TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 7. SHERIFFS' RETIREMENT

Part 5. Service Retirement Benefits

Eligibility For Service Retirement

19-7-501. Eligibility for service retirement. (1) Subject to a member's right to a refund of the member's accumulated contributions under Title 19, chapter 2, part 6, a member who has completed at least 20 years of membership service is eligible for a nonforfeitable service retirement benefit under 19-7-503.

(2) For purposes of compliance with section 411 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 411, a vested member who has attained the later of age 50 or the completion of 20 years of membership service has attained normal retirement age and has a nonforfeitable right to the member's service retirement.

History: En. 68-2610 by Sec. 10, Ch. 178, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 59, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2610; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 53, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 86, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 122, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 196, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 144, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 162, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 370, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 240, L. 2013.