(a) An administrative director of the Alaska court system appointed under art. IV, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is a member under the judicial retirement system as of the date of the administrative director’s appointment and is entitled to retirement benefits under this chapter on the terms and conditions applicable to a superior court judge appointed after July 1, 1978, except that an administrative director may receive retirement benefits only with service as administrative director for 10 or more years.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 22.25.012
judge: means a judge of the court of appeals, a superior court judge, or a district court judge. See Alaska Statutes 22.25.900
member: means an administrative director of the Alaska Court System who is eligible to participate in the system, a justice, or a judge. See Alaska Statutes 22.25.900
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) An administrative director who vacates the office of administrative director for any reason and who has not at that time accrued 10 years of credited service under this chapter is entitled to a refund of contributions to the judicial retirement system together with interest.(c) An administrative director who withdraws from the judicial retirement system under (b) of this section is eligible for membership in the public employees’ retirement system (Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.35) and shall receive credited service in that system for service rendered as administrative director. To be eligible for membership in the public employees’ retirement system under this subsection, the administrative director must contribute to the public employees’ retirement system
(1) the amount that would have been contributed if the administrative director had been a member during the period of the membership in the judicial retirement system; and(2) any contributions for service as administrative director refunded from the public employees’ retirement system at the time the administrative director became a member of the judicial retirement system.
