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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.260 - Members retiring after October 1, 1984, may be made consultants, when, procedure — compensation to be exempt from taxes, judgments, claims — unassignability.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories
104.260. Members retiring after October 1, 1984, may be made consultants, when, procedure — compensation to be exempt from taxes, judgments, claims — unassignability. —
1. Any member who retired prior to October 1, 1984, and who elected at that time to take the option of a reduced benefit during his life and a survivor's benefit for his spouse after his death shall, upon application, be made consultant on the problems of retirement, aging, and maintaining a spouse on reduced benefit, and upon the request of the board, shall give opinions and be available to give opinions, in writing or orally, in response to such requests by the board. As compensation for the services required by this section, such person shall be compensated in an amount which, when added to the benefits received by him, is equal to the amount he would have received had he retired on the date of his application to be made a consultant under the provisions of this section and had elected the option of his choice pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of section 104.090.
2. The employment provided for by this section shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement or survivor benefits under this chapter, or in any way have the effect of reducing any retirement or survivor benefits, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.
3. The compensation provided for in this section shall be treated as any other state retirement benefits, payable by the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system and are exempt from any tax of any political subdivision of the state, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other process or claim whatsoever, and shall be unassignable, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.270 - Medical and death benefits to be furnished, how — state contribution, amount — contracts for, how let.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, see footnote
104.270. Medical and death benefits to be furnished, how — state contribution, amount — contracts for, how let. —
The state highways and transportation commission may provide for benefits to cover medical expenses and death for members of the closed and year 2000 plans of the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system. Any plan may provide medical benefits for dependents of members and for retirees of the closed and year 2000 plans and for persons entitled to deferred annuities in the closed and year 2000 plans and their dependents. Death benefits shall be comparable to those provided for in section 104.517. Contributions by the state highways and transportation commission to provide the benefits shall be on the same basis as provided for other state employees under the provisions of section 104.515. Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of benefits for dependents of members and for retirees and their dependents shall be paid by the members or retirees. The commission may contract with other persons or entities including but not limited to third-party administrators, health network providers, and health maintenance organizations for all, or any part of, the benefits provided for in this section. The commission may require reimbursement of any medical claims paid by the commission's medical plan for which there was third-party liability.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 703, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1985 H.B. 790, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.271 - Retirement age, certain employees — "eighty and out".

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
104.271. Retirement age, certain employees — "eighty and out". —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a member of the Missouri transportation department and highway patrol retirement system or a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall be entitled to retire with a normal annuity and shall be entitled to elect any of the survivor benefit options and shall also be entitled to any other provisions of this chapter that relate to retirement with a normal annuity if the sum of the member's age and creditable service equals eighty years or more and if the member is at least forty-eight years of age.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1440 § 1, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1149, A.L. 2003 S.B. 248, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.272 - Certain members entitled to credit for service regardless of classification.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
104.272. Certain members entitled to credit for service regardless of classification. —
Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who is an employee of state government and a member of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system is entitled to credit for all of his service during employment with the department of transportation or the state highway patrol if he is an employee of that same agency upon retirement regardless of whether he was classified as full-time, part-time or temporary, and the requirement of section 104.010 of duties during not less than one thousand forty hours for status as an employee shall not apply to persons applying for retirement credit under the provisions of this section.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al. § 1, A.L. 2013 H.B. 233)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.330 - State employees to be members — military service, effect.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
104.330. State employees to be members — military service, effect. —
1. As an incident to his or her contract of employment or continued employment, each employee of the state shall become a member of the system on the first day of the first month following the original effective date of sections 104.310 to 104.540, September 1, 1957, and every person thereafter becoming an employee shall become a member at the time of employment. Each employee's membership shall continue as long as the member continues to be an employee or be on leave for military service or training as hereinafter provided; or receive or be eligible to receive an annuity or benefit.
2. Any member who completes military service or training on or after December 3, 1974, shall receive creditable service and salary credit mandated by federal law under the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 or any successor thereto, or as otherwise provided under federal or state law.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 4, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 180, A.L. 1972 S.B. 548, A.L. 1980 H.B. 983, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.332 - Certain legal advisors to be made special consultants on problems of retirement — legal advisor defined.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
104.332. Certain legal advisors to be made special consultants on problems of retirement — legal advisor defined. —
1. Any person who has been appointed or employed as a legal advisor pursuant to section 286.070 prior to August 28, 2001, who is receiving or thereafter is qualified to receive retirement benefits pursuant to section 104.374 shall upon application be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees' retirement system as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging and other state matters for the remainder of the person's life. Upon request of the board or the administrative hearing commission, the consultant shall give opinions or be available to give opinions in writing or orally in response to such requests. As compensation for such services and in lieu of receiving benefits pursuant to section 104.374, each such special consultant shall be eligible for all benefits payable pursuant to sections 287.812 to 287.856, effective upon the later of August 28, 1999, or the date retirement benefits become payable. In no event shall retroactive benefits be paid.
2. The term
"legal advisor"
as defined in subdivision (7) of section 287.812 shall be deemed to include any attorney or legal counsel appointed or employed pursuant to section 286.070.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 371 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.339 - Creditable prior service, members entitled to.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
104.339. Creditable prior service, members entitled to. —
1. Any employee who became a member of the system, on the first day of the first month following the original effective date of sections 104.310 to 104.540, September 1, 1957, shall be given creditable prior service with the state. All such creditable prior service must be established to the satisfaction of the board.
2. Any member of the system employed on or after August 13, 1988, and who served as an employee prior to September 1, 1957, but was not an employee on that date, shall be entitled to the creditable prior service that such employee would have been entitled to had such employee become a member of the retirement system on the date of its inception.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.343 - Military service, purchase of prior service credit, refund to surviving spouse when death occurs before retirement, procedure, limitation.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
104.343. Military service, purchase of prior service credit, refund to surviving spouse when death occurs before retirement, procedure, limitation. —
The surviving spouse of any deceased member who purchased creditable prior service for service in the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 4 of section 104.340 and who died prior to retirement may, upon written request, receive a refund of the amount contributed for such purchase of creditable prior service, provided the surviving spouse is not entitled to a survivorship benefit as payable under the provisions of section 104.420.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.347 - Member elected as circuit clerk of certain counties entitled to annuity.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
104.347. Member elected as circuit clerk of certain counties entitled to annuity. —
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system eligible to receive an annuity or who has received an annuity based on prior creditable service and who, after January 1, 1990, was an elected circuit clerk of a first class county shall be entitled to a normal annuity based on prior creditable service plus creditable service as an elected circuit clerk of such first class county.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al. § 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1149)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.350 - Withdrawal from service, when, reentry after withdrawal, how made — forfeiture and reinstatement of creditable service, when.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, see footnote
104.350. Withdrawal from service, when, reentry after withdrawal, how made — forfeiture and reinstatement of creditable service, when. —
1. Upon withdrawal from service, any member who is not entitled to a normal annuity, deferred normal annuity or disability benefits pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's withdrawal.
2. A former employee who is employed on or after August 28, 2002, who has forfeited service shall have the forfeited period of service restored after receiving creditable service continuously for one year.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 6, A.L. 1972 S.B. 548, A.L. 1979 S.B. 1, A.L. 1980 H.B. 983, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1985 H.B. 790, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.354 - Part-time legislative employee retirement benefits — funding.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
104.354. Part-time legislative employee retirement benefits — funding. —
In each fiscal year in which retirement benefits are to be paid to retired employees described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (21) of section 104.010 because of the provisions of section 104.352, funding for such benefits shall be provided as set forth in section 104.436. All benefits paid because of the provisions of section 104.352 shall be paid by the retirement system along with all other retirement benefits due such retired employees under the retirement system.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 1 § 3, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 2007 S.B. 406, A.L. 2013 H.B. 233)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.374 - State employee's normal annuity, computation — noncompensated absences counted as membership service, when — employees and general assembly members continuing to serve, cost-of-living increases on retirement or death.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, 2 histories, see footnote
104.374. State employee's normal annuity, computation — noncompensated absences counted as membership service, when — employees and general assembly members continuing to serve, cost-of-living increases on retirement or death. —
1. The normal annuity of a member, other than a member of the general assembly or a member who served in an elective state office, shall be an amount equal to one and six-tenths percent of the average compensation of the member multiplied by the number of years of creditable service of the member. Years of membership service and twelfths of a year are to be used in calculating any annuity. Absences taken by an employee without compensation for sickness and injury of the employee of less than twelve months or for leave taken by an employee without compensation pursuant to the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall be counted as years of creditable service.
2. In addition to the amount determined pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, the normal annuity of a uniformed member of the water patrol shall be increased by thirty-three and one-third percent of the benefit.
3. Employees who are fully vested at the age of sixty-five years and who continue to be employed by an agency covered under the system or members of the general assembly who serve in the general assembly after the age of sixty-five years shall have added to their normal annuity when they retire or die an amount equal to the total of all annual cost-of-living increases that the retired members of the system received during the years between when the employee or member of the general assembly reached sixty-five years of age and the year that the employee or member of the general assembly terminated employment or died. In no event shall the total increase in compensation granted under this subsection and subsection 2 of section 104.612 exceed sixty-five percent of the person's normal annuity calculated at the time of retirement or death.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1149, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.378 - Survivors as special consultants on board, when, compensation.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
104.378. Survivors as special consultants on board, when, compensation. —
Upon the death of a member who has not requested creditable prior service pursuant to subsection 4 of section 104.372, the survivor of such member who is or would be eligible to receive benefits pursuant to section 104.420 may apply to the board of trustees and shall be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging and other state matters for the remainder of the surviving spouse's life, and upon request of the board shall give opinions, and be available to give opinions in writing, or orally, in response to such requests. As compensation for such services, such survivor may elect to have the member receive such creditable prior service. Upon making such election, all of the provisions of subsection 4 of section 104.372 shall apply. Any survivor benefits payable shall be calculated as if such creditable prior service had been received by such member on the date of the death of the member.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.400 - Normal retirement age — early retirement requirements — annuity, how computed.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, see footnote
104.400. Normal retirement age — early retirement requirements — annuity, how computed. —
1. Any member who terminates employment may retire with a normal annuity upon obtaining normal retirement age.
2. Any member after attaining fifty-five years of age who has at least ten years of vesting service may retire. In such case, the member, except uniformed members of the water patrol, shall receive an annuity in an amount which is the actuarial reduction approved by the board of the normal annuity the member would have received commencing at the earliest date on which the member is 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. 1957 p. 706 § 19, A.L. 1961 p. 543, A.L. 1965 p. 225, A.L. 1972 S.B. 548, A.L. 1979 H.B. 87, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1985 H.B. 790, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1149, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al., A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.401 - Retirement requirements and procedure, annuity or deferred normal annuity, payment to commence when — temporary waiver of right to receive, effect, limitation.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories
104.401. Retirement requirements and procedure, annuity or deferred normal annuity, payment to commence when — temporary waiver of right to receive, effect, limitation. —
1. Any member may retire with the annuity provided for in section 104.335, 104.370, 104.371, 104.374 or 104.400 upon the member's written application to the board designating the annuity starting date which shall be the first day of the month with respect to which an amount is paid as annuity; except that at the time of the annuity starting date, the member must have attained the normal retirement age or meet the eligibility requirements of subsection 2 of section 104.400 and must have sufficient years of creditable service. The annuity starting date shall not be earlier than the first day of the second month following the month of the execution and filing of such application nor later than the first day of the fourth month following the month of the execution and filing of such application. The annuity shall commence in the month of the annuity starting date specified by the member in such application. The payment of the monthly service retirement annuity shall be made by the last day of each month, providing all documentation required pursuant to section 104.395 for the calculation and payment of the benefits is received by the board. The member shall designate a beneficiary to receive any final monthly payment due after the death of the member if no survivor annuity is payable.
2. Nothing in sections 104.010 and 104.320 to 104.800 shall be construed as prohibiting a member from waiving the member's right to receive the member's monthly annuity for a period of time that the member chooses. However, the waiver may not extend beyond the age permitted by Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code. The waiver shall be final as to benefits waived.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1982 H.B. 1720, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.403 - Certain retirees eligible to apply for medical coverage benefits, amount of contribution, limitations.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 01 Jul 2003, see footnote
104.403. Certain retirees eligible to apply for medical coverage benefits, amount of contribution, limitations. —
1. Any state employee or retiree who retires pursuant to section 104.404, and who is also eligible for medical coverage as described in section 103.115, shall be eligible to apply for the following coverage:
(1) Such retiree may elect to continue coverage for himself or herself and any eligible dependents at the same cost as if such retiree was an active employee;
(2) Such retiree may continue to pay the applicable rate as if the retiree were an active employee for a maximum period of five years or upon becoming eligible for Medicare, whichever occurs first; and
(3) After five years or upon becoming eligible for Medicare, the cost for medical coverage for such retiree and any dependents shall revert to the applicable rate in place at that time.
2. Any employee or retiree of a participating member agency who retires pursuant to section 104.404 shall only be eligible to have the provisions of subsection 1 of this section applied to his or her coverage if the governing body of the participating member agency elects to provide such benefits.
3. The governing boards of Truman State University, Lincoln University, the educational institutions described in section 174.020, the highway commission that governs the health care plans of the Missouri department of transportation and the Missouri state highway patrol, and the conservation commission of the department of conservation may elect to provide its employees or retirees who retire pursuant to section 104.404 the same benefits as described in subsection 1 of this section under the respective medical plans of those institutions and departments. If the highway commission elects to provide retirees the benefits of this section, any special consultant pursuant to section 104.515 who is a member of the Missouri department of transportation and Missouri state highway patrol medical and life insurance plan and who retired on or after February 1, 2003, but prior to July 1, 2003, shall be eligible to receive the benefits of this section.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 248, et al. § 1)
Effective 7-01-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.422 - Accumulated contribution as death benefit of member or former member.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 12 May 1981, see footnote
104.422. Accumulated contribution as death benefit of member or former member. —
Upon the death of any member, or former member who has not been refunded his or her accumulated contributions to the fund or received an annuity or benefit, the board shall as soon as practical pay to the beneficiary as the member or former member may have designated in writing, or to his or her estate if no beneficiary be designated, a death benefit equal to the amount of the member's or former member's accumulated contributions.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al.)
Effective 5-12-81
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.436 - Financing pattern for contribution determinations — commissioner of administration to certify payment.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
104.436. Financing pattern for contribution determinations — commissioner of administration to certify payment. —
1. The board intends to follow a financing pattern which computes and requires contribution amounts which, expressed as percents of active member payroll, will remain approximately level from year to year and from one generation of citizens to the next generation. Such contribution determinations require regular actuarial valuations, which shall be made by the board's actuary, using assumptions and methods adopted by the board after consulting with its actuary. The entry age normal cost valuation method shall be used in determining the normal cost calculation.
2. At least ninety days before each regular session of the general assembly, the board shall certify to the division of budget the contribution rate necessary to cover the liabilities of the plan administered by the system, including costs of administration, expected to accrue during the next appropriation period. The commissioner of administration shall request appropriation of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. Following each pay period, the commissioner of administration shall requisition and certify the payment to the executive director of the Missouri state employees' retirement system. The executive director shall promptly deposit the amounts certified to the credit of the Missouri state employees' retirement fund.
3. The employers of members of the system who are not paid out of funds that have been deposited in the state treasury shall remit promptly to the executive director an amount equal to the amount which the state would have paid if those members had been paid entirely from state funds. The executive director shall promptly deposit the amounts certified to the credit of the Missouri state employees' retirement system fund.
4. These amounts are funds of the system, and shall not be commingled with any funds in the state treasury.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al., A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.438 - Benefit funds, pay period certification of amount required — treasurer to transfer amount to fund.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, see footnote
104.438. Benefit funds, pay period certification of amount required — treasurer to transfer amount to fund. —
The commissioner of administration at the end of each pay period shall certify to the state treasurer the amount required to be paid on account of officers and employees of each department, division, agency or unit of government whose services are covered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Thereupon the state treasurer shall immediately transfer such amounts from the proper funds to the credit of the fund for the Missouri state employees' retirement system.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.440 - Benefit fund, how held — board's powers — deposit — bond of executive director, investment of fund.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
104.440. Benefit fund, how held — board's powers — deposit — bond of executive director, investment of fund. —
1. The board shall set up and maintain a Missouri state employees' retirement and benefit fund account in which shall be placed all payroll deductions, deferred compensation, payments, and income from all sources. All property, money, funds, investments, and rights which shall belong to, or be available for expenditure or use by, the system shall be dedicated to and held in trust for the members and for the purposes herein set out and no other. The board shall have power, in the name and on behalf of the system, to purchase, acquire, hold, invest, lend, lease, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of all property, rights, and securities, and enter into written contracts, all as may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of sections 104.010 and 104.320 to 104.800.
2. All moneys received by or belonging to the system shall be paid to the executive director and deposited by the executive director to the credit of the system in one or more banks or trust companies. No such money shall be deposited in or be retained by any bank or trust company which does not have on deposit with and for the board at the time the kind and value of collateral required by sections 30.240 and 30.270 for depositaries of the state treasurer. The executive director shall be responsible for all funds, securities, and property belonging to the system, and shall give such corporate surety bond for the faithful handling of the same as the board shall require.
3. The board may invest the funds of the system as permitted by sections 105.686 to 105.690.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 14, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Investment of funds, regulations and limitations, public employee retirement systems, 105.687 to 105.690
Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.450 - Board of trustees, membership of — appointed members and elected members, how chosen.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
104.450. Board of trustees, membership of — appointed members and elected members, how chosen. —
The board of trustees shall consist of the state treasurer, the commissioner of administration, two members of the senate appointed by the president pro tem of the senate, two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, two members appointed by the governor, and three members who are members of the system, one of whom shall be a retiree elected by a plurality vote of retired members and two of whom shall be employees, elected by a plurality vote of the members of the system not retired for four-year terms. The board so constituted shall determine the procedures for nomination and election of the elective board members. The first two trustees designated above shall serve as trustees during their respective terms of office; the legislative members shall serve as trustees until such time as they resign, are no longer members of the general assembly, or are replaced by new appointments; and the members appointed by the governor shall serve as trustees until such time as they resign or are replaced by new appointments. Any vacancies occurring in the office of trustees shall be filled in the same manner as the office was filled previously except that vacancies occurring in the offices of the elected board members may be filled by the board of trustees until the next regularly scheduled election.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 8, A.L. 1972 S.B. 548, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.480 - Records of board — financial report — office at Jefferson City — seal — audit of accounts, requirements.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
104.480. Records of board — financial report — office at Jefferson City — seal — audit of accounts, requirements. —
1. The board shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of any member.
2. A statement covering the operations of the system for the year, including income and disbursements, and of the financial condition of the system at the end of the year, showing the actuarial valuation and appraisal of its assets and liabilities, as of July first, shall each year be delivered to the governor of Missouri and be made readily available to the members.
3. The principal office of the system shall be in Jefferson City. The system shall have a seal bearing the inscription "Missouri State Employees' Retirement System", which shall be in the custody of its director. The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the seal; and all copies of records, books, and written instruments which are kept in the office of the system and are certified by the director under the seal shall be proved or admitted in any court or proceeding as provided by section 109.130.
4. The board shall arrange for annual audits of the records and accounts of the system by a certified public accountant or by a firm of certified public accountants.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 11, A.L. 1973 S.B. 53, A.L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 2013 H.B. 116)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.490 - Correction of errors in amount paid members — falsification of records, penalty — survivor or beneficiary charged with killing member, denial of benefits, resumption of payments if not convicted.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
104.490. Correction of errors in amount paid members — falsification of records, penalty — survivor or beneficiary charged with killing member, denial of benefits, resumption of payments if not convicted. —
1. Should any error result in any member or beneficiary receiving more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the error not occurred, the board shall correct such error, and, as far as practicable, make future payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was entitled shall be paid, and to this end may recover any overpayments. In all cases in which such error has been made, no such error shall be corrected unless the system discovers or is notified of such error within ten years after the member's annuity starting date or the date of error, whichever occurs later. In cases of fraud, any error discovered shall be corrected without concern to the amount of time that has passed.
2. A person who knowingly makes a false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified a record of the system, in an attempt to defraud the system is subject to fine or imprisonment pursuant to the Missouri revised statutes.
3. The board of trustees of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall cease paying benefits to any survivor or beneficiary who is charged with the intentional killing of a member without legal excuse or justification. A survivor or beneficiary who is convicted of such charge shall no longer be entitled to receive benefits. If the survivor or beneficiary is not convicted of such charge, the board shall resume payment of benefits and shall pay the survivor or beneficiary any benefits that were suspended pending resolution of such charge.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 24, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 2013 H.B. 233, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.500 - Powers and duties of board — conflict of interest of members or employees prohibited.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
104.500. Powers and duties of board — conflict of interest of members or employees prohibited. —
1. The general administration of, and responsibility for, the proper operation of the system are hereby vested in a board of trustees.
2. Subject to the limitations of law, the board shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own proceedings and for the administration of the system, and its decisions as to all questions of fact shall be final and conclusive on all persons except for the right of review as provided by law and except for fraud or such gross mistake of fact as to have an effect equivalent to fraud.
3. The accounts and records of any department shall be open to inspection by the board of trustees and its employees for the purpose of obtaining information necessary in the performance of the duties of said board under sections 104.010 and 104.320 to 104.800.
4. The board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses or obtain the production of records when necessary for the performance of its duties.
5. Subject to the provisions of the constitution and sections 104.010 and 104.320 to 104.800, the board of trustees shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the funds and property of the system and may employ and fix the compensation of necessary employees.
6. No trustee or employee of the system shall receive any gain or profit from any funds or transaction of the system, except benefits from interest in investments common to all members, if entitled thereto.
7. Any trustee or employee accepting any gratuity or compensation for the purpose of influencing his action with respect to the investment of the funds of the system shall thereby forfeit his office and in addition thereto be subject to the penalties prescribed for bribery.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 7, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.510 - Actuary, selection — duties.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
104.510. Actuary, selection — duties. —
The board of trustees may select and employ an actuary who shall serve at its pleasure as its technical adviser on matters regarding the operation of the system, or may call upon the director of the department of commerce and insurance for actuarial service. The actuary shall:
(1) During the first year of operation of the system, or as soon as practicable, and at least once every five years thereafter, make a general investigation of the mortality, retirement, disability, death, employment turnover, interest, and earnable compensation experience of the system;
(2) Recommend mortality and other tables to be used for all required actuarial calculations;
(3) Make an annual valuation of the liabilities, assets, and reserves of the system, and a determination of the amounts of contributions required by the system to discharge the liabilities and administration costs under sections 104.010 and 104.320 to 104.800, and certify the results thereof to the board; and
(4) Perform such other duties as are assigned by the board.
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(L. 1957 p. 706 § 12, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.516 - Conservation department, contributions for insurance for uniformed agents, when.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
104.516. Conservation department, contributions for insurance for uniformed agents, when. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department of conservation shall continue to contribute toward monthly costs for insurance benefits to cover medical expenses for each uniformed agent in the protection division receiving disability benefits for a job related illness or injury pursuant to the provisions of section 104.518 the same amount which would have been contributed by the state on such person's behalf if on active service as a uniformed agent. The reimbursement shall continue as long as the uniformed agent is receiving disability benefits.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 68, A.L. 1976 S.B. 513, A.L. 1977 H.B. 703, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1106, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1989 H.B. 610 merged with H.B. 674, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records › Chapter 104 - Retirement of State Officers and Employees › Section 104.518 - Disability income benefits, employees covered — certain members of water patrol eligible.

Title VIII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
Chapter 104
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
104.518. Disability income benefits, employees covered — certain members of water patrol eligible. —
1. The board shall provide or contract, or both, for disability income benefits for employees pursuant to sections 104.320 to 104.540, and persons covered by the provisions of sections 287.812 to 287.855, and an employee covered pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 476.515 as follows:
(1) Members of the water patrol who qualify for receiving benefits pursuant to subsection 1 of section 104.410 are not eligible for benefits pursuant to this section. Members of the water patrol who do not qualify for receiving benefits pursuant to subsection 1 of section 104.410 are eligible for benefits pursuant to this section;
(2) Effective January 1, 1986, employees other than members of the water patrol who qualify for receiving benefits pursuant to subsection 1 of section 104.410 shall be eligible for coverage on the first of the month following the date of employment;
(3) Definitions of disability and other rules and procedures necessary for the operation and administration of the disability benefit shall be established by the board provided that such definitions, rules and procedures may be established in any contract between the board and any insurer or service organization to provide the disability benefits provided for pursuant to this section or in any policy issued to the board by such insurer or service organization;
(4) An employee may elect to waive the receipt of the disability benefit provided for pursuant to this section at any time.
2. To the extent that the board enters or has entered into any contract with any insurer or service organization to provide the disability benefits provided for pursuant to this section:
(1) The obligation to provide such disability benefits shall be primarily that of the insurer or service organization and secondarily that of the board;
(2) Any member who has been denied disability benefits by the insurer or service organization and has exhausted all appeal procedures provided by the insurer or service organization may appeal such decision by filing a petition against the insurer or service organization in a court of law in the member's county of residence;
(3) The board and the system shall not be liable for the disability benefits provided for by an insurer or service organization pursuant to this section and shall not be subject to any cause of action with regard to disability benefits or the denial of disability benefits by the insurer or service organization unless the member has obtained judgment against the insurer or service organization for disability benefits and the insurer or service organization is unable to satisfy that judgment.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 1994 S.B. 772, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)