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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 104

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 104

Retirement of State Officers and Employees

104.010Definitions 104.012Spouse defined 104.020System created 104.030Highway patrol uniformed members and civilian employees to be members of retirement system — credit for military service, when 104.035Deferred normal annuity on termination of employment to be paid to employee, requirements — reemployment and member of system, prior service credit restored, when — transportation department and highway patrol, deferred normal annuity, when, requirements 104.040Members to receive credit for prior service — military service to be considered — purchase of credit for service in the Armed Forces, cost, interest rate, computation — certain creditable prior service, purchase of, effect — nonfederal public employment, purchase of credit for service 104.050Years of service used in calculating annuity — noncompensated absences for illness and injury, effect — withdrawal before entitled to deferred annuity, relinquishes all rights — reinstatement of forfeited creditable service, when 104.060No payroll deductions — accumulated contributions refunded, when, to whom 104.062(Repealed L. 1983 H.B. 713 § 1 Revision merged with H.B. 68 § 1 Revision)Repealed 104.070Board to submit estimate of amounts to be contributed by state — included in appropriation request 104.080Member may retire when — waiver of monthly annuity, when 104.081Highway patrol retirement age 104.090Normal annuity of retired member — additional allowance to patrolmen, qualifications — survivorship options — option selected prior to retirement, death of spouse, effect — spouse as beneficiary, effect — dissolution of marriage, cancellation of election, when 104.095(Repealed L. 2002 H.B. 1455 § A)Repealed 104.100Early retirement and retirement, service credits required at age fifty-five — sixty — sixty-five, exception — computation 104.1003Definitions 104.1006Year 2000 plan, citation, applicability of other provisions 104.1009Membership in year 2000 plan 104.1012Plans to be managed by appropriate boards 104.1015Election into year 2000 plan, effect of — comparison of plans provided — calculation of annuity 104.1018Vesting of benefits, when — reemployment of member, effect of 104.1021Credited service determined by board — calculation 104.1024Retirement, application — annuity payments, how paid, amount — election to receive annuity or lump sum payment for certain employees, determination of amount 104.1027Options for election of annuity reduction — spouse's benefits — dissolution of marriage, cancellation of election, when 104.103Annual benefit increase, when, how computed — limitation — reversion of amount of benefit — special consultant, compensation 104.1030Death prior to annuity starting date, effect of — surviving spouse's benefits — children's benefits — applicability to members of general assembly and statewide officials 104.1033Early retirement annuity, when 104.1036Deferred annuity, when — annuity starting date election — death of member, effect on annuity 104.1039Reemployment of a retiree, effect on annuity — cost-of-living adjustments 104.1042Long-term disability, effect on retiree's annuity 104.1045Cost-of-living adjustment, amount 104.1048Waiver of monthly payment or COLA 104.1051Annuity deemed marital property — division of benefits — calculation 104.1054Benefits are obligations of the state — benefits not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration — benefits unassignable — reversion of benefits, when — refund received, when 104.1057Year 2000 plan, a qualified plan according to federal law 104.1060Erroneous amount paid, correction — penalty for falsification — disqualification from receipt of payments, when 104.1063Rulemaking authority 104.1066Actuarial valuations, methods used — certification of contribution rate, when 104.1069Trust established, investment of funds 104.1072Life insurance benefits — medical insurance for certain retirees 104.1075Disability income benefits 104.1078Separate accounts established for benefits — contributions by the state — board to determine premiums 104.1081Life insurance and disability benefit programs established — board rules 104.1084Retirement benefits, general assembly members and statewide elected officials — COLA permitted, when — ineligibility for benefits — long-term disability, continued service credit accrual 104.1087Credited service with multiple plans, payable annuity amount 104.1089Deferred annuity, when — forfeiture of creditable service and long-term disability benefits 104.1090Additional credited service, when 104.1091New employees, normal retirement eligibility — vesting requirements — temporary annuity, when — early retirement annuity, when — minimum credited service requirements — contribution amount — options — conditions for retirement after January 1, 2018, for certain employees 104.1092Deferred annuity, one-time election, when — forfeiture of creditable service — ineligibility for long-term disability benefits 104.1093Designation of an agent — benefit recipient defined — revocation of agent's authority 104.110Disability benefits, who entitled, how calculated, terminated when — medical examination required, when — proof of application for Social Security benefits — death benefit, not payable, when — board to establish definitions — annuity benefits, accrual, election — death benefit, eligibility, when — disability and death benefits payable, when 104.120Accumulated contributions paid as death benefit, when 104.1200Definitions 104.1205Duties of board 104.1210No credited service for outside employee or member, when — information provided by institutions and administrators, when 104.1215Outside employee's election for membership, when 104.130(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)Repealed 104.140Death prior to retirement, benefits 104.150Benefit fund, how held — purpose — deposit, executive director, duties, bond required — investment, board's powers and duties 104.160Board of trustees, membership — nominations and voting rights of members of system 104.170Officers of board of trustees, election, terms, duties — executive director, appointment, powers and duties — process to be served on executive director 104.175Liability insurance coverage authorized, state highways and transportation commission 104.180Meetings of board, quorum, compensation of employees of board — service to system deemed regular duties 104.190Records of board — report — office at Jefferson City — seal — audit of accounts, requirements 104.200Board may correct error in amounts paid member, limitation 104.210Powers of board of trustees 104.220Actuary, selection, duties 104.230Legal services to be rendered by whom 104.240Actions by and against system — process how served — venue of actions against system — no personal liability for official acts by officers and employees 104.250Law creates vested rights — benefits exempt from taxes and executions — exception, subject to child support and spousal maintenance 104.254Spouses of deceased retired members appointed as special consultants, when — duties — compensation — not to affect other benefits 104.255Certain surviving spouses to become consultants — compensation — not to affect survivor's benefits or eligibility for retirement — surviving spouses not receiving payments on or after September 1, 1989 104.260Members retiring after October 1, 1984, may be made consultants, when, procedure — compensation to be exempt from taxes, judgments, claims — unassignability 104.270Medical and death benefits to be furnished, how — state contribution, amount — contracts for, how let 104.271Retirement age, certain employees — "eighty and out"104.272Certain members entitled to credit for service regardless of classification 104.310(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.312Pension, annuity, benefit, right, and allowance is marital property — division of benefits order, requirements — information for courts — rejection of division of benefits order — basis for payment to alternate payee — calculation of division of benefits 104.320Retirement system to be body corporate, to be known as Missouri state employees' retirement system — powers and duties — medical benefit funds 104.330State employees to be members — military service, effect 104.332Certain legal advisors to be made special consultants on problems of retirement — legal advisor defined 104.335Vesting service — members who are entitled to annuities — requirements, amounts — terminated vested member, judge, administrative law judge or legal advisor, election to pay present value of annuity, eligibility, purchase of prior service credit 104.339Creditable prior service, members entitled to 104.340Creditable prior service and prior service credits — what is included — special consultants, requirements, compensation 104.341(Repealed L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al. § A)Repealed 104.342Certain teachers employed by state to be members, when — may elect to remain members of public school retirement system, procedure, election for certain teachers required to be made, when — effect of failure to make election — newly employed teachers to become members of state system — employees at time of service not covered by federal Social Security, effect — certain employees electing to remain in school retirement system entitled to refund plus interest, when — certain teachers remaining in school retirement system to be noncontributory members 104.343Military service, purchase of prior service credit, refund to surviving spouse when death occurs before retirement, procedure, limitation 104.344Member entitled to purchase prior creditable service for nonfederal full-time public employment or contractual services — method, period, limitation 104.345Circuit clerks entitled to prior service credit, when — certain circuit clerks to be appointed consultants, duties, compensation to be creditable service, when — clerks entitled to refund of contribution, procedure, also entitled to prior service credit 104.346(Repealed L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al. § A)Repealed 104.347Member elected as circuit clerk of certain counties entitled to annuity 104.350Withdrawal from service, when, reentry after withdrawal, how made — forfeiture and reinstatement of creditable service, when 104.352Part-time legislative employees — insurance benefits — vesting service — deferred normal and partial annuities — requirements 104.354Part-time legislative employee retirement benefits — funding 104.360(Repealed L. 1972 S.B. 548 § 1)Repealed 104.365(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.366(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.367(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.368(Repealed L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al. § 1)Repealed 104.370General assembly members entitled to normal annuity, requirements, limitation — election to state office, effect — certain members entitled to creditable prior service — former members as special consultants, compensation — elected county officials, prior service 104.371Elective state officers entitled to normal annuity, how computed, exception — additional service, how credited — retirement age, statewide officer, annuity, amount 104.372General assembly members and elective state officers, survivor's income payments, when, amount — death before retirement survivor's benefit — creditable prior service for certain teachers employed by state — surviving spouse, special consultant — payments in lieu of other provisions, when 104.373(Repealed L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al. § 1)Repealed 104.374State employee's normal annuity, computation — noncompensated absences counted as membership service, when — employees and general assembly members continuing to serve, cost-of-living increases on retirement or death 104.375(Repealed L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al. § 1)Repealed 104.378Survivors as special consultants on board, when, compensation 104.380Retired members elected to state office, effect of — reemployment of retired members, effect of 104.382(Repealed L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al. § A)Repealed 104.390(Repealed L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al. § 1)Repealed 104.395Options available to members in lieu of normal annuity — spouse as designated beneficiary, when — statement that spouse aware of retirement plan elected — reversion of amount of benefit, conditions — special consultant, compensation — election to be made, when — dissolution of marriage, effect, cancellation, when 104.400Normal retirement age — early retirement requirements — annuity, how computed 104.401Retirement requirements and procedure, annuity or deferred normal annuity, payment to commence when — temporary waiver of right to receive, effect, limitation 104.402(Repealed L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al. § 1)Repealed 104.403Certain retirees eligible to apply for medical coverage benefits, amount of contribution, limitations 104.404Certain employees eligible for retirement may apply for medical benefits upon retirement, amount of contribution, time limitations 104.410Disability benefits, who entitled, eligibility — how calculated — eligibility requirements — disabled, a normal retiree, when — termination of disability, effect — members of general assembly and statewide elected officials, accrual of service 104.415Annual benefit increase, when, how computed — minimum — maximum increase — payable when — temporary waiver of right to receive, effect, limitation 104.419(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.420Death before retirement, member or disabled member — surviving spouse to receive benefits — if no qualifying surviving spouse, children's benefits 104.421(Repealed L. 1984 H.B. 1370 § 1)Repealed 104.422Accumulated contribution as death benefit of member or former member 104.430(Repealed L. 1988 H.B. 1643, et al.)Repealed 104.436Financing pattern for contribution determinations — commissioner of administration to certify payment 104.438Benefit funds, pay period certification of amount required — treasurer to transfer amount to fund 104.440Benefit fund, how held — board's powers — deposit — bond of executive director, investment of fund 104.450Board of trustees, membership of — appointed members and elected members, how chosen 104.460Board officer, selection, terms — elected members campaign disclosure procedure, penalty — executive director and staff, appointment, salaries, expenses — service of process to be served on director or director's designee 104.470Meeting of board — quorum — meetings not required for decisions of board, procedure, exception — expenses — failure to attend, result, exceptions — vacancies 104.480Records of board — financial report — office at Jefferson City — seal — audit of accounts, requirements 104.490Correction of errors in amount paid members — falsification of records, penalty — survivor or beneficiary charged with killing member, denial of benefits, resumption of payments if not convicted 104.500Powers and duties of board — conflict of interest of members or employees prohibited 104.510Actuary, selection — duties 104.515Insurance and disability benefits to be kept in separate accounts — state's contribution, amount, contribution to be made from highway funds for certain employees, when — employees and families, who are covered for medical insurance — premium collection for amount not covered by state — special consultants, duties, compensation, benefits 104.516Conservation department, contributions for insurance for uniformed agents, when 104.517Life insurance benefits, employees covered — certain departments and highway patrol may elect coverage — amount — additional insurance by payroll deductions, maximum — retention of coverage on retirement, cost deducted from retirement benefits — death benefits for special consultants 104.518Disability income benefits, employees covered — certain members of water patrol eligible 104.519Rules established for insurance and disability benefits — selection of insurance companies by bids — coverage of state employees under teacher retirement system eligible for insurance program — certain employees not eligible, when 104.520Legal advice, representation — attorney general to provide legal services, when 104.530Actions by and against system — process, how served — venue 104.540Law creates vested rights — certain contributions may be withheld from benefits and paid over 104.550Consulting firms assisting board, preference to be given Missouri based companies, when 104.552Department of health and senior services employee entitled to creditable prior service, when — application, time period 104.600(Repealed L. 2001 S.B. 371 § A)Repealed 104.601Years of service to include unused accumulated sick leave, when — credited sick leave not counted for vesting purposes — applicable also to teachers' and school employees' retirement system 104.602Creditable service not previously credited to members of either system to be credited, when — duplicate credit prohibited — death of a member prior to exercise of transfer rights, rights of survivor 104.603Reciprocal transfer of creditable service, when 104.604Surviving spouse to receive benefits from only one member — right to elect 104.605Eligible rollover distribution and eligible retirement plan defined — compliance with IRS code required, when 104.606Purchase of creditable service, required before receipt of retirement annuity 104.608General assembly member may become consultant if denied credit in system due to membership in other state systems — compensation to be creditable service for all service in general assembly 104.610Special consultants, employment as, when — compensation, how, calculation of — severability provisions — former members as special consultants, when — certain special consultants may be eligible for survivor benefits 104.612Consultants, extra duty, compensation — benefit increases, limitations — survivors of judges, administrative law judges, and legal advisors to be consultants — limited survivor benefits extended to all members, one-time refund payments made to certain members 104.615Minimum monthly benefits 104.617(Repealed L. 1993 S.B. 126 § A)Repealed 104.620Contribution refund to members — effect on benefits — record retention — reversion to credit of fund, when — reversion of unclaimed benefits, when — refund received, when 104.621Affirmative action plan for hiring money managers, brokers and investment counselors, required — report to joint committee on public employee retirement 104.625Annuities and lump sum payments, when, determination of amount 104.800Transfers of creditable service to other retirement system — transfer to be made, when — effect of transfer — death of member prior to retirement and transfer to be computed under system with most advantageous benefits 104.801Health benefit coverage mandated by general assembly to be applicable to health benefit plans for state employees 104.805Employees transferred to department of transportation (MoDOT) not members of closed department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system unless election made, procedure 104.806Certain employees transferred to MoDOT, not to become members of MoDOT retirement system unless elect to, procedure 104.810Water patrol employees, membership options