2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 24-708 — Retirement of judge; when; deferment of payment; board; duties.

Section 24-708
Retirement of judge; when; deferment of payment; board; duties.

(1) Except as provided in section 24-721, a judge may retire upon reaching the age of sixty-five years and upon making application to the board. Upon retiring each such judge shall receive retirement annuities as provided in section 24-710.

(2) Except as provided in section 24-721, a judge may retire upon reaching the age of fifty-five years and elect to receive a reduced monthly retirement income in lieu of a deferred vested annuity. The judge may request that the reduced monthly retirement income commence at any date, beginning on the first day of the month following the actual retirement date and ending on the normal retirement date. The amount of the monthly retirement income shall be calculated based on the length of creditable service and average compensation at the actual retirement date and shall be reduced when the payments commence prior to the normal retirement date to an amount that is actuarially equivalent to the deferred vested annuity payable at the normal retirement date.

(3) Payment of any benefit provided under the Judges Retirement Act may not be deferred later than April 1 of the year following the year in which the judge has both attained at least age seventy and one-half years and terminated his or her employment as a judge.

(4) The effective date of retirement payments shall be the first day of the month following (a) the date a member qualifies for retirement as provided in this section or (b) the date upon which a member's request for retirement is received on an application form provided by the retirement system, whichever is later. An application may be filed no more than ninety days in advance of qualifying for retirement.

(5) The board shall make reasonable efforts to locate the member or the member's beneficiary and distribute benefits by the required beginning date as specified by section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations issued thereunder. If the board is unable to make such a distribution, the benefit shall be distributed pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act and no amounts may be applied to increase the benefits any member would otherwise receive under the Judges Retirement Act.

Source:

Laws 1955, c. 83, § 8, p. 248

Laws 1957, c. 78, § 2, p. 317

Laws 1957, c. 79, § 3, p. 322

Laws 1965, c. 115, § 3, p. 444

Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 123

Laws 1973, LB 353, § 1

Laws 1984, LB 750, § 2

Laws 1986, LB 311, § 11

Laws 1987, LB 296, § 2

Laws 1989, LB 506, § 6

Laws 1994, LB 833, § 21

Laws 1997, LB 624, § 13

Laws 2003, LB 320, § 2

Laws 2003, LB 451, § 16

Laws 2004, LB 1097, § 14

Cross References:

Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act,see section 69-1329.

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006