Michigan Laws 38.1369c – Employee in nonpublic elementary or secondary educational institution or nonpublic institution of higher education, employee in foreign country at school for United States personnel or dependents
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 38.1369c
- 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.
- 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
- initiate a service credit purchase: means to complete payment or to enter into a tax-deferred payment arrangement in a form and manner prescribed by the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1379b
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- 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
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Until September 29, 2017 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, a member may elect to purchase service credit for service performed as an employee in a nonpublic elementary or secondary educational institution or a nonpublic 2- or 4-year institution of higher education in this state, in other states of the United States, or in the territorial possessions of the United States on request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered that is verifiable from official employment or payroll records or other acceptable documentation as determined by the retirement board, and on payment to the retirement system of the actuarial cost.
(2) Before January 31, 1991, a member may elect to purchase service credit for service performed as an employee in a foreign country at a school for United States personnel or dependents of the United States military or United States department of state personnel; service performed as a full-time teacher with the job corps created pursuant to section 422 of part B of title IV of the job training partnership act, Public Law 97-300, service performed as a teacher in a trust territory or former trust territory of the United States; or service performed as a teacher on an Indian reservation in this country; on request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered that is verifiable from official employment or payroll records or other acceptable documentation as determined by the retirement board, and on payment to the retirement system of the actuarial cost.
(3) Service must not be credited under this section unless the service being purchased is followed by at least 5 years of reporting unit service credit under this act or former 1945 PA 136. Service purchased under this section must not be used to satisfy the minimum of 10 years of service credit required to receive a retirement allowance under this act. The total service credited under subsections (1) and (2) must not exceed 5 years.
(4) If a member who made payment for service under this section dies and a retirement allowance beneficiary has not been designated, or if the member withdraws from service before his or her retirement becomes effective, the payment made by the member must be refunded to the member or to the member’s refund beneficiary on request.
(5) Service must not be credited under this section if the member is or will be receiving a pension or annuity for the same service from another retirement system.
(6) After September 29, 2017 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, a member is not eligible to initiate a service credit purchase under this section.
(7) As used in this section:
(a) “Nonpublic elementary or secondary educational institution” means an institution that offers or provides an organized course of academic study primarily oriented toward the awarding of high school diplomas. Nonpublic elementary or secondary educational institution does not include a proprietary school.
(b) “Nonpublic 2- or 4-year institution of higher education” means an institution that offers an organized course of academic study primarily oriented toward the awarding of associate, baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, or other academic degrees. Nonpublic 2- or 4-year institution of higher education does not include a proprietary school.
(c) “Proprietary school” means a school that uses a certain plan or method to teach a trade, occupation, or vocation for a consideration, reward, or promise. Proprietary school includes, but is not limited to, a private business, trade, or home study school.