2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 38 Public Officers and Employees
38-671 Employee benefits; exclusions; definitions

38-671. Employee benefits; exclusions; definitions

A. Any employee hired on or after the effective date of this section is not eligible for state employee benefits until the employee has worked regularly for at least ninety days.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, any state employee initially hired on or after the effective date of this section is not eligible to become a member of any state retirement system before the twenty-seventh week of employment. The state employee shall become a member of the state retirement system on the twenty-seventh week of employment if membership criteria is met under the state retirement system statutes.

C. Subsection B of this section does not apply to a person who is already a member of the state retirement system.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "State employee" means a person who is employed by an agency, department, board or commission of this state, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the judicial branch, the Arizona corporation commission or the legislature.

2. "State employee benefits" means any coverage provided pursuant to article 4 of this chapter.

3. "State retirement system" means the Arizona state retirement system established by chapter 5, article 2 of this title and the long-term disability program established by chapter 5, article 2.1 of this title.