2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 38 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 38-845 Amount of retirement benefit

38-845. Amount of retirement benefit

A. A member who meets the requirements for a normal pension, who becomes a member of the system before January 1, 2012 and who has twenty years of credited service shall receive a monthly amount that equals fifty percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation. If the member retires with other than twenty years of credited service, the foregoing amount shall be:

1. Reduced by four percent for each year of credited service under twenty years, with pro rata reduction for any fractional year.

2. Increased by a monthly amount equal to two percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation multiplied by the number of the member's years of credited service in excess of twenty years, with pro rata increase for any fractional year, except that if a member retires with twenty-five or more years of credited service the amount shall be increased by a monthly amount equal to two and one-half percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation multiplied by the number of the member's years of credited service in excess of twenty years, with pro rata increase for any fractional year.

B. A member who meets the requirements for an accidental disability pension shall receive a monthly amount, which shall be computed in the same manner as a normal pension, using the member's average monthly benefit compensation before termination of employment and the member's actual credited service or twenty years of credited service, whichever is greater.

C. A member who meets the requirements for an ordinary disability pension shall receive a monthly amount that is equal to a fraction times the member's normal pension that is computed according to subsection A, G or H of this section if the member had twenty years of credited service. The fraction is the result obtained by dividing the member's actual years of credited service, not to exceed twenty years of credited service, by twenty.

D. A member who meets the requirements for a temporary disability pension shall receive a monthly amount that is equal to one-twelfth of fifty percent of the member's annual compensation received immediately prior to the date on which the member's disability was incurred.

E. A member who meets the requirements for a catastrophic disability pension is entitled to receive a monthly amount computed as follows:

1. For the first sixty months, ninety percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation before termination of employment.

2. After sixty months, sixty-two and one-half percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation before termination of employment or computed in the same manner as a normal pension using the member's average monthly benefit compensation before termination of employment and the member's actual credited service, whichever is greater.

F. A member who was employed before September 15, 1989 by an employer participating in the system and who retires on or after November 1, 2001 is entitled to receive a tax equity benefit allowance consisting of a permanent increase of two percent of the member's base benefit retroactive to the day of retirement.

G. A member who meets the requirements for a normal pension, who becomes a member of the system on or after January 1, 2012 and before July 1, 2017 and who has twenty-five years of credited service shall receive a monthly amount that equals sixty-two and one-half percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation. If the member has at least fifteen years of credited service, but less than twenty-five years of service, the monthly amount shall be equal to the member's average monthly benefit compensation multiplied by the number of whole and fractional years of credited service multiplied by the appropriate percentage specified in subsection H of this section. If the member has twenty-five years of service and retires with other than twenty-five years of credited service, the foregoing amount shall be:

1. Reduced by four percent for each year of credited service under twenty-five years, with pro rata reduction for any fractional year.

2. Increased by a monthly amount equal to two and one-half percent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation multiplied by the number of the member's years of credited service in excess of twenty-five years, with pro rata increase for any fractional year.

H. A member who becomes a member of the system on or after July 1, 2017 and who retires on or after the member's normal retirement date shall receive a monthly amount equal to the member's average monthly benefit compensation multiplied by the number of whole and fractional years of credited service multiplied by the following:

1. 1.50 percent if the member has at least fifteen years of credited service but less than seventeen years of credited service.

2. 1.75 percent if the member has at least seventeen years of credited service but less than nineteen years of credited service.

3. 2.00 percent if the member has at least nineteen years of credited service but less than twenty-two years of credited service.

4. 2.25 percent if the member has at least twenty-two years of credited service but less than twenty-five years of credited service.

5. 2.50 percent if the member has at least twenty-five years of credited service.

I. Notwithstanding subsections A, G and H of this section, the maximum amount payable as a normal pension is eighty percent of the average monthly benefit compensation.