Arizona Laws 38-890. Pensions; commencement and duration
A. A normal retirement pension, an accidental disability pension, a total and permanent disability pension or an ordinary disability pension commences on the first day of the calendar month next following the member’s date of retirement. A survivor pension commences on the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which the death causing payment of the pension occurs.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-890
- Accidental disability: means a physical or mental condition that the local board finds totally and permanently prevents an employee from performing a reasonable range of duties within the employee's department and was incurred in the performance of the employee's duties. See Arizona Laws 38-881
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Ordinary disability: means a physical condition that the local board determines will totally and permanently prevent an employee from performing a reasonable range of duties within the employee's department or a mental condition that the local board determines will totally and permanently prevent an employee from engaging in any substantial gainful activity. See Arizona Laws 38-881
- Pension: means a series of monthly payments by the retirement plan but does not include an annuity that is payable pursuant to section 38-911. See Arizona Laws 38-881
- plan: means the corrections officer retirement plan established by this article. See Arizona Laws 38-881
- Total and permanent disability: means a physical or mental condition that is not an accidental disability, that the local board finds totally and permanently prevents a member from engaging in any gainful employment and that is the direct and proximate result of the member's performance of the member's duty as an employee of a participating employer. See Arizona Laws 38-881
B. Termination of payment of a pension occurs at the end of the calendar month in which the event causing the termination occurred. The payment shall be made for the full month of termination.
C. A change in the amount of a pension occurs on the first day of the calendar month next following the date of the event causing the change.
D. The plan shall make payments pursuant to section 401(a)(9) of the internal revenue code and the regulations that are issued under that section. Notwithstanding any other provision of the plan, beginning January 1, 1987 payment of benefits to a member shall commence not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the later of:
1. The calendar year in which the member attains seventy-two years of age.
2. The date the member terminates employment.