Michigan Laws 38.1b – Definitions; B, C
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 38.1b
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) “Beneficiary” or “disability beneficiary” means a person other than a retirant who receives a retirement allowance, pension, or other benefit provided by this act.
(2) “Compensation” means the remuneration paid a member on account of the member’s services rendered to this state. If a member’s remuneration is not paid totally in money, the retirement board shall employ the maintenance-compensation schedules established from time to time by the civil service commission. Compensation does not include any of the following:
(a) Remuneration paid in lieu of accumulated sick leave.
(b) Remuneration for services rendered after October 1, 1981, payable at retirement or termination under voluntary or involuntary pay reduction plan B, in excess of the amount the member would have received had the member been compensated for those services at the rate of pay in effect at the time those services were performed.
(c) Payment for accrued annual leave at separation in excess of 240 hours.
(d) Remuneration received by an employee of the department formerly known as the department of mental health resulting from severance pay received because of the deinstitutionalization of the department formerly known as the department of mental health resident population.
(e) Remuneration received as a bonus by investment managers of the department of treasury under the treasury incentive bonus plan first approved by the civil service commission on February 11, 1988, pursuant to section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.
(f) Remuneration received as a bonus or merit payment by assistant attorneys general in the department of attorney general under the merit pay plan approved by the civil service commission on January 19, 1990, pursuant to section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.
(g) Any amounts refunded under section 35(2).
(3) “Conservation officer” means an employee of the department of natural resources, or its predecessor or successor agency, who has sworn to the prescribed oath of office and who is designated as a peace officer under section 1606 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.1606, and section 1 of 1986 PA 109, MCL 300.21.
(4) “Credited service” means the sum of the prior service and membership service credited to a member’s service account.