Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act

49-11-607. Determination of benefits -- Errors in records or calculations -- Correction of errors by the office. (1) After the retirement date, which shall be set by a member in the member's application for retirement, no alteration, addition, or cancellation of a benefit may be …

49-11-608. False statements or records -- Unlawfully cashing benefit checks -- Unlawfully obtaining or appropriating benefit payments. (1) A person who knowingly makes any false statement, or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record necessary for carrying out the inten…

49-11-609. Beneficiary designations -- Revocation of beneficiary designation -- Procedure -- Beneficiary not designated -- Payment to survivors in order established under the Uniform Probate Code -- Restrictions on payment -- Payment of deceased's expenses. (1) As used in this se…

49-11-610. Benefits payable in name of beneficiary -- Delivery. (1)(a) Any benefits payable to a beneficiary shall be made in the name of and delivered to the beneficiary or the lawfully appointed guardian or conservator of the beneficiary, or delivered as otherwise ordered by a …

49-11-611. Benefits and money in the fund exempt from taxation -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided under Subsection (2), the benefits accrued or paid to any beneficiary of any system or plan administered by the board and the contributions, money, securities, and other assets in…

49-11-612. Domestic relations order benefits -- Nonassignability of benefits or payments -- Exemption from legal process. (1) As used in this section, "domestic relations order benefits" means: (a) an allowance; (b) a defined contribution account established under: (i) Part 8, De…

49-11-613. Appeals procedure -- Right of appeal to hearing officer -- Board reconsideration -- Judicial review -- Docketing abstract of final administrative order. (1)(a) A member, retiree, participant, alternative payee, covered individual, employer, participating employer, and …

49-11-613.5. Limitation of actions -- Cause of action. (1)(a) Subject to the procedures provided in Section 49-11-613 and except as provided in Subsection (3), a party may bring an action regarding a benefit, right, obligation, or employment right brought under this title within …

49-11-614. Vesting on termination of system or plan. If any system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan is terminated, the accrued benefits of each member in the terminated system or plan shall immediately become vested and nonforfeitable.

49-11-615. Election to grandfather -- Applicability of provisions. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the allowance payable to any person who becomes a member of any system, administered by the board on or after January 1, 1990, may not exceed the limitation i…

49-11-616. Benefits information. (1) The office shall provide written general information to each participating employer concerning benefits available under this title. (2)(a) A participating employer shall provide the information under Subsection (1) to each eligible employee: (…

49-11-617. Original documents. (1) At the reasonable discretion of the office, any document relating to this title may be treated as an original, whether created by photocopy, facsimile, e-mail, electronic transmission, imaging, or other technology. (2) The office may communicate…

49-11-618. Members and beneficiaries subject to chapter -- Furnishing of information -- Confidentiality of information. (1)(a) Every member, retiree, participant, covered individual, alternate payee, and beneficiary is subject to this chapter, rules made by the board or office, b…

49-11-619. Permanent relinquishment of benefit -- Procedure. (1)(a) A member or retiree may not permanently relinquish a benefit under this title. (b) Except for a defined contribution plan authorized by this title, a designated beneficiary may permanently relinquish a benefit un…

49-11-620. Closing the retirement account -- Status of retirees and beneficiaries. (1) The monthly benefit payable for the month a retiree, beneficiary, or alternate payee dies shall be a full monthly benefit and shall be payable to the estate of the deceased. (2) If more than on…

49-11-621. Change in employer -- Eligibility for retirement. (1) If a participating employer is dissolved, consolidated, merged, or is structurally changed in any way, but similar services are provided by the same members after the change, the members may not be considered termin…

49-11-622. Subsidiaries or other companies owned by independent corporations -- Participation -- Withdrawal. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an independent corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102, which participates in a system or plan prior to July 1,…

49-11-623. Withdrawing entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking. (1) As used in this section, "withdrawing entity" means an entity that: (a) participates in a system or plan under this title prior to July 1, 2014; (b) provides mental health and subs…

49-11-624. Withdrawing entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking. (1) As used in this section, "withdrawing entity" means the mutual corporation that is the successor to the quasi-public corporation created under Chapter 33, Workers' Compensation Fun…

49-11-625. Withdrawing independent entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking. (1) As used in this section, "withdrawing entity" means an entity that: (a) participates in a system or plan under this title before January 1, 2021; (b) is an independent …

49-11-626. Withdrawing entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking. (1) As used in this section, "withdrawing entity" means an entity that: (a) participates in a system or plan under this title before January 1, 2023; and (b)(i) is a public employees' …

49-11-701. Allowance increase to offset tax liability -- Administration. (1) This section applies to members of any system administered by the board under this title, whose retirement allowance remained exempt from the tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax…

49-11-801. Defined contribution plans authorized -- Subject to federal and state laws -- Rules to implement this provision -- Costs of administration -- Limitations on eligibility -- Protection of tax status. (1)(a) The board shall establish and administer defined contribution pl…

49-11-802. Permanent relinquishment of defined contribution benefit -- Procedure. (1) A participant under a defined contribution plan may not permanently relinquish the benefit. (2) A designated beneficiary under a defined contribution plan may permanently relinquish the benefit …

49-11-901.5. Premium tax revenues -- Distribution. (1) Beginning fiscal year 2027 and in accordance with this section, there shall be paid to the office: (a) the first $4,000,000 collected from the annual tax levied, assessed, and collected under Title 59, Chapter 9, Taxation of …