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Michigan Statutes, Title 38

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Title 38, CIVIL SERVICE AND RETIREMENT

47 chapters · 822 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 38822 Ch 240-of-1943, STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT119 Ch 300-of-1980, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREME…114 Ch 261-of-1957, MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYST…95 Ch 234-of-1992, THE JUDGES RETIREMENT ACT OF 199290 Ch 182-of-1986, STATE POLICE RETIREMENT ACT OF 198674 Ch 4-of-1937 (Ex. Sess.), TEACHERS' TENURE38 Ch 314-of-1965, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN…36 Ch 370-of-1941, COUNTY EMPLOYEES' CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM30 Ch 205-of-1951, SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES21 Ch 246-of-1965, TOWNSHIP CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM21 Ch 78-of-1935, FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN CIVIL SERVICE …20 Ch 345-of-1937, FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS RE…20 Ch 77-of-2010, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT HEALTH CA…19 Ch 46-of-1991, ELIGIBLE DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER ACT11

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.69 Exemptions from taxation; subject to public employee retirement benefit protection law; right of setoff to recover overpayments; satisfaction of claims arising from embezzlement or fraud; correction of errors in records and actions.
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Sec. 69. (1) Distributions from employer contributions made pursuant to section 63(2) and (3) and earnings on those employer contributions, and distributions from employee contributions made pursuant to section 63(3) and earnings on those employee contributions, are exempt from a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.7 Retirement system; actuarial valuation of assets and liabilities; investigation of mortality, service, and compensation of members.
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Sec. 7. The retirement board shall collect and keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system; and for making an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, compensation, and other…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.8 Administrative board; investment of funds, purchase of life insurance or annuity, deposits.
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Sec. 8. (a) The members of the retirement board shall be the trustees of the several funds created by this act. The board may invest and reinvest the funds of the system subject to terms and restrictions imposed by law upon a domestic life insurance company in this state in makin…

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.9 State treasurer as custodian of retirement system funds; powers and duties.

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Sec. 9. (1) All bonds or other obligations purchased according to section 8 shall be placed in the hands of the state treasurer, who is hereby designated as custodian of the bonds or other obligations, and it shall be his or her duty to collect the principal and the interest on t…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.451 Township civil service system; adoption by referendum.

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Sec. 1. Upon the adoption of a resolution therefor by a majority vote of the members elect of the township board of any township, and the subsequent approval by a majority of the township electors voting thereon, the provisions of this act shall apply in any township now or herea…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.451a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.

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Sec. 1a. A petition under section 1, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applica…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.452 Township civil service commission; creation.

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Sec. 2. In any township where the township civil service system is adopted, there shall be a civil service commission.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.453 Township civil service commission; membership, terms, vacancies, eligibility, quorum, removal.

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Sec. 3. The township board, at its next regular or special session after the adoption of this act in any township, shall appoint, by a majority vote of the members elect, 3 electors of the township as members of the civil service commission, to take office as soon as appointed an…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.454 Civil service commission; members, compensation and expenses.

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Sec. 4. Each commissioner shall receive $10.00 compensation for each day's service for not to exceed 25 days in any one year, and such necessary traveling expenses and mileage as may be incurred in the actual performance of his duties; such compensation and expenses to be fixed b…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.455 Civil service commission; personnel director, assistants and employees; selection, compensation; contracts for services; conditions of employment; discrimination prohibited.

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Sec. 5. The commission shall choose by competitive examination a personnel director upon a basis of education, technical knowledge of personnel work, and knowledge of township government and its operation, and such other assistants and employees as may be necessary. The compensat…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.456 Civil service classification.

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Sec. 6. The civil service of the township is hereby divided into the unclassified and classified services. (a) The unclassified service shall include officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in such elective offices, 1 deputy or assistant each for …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.457 Civil service commission; regular meetings; rules of procedure; record of proceedings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.

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Sec. 7. (1) The commission shall hold a regular meeting at least quarterly. The commission shall hold a special meeting at the request of a commissioner. The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings. (2) The business that the co…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.458 Civil service commission; powers and duties.

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Sec. 8. The commission shall: (a) Classify all the offices and positions of employment within the classified service. The classification shall be subdivided into groups and shall be based upon and graded according to the duties and responsibilities of the positions, and shall be …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.459 Classified civil service; appointments, probationary period, temporary appointments.

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Sec. 9. Whenever a position in the competitive classified civil service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the 3 candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the c…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.460 Classified civil service; qualifying and competitive examinations required; exceptions.

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Sec. 10. All appointive officers and employees of the township or any department thereof at the time this act takes effect, and who have been such for more than 2 years prior thereto, whose positions are included in the classified civil service, shall hold their positions without…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.461 Classified civil service; vacancies, promotion, basis.

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Sec. 11. Wherever possible, vacancies shall be filled by promotion. Promotion shall be made from among employees, in the grades nearest below the grade in which the vacancy exists, qualified by training and experience to fill the vacancy and whose length of service in such lower …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.462 Classified civil service; removal, suspension or reduction in rank; procedure; appeal, hearing; findings of civil service commission.

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Sec. 12. Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be removed, suspended or reduced in rank or compensation by the appointing authority after appointment or promotion is complete by an order in writing, stating specifically the reasons therefor. The order shall …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.463 Civil service commission; annual report to township board.

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Sec. 13. The commission shall make an annual report to the township board at its annual meeting each year, or at any other time as may be required by the township board.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.464 Payrolls; approval by civil service commission.

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Sec. 14. All payrolls shall be approved by the civil service commission, or by its secretary when authorized by the commission, before payment.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.465 Civil service employees; soliciting for political purposes prohibited.

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Sec. 15. No officer or employee of the township in the classified civil service, directly or indirectly, shall make, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in making, soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party or any po…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.466 Civil service commission; subpoena; noncompliance, penalty; enforcement.

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Sec. 16. Any person who is served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers issued by the commission in the course of the investigation conducted under the provisions of this act, and who refuses or neglects to appear or to testify as commanded in the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.467 Violations; penalties.

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Sec. 17. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who knowingly violates this act, and a person who neglects or refuses to perform a duty enjoined upon the person by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. When, by this act, an act or duty is required to be done …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.468 Classified civil service; discrimination prohibited.

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Sec. 18. No person in the classified civil service or seeking admission thereto shall be appointed, reduced or removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political, racial or religious opinions or affiliations, except for membership in any organization…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.469 Civil service commission; offices.

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Sec. 19. The commission shall be provided with suitable offices, examination rooms, and accommodations for itself and staff, as may be required to suit the public convenience and carry on the work of the commission.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.470 Township board; appropriations.

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Sec. 20. The township board shall provide the necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1001 Retirement system; creation.

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Sec. 1. A retirement system to establish a means of providing retirement allowances, survivors' allowances, and other benefits for members and their survivors and other beneficiaries, is created.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1002 Michigan legislative retirement system; name.

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Sec. 2. The retirement system created by section 1 shall be known as the "Michigan legislative retirement system" and all affairs and business of the system shall be transacted in such name.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1003 Construction of terms.

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Sec. 3. For the purposes of this act the words specified in any section or sections shall have the meanings set forth in such section or sections, unless different meanings are plainly indicated by their context.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1004 “Retirement system” defined.

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Sec. 4. "Retirement system" means the Michigan legislative retirement system.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1005 Board; definition.

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Sec. 5. "Board" means the board of trustees of the system.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1006 “Member” defined.

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Sec. 6. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), "member" means any of the following: (a) A legislator of this state. (b) The secretary of the senate who served not less than 6 months before January 1, 1979, and for not less than 3 months after January 1, 1979. (c) The…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1007a “Direct rollover” and “distributee” defined.

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Sec. 7a. (1) "Direct rollover" means a payment by the retirement system to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. (2) "Distributee" includes a member or deferred vested member. Distributee also includes the member's or deferred vested member's surviving spouse…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1008a Definitions.

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Sec. 8a. (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…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1009 “Salary” defined.

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Sec. 9. (1) "Salary" means the compensation, common to all legislators, exclusive of travel allowance, paid by the state for 1 year of service as a legislator. A member shall contribute to the retirement system based on the percentage applied to that salary. (2) For purposes of s…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1011 “Service” defined; election to receive military service credit; effect of membership in retirement system.

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Sec. 11. (1) "Service" means the period beginning on January 1 of the year in which the member took office or on the date of the oath of office in the case of a special election, and ending on December 31 of the term to which the member was elected; on the date of termination of …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1012 “Retirement allowance” defined.

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Sec. 12. "Retirement allowance" means a series of equal monthly payments payable at the end of each calendar month to a person while he or she is a retirant. The first payment shall be prorated for any fraction of a month from the date of retirement to the end of the first month,…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1013 “Retirant” defined.

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Sec. 13. "Retirant" means a person receiving an annual retirement allowance from the retirement system.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1013a “Survivor,”“eligible child,” and “surviving spouse” defined.

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Sec. 13a. (1) "Survivor" means the eligible surviving spouse or eligible child or children of a member, deferred vested member, or retirant. (2) "Eligible child" means an unmarried child of a member, deferred vested member, or retirant who is: (a) Under 18 years of age. (b) Over …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1014 “Refund beneficiary” defined.

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Sec. 14. "Refund beneficiary" means the 1 or more persons named by a member, deferred vested member, or retirant in writing and filed in the office of the retirement system to receive any refund of a member, deferred vested member, or retirant's contributions upon his or her deat…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1015 Actuarial tables; definition.

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Sec. 15. "Actuarial tables" means such tables as are from time to time adopted by the board for computing allowances based upon the experience of the system as recommended by the actuary.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1016 Prescribed rate of interest; definition.

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Sec. 16. "Prescribed rate of interest" means such rate or rates as shall from time to time be prescribed by the board.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017 “Fiscal year” defined.

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Sec. 17. "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the state as described in section 1 of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1887, as amended, being section 21.91 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017a “Deferred vested member” defined.

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Sec. 17a. "Deferred vested member" means a member who left the legislature having satisfied the requirements of section 23(1)(a), but without having attained 55 years of age.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017b “Leadership position” defined.

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Sec. 17b. "Leadership position" means a position held by a member of the legislature who, in addition to salary common to all legislators, receives supplemental salary attributable to holding that position as determined by the state officers compensation commission under section …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017c “Legislator” defined.

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Sec. 17c. "Legislator" means a person duly elected and serving in the Michigan house of representatives or the Michigan senate.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017d “Tier 1” and “Tier 2” defined.

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Sec. 17d. (1) "Tier 1" means the retirement plan available under this act to a member who first became a legislator or lieutenant governor before March 31, 1997 and who does not elect to become a qualified participant of Tier 2. (2) "Tier 2" means the retirement plan established …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1018 Legislator or lieutenant governor; membership in retirement system; notice of election not to participate; refund of contributions; effect of notice; rescission of notice; contributions and interest; eligibility on or after March 31, 1997.

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Sec. 18. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 23b, a person who first becomes a legislator or lieutenant governor before March 31, 1997 shall become a member in and be subject to the Tier 1 retirement system beginning upon the date the person becomes a legislator or lieute…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1020 Members' retirement fund; creation; purpose; computing retirement reserves for retirement allowances; financing; state's appropriations for current service, accrued service, and retirement allowances; allocation of employer contributions.

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Sec. 20. (1) The members' retirement fund is created. The fund shall accumulate reserves for the payment of retirement allowances to retired members and deferred vested members as provided in this act. Upon the basis of mortality and other experience tables, and the prescribed ra…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1021 Members' savings fund; creation; purpose; contributions; rate; additional contributions; payroll deductions; transfer of contributions upon retirement or death.

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Sec. 21. (1) The members' savings fund is created in the retirement system. The retirement system shall accumulate in the members' savings fund the contributions made by members toward the financing of their retirement allowances, shall make transfers of those contributions from …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1021a Member contributions picked up by state.

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Sec. 21a. The state shall pick up the member contributions required by sections 21, 22, 22c, and 50a for all compensation earned after December 31, 1986. Contributions picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment under the internal revenue cod…