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Colorado Statutes, Title 31

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Title 31, Government - Municipal

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-306 Actuarial studies
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(1) An actuarial study of each old hire police officers' and firefighters' pension fund administered by the association shall be conducted not later than July 1, 2014, and an updated actuarial study shall be conducted by the association every two years thereafter until the plan i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-307 State contribution
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(1) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.) (b) (I) Each employer having rank escalation and having old hire members shall determine for each such employee the percentage that such employee's years served as of January 1, 1980, bear to the total number of years required for retireme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-401 Sources of revenue for fund
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(1) Except for state-assisted old hire police officers' and firefighters' pension plans and those affiliated with the fire and police pension association pursuant to section 31-31-701, each old hire pension fund may consist of: (a) All moneys that may be given to such board or fu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-402 Municipalities under fifty thousand - limit of contributions to old hire police officers' pension plans

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(1) There is granted to municipalities in this state having less than fifty thousand population the power to pay from the general funds of their respective municipalities into the old hire police officers' pension fund of their respective municipalities such sum monthly as shall …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-403 Employers under one hundred thousand - limit of contributions to old hire firefighter pension plans

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(1) There may be levied and set apart by the governing body of each municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand, by the board of directors of each fire protection district, or by the board of a county improvement district, a tax for the year 1969 and each y…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-404 Plans affiliated with the fire and police pension association

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Notwithstanding any provision of this part 4 to the contrary, an employer that affiliates its old hire police officers' or firefighters' pension fund with the fire and police pension association pursuant to section 31-31-701 and that is not receiving state contributions under par…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-501 Old hire pension fund - investments

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It is lawful for the board of trustees of the old hire firefighters' pension fund and the board of trustees of the old hire police officers' pension fund in any municipality or district in this state to invest such respective pension funds, or any part thereof, in the name of the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-502 Insurance - investment by banks and trust companies

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(1) Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments of old hire police officers' or firefighters' pension funds contained in any laws of this state, it is lawful for the board of trustees of any such pension fund, with the consent in writing of a majority of the active old hire m…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-503 Alternative investment authority

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 5, moneys of old hire pension plans that are not affiliated with the fire and police pension association under section 31-31-701 may be managed and invested by the trustees of such plans pursuant to the standard and other provision…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-601 Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population

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(1) In municipalities having a population of less than one hundred thousand and making contributions from general funds into the police officers' old hire pension fund of their respective municipalities, any old hire member of such police department who has reached the age of fif…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-602 Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population

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In municipalities, fire protection districts, and county improvement districts having a population of less than one hundred thousand, any old hire member who has reached the age of fifty years and who has served for a period of twenty years of active service in any such departmen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-603 Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population

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In municipalities having a population of at least one hundred thousand, any old hire member of the police department who has attained the age of sixty years is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the average salary said member received as a member of sai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-604 Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population

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(1) In municipalities having a population of at least one hundred thousand, any old hire member of the fire department who has served at least twenty-five years of active duty and has attained the age of fifty years shall be retired within thirty days after making application for…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-701 Coverage

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The provisions of this part 7 governing the benefits payable in the event of the death or disability of an active old hire member shall apply with respect to any such member who dies or becomes disabled prior to January 1, 1980. The provisions of this part 7 governing the benefit…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-702 Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population

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(1) If an old hire member of any police department in a municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand, while in the performance of the member's duty or by reason of service in such department, becomes physically or mentally disabled and such disability is dee…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-703 Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population

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(1) (a) Any old hire member of a paid fire department in a municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, having less than one hundred thousand in population who becomes mentally or physically disabled while on active duty during regular assigned hours of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-704 Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population

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(1) If any old hire member of the police department in a municipality having a population of at least one hundred thousand, while in the performance of the member's duty, becomes temporarily totally disabled, physically or mentally, for service by reason of service in such depart…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-705 Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population

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(1) Any old hire member of a fire department in a municipality having a population of at least one hundred thousand, who becomes mentally or physically disabled while on active duty during regularly assigned hours of duty from any cause not self-inflicted nor due to the habitual …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-801 Exempt alternative programs authorized

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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or the provisions of article 31 of this title that specifically refer to exempt plans, any municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, prior to January 1, 1980, may establish an alternative police…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-802 Exempt money purchase plan option

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(1) Any employer that has not elected to affiliate with the fire and police pension association relating to an old hire plan established pursuant to this article may offer to the active old hire members of such plan the option of converting to a money purchase plan. (2) Such opti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30.5-803 Investment authority

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, moneys of exempt alternative plans that are not affiliated with the fire and police pension association under section 31-31-706 may be managed and invested by the trustees of such plans pursuant to the standard and other p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-100.3 Definitions

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As used in this article 31.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Actuarially sound" means a police officers' or firefighters' pension fund determined by the board to be receiving or scheduled to receive employer and member contributions in each fiscal year equal to the a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-101 Establishment of the statewide retirement plan

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(1) The statewide retirement plan is hereby established to provide defined benefit and money purchase retirement benefits to members of employers affiliated with the plan. Initial employers affiliated with the plan include those departments that participated in the statewide defi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-102 Administration of the plan - rules

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(1) (a) Contributions and earnings to all components of the statewide retirement plan shall be held in trust as part of the defined benefit system trust fund. (b) There is hereby established in the defined benefit system trust fund, a lifetime benefits account into which contribu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-201 Membership

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Except as otherwise provided in this article 31.5 or article 31 of this title 31, a member whose employer is affiliated with a component of the statewide retirement plan shall participate in the statewide retirement plan on the first day of employment if the employer withholds me…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-202 Reentering and affiliating employers

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(1) Members of employers who reenter or affiliate pursuant to part 7 or part 11 of article 31 of this title 31 shall participate in the statewide retirement plan beginning on the employer's effective date pursuant to rules adopted by the board. (2) Members covered by subsection (…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-203 Department chief - exemption by written agreement - definition

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(1) A department chief hired on or after April 8, 1978, is exempt from the statewide retirement plan upon the execution of a written agreement between the department chief and the chief's employer that provides for the department chief's participation in social security or in a f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-204 Reemployment

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(1) An inactive member who is subsequently reemployed shall participate in the plan in the manner prescribed by rules adopted by the board. (2) (a) The board shall adopt rules regarding the treatment of a member who participates in the statewide retirement plan, incurs a bona fid…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-301 Defined benefit component minimum contributions

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(1) Every member covered under the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan shall pay into the lifetime benefits account twelve percent of base salary paid or any higher member contribution rate established pursuant to part 6 of this article 31.5. The payment sh…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-302 Social security component minimum contributions

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(1) This component covers the members of those employers that have elected coverage under the plan pursuant to section 31-31-704.5. (2) Each member shall make contributions at one-half of the member contribution rate established for the defined benefit component in section 31-31.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-303 Hybrid component minimum contributions

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(1) Every employer shall contribute to the lifetime benefits account eight percent of the base salary of the member. The employer contribution rate shall increase by one percent of base salary to be implemented through eight annual increases as follows: Beginning in 2023, and eac…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-304 Money purchase component contributions

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(1) For members who elected the money purchase only option upon reentry into a predecessor plan, the contribution rate for employers and members is equal to the contribution rates established in the predecessor plan. (2) Contributions, including separate retirement account balanc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-305 Continuing rates of contribution for reentry and affiliating departments

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(1) At the time of reentry or affiliation, the board may establish a continuing rate of contribution for departments reentering or affiliating with the statewide retirement plan in addition to the employer and member contributions otherwise required by this part 3 in order to mai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-306 Picked-up contributions

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Each employer shall pick up the mandatory employee contributions required under this part 3, to the extent allowed by the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and the contributions picked up shall be treated as employer contributions pursuant to section 414 (h)(2)…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-307 Increased local mandatory contribution requirements

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(1) An employer or active member or both may be required to pay a mandatory contribution rate in excess of the rate established in section 31-31.5-301, 31-31.5-302, or 31-31.5-303 upon enactment by the employer of a resolution or ordinance setting forth the higher contribution ra…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-308 Increased local voluntary contribution requirements

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(1) Active members may make additional after-tax contributions to the money purchase component account under part 5 of this article 31.5. Voluntary member contributions are not subject to the employer pick-up provisions of section 414 (h)(2) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-309 Remittance of contributions to the association

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(1) Remittances of contributions are due no later than ten days following the date of payment of salary to a member. All remittances of contributions must be credited to the defined benefit system trust fund. (2) The payments required by this section are subject to interest as es…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-310 Service credit purchases

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Members participating in the lifetime benefit components may purchase, including by rollover or transfer of funds, additional defined benefit service credit for other public employment within the United States not covered by the plan, United States uniformed military service, or …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-401 Vesting and benefit eligibility

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(1) A member with five years of service credit in one or a combination of more than one of the lifetime benefit components is considered vested for purposes of a pension payable from the lifetime benefit components of the statewide retirement plan. (2) A member is eligible for a …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-402 Plan funding - actuarial valuation and adjustments to maintain the actuarial soundness of the plan

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(1) The general assembly declares that the rates of member and employer contributions must be adequate to fund benefit liabilities accrued under the statewide retirement plan established by this article 31.5. (2) (a) The board shall conduct an annual actuarial valuation of the st…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-403 Defined benefit component benefits

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(1) In calculating the retirement pension for a member who has service credit in the defined benefit component, the benefit is the sum of the following: (a) Two percent multiplied by the service credit earned or purchased in the defined benefit component, not to exceed ten years …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-404 Social security component benefits

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(1) In calculating the retirement pension for a member who has service credit in the social security component, the benefit is the sum of the following: (a) One percent multiplied by the years of service credit in the social security component, not to exceed ten years of service …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-405 Hybrid component benefits

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(1) In calculating the normal retirement pension for a member who has years of service credit in the hybrid component, the benefit shall be: (a) A multiplier, which the board shall establish by adjusting the funding status of the predecessor statewide hybrid plan to equal the fun…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-406 Optional survivor benefits

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(1) A member eligible for a normal, late, or early retirement pension may elect to receive a reduced pension payable to the member and, upon the member's death a reduced benefit to the member's designated beneficiary. The board shall establish such options by rule in a manner tha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-407 Minimum benefit

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(1) If the total amount of pension benefits paid under the lifetime benefit component as provided in this article 31.5 at the time of death is less than the amount of the members' contributions to the lifetime benefit component, the difference shall be paid to: (a) The member's e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-408 Late retirement

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(1) Any member retiring and eligible for a normal or vested retirement benefit may elect to defer receipt of the pension until attaining age sixty-five years, but no later. In the case of such an election, the late retirement pension is the actuarial equivalent of the normal reti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-409 Deferred retirement option plan (DROP)

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The board may establish by rule a deferred retirement option plan for vested members who have attained age fifty. The purpose of the DROP is to allow an eligible member to elect, in lieu of immediate termination of employment and receipt of a lifetime retirement benefit, to conti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-410 Cost of living adjustments - definitions

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(1) Cost of living adjustments payable under the lifetime benefit components of the plan, if any, may be paid effective October 1 each year. To be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment, the benefits must have been paid for at least twelve calendar months prior to the ef…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-411 Refunds of member contributions

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(1) (a) Any member covered by the statewide retirement plan who terminates service may elect to have the member's accumulated contributions to one or more lifetime benefit components of the plan refunded together with five percent of the member's total accumulated contributions a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31.5-501 Vesting

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(1) A member is one hundred percent vested in the individual account in the money purchase benefit account pursuant to section 31-31.5-503. (2) Employer contributions made to the statewide retirement plan that are credited to the money purchase component account are subject to th…