Section 3-12-87 - Valuation of purchased prior service credit--Installment payments--Death of member--Adjustment when installments not paid.
3-12-87. Valuation of purchased prior service credit--Installment payments--Death of member--Adjustment when installments not paid. Payment of a deposit with the system for credited service pursuant to §§ 3-12-83 to 3-12-86, inclusive, shall be determined and due at the time the notice of intention to make the payment is received by the system. The amount due may be paid by periodic, level installments over a period of up to ten years, the value of which, when discounted for interest at the assumed rate of return, is equal to the amount due at the date of the notice. If a member dies before completion of the installment payments, the surviving spouse may complete the payments due the system, but, unless the payments are being made by a participating unit, the amount shall be paid in full within ninety days of the member's death or retirement. In the event the periodic payments are not completed or paid when due, the administrator may make an appropriate adjustment to the credited service, benefits payable under this chapter, or schedule of payments to allow for the default. Any member participating in installment payments pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 1989, shall have the balance due on July 1, 1989, recalculated pursuant to §§ 3-12-83 and 3-12-84 and shall have the installment payments due on or after July 1, 1989, recalculated accordingly. The provisions of this section apply only to installment payment purchases of credited service that are not tax-deferred, but do not apply to tax-deferred purchases pursuant to § 3-12-83.2
Source: SL 1974, ch 35, § 43; SL 1977, ch 28, § 9; SL 1980, ch 31, § 6; SL 1989, ch 38, § 18; SL 1996, ch 30, § 4; SL 2008, ch 20, § 14.