Arizona Laws 38-908. Transfer of credited service
A. A member who terminates employment with an employer and accepts a position with the same or another employer participating in the plan shall have the member’s credited service transferred to the member’s record with the new employer provided the member leaves the member’s accumulated contributions on deposit with the fund. The period not employed shall not be considered as service or credited service.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-908
- Board: means the board of trustees of the public safety personnel retirement system. See Arizona Laws 38-881
- 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
- Fund: means the corrections officer retirement plan fund. 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. The new employer’s account shall be credited with the member’s accumulated contributions plus the additional amount, if any, necessary to equal the increase in the actuarial present value to the extent funded on a market value basis as of the most recent actuarial valuation of projected benefits resulting from the transfer calculated by the system’s actuary using the actuarial methods and assumptions adopted by the board.