HOUSE BILL No. 6113

 

May 13, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Walker and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 88, entitled

 

"Reciprocal retirement act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 38.1104), as amended by 1990 PA 274.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. A member of a reciprocal retirement system who leaves

 

the employ of a reciprocal unit, designated as the preceding

 

reciprocal unit, and enters the employ of another governmental

 

unit, designated as the succeeding governmental unit, shall be

 

entitled to a retirement allowance payable by the preceding

 

reciprocal unit's retirement system subject to the following

 

conditions:

 

     (a) The member has 30 months or more of credited service in

 

force acquired in the employ of the preceding reciprocal unit.

 


     (b) The member does not withdraw his or her accumulated

 

deposits from the preceding reciprocal unit's retirement system, or

 

if the member has withdrawn the accumulated deposits, the member

 

deposits with the preceding reciprocal unit the amount withdrawn

 

together with interest compounded annually at the rate in effect

 

for the preceding reciprocal unit; the deposit to be made within 5

 

years after the date the member becomes employed by the succeeding

 

governmental unit.

 

     (c) The member enters the employ of each succeeding

 

governmental unit within 15 20 years after the date of leaving the

 

employ of each preceding governmental unit.

 

     (d) The member's credited service in force with the preceding

 

reciprocal retirement systems plus the member's credited service

 

acquired in the employ of succeeding governmental units equals or

 

exceeds the minimum credited service required for age and service

 

retirement in the applicable preceding reciprocal retirement

 

system.

 

     (e) The retirement allowance payable by any preceding

 

reciprocal retirement system shall be determined at the time the

 

member ceased to be a member of the preceding reciprocal retirement

 

system, upon the basis of the retirement allowance formula of the

 

preceding reciprocal retirement system, the member's credited

 

service in force in the preceding reciprocal retirement system, and

 

the member's final average salary at that time.

 

     (f) Payment of a retirement allowance by a preceding

 

reciprocal retirement system shall begin on the first day of the

 

second calendar month immediately following the month in which

 


proper written application is filed with the governing body of the

 

preceding reciprocal retirement system on or after attainment of 60

 

years of age. The retirement allowance shall not begin before

 

attainment of the minimum age for age and service retirement

 

required in the preceding reciprocal retirement system.