Sec. 5-158. Social Security-special coverage rules.
Sec. 5-158. Social Security-special coverage rules. (a) The following services
of state employees in positions not covered by the retirement system and in positions
covered by the retirement system but who are ineligible to be members shall not be
covered under Social Security: (1) All services in any class or classes of (A) elective
positions, (B) positions the compensation for which is on a fee basis, or (C) part-time
positions; (2) agricultural labor and student service, to the fullest extent such noncoverage is permitted under Section 218 of the Social Security Act.
(b) To the extent permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act and not prohibited above, services of state employees in positions not covered by the retirement system
and in positions covered by the retirement system but who are ineligible to be members
shall be covered under Social Security. The services of any such ineligible employee
shall continue to be covered under Social Security if he thereafter becomes eligible to
be a member.
(c) A member who is covered under Social Security shall not lose his coverage, and
a member who is not covered under Social Security shall not be denied coverage, solely
because his position is also covered under another retirement system of this state or any
subdivision thereof.
(d) The members of the Teachers' Retirement Association are not authorized to
hold a referendum as described in Section 218(d)(3) or a vote as described in Section
318(d)(7) of the Social Security Act.
(e) An elective or other state employee, for whom membership in the retirement
system is optional and who is not a member, shall be considered to be a member for the
purpose of having him covered under Social Security, to the extent permitted by Section
218(d)(6)(E) and (F) of the Social Security Act.
(1957, P.A. 595, S. 4; September, 1957, P.A. 9, S. 4; March, 1958, P.A. 23, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 5-97; 1959, P.A. 131,
S. 3; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 7; 442; P.A. 73-597, S. 2, 3.)
History: 1959 act added Subsec. (j); 1961 acts "restated" state employees retirement act "in a simpler, clearer and more
orderly form" and deleted from Subsec. (a)(2) part-time positions; P.A. 73-597 deleted reference to service of emergency
nature and included part-time positions under exclusion from social security coverage.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (1)(C) cited. 210 C. 531.