(1) If a member qualified to retire under Section 49-17-401 or a member of this system of any age with at least 20 years of service credit or a member of this system with at least six years of service credit and has attained an age of 65 years or older retires on or after July 1, 1992, and on or before December 31, 1992, the retirement allowance shall be the same as calculated in Section 49-17-402, except that the final average monthly salary shall be calculated upon the member’s final year of service.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 49-17-404

  • Final average monthly salary: means the amount computed by dividing the compensation received during the final average salary period under each system by the number of months in the final average salary period. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Member: means a person, except a retiree, with contributions on deposit with a system, the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, or with a terminated system. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • retirement allowance: means the pension plus the annuity, including any cost of living or other authorized adjustments to the pension and annuity. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Service credit: means :
         (50)(a) the period during which an employee is employed and compensated by a participating employer and meets the eligibility requirements for membership in a system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan, provided that any required contributions are paid to the office; and
         (50)(b) periods of time otherwise purchasable under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • System: means the Judges' Contributory Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-17-102
  • Years of service credit: means the number of periods, each to consist of 12 full months as determined by the board, whether consecutive or not, during which a judge was employed by a participating employer. See Utah Code 49-17-102
(2)

     (2)(a) Nominations for appointments resulting from this section shall be presented to the governor not later than October 15, 1992.
     (2)(b) To qualify, the member shall give notice of intent to retire under this section to the Administrative Office of the Courts no later than February 28, 1992.
     (2)(c) Notice of intent to retire under this section may not be revoked.
     (2)(d) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide the member’s application to retire to the office as required by Section 49-17-401.