Section 38.1384 - Retirement allowance; benefits; applicability of reduction; recalculation of retirement allowance; adjusted retirement allowance; election to return retirement allowance payments.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT OF 1979 (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1980
38.1384 Retirement allowance; benefits; applicability of reduction; recalculation of retirement allowance; adjusted retirement allowance; election to return retirement allowance payments.
Sec. 84.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), upon the member's retirement from service as provided in section 81, a member shall receive a retirement allowance that equals the product of the member's total years, and fraction of a year, of credited service multiplied by 1.5% of the member's final average compensation. A member shall not be allowed to use more than 15 years of out of system public education service, or more out of system public education service than service performed under this act or former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 unless, before July 1, 1974, the member applied for out of system public education service credit based upon payment of contributions for the service as required under section 69, or former acts in which case the total out of system public education service credited, not to exceed 15 years, shall be used to compute the member's retirement allowance if the minimum service requirements performed under this act or former acts or as a state employee under the state employees' retirement act, Act No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, are met. Credit for state of Michigan service shall be on the same basis for eligibility for retirement provided in this act as if the service were performed under this act, former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945, former Act No. 56 of the Public Acts of 1941, or former Act No. 184 of the Public Acts of 1937.
(2) If a member having less than 30 years credited service retires before the member's sixtieth birthday as provided in section 81, the member's retirement allowance provided in subsection (1) shall be reduced 1/2 of 1% for each month, and fraction of a month, within the period from the effective date of the member's retirement to the date of the member's sixtieth birthday, and shall continue at that same percentage after becoming 60 years of age.
(3) The reduction of 1/2 of 1% for each month and fraction of a month from the member's retirement allowance effective date to the date of the member's sixtieth birthday provided for in former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945, applicable to a member who retired before July 1, 1974 and before attainment of age 60, shall not apply to a member who retired before that date, at age 55 or more, having 30 or more years of credited service. The retirement allowance shall be recalculated disregarding the reduction and the person receiving the retirement allowance shall be eligible to receive an adjusted retirement allowance based on the recalculation beginning January 1, 1986, but shall not be eligible to receive the adjusted amount attributable to any month beginning before January 1, 1986.
(4) The reduction provided for in subsection (2) shall not apply to a member who retires under either section 86 or 87, or to a retirement allowance beneficiary who is granted an allowance under section 43c(c), 89, or 90.
(5) The retirement allowance of a person who satisfies the requirements of this subsection shall be recalculated based on 1.5% of final average compensation times years of credited service. The person receiving the retirement allowance shall be eligible to receive an adjusted retirement allowance based on the recalculation beginning January 1, 1986, but shall not be eligible to receive the adjusted amount attributable to any month beginning before January 1, 1986. A retirement allowance shall be recalculated under this subsection if 1 of the following applies:
(a) The retirement allowance was payable to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary under chapter II of former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 and the retirement allowance effective date was on or after July 1, 1956 but before July 1, 1974.
(b) The retirement allowance was payable to a plan II retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary under chapter I of former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 and the retirement allowance effective date was before July 1, 1974.
(6) A member retiring pursuant to section 81 who acquires at least 5 years of combined credited service under this act or under former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945, and who is already in receipt of a retirement allowance under chapter II of former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945, may elect to return to the retirement system any retirement allowance payments received, and receive a single retirement allowance computed on the combined years of service credited under this act and any former act.
History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Popular Name: Act 300