2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 24 - Government - State
Public Employees' Retirement Systems
Article 54.6 - Student Employees' Retirement Plan
§ 24-54.6-102. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Association" means the public employees' retirement association established pursuant to section 24-51-201.

(2) "Department" means the department of higher education.

(3) "Eligible student employee" means:

(a) Any student employee of a governing board, state college or university, or affiliated agency of a state college or university, or the Auraria higher education center who is exempt from the state personnel system under section 13 (2) of article XII of the Colorado constitution as a student and who is required by federal law to be covered by a retirement plan; and

(b) Any student employee of a local district junior college who is required by federal law to be covered by a retirement plan.

(4) "Governing board" means any governing board of a state college or university.

(5) "State college or university" means any postsecondary educational institution, including local district junior colleges, established and existing pursuant to title 23, C.R.S., as an agency of the state of Colorado and supported wholly or in part by tax revenues and includes the Auraria higher education center. For purposes of this subsection (5), "local district junior college" shall include Aims community college, Colorado mountain college, northeastern junior college, and Colorado Northwestern community college.

(6) "Student employee retirement plan" or "plan" means any benefit plan established pursuant to the provisions of this article for the benefit of eligible student employees.