Arizona Laws 38-758. Early retirement
A. A member who has attained age fifty, who has terminated employment with all employers and who has five years of total credited service is eligible to elect, in a form and manner prescribed by the board, to receive a reduced retirement income.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-758
- ASRS: means the Arizona state retirement system established by this article. See Arizona Laws 38-711
- Board: means the ASRS board established in section 38-713. See Arizona Laws 38-711
- Credited service: means , subject to section 38-739, the number of years standing to the member's credit on the books of ASRS during which the member made the required contributions. See Arizona Laws 38-711
- Early retirement: means retirement before a member's normal retirement date after five years of total credited service and attainment of age fifty. See Arizona Laws 38-711
B. For a member whose membership in ASRS commenced before July 1, 2011, the benefit payable to a member electing early retirement shall be determined by reducing the normal retirement benefit computed in accordance with section 38-757 either:
1. At the rate of three percent per year from age sixty to age sixty-five and five percent per year from age fifty to age sixty. The reduction in normal retirement benefits pursuant to this paragraph for an eligible member electing early retirement shall be based on the period from the date of commencement of early retirement benefits to the member’s sixtieth birthday if the member has at least twenty years of total credited service, sixty-second birthday if the member has at least ten but less than twenty years of total credited service or sixty-fifth birthday if the member has at least five but less than ten years of total credited service.
2. If the sum of a member’s age and years of total credited service equals seventy-seven or more, but is less than eighty, at the rate of three percent for each unit of one or fraction of one by which the sum is less than eighty.
C. For a member whose membership in ASRS commenced on or after July 1, 2011, the benefit payable to a member electing early retirement shall be determined by reducing the normal retirement benefit computed in accordance with section 38-757 at the rate of three percent per year from age sixty to age sixty-five and five percent per year from age fifty to age sixty. The reduction in normal retirement benefits pursuant to this subsection for an eligible member electing early retirement shall be based on the period from the date of commencement of early retirement benefits to the member’s sixty-second birthday if the member has at least ten years of total credited service or sixty-fifth birthday if the member has at least five but less than ten years of total credited service.