19-3-2114. Amount available to transfer. (1) (a) For an employee who was a system member on the day before the effective date of the defined contribution plan and who elects to transfer to the plan, the board shall transfer from the defined benefit plan to the member's retirement account the employee's contributions and the percentage of the employer's contributions specified in subsection (1)(b), plus 8% compounded annual interest on the total of the transferred employee and employer contributions.
     (b) Based on the contribution amount historically available to pay unfunded liabilities in the defined benefit plan and the transferring member's years of service, the percentage of the employer contributions that may be transferred are as follows:

Years of service	Percentage of employer
	contributions available to transfer
Less than 5 years	65.53%
5 to 9 years	58.59%
10 to 14 years	55.26%
15 to 19 years	55.42%
20 or more years	57.53%

     (2) For an employee hired on or after the effective date of the defined contribution plan who elects to become a member of the plan, the board shall transfer from the defined benefit plan to the member's retirement account an amount equal to the amount that would have been credited to the member's account pursuant to 19-3-2117 had the employee become a plan member on the employee's hire date, plus 8% compounded annual interest.

     History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 490, L. 2001.