2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 38 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 38-844.06 Additional deferred retirement option plan provisions

38-844.06. Additional deferred retirement option plan provisions

A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, beginning on the day after the date the member elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan, employee and employer contributions pursuant to section 38-843 cease with respect to that member.

B. A member who has less than twenty years of credited service on January 1, 2012 and who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan on or after January 1, 2012, shall make employee contributions to the system in the amount equal to the employee contributions calculated pursuant to section 38-843.

C. A member who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan and who develops a disability during the period of deferred retirement option plan participation is eligible to apply for disability retirement benefits. If the application for disability retirement benefits is approved by the local board:

1. The disability retirement benefits shall be computed using the factors of credited service and average monthly benefit compensation in effect the day before the effective date of the member's deferred retirement option plan participation.

2. All amounts in the member's deferred retirement option plan participation account shall be distributed pursuant to section 38-844.08.

D. If a member dies during the period of the member's deferred retirement option plan participation, the designated beneficiary of the member is entitled to receive all amounts in the member's deferred retirement option plan participation account.