A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all elected officials are members of the plan, except that a state elected official who is subject to term limits may elect not to participate in the plan. The state elected official who is subject to term limits shall make the election in writing and file the election with the board within thirty days after the state elected official assumes office. The election is effective on the first day of the state elected official’s eligibility for that term of office. The election not to participate is specific for that term of office. If a state elected official who is subject to term limits fails to make an election as provided in this subsection, the state elected official is deemed to have elected to participate in the plan. The election not to participate in the plan is irrevocable and constitutes a waiver of all benefits provided by the plan for the state elected official’s entire term, except for any benefits accrued by the state elected official in the plan for periods of participation before being elected to an office subject to term limits or any benefits expressly provided by law. The state elected official who elects not to participate in the plan shall participate in the Arizona state retirement system unless the state elected official makes an irrevocable election not to participate in the Arizona state retirement system as provided in section 38-727.

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B. All elected officials who are members of the plan on December 31, 2013 may remain members of the plan under the terms and limitations of this article.

C. If a member who becomes a member of the plan before January 1, 2012 ceases to hold office for any reason other than death or retirement, within twenty days after filing a completed application with the board, the member is entitled to receive the following amounts, less any benefit payments the member has received and any amount the member may owe to the plan:

1. If the member has less than five years of credited service with the plan, the member may withdraw the member’s accumulated contributions from the plan.

2. If the member has five or more years of credited service with the plan, the member may withdraw the member’s accumulated contributions plus an amount equal to the amount determined as follows:

(a) 5.0 to 5.9 years of credited service, twenty-five percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

(b) 6.0 to 6.9 years of credited service, forty percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

(c) 7.0 to 7.9 years of credited service, fifty-five percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

(d) 8.0 to 8.9 years of credited service, seventy percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

(e) 9.0 to 9.9 years of credited service, eighty-five percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

(f) 10.0 or more years of credited service, one hundred percent of all member contributions deducted from the member’s salary pursuant to section 38-810, subsection A.

D. If a member has more than ten years of credited service with the plan, leaves the monies prescribed in subsection C of this section on account with the plan for more than thirty days after termination of employment and after that time period requests a refund of those monies, the member is entitled to receive the amount prescribed in subsection C of this section plus interest at a rate determined by the board for each year computed from and after the member’s termination of employment.

E. If an elected official who becomes a member of the plan on or after January 1, 2012 ceases to hold office for any reason other than death or retirement, within twenty days after filing a completed application with the board, the member may withdraw the member’s accumulated contributions from the plan and shall be paid the member’s accumulated contributions plus interest at a rate determined by the board as of the date of termination, less any benefit payments the member has received and any amount the member may owe to the plan.

F. If the amount prescribed in subsection C, D or E of this section includes monies that are an eligible rollover distribution and the member elects to have the distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan or individual retirement account or annuity and specifies the eligible retirement plan or individual retirement account or annuity to which the distribution is to be paid, the distribution shall be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to the specified eligible retirement plan. The distribution shall be made in the form and at the time prescribed by the board. A member who receives the amount prescribed in subsection C, D or E of this section from the plan or who elects a transfer pursuant to this subsection forfeits the member’s credited service, and all rights to benefits under the plan and membership in the plan terminate.

G. For distributions occurring from and after December 31, 2007, a member or a member’s beneficiary, including a nonspouse designated beneficiary to the extent allowed under subsection H of this section, may roll over an eligible rollover distribution as defined in section 402(c)(4) of the internal revenue code to a Roth individual retirement account, if, for distributions occurring before January 1, 2010, the member or the member’s beneficiary satisfies the requirements for making a Roth individual retirement account contribution under section 408A(c)(3)(B) of the internal revenue code, as in effect on the date of the rollover. Any amount rolled over to a Roth individual retirement account is included in the gross income of the member or the member’s beneficiary to the extent the amounts would have been included in gross income if not rolled over as required under section 408A(d)(3)(A) of the internal revenue code. For the purposes of this subsection, the administrator is not responsible for ensuring the member or the member’s beneficiary is eligible to make a rollover to a Roth individual retirement account.

H. For distributions made from and after December 31, 2009, a nonspouse designated beneficiary as defined in section 401(a)(9)(E) of the internal revenue code may elect to directly roll over an eligible rollover distribution to an individual retirement account under section 408(a) of the internal revenue code or an individual retirement annuity under section 408(b) of the internal revenue code that is established on behalf of the designated beneficiary and that will be treated as an inherited individual retirement plan pursuant to section 402(c)(11) of the internal revenue code. In order to be able to roll over the distribution, the distribution otherwise must satisfy the definition of an eligible rollover distribution as defined in section 402(c)(4) of the internal revenue code. In applying this subsection, a nonspouse rollover is subject to the direct rollover requirements under section 401(a)(31) of the internal revenue code, the rollover notice requirements under section 402(f) of the internal revenue code and the mandatory withholding requirements under section 3405(c) of the internal revenue code.

I. For plan years occurring before January 1, 2007, the period for providing the rollover notice as required under section 402(f) of the internal revenue code is not less than thirty days and not more than ninety days before the date of distribution and, for plan years beginning from and after December 31, 2006, the period for providing the rollover notice as required under section 402(f) of the internal revenue code is not less than thirty days and not more than one hundred eighty days before the date of distribution.

J. In no case shall more than twelve months of credited service be credited on account of all service rendered by a member in any one year.

K. If an elected official who has terminated the member’s membership in the plan pursuant to subsection C of this section is subsequently elected, appointed or hired on or after January 1, 2014, the elected official is not eligible to become a member of the plan but is subject to article 3.1 of this chapter.

L. Notwithstanding subsection K of this section, if an elected official files a written election form with the board within ninety days after the day of the member’s reemployment as an elected official and repays the amount previously withdrawn pursuant to subsection C or D of this section within one year after the date of the member’s reemployment as an elected official, with interest on that amount at the rate of nine percent for each year, compounded each year from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment, credited service shall be restored. Credited service shall not be restored until complete repayment is made to the fund.

M. An elected official who is elected, appointed or hired on or after January 1, 2014 and who was not a member of the plan on December 31, 2013 is not eligible to become a member of the plan but is subject to article 3.1 of this chapter.

N. If a retired member subsequently becomes an elected official, contributions shall not be made by the retired member and credited service shall not accrue while the retired member is holding office.

O. In addition to subsection N of this section, if a retired member subsequently becomes, by reason of election or reelection, an elected official of the same office from which the member retired within a time period following the member’s retirement that is less than one full term for that office, the member shall not receive a pension. Any pension payments received by a member, who retired on or after July 1, 2009, while holding the same office from which the member retired within one full term after the date of retirement are considered overpayments pursuant to section 38-809, subsection A and are subject to repayment up to the maximum of only the amount received during that term. If the elected official ceases to hold the same office, the elected official is entitled to receive the same pension the elected official was receiving when the elected official’s pension was discontinued pursuant to this subsection. This subsection does not prohibit a retired judge called by the supreme court to active duties of a judge pursuant to section 38-813 from receiving retirement benefits.