Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 104
Retirement of State Officers and Employees
←104.806
Section 104.810.1
104.1003→
August 28, 2015
Water patrol employees, membership options.
104.810. 1. Employees of the Missouri state water patrol* who are
earning creditable service in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees'
retirement system and who are transferred to the division of water patrol with
the Missouri state highway patrol shall elect within ninety days of January 1,
2011, to either remain a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement
system or transfer membership and creditable service to the closed plan of the
Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement
system. The election shall be made in writing after the employee has received
a detailed analysis comparing retirement, life insurance, disability benefits,
and medical benefits of a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement
system with the corresponding benefits provided an employee of the highway
patrol covered by the closed plan of the Missouri department of transportation
and highway patrol employees' retirement system. In electing plan membership
the employee shall acknowledge and agree that an election made under this
subsection is irrevocable, and constitutes a waiver to receive retirement,
life insurance, disability benefits, and medical benefits except as provided
by the system elected by the employee. Furthermore, in connection with the
election, the employee shall be required to acknowledge that the benefits
provided by virtue of membership in either system, and any associated costs to
the employee, may be different now or in the future as a result of the
election and that the employee agrees to hold both systems harmless with
regard to benefit differences resulting from the election.
2. Employees of the Missouri state water patrol* who are earning**
credited service in the year 2000 plan of the Missouri state employees'
retirement system and who are transferred to the division of water patrol with
the Missouri state highway patrol shall elect within ninety days of January 1,
2011, to either remain a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement
system or transfer membership and creditable service to the year 2000 plan of
the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees'
retirement system. The election shall be made in writing after the employee
has received a detailed analysis comparing retirement, life insurance,
disability benefits, and medical benefits of a member of the Missouri state
employees' retirement system with the corresponding benefits provided an
employee of the highway patrol covered by the year 2000 plan of the Missouri
department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system.
In electing plan membership the employee shall acknowledge and agree that an
election made under this subsection is irrevocable, and constitutes a waiver
to receive retirement, life insurance, disability benefits, and medical
benefits except as provided by the system elected by the employee.
Furthermore, in connection with the election, the employee shall be required
to acknowledge that the benefits provided by virtue of membership in either
system, and any associated costs to the employee, may be different now or in
the future as a result of the election and that the employee agrees to hold
both systems harmless with regard to benefit differences resulting from the
election.
3. The Missouri state employees' retirement system shall pay to the
Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement
system, by June 30, 2011, an amount actuarially determined to equal the
liability at the time of the transfer for any employee who elects under
subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of
transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, to the extent
that liability is funded as of the most recent actuarial valuation and based
on the actuarial value of assets not to exceed one hundred percent.
4. In no event shall any employee receive service credit for the same
period of service under more than one retirement system as a result of the
provisions of this section.
5. The only medical coverage available for any employee who elects under
subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of
transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system shall be the
medical coverage provided in section 104.270. The effective date for
commencement of medical coverage shall be July 1, 2011. However, this does
not preclude medical coverage for the transferred employee as a dependent
under any other health care plan.
6. Any employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to
transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol
employees' retirement system and who is also thereafter a uniformed member of
the highway patrol shall be subject to the mandatory retirement age stated in
section 104.081.
(L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
*"Missouri state water patrol" changed to "water patrol division" by
306.010, 2010.
**Word "earing" appears in original rolls.
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