2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections
Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System
Section 238.515 - Contributions.
(1)(a) Each judge member shall contribute monthly to the Public Employees Retirement Fund seven percent of the monthly salary of the judge member. The contributions of a judge member and earnings on the contributions shall be credited to the member account of the judge member.
(b) The state shall pick-up, assume or pay the full amount of contributions to the fund required of judge members. The full amount of required judge member contributions picked-up, assumed or paid by the state on behalf of judge members shall be considered salary only for the purpose of computing a judge member’s final average salary within the meaning of ORS 238.535 (2) and not for any other purpose. The full amount of required judge member contributions picked-up, assumed or paid by the state on behalf of judge members shall be added to the member account of the judge members and shall be considered judge member contributions for all other purposes of ORS 238.500 to 238.585.
(2) The state shall make employer contributions to the fund in respect to judge members as provided in ORS 238.225. Notwithstanding ORS 238.227, for the purposes of actuarial computation and contributions of the state under ORS 238.225, judge members shall be considered a separate group of employees. [Formerly 237.217; 2001 c.945 §59; 2005 c.808 §25]
