PURPOSE: This rule expands on definitions found in section 50.1000, RSMo.

1. (1) Active member. A full-time or part-time employee who has elected to participate in the County Employees’ Retirement Fund, who is employed by a county and who is not retired.
2. (2) Entry date. The entry date of a full-time employee will be the hire date unless the employee opts out of the plan. The entry date of a part-time employee will be the first semiannual entry date (January 1 or July 1) after the part-time employee satisfies the one thousand (1,000)-hour requirement during the calendar year.
3. (3) Full-time employee. An elective or appointive county official or employee regularly employed by a county who is under the direct control and supervision of a county or an elected or appointed county official and who is subject to continued employment, promotion, salary review or termination by a county or an elected or appointed county official and who is compensated directly from county funds and whose position requires the actual performance of duties during not less than one thousand (1,000) hours per calendar year, except county prosecuting attorneys covered under sections 56.800–56.840, RSMo, circuit clerks and deputy circuit clerks covered under the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System and county sheriffs covered under sections 57.949 to 57.997, RSMo, and employees who receive some compensation from the county but who are subject to hiring, supervision, promotion or termination by an entity other than the county such as an extension council or the circuit court.
4. (4) Hire date. The date that an employee begins actual employment with the county.
5. (5) Member. Member includes active and retired members of the County Employees’ Retirement Fund.
6. (6) Membership year of service. A member shall be credited with a year of membership service upon completion of one thousand (1,000) hours of service within the twelve-
7. (12) month period of the calendar year. In no case shall more than one (1) year of service be credited to any member for service rendered in any calendar year. Elective or appointive county officials receive one (1) year of service for each year in office.
8. (7) Part-time employee. An employee regularly employed by a county or an elected or appointed county official who is under the direct control and supervision of a county or an elected or appointed county official and who is subject to continued employment, promotion, salary review or termination by a county or an elected or appointed county official and who is compensated directly from county funds and whose position is not anticipated to require the actual performance of duties during one thousand (1,000) hours or more per calendar year.
9. (8) Plan year. The plan year for the County Employees’ Retirement Fund shall be the calendar year.
10. (9) Retired member. Retired member includes any person who has retired from active employment and has otherwise fulfilled the requirements for membership in the County Employees’ Retirement Fund.
11. (10) Prime rate. The prime rate posted in the Wall Street Journal as listed under “Money Rates” on any given day.

AUTHORITY: section 50.1032, RSMo Supp. 1997.* Original rule filed effective Oct. 11, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Amended: Filed July 16, 1998, effective Jan. 30, 1999. *Original authority 1995.