Michigan Laws 38.1103 – Reciprocal retirement act; adoption by municipal or state unit; certification, force and effect
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(1) Any municipal unit, which covers its employees under a retirement system or systems, by a majority vote of its governing body may elect to adopt the provisions of this act for its employees covered under such retirement system or systems.
(2) Any state unit, by a majority vote of its governing body, may elect to have the provisions of this act made applicable to its members.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 38.1103
- Municipal unit: means a county, city, village, township or school district of the first class; any separate corporation or instrumentality established by 1 or more counties, cities or villages, as permitted by law; any corporation or instrumentality supported in most part by counties, cities and villages, or any of them; any public corporation charged by law with the performance of a governmental function and whose jurisdiction is coextensive with 1 or more counties, cities and villages. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- Reciprocal unit: means any state unit or municipal unit which elects to come under the provisions of this act. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- Retirement: means the withdrawal of a member of a reciprocal retirement system from the employ of a reciprocal unit with a retirement allowance payable from funds of the reciprocal retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- Retirement system: means the retirement, pension or annuity system, plan or fund under which a governmental unit covers its employees. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- State unit: means the state employees' retirement system, established by Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
(3) The governing body of a municipal or state unit, within 10 days after it elects to come under the provisions of this act, shall file written certification of its action with the secretary of state. Upon the filing of the certification the municipal unit or state unit shall be a reciprocal unit. The secretary of state shall maintain a list of reciprocal units, which list shall be available to any municipal unit or state unit requesting a copy.
(4) The provisions of this act, when adopted by a municipal or state unit shall be effective for the unit in addition to the provisions of charter, ordinance, resolution or state law governing the retirement systems for the reciprocal unit, as the provisions of charter, ordinance, resolution or state act are in force and as amended.