Iowa Code 97B.49G – Monthly payments of allowance — miscellaneous provisions

Monthly payments of allowance – percentage multiplier.

a. For each active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1994, with four or more complete years of service, a monthly benefit shall be computed which is equal to one-twelfth of an amount equal to the applicable percentage multiplier of the three-year average covered wage multiplied by a fraction of years of service.

b. The applicable percentage multiplier for purposes of this subsection shall be the following:

(1) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1990, fifty percent.

(2) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1990, but before July 1, 1991, fifty-two percent.

(3) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1991, but before July 1, 1992, fifty-four percent.

(4) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1992, but before July 1, 1993, fifty-six percent.

(5) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1993, but before July 1, 1994, fifty-seven and four-tenths percent.

(6) For active or inactive vested members retiring on or after July 1, 1994, sixty percent.

c. For purposes of this subsection, fraction of years of service means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service and the number of years of prior service divided by thirty years.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 97B.49G

Actuarial equivalent: means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of such actuarial tables as are adopted by the system. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Beneficiary: means the person or persons who are entitled to receive any benefits payable under this chapter at the death of a member, if the person or persons have been designated on a form provided by the system and filed with the system. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Contributions: means the payments to the fund required herein, by the employer and by the members, to provide the benefits of the retirement system. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Covered wages: means wages of a member during the periods of membership service as follows:
(a) For the period from July 4, 1953, through December 31, 1953, and each calendar year from January 1, 1954, through December 31, 1963, wages not in excess of four thousand dollars. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Employee: means an individual who is employed as defined in this chapter for whom coverage under this chapter is mandatory. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Employer: means the state of Iowa, the counties, municipalities, agencies, public school districts, all political subdivisions, and all of their departments and instrumentalities, including area agencies on aging, other than those employing persons as specified in subsection 8, paragraph "b" subparagraph (7), and joint planning commissions created under chapter 28E or 28I. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
Inactive vested member: means an inactive member who was a vested member at the time of termination of employment. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Member: means an employee or a former employee who maintains the employee's or former employee's accumulated contributions in the retirement system. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Membership service: means service rendered by a member after July 4, 1953. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
Prior service: means any service by an employee rendered at any time prior to July 4, 1953. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
Retired member: means a member who has applied for the member's retirement allowance and has survived into at least the first day of the member's first month of entitlement. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Retirement: means that period of time beginning when a member who has filed an approved application for a retirement allowance has survived into at least the first day of the member's first month of entitlement and ending when the member dies. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Retirement system: means the retirement plan as contained in this chapter or as duly amended. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Service: means service under this chapter by an employee, except an elected official, for which the employee is paid covered wages. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
System: means the Iowa public employees' retirement system. See Iowa Code 97B.1
Three-year average covered wage: means a member's covered wages averaged for the highest three years of the member's service, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
Vested member: means a member who has attained through age or sufficient years of service eligibility to receive monthly retirement benefits upon the member's retirement. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
wages: includes amounts that can be received in cash in lieu of employer-paid contributions to such plans, if the election is uniformly available and is not limited to highly compensated employees, as defined in section 414(q) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Iowa Code 97B.1A
year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1

Extra payments on allowance – pre-1976 retirees.

a. (1) On January 1, 1976, for each member who retired before January 1, 1976, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership service and prior service that was payable to the member for December 1975 is increased by ten percent for the first calendar year or portion of a calendar year the member was retired, and by an additional five percent for each calendar year after the first calendar year the member was retired through the calendar year beginning January 1, 1975. The total increase shall not exceed one hundred percent. Effective July 1, 1987, there is appropriated for each fiscal year from the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund created in section 97B.7 to the system from funds not otherwise appropriated an amount sufficient to fund the monthly retirement allowance increases paid under this paragraph.

(2) The benefit increases granted to members retired under the retirement system on January 1, 1976, shall be granted only on January 1, 1976, and shall not be further increased for any year in which the member was retired after the calendar year beginning January 1, 1975.

b. (1) Effective July 1, 1978, for each member who retired from the retirement system prior to January 1, 1976, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership service and prior service that was payable to the member for June 1978 is increased as follows:

(a) For the first ten years of service, fifty cents per month for each complete year of service.

(b) For the eleventh through the twentieth years of service, two dollars per month for each complete year of service.

(c) For the twenty-first through the thirtieth years of service, three dollars per month for each complete year of service.

(2) Effective July 1, 1979, the increases granted to members under this paragraph “b” shall be paid to contingent annuitants and to beneficiaries.

Extra payments on allowance.

a. (1) Effective July 1, 1980, for each member who retired from the retirement system prior to January 1, 1976, and for each member who retired from the retirement system on or after January 1, 1976, under section 97B.49A, subsection 4, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership service and prior service that was payable to the member for June 1980 is increased as follows:

(a) For the first ten years of service, fifty cents per month for each complete year of service.

(b) For the eleventh through the twentieth years of service, one dollar per month for each complete year of service.

(c) For the twenty-first through the thirtieth years of service, one dollar and fifty cents per month for each complete year of service.

(d) The amount of monthly increase payable to a member under this paragraph is also payable to a beneficiary and a contingent annuitant and shall be reduced by an amount based upon the actuarial equivalent of the option selected in section 97B.51 or section 97B.52 compared to the full monthly benefit provided in this section or section 97B.49A, as applicable.

(2) However, effective July 1, 1980, the monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership service and prior service of a member, contingent annuitant, and beneficiary shall not be less than five dollars times the number of complete years of service of the member, not to exceed thirty, reduced by an amount based upon the actuarial equivalent of the option selected in section 97B.51 or section 97B.52, compared to the full monthly retirement benefit provided in this section or section 97B.49A, as applicable.

b. Effective beginning July 1, 1982, for each member who retired from the retirement system prior to January 1, 1976, and for each member who retired from the retirement system on or after January 1, 1976, under section 97B.49A, subsection 4, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership service and prior service that was payable to the member for June 1982 is increased as follows:

(1) For the first ten years of service, fifty cents per month for each complete year of service.

(2) For the eleventh through the twentieth years of service, one dollar per month for each complete year of service.

(3) For the twenty-first through the thirtieth years of service, one dollar and fifty cents per month for each complete year of service.

(4) The amount of monthly increase payable to a member under this paragraph is also payable to a beneficiary and a contingent annuitant and shall be reduced by an amount based upon the actuarial equivalent of the option selected in section 97B.51 or section 97B.52 compared to the full monthly benefit provided in this section or section 97B.49A, as applicable.

c. Beginning January 1, 1999, for each member who retired from the retirement system prior to July 1, 1986, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership and prior service that was payable to the member, or the beneficiary or contingent annuitant of the member, for December 1998 shall be increased by fifteen percent.

d. Beginning January 1, 1999, for each member who retired from the retirement system on or after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1990, the amount of regular monthly retirement allowance attributable to membership and prior service that was payable to the member, or the beneficiary or contingent annuitant of the member, for December 1998 shall be increased by seven percent.

Normal retirement dates.

A retired member shall be deemed to have retired on the member’s normal retirement date, and retirement benefits calculated shall not be reduced pursuant to section 97B.50, if the member meets any of the following requirements:

a. The member is an active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1988, and before July 1, 1990, who is at least fifty-five years of age and has completed at least thirty years of membership service and prior service, and for which the sum of the number of years of membership service and prior service and the member’s age in years as of the member’s last birthday equals or exceeds ninety-two.

b. The member is an active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1990, and before July 1, 1996, who is at least fifty-five years of age and for which the sum of the number of years of membership service and prior service and the member’s age in years as of the member’s last birthday equals or exceeds ninety-two.

c. The member is an active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1996, and before July 1, 1997, who is at least fifty-five years of age and for which the sum of the number of years of membership service and prior service and the member’s age in years as of the member’s last birthday equals or exceeds ninety.

d. The member is an active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1986, and before January 1, 1999, who is at least sixty-two years of age and who has completed thirty years of membership service.

Dividends – November 1996.

a. Each member who retired from the retirement system between July 4, 1953, and December 31, 1975, or a contingent annuitant or beneficiary of such a member, shall receive with the November 1996 monthly benefit payment a retirement dividend equal to two hundred ninety-two percent of the monthly benefit payment the member received for the preceding June, or the most recently received benefit payment, whichever is greater. The retirement dividend does not affect the amount of a monthly benefit payment.

b. A member who retired from the retirement system between January 1, 1976, and June 30, 1982, or a contingent annuitant or beneficiary of such a member, shall receive with the November 1996 monthly benefit payment a retirement dividend equal to two hundred twenty-three percent of the monthly benefit payment the member received for the preceding June, or the most recently received benefit payment, whichever is greater. The retirement dividend does not affect the amount of a monthly benefit payment.

c. A member who retired from the retirement system between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1986, or a contingent annuitant or beneficiary of such a member, shall receive with the November 1996 monthly benefit payment a retirement dividend equal to seventy-four percent of the monthly benefit payment the member received for the preceding June, or the most recently received benefit payment, whichever is greater. The retirement dividend does not affect the amount of a monthly benefit payment.

d. A member who retired from the retirement system between July 1, 1986, and June 30, 1990, or a contingent annuitant or beneficiary of such a member, shall receive with the November 1996 monthly benefit payment a retirement dividend equal to twenty-four percent of the monthly benefit payment the member received for the preceding June, or the most recently received benefit payment, whichever is greater. The retirement dividend does not affect the amount of a monthly benefit payment.

e. Notwithstanding the determination of the amount of a retirement dividend under this subsection, a retirement dividend shall not be less than twenty-five dollars.

Conservation peace officer – July 1986 – July 1988.

a. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who is or has been employed as a conservation peace officer under section 456A.13 and who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and at the time of retirement is at least sixty years of age and has completed at least twenty-five years of membership service as a conservation peace officer, may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of any benefits under subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as a conservation peace officer, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

b. (1) A conservation peace officer who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and has not completed twenty-five years of membership service as required under this subsection is eligible to receive a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as a conservation peace officer, multiplied by a fraction of years of service as a conservation peace officer. For the purpose of this subsection, “fraction of years of service” means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service as a conservation peace officer, divided by twenty-five years. On or after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1988, if the conservation peace officer has not reached sixty years of age at retirement, the monthly retirement allowance shall be reduced by five-tenths of one percent per month for each month that the conservation peace officer’s retirement precedes the date on which the conservation peace officer attains sixty years of age.

(2) The annual contribution necessary to pay for the additional benefits provided in this paragraph shall be paid by the employer and employee in the same proportion that employer and employee contributions are made under section 97B.11.

c. There is appropriated from the state fish and game protection fund to the system an actuarially determined amount calculated by the Iowa public employees’ retirement system sufficient to pay for the additional benefits to conservation peace officers provided by this subsection, as a percentage, in paragraph “a” and for the employer portion of the benefits provided in paragraph “b”. The amount is in addition to the contribution paid by the employer under section 97B.11. The cost of the benefits relating to fish and wildlife conservation peace officers within the department of natural resources shall be paid from the state fish and game protection fund and the cost of the benefits relating to the other conservation peace officers of the department shall be paid from the general fund.

Peace officer – July 1986 – July 1988.

a. (1) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who is or has been employed as a peace officer and who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and at the time of retirement is at least sixty years of age and has completed at least twenty-five years of membership service as a peace officer, may elect to receive, in lieu of the benefits under subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, subsection 4, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as a peace officer, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

(2) A peace officer who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and has not completed twenty-five years of membership service as required under this subsection is eligible to receive a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as a peace officer multiplied by the fraction of years of service as a peace officer. For the purpose of this subsection, “fraction of years of service” means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service as a peace officer, divided by twenty-five years. On or after July 1, 1984, but before July 1, 1988, if the peace officer has not reached sixty years of age at retirement, the monthly retirement allowance shall be reduced by five-tenths of one percent per month for each month that the peace officer’s retirement precedes the date on which the peace officer attains sixty years of age.

(3) For the purpose of this subsection, membership service as a peace officer means service under this retirement system as any or all of the following:

(a) As a county sheriff as described in section 331.651.

(b) As a deputy sheriff appointed pursuant to section 341.1, Code 1981, or section 331.903.

b. Each county and applicable city and employee eligible for benefits under this subsection shall annually contribute an amount determined by the system, as a percentage of covered wages, to be necessary to pay for the additional benefits provided by this subsection. The annual contribution in excess of the employer and employee contributions required by this chapter shall be paid by the employer and the employee in the same proportion that employer and employee contributions are made under section 97B.11. The additional percentage of covered wages shall be calculated separately by the system for service under paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (1) and (2), and for service under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), and each shall be an actuarially determined amount for that type of service which, if contributed throughout the entire period of active service, would be sufficient to provide the pension benefit provided in this subsection.

Correctional officer – July 1986 – July 1988.

a. Notwithstanding sections of this chapter relating to eligibility for and determination of retirement benefits, a vested member who is or has been employed as a correctional officer by the Iowa department of corrections and who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and at the time of retirement is at least sixty years of age and has completed at least thirty years of membership service as a correctional officer, may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of benefits under subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, subsection 4, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as a correctional officer, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

b. The Iowa department of corrections and the system shall jointly determine the applicable merit system job classifications of correctional officers.

c. The Iowa department of corrections shall pay to the system, from funds appropriated to the Iowa department of corrections, an actuarially determined amount sufficient to pay for the additional benefits provided in this subsection. The amount is in addition to the employer contributions required in section 97B.11.

Airport fire fighter – July 1986 – July 1988.

a. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who is or has been employed by the office of disaster services as an airport fire fighter who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and at the time of retirement is at least sixty years of age and has completed at least twenty-five years of membership service as an airport fire fighter, may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of any benefits under subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, subsection 4, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as an airport fire fighter, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

b. An airport fire fighter who retires on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 1988, and has not completed twenty-five years of membership service as required under this subsection is eligible to receive a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member’s three-year average covered wage as an airport fire fighter multiplied by a fraction of years of service as an airport fire fighter. For the purpose of this subsection, “fraction of years of service” means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service as an airport fire fighter, divided by twenty-five years. On or after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1988, if the airport fire fighter has not reached sixty years of age at retirement, the monthly retirement allowance shall be reduced by five-tenths of one percent per month for each month that the airport fire fighter’s retirement precedes the date on which the airport fire fighter attains sixty years of age.

c. The employer and each employee eligible for benefits under this subsection shall annually contribute an actuarially determined amount specified by the system, as a percentage of covered wages, that is necessary to pay for the additional benefits provided by this subsection. The annual contribution in excess of the employer and employee contributions required in section 97B.11 shall be paid by the employer and the employee in the same proportion that the employer and employee contributions are made under section 97B.11.

d. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the system from funds not otherwise appropriated an amount sufficient to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided in this subsection.

10.

Protection occupation – July 1988 – July 1994.

a. For purposes of this subsection:

(1) “Applicable percentage” means the applicable percentage multiplier defined in subsection 1, paragraph “b”, that applies on the date a member retires and becomes eligible to receive a monthly allowance as calculated pursuant to this subsection.

(2) “Fraction of years of service” means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service in a protection occupation divided by twenty-five years.

b. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who is or has been employed in a protection occupation who retires on or after July 1, 1988, and before July 1, 1994, and at the time of retirement is at least fifty-five years of age may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of any benefits as calculated pursuant to subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, subsection 4, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the three-year average covered wage as a member who has been employed in a protection occupation multiplied by a fraction of years of service, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

11.

Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs – July 1988 – July 1994.

a. For purposes of this subsection:

(1) “Applicable percentage” means the applicable percentage multiplier as described in subsection 1, paragraph “b”, that applies on the date a member retires and becomes eligible to receive a monthly allowance as calculated pursuant to this subsection.

(2) “Fraction of years of service” means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of membership service as a sheriff or deputy sheriff divided by twenty-two years.

b. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who retires from employment as a sheriff or deputy sheriff on or after July 1, 1988, and before July 1, 1994, and at the time of retirement is at least fifty-five years of age may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of any benefits as calculated pursuant to subsection 1 or section 97B.49A, subsection 4, as applicable, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the three-year average covered wage as a member who has been employed as a sheriff or deputy sheriff multiplied by a fraction of years of service, with benefits payable during the member’s lifetime.

12.

Probation and parole officers III – July 1994 – July 1998.

The system shall establish and maintain additional contribution accounts for employees of judicial district departments of correctional services who were employed as parole officers III and probation officers III during any portion of the period from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1998. A probation officer III or parole officer III who made contributions to the retirement fund during the period from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1998, as a member of a protection occupation shall have credited to an additional contribution account for that probation or parole officer an amount equal to the contributions made to the retirement fund in excess of three and seven-tenths percent of the probation or parole officer’s covered wages paid from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1998, plus interest at the applicable statutory interest rates established in this chapter. Moneys deposited in an additional contribution account established pursuant to this section shall be payable in a lump sum to the probation or parole officer at retirement or upon request for a refund of moneys in the account. If the probation or parole officer dies prior to receipt of moneys in the account, the beneficiary designated by that probation or parole officer shall receive a lump sum payment of moneys in the account. The payment of moneys from the account created in this subsection shall not be annuitized. A probation officer III or parole officer III for which an account is established under this subsection shall not receive credit for eligible service as a member of a protection occupation for that service.

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