Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 11 - SOCIAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY BENEFITS (§§ 25-11-1 — 25-11-423) › Article 7 - SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (§§ 25-11-301 — 25-11-319) › Section 25-11-309 - Retirement allowance under plan; waiver of benefits

(1)
The retirement allowance from the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan shall consist of fifty percent (50%) of an amount equal to the retirement allowance determined by creditable service as an elected Senator or Representative of the State Legislature or as President of the Senate payable by the Public Employees' Retirement System in accordance with Section
25-11-101
et seq.
(2)
The percentage of the retirement allowance as provided in this section shall be transferred from the annuity savings account of the member and the employer accumulation account in the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan to the retirement account of the member in the Public Employees' Retirement System as provided.
(3)
(a)
Notwithstanding any provisions of this section or this title to the contrary, the maximum annual retirement allowance attributable to the employer contributions payable under the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan to a member shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations issued thereunder applicable to governmental plans as the term is defined under Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b)
The board is authorized to provide by rule or regulation for the payment of benefits as provided under this chapter to members or beneficiaries of the Supplemental Legislative Retirement System at a time and under circumstances not otherwise provided for in this chapter to the extent that the payment is required to maintain the Supplemental Legislative Retirement System as a qualified retirement plan for purposes of federal income tax laws.
(4)
(a)
A retiree or beneficiary may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the Executive Director of the Public Employees' Retirement System, irrevocably waive all or a portion of any benefits from the plan to which the retiree or beneficiary is entitled under this article. The waiver shall be binding on the heirs and assigns of any retiree or beneficiary and the same must agree to forever hold harmless the plan and the Public Employees' Retirement System from any claim to the waived retirement benefits.
(b)
Any waiver under this subsection shall apply only to the person executing the waiver. A beneficiary shall be entitled to benefits according to the option selected by the member at the time of retirement; however, a beneficiary may execute a waiver of benefits under this subsection.
(c)
The plan shall retain all amounts that are not used to pay benefits because of a waiver executed under this subsection.
(d)
The board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may provide rules and regulations for the administration of waivers under the subsection.
Laws, 1989, ch. 303, § 7; Laws, 2000, ch. 628, § 20; Laws, 2000, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 1; Laws, 2002, ch. 627, § 15; Laws, 2007, ch. 348, § 2; Laws, 2010, ch. 528, § 7, eff. 7/1/2010.