Ariz. Admin. Code § 2-8-502

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R2-8-502 - Request to Purchase Service Credit and Notification of Cost

A. An Eligible Member may request to purchase Service Credit electronically. The Eligible Member shall verify at the time of request, the following information for the Eligible Member:

1. Name;

2. Mailing address;

3. Date of birth;

4. Marital status;

5. Gender;

6. Primary email address;

7. Primary phone number; and

8. Which category of Service Credit the Eligible Member is requesting to purchase.

B. An Eligible Member who requests to purchase Service Credit pursuant to subsection (A) shall acknowledge the following statements of understanding:

1. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of the retirement plan with an intent to defraud the plan is guilty of a class 6 felony per Arizona Revised Statutes Section 38-793; and

2. This transaction is subject to audit. If any errors or misrepresentations are discovered as a result of an audit, the Eligible Member's total credited service with the ASRS will be adjusted as necessary and if the Eligible Member is retired, the Eligible Member's retirement benefit will also be adjusted. Any overpayment(s) will be refunded. However, if a payment made with a rollover or pre-tax dollars is returned to the Eligible Member, there may be tax consequences as a result of this refund.

C. Upon receipt of the documentation required by this Article from the Eligible Member and if the Eligible Member's request to purchase Service Credit meets the requirements of this Article, the ASRS shall provide the following to the Eligible Member:

1. An SP Invoice stating the cost to purchase the amount of Service Credit the member is eligible to purchase;

2. Instructions for electing method of payment; and

3. The date payment election is due.

D. An Eligible Member who requests to purchase Service Credit pursuant to this section shall elect one or more methods of payment and submit the election to the ASRS by the date payment election is due.

E. An Eligible Member who elects to purchase Service Credit using after-tax payments shall acknowledge the following information:

1. After-tax payments must be from the Eligible Member and remitted to the ASRS by the Eligible Member;

2. After-tax payments cannot be used to purchase political subdivision employment with a United States territory, commonwealth, overseas possession, or insular area; and

3. If the Eligible Member joined the ASRS on or after July 1, 1999, §§ 415(b) and 415(c) of the IRC limit the after-tax money the Eligible Member can use to purchase Service Credit.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R2-8-502

New Section made by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2640, effective June 30, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 4667, effective December 5, 2006 (Supp. 06-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 3130, effective January 6, 2013 (Supp. 12-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 303, effective 3/18/2019. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 479, effective 3/5/2021.