Missouri Laws 104.080 – Member may retire when — waiver of monthly annuity, when
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 104.080
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Annuity: annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for in, or authorized by, this chapter. See Missouri Laws 104.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Member: as used in sections 104. See Missouri Laws 104.010
- Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Normal retirement age: an employee's attainment of sixty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age sixty-five years of age and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity or the member's attainment of age sixty and the completion of fifteen years of creditable service, except that normal retirement age for uniformed members of the highway patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service and uniformed employees of the water patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age fifty-five and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member of the water patrol who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity and members of the general assembly shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of three full biennial assemblies. See Missouri Laws 104.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Each member may retire the first of the month following the month during which such member shall reach normal retirement age with a normal annuity. Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, a person receiving an annuity may waive monthly annuity payments or a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for periods of time, provided no waiver may be contrary to applicable federal law. A waiver shall be final as to any payment or COLA waived.