1. Upon the written approval of the applicable county board of supervisors and city council, to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, a vested member of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system on June 30, 1986, who meets all of the following requirements shall become a member of a retirement system under this chapter on July 1, 1986:

 a. Was a vested member of the retirement system established in this chapter on June 30, 1973.
 b. Was an elected bailiff of a municipal court on June 30, 1973.
 c. Became a deputy sheriff on July 1, 1973, and pursuant to 1972 Iowa Acts, ch. 1124, §43, continued coverage under a retirement system under this chapter.
 d. Upon election as a county sheriff, was transferred from membership under this chapter to membership in a retirement system established in chapter 97B.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 411.30

  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • Board of trustees: means the board created by section 411. See Iowa Code 411.1
  • Council: means the governing body of a city. See Iowa Code 362.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • fund: means the fire and police retirement fund. See Iowa Code 411.8
  • Member: means a member of the retirement system as defined by section 411. See Iowa Code 411.1
  • Membership service: shall mean service as a police officer or a fire fighter rendered for a city which is credited as service pursuant to section 411. See Iowa Code 411.1
  • system: means the statewide fire and police retirement system established by this chapter for the fire fighters and police officers of the cities described in section 411. See Iowa Code 411.1
  • Vested member: means a member who has become eligible to receive monthly retirement benefits upon the member's retirement as the result of either completing at least four years of service or of attaining the age of fifty-five while performing membership service. See Iowa Code 411.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The Iowa public employees’ retirement system shall transfer to the board of trustees of the applicable retirement system under this chapter an amount equal to the total of the accumulated contributions of the member as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 2, together with the employer contribution for that period of service plus the interest that accrued on the contributions for that period equal to two percent plus the interest dividend rate applicable for each year. The board of trustees of the applicable retirement system under this chapter shall credit the member whose contributions are transferred under this section with membership service under this chapter for the period for which the member was covered under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system. If the amount of the accumulated contributions as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 2, transferred is less than the amount that would have been contributed under section 411.8, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, at the rates in effect for the period for which contributions were made plus the interest that would have accrued on the amount, the member shall pay the difference together with interest that would have accrued on the amount.
 3. a. If the amount of the employer contributions transferred is less than the amount that would have been contributed by the employer under section 411.5, subsection 12, paragraph “b”, plus the interest that would have accrued on the contributions, the board of trustees of the applicable retirement system under this chapter shall determine the remaining contribution amount due. The board of trustees shall notify the county board of supervisors of the county in which the sheriff was elected of the remaining amount to be paid to the retirement system under this chapter.

 b. The county board of supervisors shall forthwith pay to the board of trustees of the applicable retirement system the remaining amount to be paid from moneys in the county general fund.
 4. From July 1, 1986, the county board of supervisors of the county in which the sheriff was elected shall deduct the contribution required of the member under section 411.8, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, from the member’s earnable compensation and the county shall pay from the county general fund an amount equal to the normal rate of contribution multiplied by the member’s earnable compensation to the applicable retirement system for the period in which the member remains sheriff or deputy sheriff of that county.
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