Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

169.450. Trustees — selection, qualifications, powers and duties — circuit court's jurisdiction over board — board's authority to make rules for administering assets of system. — 1. The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system an…

169.460. Retirement, when — pensions, how computed — early retirement, when, pensions, how computed — disability retirement, when, pensions, how computed — death before retirement, effect of — beneficiary defined, benefits, how computed — retirants may become active, how — minimu…

169.466. Annual pension increase, when. — 1. Any retired member with fifteen or more years of creditable service at retirement receiving retirement benefits on August 28, 1997, shall receive on January first of each year, commencing on January 1, 1998, an increase in the amount o…

169.471. Board of education authorized to increase retirement benefits, adopt and implement additional plans. — 1. The board of education is authorized from time to time, in its discretion, to increase the retirement benefits now or hereafter provided pursuant to sections 169.410…

169.475. Retired member, employment as special advisor, duties, compensation — district to reimburse system, when. — 1. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits, who served five years or more as an employee of the school district and who retired after June 30, 1957, and …

169.476. Insurance for retired members may be provided — rules and regulations. — The retirement system may contribute toward an insurance plan for the benefit of retired members which may provide dental, hospital, surgical, medical, life, accident, and similar insurance benefits…

169.480. Board to be trustees of funds — investment — income credited — payments, how made — current funds kept — duties of trustees. — 1. The board of trustees shall be the trustees of all the funds of the system and shall have full power to invest and reinvest such funds, and s…

169.490. Assets of system to be held as one fund — contribution, rate, how collected. — 1. All the assets of the retirement system shall be held as one fund. 2. (1) For any member hired before January 1, 2018, the employing board shall cause to be deducted from the compensation o…

169.500. Certification of amount to be paid to retirement system, inclusion in annual budget estimates. — On or before the first day of January of each year the board of trustees shall certify to the board of education, the board of trustees and the board of regents, and to the s…

169.510. Obligations of system paid how — effect of change in law. — 1. The payment of all pension benefits, refunds and other benefits or expenses pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.410 to 169.540 and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of th…

169.520. Funds not subject to execution, garnishment or attachment and not assignable — exceptions. — Any funds created by sections 169.410 to 169.540 while in the charge and custody of the board of trustees of such retirement system shall not be subject to execution, garnishment…

169.530. False statement, misdemeanor — correction of records — adjustment. — Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system, as a result of …

169.540. State shall contribute no funds — exceptions. — The state of Missouri shall contribute no funds directly or indirectly to finance the plan to pay pension benefits by appropriation bills or otherwise, except those funds which the district may receive from time to time und…

169.560. Retirees may be employed, when — salary amount, effect on benefits, exception. — 1. Any person retired and currently receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to sections 169.010 to 169.141 may be employed in any capacity for an employer included in the retirement system…

169.561. Retirees return to work considered new membership in applicable retirement system — vesting period, contributions, service credit — termination, withdrawal of contributions, when. — Any person retired and currently receiving a retirement allowance from either the public …

169.563. Retirement in certain systems at fifty-five or older with five years service, procedure, computation of benefits. — Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of one of the Missouri retirement systems as provided by sections 169.270 to 169.…

169.566. School retirement systems to conduct study. — 1. The public school retirement system of the Kansas City school district, the public school retirement system of the St. Louis City school district, and the public school retirement system shall jointly undertake a feasibili…

169.569. Joint rules promulgated, procedure. — 1. In accordance with the recommendations made pursuant to section 169.566, the public school retirement system of Missouri, the public school retirement system of the Kansas City school district, the public school retirement system …

169.570. Employment of person having rights in more than one retirement system, may purchase membership credit — purchase of equivalent credit, when, requirements. — 1. An employee having less than five years of membership service under one of the Missouri retirement systems prov…

169.572. Dissolution of marriage, court not to divide retirement benefits or Social Security benefits. — 1. No court shall divide or set aside any federal old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefit provided to any party pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.…

169.573. Plan for utilization of minority professionals, report. — All retirement systems created in this chapter shall develop an affirmative action plan for the utilization of minority and women money managers, brokers, and investment counselors. Such retirement systems shall r…

169.574. Members may designate trust as beneficiary. — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any options available to members or retired members pursuant to this chapter, any such member or retired member may at any time designate an existing revocable or …

169.576. Authorizes board to provide for reciprocal creditable service transfers with other states. — The board of any retirement system established in this chapter may enter into a cooperative agreement with the board of any retirement system for education employees in any other…

169.577. Purchase of additional creditable service to achieve minimum time required for allowance — request, form, purchase, requirements, term. — Any member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is within five years of being eligible to retire wit…

169.585. Certain retired teachers to be employed by retirement system as special school advisors and supervisors, when — actuarially unsound, effect of. — 1. Any retired teacher now receiving retirement benefits, who served five years or more as a teacher in the public schools of…

169.587. Benefits exempted from taxation and creditors — benefits not assignable. — Any retirement allowance, benefit, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the st…

169.589. Discharge from Armed Forces, defined — members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time — reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when. — 1. A member of the system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or sections 169.60…

169.590. Health plans for school district employees to include retirees, families of retirees and survivors. — 1. Any insurance contract or plan, including a noninsurance health benefit program, which provides group health insurance or benefits for employees who are members of an…

169.595. Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements. — Any employee of a school district who is a member of a system pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall remain a member of such system during any per…

169.596. Retired teacher may teach full time without loss of retirement benefits, when — school district requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a retired certificated teacher receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement syste…

169.597. Hancock amendment standing — certain statutes void, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board of trustees of any retirement system or the governing body of any political subdivision which funds such retirement system shall have stan…

169.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 169.600 to 169.710, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of the annual contributions a member has made to the retirement system through deductions …

169.610. System established — board of trustees to administer — funds to be kept separate. — 1. There is hereby created and established a retirement system for nonteacher employees of all public school districts, as defined in sections 169.600 to 169.710, which shall be a body co…

169.611. Community college district retirement system may merge with public education employees' retirement system. — 1. The board may enter into an agreement with the board of trustees of any community college district, which maintains a local retirement system for its employees…

169.620. Contributions by members and employers — rate — penalty for failure to remit — benefits to be reduced, when — purchase of service credit, certain members, how. — 1. The funds required for the operation of the retirement system created by sections 169.600 to 169.715 shall…

169.625. Board of trustees may adopt plan requiring all contributions by employee to be paid directly to retirement system. — The board of trustees by regulation may adopt a plan wherein each and every employer included within the retirement system shall specify that contribution…

169.630. Funds of system, how invested, how accounted for — bank or trust company to serve as depository and intermediary in investment of funds — title to securities, form — electronic funds transfer — closed meetings authorized, when. — 1. All funds arising from the operation o…

169.640. Bank deposits of system, how secured. — Any funds belonging to this retirement system which are deposited in any bank or trust company shall be secured by the deposit of securities of the kind and value required by section 30.270 as security for the safekeeping and payme…

169.650. Membership — prior service credit — reinstatement — procedure. — 1. On and after October 13, 1965, all employees as defined in section 169.600 of districts included in this retirement system shall be members of the system by virtue of their employment, and all persons wh…

169.655. Purchase of membership credit for service to organization supporting education or research — limitations, requirements — transfer of funds. — 1. Members who have accrued at least one year of membership service credit for employment in a position covered by this retiremen…

169.660. Eligibility for retirement, when — temporary-substitute service for retiree authorized, limitation, no contribution from retiree required. — 1. On and after the first day of July next following the operative date, any member who is sixty or more years of age and who has …

169.663. Disability retirement, when — return to duty, effect of disability payments — disability defined. — 1. On or after July first next following October 13, 1969, any member who is serving an employer included in the system at the time the member becomes disabled, or who has…

169.670. Benefits, how computed — beneficiary benefits, options, election of. — 1. The retirement allowance of a member whose age at retirement is sixty years or more and whose creditable service is five years or more, or whose sum of age and creditable service equals eighty year…

169.673. Partial lump sum distribution, when — changes in distribution amount, formula — death, effect of. — 1. Any member eligible for a retirement allowance pursuant to section 169.670 and who has not previously received a retirement allowance, including an allowance under disa…

169.676. Death without a valid beneficiary designation, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations. — 1. If a member dies before service retirement and is not survived by a beneficiary under a valid beneficiary designation filed with th…

169.680. Penalty for false statements — correction of errors in benefits — adjustment. — Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified, any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system, as …

169.690. Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment. — Neither the funds belonging to the retirement system nor any benefit accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of sections 169.600 to 169.710 shall be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or…

169.700. Gifts accepted. — Gifts, devises, bequests and legacies may be accepted by the board of trustees, to be held and invested and, except where specific direction for the use of a gift is made by a donor, used at its discretion for the benefit of the retirement system. ­­---…

169.712. Transfer to public school retirement system, certain public education employees, procedure. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person duly certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers in Missouri who, after August 28, 199…

169.715. Successor beneficiary may be nominated by person receiving reduced allowance, when, procedure — increase permitted, when — same-sex partners as successor beneficiaries, when. — 1. Any person receiving a retirement allowance under sections 169.600 to 169.712, and who elec…