Arizona Revised Statutes § 38-853.01 Redemption Of Prior Service; Calculation

38-853.01. Redemption of prior service; calculation

A. Each present active member of the system who has at least five years of service with the system may elect to redeem up to sixty months of any part of the following prior service or employment by paying into the system any amounts required under subsection B of this section if the prior service or employment is not on account with any other retirement system:

1. Prior service in this state as an employee with an employer now covered by the system or prior service with an agency of the United States government, a state of the United States or a political subdivision of this state or of a state of the United States as a full-time paid firefighter, full-time paid certified peace officer or full-time paid corrections officer engaged in law enforcement duties.

2. Subject to any limitations prescribed by federal law, prior employment as an employee of a corporation that contracted with an employer now covered by the system to provide firefighting services on behalf of that employer as a full-time paid firefighter or that provided firefighting services for a political subdivision of this state.

B. Any present active member who elects to redeem any part of the prior service or employment for which the employee is deemed eligible by the board under this section shall pay into the system the amounts previously withdrawn by the member, if any, as a refund of the member's accumulated contributions plus accumulated interest as determined by the board and the additional amount, if any, computed by the system's actuary that is necessary to equal the increase in the actuarial present value of projected benefits resulting from the redemption calculated using the actuarial methods and assumptions prescribed by the system's actuary. The discount rate used by the actuary for the redemption calculation pursuant to this subsection is an amount equal to the lesser of the assumed rate of return that is prescribed by the board or an amount equal to the yield on a ten-year treasury note as of March 1 that is published by the federal reserve board plus two per cent. The discount rate is effective beginning in the next fiscal year, and the board shall recalculate the rate each year.

C. A member electing to redeem service pursuant to this section may pay for service being redeemed in the form of a lump sum payment to the system, a trustee-to-trustee transfer or a direct rollover of an eligible distribution from a plan described in section 402(c)(8)(B)(iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the internal revenue code or a rollover of an eligible distribution from an individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408(a) or (b) of the internal revenue code.

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