Section 38.54 - Definitions; E to H.
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 240 of 1943
38.54 Definitions; E to H.
Sec. 54.
(1) “Employer” means this state or, if a qualified participant is not employed by this state but is a participant in Tier 2 by virtue of his or her employment, the employer that pays his or her compensation.
(2) “Former qualified participant” means an individual who was a qualified participant and who terminates the employment upon which his or her participation is based for any reason.
(3) “Health benefit dependent” means the qualified or former qualified participant's spouse, if any, and an unmarried child who is considered a dependent of the qualified or former qualified participant under section 152 of the internal revenue code, if any.
History: Add. 1996, Act 487, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 487 of 1996 provides:“If any section or part of a section of this act is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the holding does not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this act or the act in its entirety.”