Title 38, CIVIL SERVICE AND RETIREMENT

Sec. 13. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, membership in the retirement system consists of state employees occupying permanent positions in the state civil service. All state employees except those specifically excluded by law and those who are members or eligible to …

Sec. 13a. Effective January 1, 1973, blind or partially sighted persons licensed as vending stand operators within the controlled programs of the bureau of blind services are deemed to be employees within the meaning of this act for state retirement purposes only, and except as h…

Sec. 13b. A member who retires on or after October 1, 1979 shall have his or her credited service include credit for service rendered by him or her between October 1, 1971 and October 1, 1979 to a joint federal-state commission authorized under the public works and economic devel…

Sec. 14. Information furnished by members. Within 3 months after this act becomes effective, each original member, and within 30 days after his employment, each new member, shall submit to the retirement board a statement showing his name, sex, title, compensation, duties, date o…

Sec. 15. Subject to such rules and regulations as the retirement board shall adopt, the retirement board shall certify to each original member of the retirement system the aggregate amount of all service rendered by him prior to July 1, 1943. Such certification shall be final and…

Sec. 16. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, if a member separates or is separated from state service without leave of absence before becoming eligible to retire with a retirement allowance payable from funds of the retirement system, the member ceases to be a member an…

Sec. 17. (a) At retirement a member's credited service shall include service rendered by him under the state board of control for vocational education, to the same extent that such service would have been credited had it been rendered in a position covered under this act, if the …

Sec. 17a. (1) If an employee of a department of a governmental unit of the state is transferred to the employ of the state, by reason of a function or functions of the department being transferred to the state, the employee so transferred, who does not withdraw his accumulated co…

Sec. 17b. A member retired after January 1, 1965 shall have his or her credited service include service rendered by him or her to the university of Michigan, Michigan state university, Wayne state university, Oakland university, Grand Valley state university and Saginaw valley st…

Sec. 17c. Any member retired on or after January 1, 1975 who is an employee of a county department of social services who was merged and placed under the employment of the state department of social services pursuant to Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being se…

Sec. 17d. A member who retires after October 8, 1976, at the member's request shall have his or her credited service include service rendered by that member to the department of state police, or its predecessor agencies, or to a court of record in this state to the same extent th…

Sec. 17g. (1) A member who left or leaves service with the state or who left or leaves service for a reporting unit of the public school employees retirement system for purposes of parental leave, and returned or returns to service with the state without other intervening employm…

Sec. 17h. (1) A member may elect to purchase service credit for not more than 5 years of full-time service as an employee with a city, county, township, or village of this state, upon request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered which is verifiable from of…

Sec. 17i. (1) A member may elect to purchase service credit for not more than 5 years of full-time service with the federal government, or as a state employee with another state, upon request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered which is verifiable from of…

Sec. 17j. (1) On and after June 23, 1987, a member who is otherwise entitled to purchase service credit under section 17g, 17h, 17i, 17k, 17l, 17m, or 17n shall not purchase a combined total of more than 10 years of service credit under those sections. (2) On and after June 23, 1…

Sec. 17l. (1) An employee of the state accident fund who has 5 or more but less than 10 years of credited service as of the effective date of the transfer in order to qualify for a retirement allowance under this act may purchase additional service credit under this subsection. A…

Sec. 17m. (1) A member may elect to purchase not more than 5 years of service credit less the number of years of service credit purchased under sections 17e, 17f, and 17k, upon request and payment to the retirement system of the actuarial cost. (2) Service credit purchased under …

Sec. 17n. (1) A member may transfer or purchase service credit earned when the member was an employee of a city with a population over 750,000 if all of the following apply: (a) The member became a member on September 1, 1981. (b) The member was employed by a city with a populati…

Sec. 18. (1) A member of the retirement system who, while an employee of this state, was or who is drafted or enlisted into active military or other armed service of the United States government during time of war, or a member who is drafted or enlisted into active armed service …

Sec. 19. (1) A member who is 60 years of age or older and has 10 or more years of credited service or a member who is 60 years of age or older and has 5 or more years of credited service as provided in section 20(4) or (5) may retire upon written application to the retirement boa…

Sec. 19a. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member who is employed by the state on May 1, 1984 may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed according to section 20 if the member satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirem…

Sec. 19b. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under section 20(1) if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirement, the member has met the service requirements to …

Sec. 19c. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under section 20(1) if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirement, the member has met the service requirements to …

Sec. 19d. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under section 20(1) if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirement, the member has met the service requirements to …

Sec. 19e. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under section 20(1) if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirement, the member has met the service requirements to …

Sec. 19f. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under this section if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the effective date of his or her retirement, the member meets 1 or more of the following: (i)…

Sec. 19g. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under this section if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On or before November 1, 2002, or on the effective date of his or her retirement, whichever is e…

Sec. 19h. Payments made after September 30, 1991, under sections 19b(2), 19c(2), 19d(2), 19e(2), and 19f(3) are not pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, optional benefits, or any other rights described in section 40(1), are not exempt from taxation, are subject to executio…

Sec. 19i. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under this section if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On or before December 31, 2002, or on the effective date of his or her retirement, whichever is …

Sec. 19j. (1) Notwithstanding section 19, a member may retire and receive a retirement allowance computed under this section if the member meets all of the following requirements: (a) On the last day of the month preceding the effective date of his or her retirement as stated in …

Sec. 1a. (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and credited to the member's individual account in the employees' savings fund, together with regular interest on that account. (2) "Actuarial cost" means an amount th…

Sec. 1b. (1) "Beneficiary" or "disability beneficiary" means a person other than a retirant who receives a retirement allowance, pension, or other benefit provided by this act. (2) "Compensation" means the remuneration paid a member on account of the member's services rendered to…

Sec. 1c. (1) "Deferred member" means a member who is separated from state service for a reason other than retirement or death and who has satisfied the requirements of section 20(4) or (5) for a deferred retirement allowance. (2) "Designated temporary layoff" means the layoff of …

Sec. 1d. (1) Beginning January 1, 2002, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, "eligible retirement plan" means 1 or more of the following: (a) An individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408. (b) An individual retir…

Sec. 1e. (1) "Final average compensation" means the average of those years of highest annual compensation paid to a member during a period of 5 consecutive years of credited service; or if the member has less than 5 years of credited service, then the average of the annual compen…

Sec. 1f. (1) "Member" means a state employee included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided for in section 13. (2) "Membership service" means all service rendered after July 1, 1943. (3) "New member" means a person who becomes a member of this retirement system …

Sec. 1g. (1) "Pay reduction plan A" means the plan available to or required of a member during the fiscal years ending on and after September 30, 1981 under which the member may elect to reduce by 1 hour or more in any full-time pay period the number of hours worked with a corres…

Sec. 1h. (1) "Regular interest" means a rate or rates per annum, compounded annually, as the retirement board determines. For the purposes of employee refunds, the interest rate payable shall not exceed 4% per annum, compounded annually. (2) "Retirant" means a person who has ceas…

Sec. 1i. (1) "Service" means service rendered to this state by an elected or appointed state official or employee of this state. Credit for service shall be determined by appropriate rules and regulations of the retirement board, but not more than 1 year of service shall be credi…

Sec. 2. (1) A state employees' retirement system is created for the employees of the state of Michigan. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the administration and management of the retirement system and the responsibility for making effective the provisions of this …

Sec. 20. (1) Subject to section 20j, upon his or her retirement, as provided for in section 19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, or 19e, a member shall receive a retirement allowance equal to the member's number of years and fraction of a year of credited service multiplied by 1-1/2% of his o…

Sec. 20a. After July 1, 1968 a retirant or a member who subsequently retires under the provisions of this act and who has completed at least 10 years of service shall receive a total retirement allowance of not less than $60.00 multiplied by his or her total number of years, but …

Sec. 20b. (1) On July 1, 1972, the monthly retirement allowance payable to a retirant or beneficiary who is on the rolls for June, 1971, is increased as follows: Effective Date of Retirement Percent of Increase August 1, 1970 to July 1, 1971 1 August 1, 1969 to July 1, 1970 2 Aug…

Sec. 20c. (1) On July 1, 1974, the monthly retirement allowance payable to a retirant or beneficiary who was on the rolls as such for June, 1973, is supplemented as follows: Effective Date of Retirement Percent of Increase July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973 1 July 1, 1971 to June 30, …

Sec. 20d. (1) On and after July 1, 1974, hospitalization and medical coverage insurance premium payable by any retirant or his or her beneficiary and his or her dependents under any group health plan authorized by the Michigan civil service commission and the department of manage…

Sec. 20e. (1) After December 31, 1980, a retirant or beneficiary of a deceased retirant whose effective date of retirement benefit payable was before July 1, 1956, shall receive a supplemental to his or her retirement allowance in an amount sufficient to produce a total retiremen…