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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.033 - Contributions by members may be required to be credited to members' accounts by employer, board may adopt plan.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 14 Jun 1989, see footnote
169.033. Contributions by members may be required to be credited to members' accounts by employer, board may adopt plan. —
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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 146)
Effective 6-14-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.035 - Additional deposits by members, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
169.035. Additional deposits by members, when. —
A member may at the member's option, and under such regulations as the board of trustees may adopt, deposit additional sums in multiples of twenty-five dollars but not to exceed in total in any one year ten percent of the compensation on which contributions were collected during that year. Such deposits, together with interest thereon compounded in the same manner and at the same rate as for the member's contributions, shall be available to provide at the date of the member's retirement at net rates based on the actuarial assumptions then in use, a retirement allowance in addition to that provided pursuant to section 169.070. In the event of the death of a member before receiving a retirement allowance, the total amount of such accumulated deposits with interest shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, or to the member's estate if there is no beneficiary. In the event of the termination of membership before the member receives a retirement allowance, the member shall be paid the total amount of such accumulated deposits with interest if the member has contributed for more than five years, but without interest if the member has contributed for not more than five years. Such deposits may be withdrawn without interest by a member prior to the member's retirement when the member is not terminating the member's membership, in accordance with regulations of the board of trustees. In case a retired member who is receiving such an additional retirement allowance pursuant to this section dies without having received in additional retirement allowances an amount equal to the amount of the member's accumulated deposits at retirement, the difference shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, or to the member's estate if there is no beneficiary. The option provided by this section shall apply only to members who have elected to begin such deposits before September 1, 1996.
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(L. 1953 p. 480 § 169.030, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.045 - Bank deposits of system, how secured.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
169.045. Bank deposits of system, how secured. —
Any money belonging to the public school retirement system of Missouri which is deposited in any bank or trust company shall be secured by the deposit with and for said retirement system of securities of like kind and value as required by section 30.270 as security for the safekeeping and payment of deposits by the state treasurer.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 227 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.076 - Death without a valid designated beneficiary, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
169.076. Death without a valid designated beneficiary, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations. —
1. If a member dies before service retirement and is not survived by a beneficiary under a valid beneficiary designation filed with the retirement system or all designated beneficiaries have disclaimed the right to receive benefits from the retirement system, the following individuals shall be deemed to be the member's designated beneficiaries, in the following order of precedence, for the purpose of making an election and receiving benefits under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of section 169.070 or section 169.075:
(1) Surviving spouse at the time of the member's death;
(2) Surviving children eligible to receive benefits under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;
(3) Surviving children not eligible to receive benefits under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;
(4) Surviving dependent parents eligible for a benefit under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;
(5) Surviving parents, share and share alike;
(6) Estate.
2. The member's most recent valid designation of a beneficiary received by the retirement system prior to the member's death revokes all previous designations in their entirety. The member's marriage, divorce, withdrawal of accumulated contributions, or the birth of the member's child, or the member's adoption of a child, shall result in an automatic revocation of the member's previous designation in its entirety upon the retirement system receiving actual notice of such event before or after the member's death and prior to any payments being made under the provisions of this chapter. This section applies to all beneficiary designations filed with the retirement system before or after August 28, 2005, under which payments have not been made under this chapter. This section shall not apply to the member's designation of a beneficiary to receive a monthly benefit upon the death of the member under subdivision (1) of subsection 3 of section 169.070.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.080 - Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
169.080. Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment. —
Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and, as far as practicable, may adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
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(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 8, A.L. 1955 p. 524)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.090 - Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
169.090. Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment. —
Neither the funds belonging to the retirement system nor any benefit accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of sections 169.010 to 169.130 shall be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, nor shall they be assignable, except in a proceeding instituted for spousal maintenance or child support and as in sections 169.010 to 169.130 specifically provided.
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(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 9, A.L. 2009 H.B. 265)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.100 - Gifts accepted.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
169.100. Gifts accepted. —
Gifts, devises, bequests and legacies may be accepted by the board of trustees, to be held and invested and, except where specific direction for the use of a gift is made by a donor, used at its discretion for the benefit of the retirement system.
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(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.110 - Appropriations made by general assembly to be repaid in two-year period.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
169.110. Appropriations made by general assembly to be repaid in two-year period. —
To meet the requirements of the retirement system for the period between the time when sections 169.010 to 169.130 shall take effect and the time when sufficient contributions to the system are transmitted by employers, the board of trustees shall have authority to accept on behalf of the system such grants or appropriations as may be made to them or it by the general assembly of Missouri and to repay and return the same to the state treasury when funds of the system sufficient therefor are available; provided, that any funds appropriated by the general assembly shall be repaid within two years after the effective date of sections 169.010 to 169.130; and provided further, that the state of Missouri shall contribute no funds directly or indirectly to finance the plan to pay retirement allowances by appropriation bills or otherwise, except for payments or contributions of persons employed by the state board of education as provided in subsection 6 of section 169.010, and except those funds which the district may receive from time to time under a law or laws providing for a general apportionment of school moneys throughout all the state.
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(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.140 - Community college, public, full-time employee may be member of retirement system, exception.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
169.140. Community college, public, full-time employee may be member of retirement system, exception. —
Any person employed in a public community college upon a full-time basis and who shall be duly certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers, or any person employed in said public community college in a full-time teaching, supervisory or educational administrative position certified by the executive officer of the institution for such full-time duties shall be a member of the public school retirement system of Missouri; except that, if the employee is a member of the public education employees' retirement system at the time such employment would qualify him for membership under this section, he may elect to continue in that system if he makes the election to continue at the time he becomes eligible for membership in the public school retirement system.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 325, A.L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1347, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.296 - Indemnity and protection of trustee or employee, limitations — insurance — notice required, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 26 May 1994, see footnote
169.296. Indemnity and protection of trustee or employee, limitations — insurance — notice required, when. —
1. To the extent determined appropriate by the board of trustees, the retirement system established under sections 169.270 to 169.400 may indemnify and protect any trustee or employee of the retirement system against any or all claims or liabilities, including defense thereof, arising out of his or her responsibilities with respect to the retirement system, provided, however, that no trustee or employee shall be indemnified for his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct. This section shall apply whether the claim is made against the employee or trustee in his or her individual or official capacity.
2. The board of trustees is authorized to obtain and maintain insurance and/or indemnity policies to insure the trustees and employees of the retirement system against any liability or losses incurred as a result of their responsibilities with respect to the retirement system.
3. No employee or trustee shall be entitled to indemnification under this section unless within fifteen days after receipt of service of process he or she shall give written notice of such proceeding to the board of trustees.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 575)
Effective 5-26-94
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.311 - One year creditable service, how computed.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
169.311. One year creditable service, how computed. —
The board of trustees shall fix and determine by proper rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of creditable service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall the board of trustees allow credit as service for any period of more than one pay period's duration, as shown on the salary and wage schedules of the employer, during all of which the member was absent without pay unless such member pays the employee contributions, including contributions by the employer in lieu of employee contributions, for such period as permitted by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of section 169.315.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1522 § 169.311 subsecs. 1 to 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 1994 S.B. 575, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1502 merged with S.B. 1242)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.320 - Member may retire, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
169.320. Member may retire, when. —
The board of trustees shall allow retirement of a member on a service retirement allowance under the following circumstances: Any vested member may retire on an annual service retirement allowance upon written application to the board of trustees setting forth at what future time the person desires to be retired; provided, that the member at the time so specified for retirement shall have attained the minimum normal retirement age, notwithstanding that during such period of notification or at any other time the person may have separated from service. Any member having thirty years of creditable service regardless of age may voluntarily retire upon giving advance written notice to the board of trustees and shall thereafter be entitled to receive monthly payments which are the actuarial equivalent of the monthly payments to which the person would have been entitled had the person's retirement been at the minimum normal retirement age. Any member who desires to retire under the provisions of section 169.563 shall give the board of trustees at least sixty days' written notice of his or her desire to do so.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 6, A.L. 1945 p. 1342, A.L. 1951 p. 477, A.L. 1957 p. 396, A.L. 1961 p. 369, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 885, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1503, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1470, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1994 S.B. 575, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.331 - Retired teachers may teach full time without loss of benefits, when — school district requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
169.331. Retired teachers may teach full time without loss of benefits, when — school district requirements. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 169.270 to 169.400 to the contrary, a retired certificated teacher receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.270 to 169.400 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, teach full time for up to four 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. The total number of such retired certificated teachers shall not exceed, at any one time, thirty certificated teachers.
2. The employer's contribution rate shall be paid by the hiring school district and the employee's contribution rate shall be paid by the employee.
3. Any additional actuarial costs resulting from the hiring of a retired certificated teacher pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid by the hiring school district.
4. In order to hire teachers pursuant to the provisions of this section, the school district shall:
(1) Show a good faith effort to fill positions with nonretired certificated teachers;
(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 that is active for one year.
5. Any person hired pursuant to this section shall be included in the State Director of New Hires for purposes of income and eligibility verification pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1320b-7.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.360 - Trustees shall report annually to employers district's contribution, certification — transfer of funds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
169.360. Trustees shall report annually to employers district's contribution, certification — transfer of funds. —
1. Before the first of July of each year, the board of trustees shall certify to each employer the amounts which will become due and payable from each during the school year next following to the general reserve fund. The amount so certified shall be appropriated by each employer's board by a resolution explicitly directing the appropriate officials to pay the same, not later than July twenty-fifth of each year and transferred to the retirement system on or before December thirty-first of the same year.
2. Effective January 1, 2019, each employer shall transfer its employer contributions to the retirement system promptly following the end of each payroll period at the time the employer transfers member contributions.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 10, A.L. 1951 p. 477, A.L. 1961 p. 369, A.L. 1973 H.B. 375, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 2018 S.B. 892)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.370 - Obligations chargeable to general revenue fund — alteration of existing rights prohibited.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
169.370. Obligations chargeable to general revenue fund — alteration of existing rights prohibited. —
1. Interest charges payable, the creation and maintenance of reserves in the general reserve fund and the payment of all retirement allowances, refunds and other benefits and expenses are hereby made obligations chargeable against the general reserve fund and not of the school district, and the moneys placed in the general reserve fund shall not be diverted or used for other purposes.
2. No alteration, amendment or repeal of sections 169.270 to 169.400 shall be deemed to affect the rights of members of any retirement system established thereunder with reference to deposits previously made, or to reduce any accrued or potential benefits to those who are members at the time when such alterations, amendments, or repeal becomes effective or to reduce the amount of any retirement allowance then payable.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 11, A.L. 1961 p. 369)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.380 - Immunity from execution, garnishment or attachment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
169.380. Immunity from execution, garnishment or attachment. —
Any funds in the charge and custody of the board of trustees of the retirement system under the provisions of sections 169.270 to 169.400 shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable, unless otherwise specifically provided in sections 169.270 to 169.400.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 12, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.390 - Limitation of state contributions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
169.390. Limitation of state contributions. —
The state of Missouri shall contribute no funds directly or indirectly to finance the plan to pay retirement allowances by appropriation bills or otherwise, except those funds which the school district may receive from time to time under a law or laws providing for a general apportionment of school moneys throughout all the state.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 14, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.395 - Procedural requirements waived for members, retirants and beneficiaries, by board of trustees, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 31 May 1990, see footnote
169.395. Procedural requirements waived for members, retirants and beneficiaries, by board of trustees, when. —
The board of trustees or its duly authorized representatives may, at any time, in its or their sole discretion, waive compliance by members, retirants, or beneficiaries with any procedural requirements imposed by sections 169.270 to 169.400 upon its or their determination that, under the circumstances, compliance with such procedural requirements would be impractical or infeasible and would be unnecessary for the protection of the interest of the retirement system and its members.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1347, et al.)
Effective 5-31-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.400 - Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 26 May 1994, see footnote
169.400. Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment. —
Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than the person would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and, as far as practicable, may adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
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(L. 1943 p. 787 § 13, A.L. 1955 p. 524, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 885, A.L. 1994 S.B. 575)
Effective 5-26-94
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.420 - Retirement system — how managed.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.420. Retirement system — how managed. —
In all metropolitan school districts of this state, there are hereby created and established retirement systems for the purpose of providing retirement benefits for employees of said school districts. Each such system shall be a body corporate, and shall be under the management of a board of trustees herein described, and shall be known as "The Public School Retirement System of ______ (name of school district)". Such system shall, by and in such name, sue and be sued, transact all of its business, invest all of its funds and hold all of its cash, securities and other property; provided, however, that such securities and other property may be held on behalf of the retirement system in the name of a nominee in order to facilitate the expeditious transfer of such securities or other property.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 2, A.L. 1978 S.B. 542, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.430 - Who shall be members.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.430. Who shall be members. —
All persons who shall hereafter become employees shall become members as a condition of their employment and shall receive no pension or retirement benefit from any pension or retirement system other than the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540 because of credited years of service in the school district, nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of any school district or state because of such years, except that this section does not prohibit the extension of the benefits and liabilities of Title II of the Social Security Act of the United States (42 U.S.C.A. Section 401 et seq.) to the employees of the school district for the purpose of supplementing the benefits provided by this law, through agreement by the district and the state pursuant to sections 105.300 to 105.440
*
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 3, A.L. 1953 pp. 438, 496, A.L. 1955 p. 546, A.L. 1957 p. 462, A.L. 1961 p. 384, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
*Section 105.440 was repealed by S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision, 2018.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.435 - Revocation of election of coverage made on or ninety days after October 13, 1961, procedure, effect on creditable service.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 19 Jun 1987, see footnote
169.435. Revocation of election of coverage made on or ninety days after October 13, 1961, procedure, effect on creditable service. —
Any member, who elected on October 13, 1961, or within ninety days thereafter to continue contributions and receive benefits as provided by the law theretofore, may revoke such election by written application to the board of trustees and, upon making the payment of such amount, including interest, as is required to make his total accumulated contributions equal to what they would have been had he not made such prior election but instead had made contributions to the retirement system established by sections 169.410 to 169.540, shall receive credit in such system for equivalent service.
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(L. 1961 p. 384 § 169.431, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1973 S.B. 256 Revision, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al.)
Effective 6-19-87
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.466 - Annual pension increase, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
169.466. Annual pension increase, when. —
1. Any retired member with fifteen or more years of creditable service at retirement receiving retirement benefits on August 28, 1997, shall receive on January first of each year, commencing on January 1, 1998, an increase in the amount of benefits received by the retired member pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540 during the preceding year of one hundred percent of the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner provided in this section; except that, no such increase in retirement benefits shall be paid for any year if such increase in the consumer price index is less than one percent. Such annual retirement benefit increase, however, shall not exceed three percent. A retired member qualified to receive an annual retirement benefit increase pursuant to this section shall not be eligible to receive an additional benefit until the January first after the first anniversary of the date on which he or she commenced receiving retirement benefits pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540. Benefits shall not be decreased in the case of a decrease in the consumer price index for any year.
2. For the purpose of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board of trustees in November of each year based on the consumer price index for the twelve-month period ended on September thirtieth of such year over the consumer price index for the twelve-month period ended on September thirtieth of the year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board of trustees in calculating increases in retirement benefits that become payable pursuant to this section for the twelve-month period beginning on the January first immediately following such determination.
3. An annual increase in retirement benefits, if any, shall be payable monthly with monthly installments of other retirement benefits pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1997 H.B. 612 merged with S.B. 309, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660, A.L. 2007 S.B. 406)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.476 - Insurance for retired members may be provided — rules and regulations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.476. Insurance for retired members may be provided — rules and regulations. —
The retirement system may contribute toward an insurance plan for the benefit of retired members which may provide dental, hospital, surgical, medical, life, accident, and similar insurance benefits as approved by the board of trustees. Such contributions shall be a part of the administrative costs of the retirement system. The board of trustees shall make such rules and regulations as it deems appropriate in connection with such plan.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.500 - Certification of amount to be paid to retirement system, inclusion in annual budget estimates.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.500. Certification of amount to be paid to retirement system, inclusion in annual budget estimates. —
On or before the first day of January of each year the board of trustees shall certify to the board of education, the board of trustees and the board of regents, and to the state of Missouri with respect to the contribution for members employed by these employers, the amount which will be paid to the retirement system on or before December thirty-first of that year. On or before the first day of January of each year the board of trustees shall certify to charter schools and to the state of Missouri with respect to the contribution of members employed by these employers, the amount which will be paid to the retirement system on a monthly basis beginning January first of that year. The amount so certified shall be included by the employers in their annual budget estimates.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 10, A.L. 1953 p. 438, A.L. 1961 p. 384, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.510 - Obligations of system paid how — effect of change in law.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.510. Obligations of system paid how — effect of change in law. —
1. The payment of all pension benefits, refunds and other benefits or expenses pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.410 to 169.540 and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of the retirement system are hereby made obligations chargeable against the assets of the retirement system and not of the employers, and the assets of the retirement system shall not be diverted or used for any purpose other than the payment of such obligations.
2. No alteration, amendment or repeal of sections 169.410 to 169.540 shall be deemed to affect the rights of members of any retirement system established thereunder with reference to deposits previously made, or to reduce any accrued or potential benefits to those who are members at the time when such alterations, amendments, or repeal becomes effective or to reduce the amount of any pension benefit then payable.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 11, A.L. 1953 p. 496, A.L. 1961 p. 384, A.L. 1969 p. 282, A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.520 - Funds not subject to execution, garnishment or attachment and not assignable — exceptions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
169.520. Funds not subject to execution, garnishment or attachment and not assignable — exceptions. —
Any funds created by sections 169.410 to 169.540 while in the charge and custody of the board of trustees of such retirement system shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as in sections 169.410 to 169.540 specifically provided or in the case of a proper order of child support issued through the family support division.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 12, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.530 - False statement, misdemeanor — correction of records — adjustment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
169.530. False statement, misdemeanor — correction of records — adjustment. —
Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system, as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of this state. Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and, as far as practicable, may adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 13, A.L. 1955 p. 524, A.L. 1961 p. 384)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.540 - State shall contribute no funds — exceptions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
169.540. State shall contribute no funds — exceptions. —
The state of Missouri shall contribute no funds directly or indirectly to finance the plan to pay pension benefits by appropriation bills or otherwise, except those funds which the district may receive from time to time under a law or laws providing for a general apportionment of school moneys throughout all the state and except employer contributions for members employed by the board of regents which shall be made by the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1943 p. 805 § 14, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.561 - Retirees return to work considered new membership in applicable retirement system — vesting period, contributions, service credit — termination, withdrawal of contributions, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
169.561. Retirees return to work considered new membership in applicable retirement system — vesting period, contributions, service credit — termination, withdrawal of contributions, when. —
Any person retired and currently receiving a retirement allowance from either the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system of Missouri, other than for disability, who elects to return to work in an employment capacity covered by either of the aforementioned retirement systems shall undertake such service under a new membership in the applicable system. The new membership for such a person shall have a vesting period of one year of creditable service, after which the person shall be eligible to retire and receive a second or subsequent retirement allowance for the service credit earned under the new membership in accordance with the law governing such matters. Contributions shall be made to the retirement system for any covered employment under the new membership at the same time and in the same manner as contributions are made for covered employment generally. Service credit shall be earned or may be acquired under the new membership in accordance with the law governing such matters. A second or subsequent membership or retirement allowance established or earned pursuant to this section shall be separate from and shall not be combined with any previous membership service credit or retirement allowance earned from the aforementioned retirement systems. Upon termination of covered employment under a second or subsequent membership, and in lieu of application for and receipt of a retirement allowance based on such service, the person may withdraw from the retirement system and receive a refund of the person's contributions during such membership in accordance with the law governing such matters; provided that, by so doing, the person shall forfeit any creditable service the person may have accrued under that membership. A person shall not receive a retirement allowance from the aforementioned retirement systems for any previous membership service while in covered employment under a new membership established pursuant to this section, nor shall a person receive such a retirement allowance in any month in which the person earns service credit under the new membership.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 514 merged with S.B. 308 & 314, A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.563 - Retirement in certain systems at fifty-five or older with five years service, procedure, computation of benefits.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
169.563. Retirement in certain systems at fifty-five or older with five years service, procedure, computation of benefits. —
Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of one of the Missouri retirement systems as provided by sections 169.270 to 169.400, or 169.600 to 169.710, who is fifty-five years of age or older, and whose creditable service is five years or more, may retire upon written application to the board of trustees of the retirement system in which he or she is a member and receive retirement benefits in an amount which is the actuarial equivalent of the normal retirement benefits the member would have commencing at the earliest date on which the member would be entitled to an unreduced benefit based on the member's creditable service at the date of the member's termination of employment.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al. § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.566 - School retirement systems to conduct study.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
169.566. School retirement systems to conduct study. —
1. The public school retirement system of the Kansas City school district, the public school retirement system of the St. Louis City school district, and the public school retirement system shall jointly undertake a feasibility study to include the following issues:
(1) Improving portability of benefits between systems;
(2) The technical issues involved in portability of benefits between Social Security and nonSocial Security systems;
(3) Potential centralized administration of the systems.
­­The overall goal of the study is to suggest means by which portability of retirement benefits may promote teacher recruitment and retention in all school districts.
2. The joint committee on public employee retirement shall provide necessary assistance in the coordination of the study.
3. The study shall be presented by the joint committee on public employee retirement to the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives no later than November 1, 1999.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 781 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.569 - Joint rules promulgated, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
169.569. Joint rules promulgated, procedure. —
1. In accordance with the recommendations made pursuant to section 169.566, the public school retirement system of Missouri, the public school retirement system of the Kansas City school district, the public school retirement system of the St. Louis City school district and the public education employee retirement system of Missouri created pursuant to this chapter shall promulgate joint rules, which shall provide for the recognition of service toward retirement eligibility rendered by certified and noncertified personnel under any of the four systems. Such rules shall be limited to creditable service established with each system and shall in no event permit any transfer of creditable service or system assets.
2. Rules required pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be approved, and may be amended, by a majority of all of the trustees of each board of the four retirement systems. At least thirty days prior to the meeting of any board of one of the four retirement systems to vote on approving or amending such rules, a copy of the proposed rules or amendments shall be filed with the joint committee on public employee retirement.
3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 660 merged with S.B. 316, A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.572 - Dissolution of marriage, court not to divide retirement benefits or Social Security benefits.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 1991
169.572. Dissolution of marriage, court not to divide retirement benefits or Social Security benefits. —
1. No court shall divide or set aside any federal old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefit provided to any party pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 200 et seq., in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage.
2. Subsequent to August 28, 1991, a court of competent jurisdiction may divide the pension, annuity, benefits, rights, and retirement allowance provided pursuant to this chapter between the parties to any action for dissolution of marriage, to the same extent and in the same manner the court may divide any federal old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefit of the parties provided pursuant to the federal Social Security Act.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 610 § 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al. § 169.142)
(1993) Where statute provides that public school teacher's pension benefits may be divided in action for dissolution of marriage to same extent as Social Security benefits, public school teacher's pension benefits are not marital property. Kieninger v. Catlett, 854 S.W.2d 59 (Mo. App. W.D.)
(2003) Provision that public school retirement system benefits are non-divisible, nonmarital property does not violate substantive due process or equal protection rights. In re Marriage of Woodson, 92 S.W.3d 780 (Mo.banc).
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 26 May 1994, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 575 § 1)
Effective 5-26-94
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 26 May 1994, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 575 § 2 and § 3)
Effective 5-26-94
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
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.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 860)