Section 38.1346 - Benefits; exemption from taxation; offset of retirement benefits or refunds; forfeiture of service credit.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT OF 1979 (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1980
38.1346 Benefits; exemption from taxation; offset of retirement benefits or refunds; forfeiture of service credit.
Sec. 46.
(1) A retirement allowance, an optional benefit, or any other benefit accrued or accruing to a person under this act, the reserves created by this act, and the money, investments, or income of those reserves are exempt from state, county, municipal, or other local tax and subject to the public employee retirement benefit protection act.
(2) The retirement system may offset retirement benefits or refunds payable under this act against amounts owed to the retirement system by a member, retirant, retirement allowance beneficiary, or refund beneficiary.
(3) If the retirement system is required by the federal government pursuant to a court order to transmit a part of a member's contributions standing to the member's credit in the reserve for employee contributions to a federal agency, the service credit that is covered by the payment shall be forfeited in the same manner as if the employee had requested and been paid a refund of the member's most recent contributions.
History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 47, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1991 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Popular Name: Act 300