A. A member who changes employment or transfers or is assigned to a position in which the member is no longer eligible to be a member of this plan, because of a change in duties or otherwise, with the same or another employer of this state or a municipality of this state participating in a different retirement system or plan, is entitled to have all credited service transferred to the retirement system or plan applicable to the new position in accordance with article 7 of this chapter.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-901

  • Credited service: means credited service transferred to the retirement plan from another retirement system or plan for public employees of this state, plus those compensated periods of service as a member of the retirement plan for which member contributions are on deposit in the fund. See Arizona Laws 38-881
  • Employer: means an agency or department of this state or a political subdivision of this state that has one or more employees in a designated position. See Arizona Laws 38-881
  • Participating employer: means an employer that the board has determined to have one or more employees in a designated position or a county, city, town or department of this state that has entered into a joinder agreement pursuant to section 38-902. See Arizona Laws 38-881
  • plan: means the corrections officer retirement plan established by this article. See Arizona Laws 38-881
  • Service: means employment rendered to a participating employer as an employee in a designated position. See Arizona Laws 38-881

B. A member who begins employment with a participating employer in this plan and who has credited service from a different system or plan may transfer the prior service to this plan in accordance with article 7 of this chapter.

 

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