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Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System
Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System
Section 238.005 - Definitions.
Section 238.008 - Computation of salary.
Section 238.015 - Membership generally.
Section 238.025 - Effect of service interruptions on membership.
Section 238.035 - Membership of part but not all employees of a public employer.
Section 238.045 - Membership of certain circuit court judges.
Section 238.055 - Membership of judges previously receiving retirement pay from Judges’ Retirement Fund.
Section 238.062 - Membership of deputy district attorneys.
Section 238.068 - Membership of legislators.
Section 238.072 - Membership of certain legislative employees.
Section 238.074 - Membership of community college employees.
Section 238.078 - Reemployment of retired members.
Section 238.082 - Limits on hours worked by retired members.
Section 238.088 - Appointment or election of retired member to public office.
Section 238.092 - Option of legislators to receive certain benefits; employment of persons as legislative employees or state police officers.
Section 238.095 - Termination of membership.
Section 238.105 - Restoration of credit forfeited by reason of termination of membership.
Section 238.115 - Alternate method of restoring credit forfeited by reason of termination of membership.
Section 238.125 - Credit for probationary period of employment.
Section 238.135 - Credit for probationary periods in seasonal positions.
Section 238.145 - Credit for service as police officer or firefighter with nonparticipating employer.
Section 238.148 - Credit for service as public safety officer in another state.
Section 238.156 - Contributions, benefits and retirement credit for periods of service in uniformed services or Armed Forces; rules.
Section 238.157 - Alternative provision for retirement credit for periods of service in uniformed services.
Section 238.160 - Retirement credit for service while on loan to federal government.
Section 238.162 - Retirement credit for service as teacher in public schools of another state.
Section 238.165 - Credit for certain periods of employment by Legislative Assembly.
Section 238.175 - Retirement credit for periods of disability.
Section 238.200 - Employee contributions generally.
Section 238.205 - Payment of employee contribution by employer.
Section 238.210 - Payment of certain circuit court judge employee contributions by employer.
Section 238.215 - Contributions by certain higher education employees.
Section 238.220 - Employee rollover contributions; rules.
Section 238.222 - Trustee-to-trustee transfers to fund restoration of forfeited service or purchase of retirement credit; rules.
Section 238.225 - Employer contributions.
Section 238.227 - Pooling of employers for purpose of computing employer contributions.
Section 238.229 - Effect of lump sum payment to side account on contributions of pooled employer; application of excess amounts to offset contributions to individual account program; rules.
Section 238.231
Section 238.232 - Choice of amortization period for certain lump sum payments to side accounts.
Section 238.235 - Unfunded liability or surplus after employee transfer or employer merger, consolidation or split.
Section 238.250 - Regular accounts.
Section 238.255 - Credits to regular accounts when earnings less than assumed interest rate.
Section 238.260 - Variable Annuity Account; rules.
Section 238.265 - Withdrawal of member account.
Section 238.270 - Transfer of member account to other public employee retirement system.
Section 238.280 - Eligibility for retirement.
Section 238.285 - Verification of retirement data.
Section 238.300 - Service retirement allowance.
Section 238.305 - Optional service retirement allowance calculations.
Section 238.310 - Minimum service retirement allowance.
Section 238.315 - Lump sum payment in lieu of small allowance.
Section 238.320 - Disability retirement allowance.
Section 238.325 - Optional disability retirement allowance calculations.
Section 238.330 - Minimum disability retirement allowance.
Section 238.335 - Medical examination for disability retirement allowance; rules.
Section 238.340 - Return to work.
Section 238.345 - Optional service-connected disability retirement allowance for police officers and firefighters.
Section 238.350 - Use of unused leave to increase retirement allowance; rules.
Section 238.355 - Computation of unused sick leave for community college employees.
Section 238.360 - Cost-of-living adjustments.
Section 238.361 - Consumer price index for calculation of cost of living adjustments.
Section 238.362 - Increased benefits payable in compensation for certain damages attributable to taxation of benefits.
Section 238.364 - Calculation of increased benefit payable under ORS 238.362.
Section 238.365
Section 238.366 - Retirement allowance increase based on years of service.
Section 238.368 - Retirement allowance increases for members who retired before January 1, 1991.
Section 238.372 - Increased benefits not payable to nonresidents.
Section 238.374 - Applicant’s statement; resumption of residency.
Section 238.375
Section 238.376 - Nonresidency after benefits commenced; required statement; subsequent residency.
Section 238.378 - Information from Department of Revenue.
Section 238.380
Section 238.382 - Statements constitute declaration under penalty of perjury.
Section 238.384 - Rules.
Section 238.385
Section 238.387
Section 238.390 - Death benefit.
Section 238.395 - Additional death benefit.
Section 238.400 - Payment upon death of retired member who dies before making election of retirement benefits.
Section 238.405 - Death benefit payable to survivors of certain police officers or firefighters.
Section 238.407 - Distribution of death benefit as rollover distribution.
Section 238.410 - Board may contract for insurance for retirees; rules.
Section 238.415 - Payment toward cost of pre-Medicare insurance; rules.
Section 238.420 - Payment toward cost of Medicare supplemental insurance.
Section 238.425 - Benefits payable to vested inactive member.
Section 238.430 - Limitation on benefits payable to persons establishing membership on or after January 1, 1996.
Section 238.435 - Provisions applicable to persons establishing membership on or after January 1, 1996.
Section 238.440 - Optional purchase of benefit units by police and firefighters.
Section 238.442 - Prior service credit.
Section 238.445 - Benefits exempt from execution, bankruptcy and certain taxes; exceptions.
Section 238.447 - Execution or assignment of benefits to collect restitution or compensatory fine for felony.
Section 238.450 - Computation of retirement allowance or benefit; notice of dispute.
Section 238.455 - Estimated benefit payments.
Section 238.458 - Unclaimed benefits.
Section 238.460 - Waiver of retirement allowance.
Section 238.462 - Spousal consent required for certain optional forms of retirement allowance.
Section 238.465 - Benefits payable to others under certain judgments; rules.
Section 238.470 - Interest on payments from fund.
Section 238.475 - Effect of transfer of employee to another participating employer.
Section 238.480 - Effect of change to calendar year on contributions and credit of members.
Section 238.485 - Fund established.
Section 238.488 - Payment of benefits; employer contributions.
Section 238.490 - Administrative expenses.
Section 238.492 - Rules for administration of fund.
Section 238.500 - Definitions for ORS 238.500 to 238.585.
Section 238.505 - Judges as PERS members.
Section 238.510
Section 238.515 - Contributions.
Section 238.520
Section 238.525 - Compulsory retirement age.
Section 238.530
Section 238.535 - Service retirement allowance.
Section 238.538 - Health benefit plans for certain retired judge members.
Section 238.540
Section 238.545 - Withdrawal of member account; retirement allowance of inactive judge member.
Section 238.550
Section 238.555 - Disability retirement allowance.
Section 238.560
Section 238.565 - Judge’s beneficiaries; spouse’s pension.
Section 238.570
Section 238.575 - Cost-of-living adjustments; ad hoc increase.
Section 238.580 - Application of PERS laws to judges.
Section 238.585 - Use of creditable service by person who serves as both member and judge member; restoration of forfeited rights upon becoming judge member.
Section 238.600 - System established; legislative intent.
Section 238.601 - Legislative findings and intent; administration of system.
Section 238.605 - Actuarial report on system; determination of unfunded actuarial liability.
Section 238.606 - Independent review of actuarial report on system; reports.
Section 238.607 - Actuarial equivalency factor tables.
Section 238.608 - Separate actuarial equivalency factor tables for certain police officers and firefighters.
Section 238.610 - Administrative expenses of system; rules.
Section 238.615 - Revolving fund for payment of administrative expenses.
Section 238.618 - Exclusion of employer or employee from system to maintain tax qualification.
Section 238.622 - Report on changes to actuarial methods and assumptions.
Section 238.630 - Board generally; rules.
Section 238.635 - Board consideration of system goals and objectives.
Section 238.640 - Qualifications of board members.
Section 238.645 - Director and staff.
Section 238.646 - Authority of Director of Public Employees Retirement System to require fingerprints.
Section 238.650 - Rules of board; written plan document.
Section 238.655 - Procedure for board hearings.
Section 238.657 - Board counsel.
Section 238.660 - Fund generally; board review of legislative proposals.
Section 238.661 - Moneys in fund appropriated to board.
Section 238.665 - Contributions and interest not included in board’s budget.
Section 238.670 - Reserve accounts in fund.
Section 238.672 - Crediting of earnings to employer upon death or retirement of member.
Section 238.675 - Transfer of unclaimed death benefit or account balance to other account or reserve.
Section 238.680 - Integration of other retirement systems.
Section 238.685 - Method of payment of unfunded obligation under integration contract.
Section 238.690 - Integration of retirement plan of mass transit district.
Section 238.692 - Definitions for ORS 238.692 to 238.698.
Section 238.694 - Certain public bodies authorized to issue bonds to finance pension liabilities; revenue bonds.
Section 238.695 - Intergovernmental agreements for collective issuance, administration or payment of bonds.
Section 238.696 - Debt service trust fund.
Section 238.697 - Requirements for issuance of bonds.
Section 238.698 - Funds diversion agreement.
Section 238.700 - Enforcement of requirements of ORS chapters 238 and 238A.
Section 238.705 - State departments to remit contributions and furnish reports.
Section 238.710 - Mandamus against defaulting employer; appeal.
Section 238.715 - Recovery of overpayments; rules.
Section 238.720 - Rollover contributions; application against payments improperly made to retirees; rules.
Section 238.730 - Unfunded Actuarial Liability Resolution Program.
Section 238.750 - Short title.