Article 9 - RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES OF COURTS OF RECORD
- Section 51-9-1 - Establishment
- Section 51-9-1a - Definitions
- Section 51-9-1b - Statement of legislative intent, policy and finding
- Section 51-9-2 - Judges' retirement fund created; composition
- Section 51-9-3 - Custody, permissible investment and administration of retirement system trust fund; state auditor's authority as administrator and trust fund fiduciary; refunds required, including interest; federal qualification requirements
- Section 51-9-3a - Specification of actuarial assumptions
- Section 51-9-4 - Required percentage contributions from salaries; any termination of required contributions prior to actual retirement disallowed; leased employees; military service credit; maximum allowable and qualified military service; qualifiable prosecutorial service
- Section 51-9-5 - Election not to participate, contribute, or be a member; authorized transfers of service credit by a judge; duplicate use of service credit prohibited
- Section 51-9-6 - Eligibility for and payment of benefits
- Section 51-9-6a - Eligibility benefits; service and retirement of judges over sixty-five years of age
- Section 51-9-6b - Annuities for surviving spouses and surviving dependent children of judges; automatic escalation and increase of annuity benefit; proration designation by judge permitted
- Section 51-9-6c - Limitations on benefit increases
- Section 51-9-6d - Adjusted annual retirement benefit calculations
- Section 51-9-7 - Ineligibility to receive pay or benefits
- Section 51-9-8 - Retirement upon disability
- Section 51-9-9 - Determination of eligibility for benefits
- Section 51-9-10 - Services of senior judges and justices
- Section 51-9-11 - Monthly payments
- Section 51-9-12 - Refunds
- Section 51-9-12a - Federal law maximum benefit limitations
- Section 51-9-12b - Federal minimum required distributions
- Section 51-9-12c - Direct rollovers
- Section 51-9-12d - Rollovers and transfers to purchase service credit or repay withdrawn contributions
- Section 51-9-13 - Disqualification for pay and benefits
- Section 51-9-14 - Moneys exempt from execution, etc.; unassignable and nontransferable; exception for certain domestic relations orders
- Section 51-9-15 - County commissioners excluded
- Section 51-9-16 - Severability of article and amendments thereto
- Section 51-9-17 - Benefits not forfeited if system terminates
- Section 51-9-18 - Correction of errors; underpayments; overpayments