Alternate payee: means a member's former spouse or family member eligible to receive payments under a Domestic Relations Order in compliance with Section 49-11-612. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Participant: means an individual with voluntary deferrals or nonelective contributions on deposit with the defined contribution plans administered under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Plan: means the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan created by Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, the New Public Employees' Tier II Defined Contribution Plan created by 4, the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Defined Contribution Plan created by 4, or the defined contribution plans created under Section 49-11-801. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Service credit: means :
(a)
the period during which an employee is employed and compensated by a participating employer and meets the eligibility requirements for membership in a system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan, provided that any required contributions are paid to the office; and
(b)
periods of time otherwise purchasable under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
The office shall make the transfer of service credit, together with related member and participating employercontributions, from one system to another upon terms and conditions established by the board.
(b)
The terms and conditions may not result in a loss of accrued benefits.
(2)
An employee does not lose active member status by transferring employment from a position covered by one system to a position covered by another system.
(3)
In the accrual of service credit, the following provisions apply:
(a)
(i)
a person employed and compensated by a participating employer who meets the eligibility requirements for membership in a system or the Utah Governors’ and Legislators’ Retirement Plan shall receive service credit for the term of the employment provided that all required contributions are paid to the office; and
(ii)
the person may not receive service credit for a term of employment until all required contributions related to that service credit have been paid to the office;
(b)
an allowance or other benefit may not accrue under this title which is based upon the same period of employment as has been the basis for any retirement benefits under some other public retirement system;
(c)
(i)
the board shall fix the minimum time per day, per month, and per year upon the basis of which one year of service and proportionate parts of a year shall be credited toward qualification for retirement;
(ii)
service may be computed on a fiscal or calendar year basis and portions of years served shall be accumulated and counted as service; and
(iii)
in any event, all of the service rendered in any one fiscal or calendar year may not count for more than one year;
(d)
service credit shall be accrued on a fiscal or calendar year basis as determined by the participating employer;
(e)
a member may not accrue more than one year of service credit per fiscal or calendar year as determined by the office; and
(f)
fractions of years of service credit shall be accumulated and counted in proportion to the work performed.
(4)
The office may estimate the amount of service credit, compensation, or age of any member, participant, or alternate payee, if information is not contained in the records.
(5)
A member shall retire from the system that most recently covered the member.
