Wyo. Code R. 072-0003-1
Effective Date: 05/02/2012 to 09/15/2015
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 072.0003.1.05022012
Section 1. Authority. The Wyoming Retirement Board, pursuant to W.S. § 9-3-409(a), is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the Wyoming Retirement System. Additionally, W.S. § 16-3-102(a) requires each agency to adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available in connection with contested cases. This Section applies throughout these rules.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of these rules and regulations is to meet the requirements of the Wyoming Retirement Act and the other retirement plans administered by the Wyoming Retirement System, and to meet other applicable requirements established by the Legislature and articulated in Wyoming law. This Section applies throughout these rules.
(a) In addition to those definitions found in the Wyoming Retirement Act and the other retirement plans administered by the Wyoming Retirement System, the following terms apply throughout these rules and are defined as follows:
(i) "Board" – Means the Wyoming Retirement Board established by the Wyoming Retirement Act;
(ii) "Disability Administrator" – Means the Wyoming Retirement System staff member responsible for administration of disability applications;
(iii) "Disability Applicant" – Means any Member, who at the time of disability, is actively contributing to any of the pension plans administered by the Wyoming Retirement System, and who has applied for disability benefits;
(iv) "Employer" – Means any participating employer in any of the pension plans administered by the Wyoming Retirement System;
(v) "In service" – Means a Member who is actively contributing to the System, is receiving worker's compensation payments, is receiving disability payments under an employer's disability insurance policy, or is on sabbatical or other leave authorized by the Member's employer;
(vi) "Member" – Means any person qualified to participate in any of the pension plans administered by the Wyoming Retirement System;
(vii) "Presiding Officer" – Means any person designated by the Board chairman to preside over any hearing provided for under these rules and regulations. Such persons may include, but are not limited to, a Member of the Board, an employee of the System, an employee of another state agency or an outside hearing officer qualified by reason of W.S. § 16-3-112;
(viii) "System" – Means the Wyoming Retirement System established by W.S. § 9-3-403;
(ix) "These Rules" – Means the Rules Governing the Wyoming Retirement Board as Administrator of the Wyoming Retirement System, as amended from time to time.