Sec. 105.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2002, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, "eligible retirement plan" means 1 or more of the following:

(a) An individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.

(b) An individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.

(c) An annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403.

(d) A qualified trust described in section 401(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 401.

(e) An annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403.

(f) An eligible plan under section 457(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 457, that is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and that separately accounts for amounts transferred into such eligible plan under section 457(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 457, from this retirement system, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution.

(g) Beginning January 1, 2008, a Roth individual retirement account as described in section 408A of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408A, subject to the rules that apply to rollovers from a traditional individual retirement account to a Roth individual retirement account.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2007, "eligible rollover distribution" means a distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee. Eligible rollover distribution does not include any of the following:

(a) A distribution made for the life or life expectancy of the distributee or the joint lives or joint life expectancies of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary.

(b) A distribution for a specified period of 10 years or more.

(c) A distribution to the extent that the distribution is required under section 401(a)(9) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 401.

(d) The portion of any distribution that is not includable in federal gross income, except to the extent such portion of the distribution is paid to either of the following:

(i) An individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408(a) or 408(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.

(ii) A qualified plan described in section 401(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 401, or an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403, and the plan providers agree to separately account for the amounts paid, including any portion of the distribution that is includable in federal gross income, and the portion of the distribution which is not so includable.

(3) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the retirement system as provided in section 205.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, "final compensation" means the annual rate of compensation for the calendar year of retirement. For a member who retires on January 1, final compensation means the annual rate of compensation for the calendar year immediately preceding the date of retirement. Final compensation does not include an amount that exceeds the maximum salary set forth for that particular member or vested former member in the revised judicature act, if applicable. For a member who is a judge and who performs judicial duties for a limited period or a specific assignment as authorized by the supreme court pursuant to section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, final compensation means the annual rate of compensation the member was being paid at the termination of his or her tenure in office as an elected judge.

(5) "Former elected official" means a member who held a state elective office before membership in this retirement system, the former judges retirement system, or the former probate judges retirement system.

(6) "Former judges retirement system" means the state of Michigan judges' retirement system created by former 1951 PA 198.

(7) "Former probate judges retirement system" means the state of Michigan probate judges retirement system created by former 1954 PA 165.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1995 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 514, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009