2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §38-730  Charter city retirement systems; transfers

A. On application the retirement service credits of an employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS or an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS whose job functions are shifted by law from one employer jurisdiction to another shall be transferred to the retirement system of the new employer.

B. An employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS or an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS who becomes employed by the other employer jurisdiction may apply to have the employee's retirement service credits transferred to the retirement system of the new employer. The retirement service credits of an employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS shall not be transferred unless the governing body of that city approves the transfer. The retirement service credits of an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS shall not be transferred unless the board approves the transfer.

C. The retirement system that transfers the retirement service credits shall pay to the retirement system of the new employer an amount equal to the present value, as of the date of the transfer, of all benefits generated by the transferred service credits in the retirement system of the new employer as determined by the governing board of the retirement system of the new employer. The amount of any payment under this subsection shall include the accumulated retirement contributions of the employee whose retirement service credits are transferred.

D. The accumulated retirement contributions of an employee whose retirement service credits are transferred that are paid to the retirement system of the new employer shall not be withdrawn by the employee unless the employee's employment terminates.