Section 38.35 - Contribution of 3% of employee compensation to funding account; "funding account" defined; refund of amounts contributed under subsection (1)(1) Beginning with the first pay date after November 1, 2010 and ending no later than the second pay date after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this phrase, each member and each qualified participant shall contribute an amount equal to 3.0% of the member's or qualified participant's compensation to the appropriate funding account established under the public employee retirement health care funding act, 2010 PA 77, MCL 38.2731 to 38.2747. The member and qualified participant contributions shall be deducted by the employer and remitted as employer contributions to the funding account in a manner that the state budget office and the retirement system shall determine. The state budget office and the retirement system shall determine a method of deducting the contributions provided for in this section from the compensation of each member and qualified participant for each payroll and each payroll period. As used in this subsection, "funding account" means the appropriate irrevocable trust created in the public employee retirement health care funding act, 2010 PA 77, MCL 38.2731 to 38.2747, for the deposit of funds and the payment of retirement health care benefits.(2) On or before the beginning date for member contributions under section 35a(1), the state or the retirement system shall refund to members, former members, qualified participants, and former qualified participants who contributed under subsection (1) all amounts contributed under subsection (1), including any actual interest earned on those contributions while being held by this state or the retirement system. The refund shall be included in a payroll warrant issued to that member or qualified participant, or in a separate check issued to that former member or former qualified participant. The state or the retirement system shall permit each member or qualified participant who contributed under subsection (1) to make an election before the payment of the refund to defer his or her refund to an appropriate tax-deferred account.Amended by 2011, Act 264,s 6, eff. 12/15/2011.Added by 2010, Act 185,s 3, eff. 9/30/2010.Former section 38.35 was repealed by 1974, Act 216, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1974.