member's death shall be paid from the reserve for employee contributions. Accumulated contributions not refunded to a member or paid to the member's or former member's legal representative, estate, or refund beneficiary shall be transferred from the reserve for employee contributions to the reserve for employer contributions. The accumulated contributions of a member, upon retirement or upon death if a retirement allowance is payable, shall be transferred from the reserve for employee contributions to the reserve for retired benefit payments.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1330 - Reserve for Employer Contributions.

38.1330 Reserve for employer contributions.
Sec. 30.
The reserve for employer contributions is the account to which reporting unit payments, except payments for health benefits are credited.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 272, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1331 - Reserve for Administrative Expenses.

38.1331 Reserve for administrative expenses.
Sec. 31.
The reserve for administrative expenses is the account from which the expenses of the administration of the retirement system, exclusive of amounts payable as retirement allowances and other benefits provided in this act, shall be paid. An amount determined necessary by the retirement board and the department to cover the expenses of administering this act shall be transferred annually from the reserve for undistributed investment income to the reserve for administrative expenses.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1332 - General Fund.

38.1332 General fund.
Sec. 32.
The retirement board may establish a general fund. Revenue not clearly payable to other funds shall be deposited in the general fund. Disbursements from this fund shall be made as authorized by the retirement board.
History:
1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1333 - Reserve for Member Investment Plan; Remittance of Member Contributions; Individual Subaccounts; Refund, Payment, or Transfer of Accumulated Contributions.

38.1333 Reserve for member investment plan; remittance of member contributions; individual subaccounts; refund, payment, or transfer of accumulated contributions.
Sec. 33.
The reserve for member investment plan is the account into which are remitted member contributions as provided in section 43a. The retirement board shall provide for the maintenance of an individual subaccount for each member showing the amount of the member's contributions together with compound interest accumulation on that amount. Member investment plan accumulated contributions refunded to a member upon a member's withdrawal from service or paid to the member's legal representative, estate, or refund beneficiary in the event of the member's or former member's death shall be paid from the reserve for member investment plan. Member investment plan accumulated contributions not refunded to a member or paid to the member's or former member's legal representative, estate, or refund beneficiary shall be transferred from the reserve for member investment plan to the reserve for employer contributions. The member investment plan accumulated contributions of a member, upon retirement or upon death if a retirement allowance is payable, shall be transferred from the reserve for member investment plan to the reserve for retired benefit payments.
History:
Add. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1335 - Reserve for Retired Benefit Payments.

38.1335 Reserve for retired benefit payments.
Sec. 35.
The reserve for retired benefit payments is the account from which all retirement allowances and refunds pursuant to section 85(6) shall be paid. After receipt of each annual actuarial valuation as provided in section 41, the balance in the reserve for retired benefit payments shall be brought into balance with the actuarial present value of retirement allowances to be paid after the end of the fiscal year to retirants and retirement allowance beneficiaries in receipt of retirement allowances at the end of the fiscal year, by a transfer between the reserve for employer contributions and the reserve for retired benefit payments.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 2 - (38.1321...38.1336) › Section 38.1336 - Reserve for Undistributed Investment Income; Pension Stabilization Subaccount.

38.1336 Reserve for undistributed investment income; pension stabilization subaccount.
Sec. 36.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the reserve for undistributed investment income is the account to which all income from the investment of assets, all gifts and bequests received by the retirement system, and all other money received by the retirement system the disposition of which is not specifically provided for is credited. The retirement board shall determine the income, interest, and dividends attributable to the health advance funding subaccount created by section 34(2). The income, interest, and dividends attributable to the health advance funding subaccount shall be credited to the health advance funding subaccount. In each fiscal year, the retirement board shall transfer from the reserve for undistributed investment income all amounts necessary to credit the interest required under this act to the reserve for employee contributions, the reserve for employer contributions, the reserve for member investment plan, the reserve for retired benefit payments, and the reserve for health benefits, to fund the reserve for administrative expenses, and any supplemental payments required pursuant to section 104a.
(2) The pension stabilization subaccount is the account to which the amounts transferred pursuant to subsection (3) to the reserve for undistributed investment income are credited. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no amounts shall be transferred from the stabilization subaccount to any other reserve. The director of the department may transfer part or all of the pension stabilization subaccount to the reserve for employer contributions. After the department has transferred the entire balance of the pension stabilization subaccount to the reserve for employer contributions created by section 30, the pension stabilization subaccount created by this subsection shall be closed and subsection (3) shall no longer apply.
(3) Beginning on the designated date, if the actuarial valuation prepared pursuant to sections 41 and 41a demonstrates that as of the beginning of a fiscal year, and after all credits and transfers required by this act for the previous fiscal year have been made, the sum of the actuarial value of assets and the actuarial present value of future normal cost contributions exceeds the actuarial present value of benefits, an amount equal to the excess shall be credited to the pension stabilization subaccount pursuant to subsection (2) and shall be debited against the reserve for employer contributions.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1997 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Popular Name:
Act 300
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement › Act 300 of 1980 - The Public School Employees Retirement Act of 1979 (38.1301 - 38.1467) › Article 3 - (38.1341...38.1359) › Section 38.1342a - Community or Junior College Reporting Units; Report; Office of Retirement Services; Report Requirements.

38.1342a Community or junior college reporting units; report; office of retirement services; report requirements.
Sec. 42a.
(1) By August 31, 2018, each reporting unit that is a tax supported community or junior college shall submit a report to the office of retirement services with the information necessary for the retirement system to complete the report under subsection (2), as determined by the retirement system.
(2) By September 30, 2018, the office of retirement services shall submit a report to the senate and house of representatives committees on education. The report required under this subsection must include all of the following information, based on information included in the reports submitted to the retirement system under subsection (1), for each reporting unit that is a tax supported community or junior college:
(a) For each of the 4 school fiscal years preceding the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, the number of individuals employed by the tax supported community or junior college while enrolled as a part-time student in that same tax supported community or junior college.
(b) For each of the 4 school fiscal years preceding the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, the amount of reporting unit contributions the tax supported community or junior college contributed under section 42 associated with an individual employed by the tax supported community or junior college while enrolled as a part-time student in that same tax supported community or junior college.
(c) For each of the 4 school fiscal years preceding the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, the amount of reporting unit contributions the tax supported community or junior college failed to contribute under section 42, if any, associated with an individual employed by the tax supported community or junior college while enrolled as a part-time student in that same tax supported community or junior college.
(3) Subject to sections 43h and 43i, each reporting unit shall make appropriate adjustments and corrections to its reporting and crediting of service to correspond with the information contained in the report under this section, in a time and manner determined by the retirement system.
History:
Add. 2018, Act 328, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2018 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 512, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Popular Name:
Act 300