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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 602.9106, Code 2003, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 602.9106 RETIREMENT. 1 4 Any person who shall have become separated from service as 1 5 a judge of any of the courts included in this article and who 1 6 has had an aggregate of at leastsixfour years of service as 1 7 a judge of one or more of such courts and shall have attained 1 8 the age of sixty-five years or who has had twenty-five years 1 9 of consecutive service as a judge of one or more of said 1 10 courts, and who shall have otherwise qualified as provided in 1 11 this article, shall be entitled to an annuity as hereinafter 1 12 provided. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 602.9107C, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 14 amended to read as follows: 1 15 1. A judge under this system who has at leastsixfour 1 16 years of service as a judge of any of the courts included in 1 17 this article and who was a member of the Iowa public 1 18 employees' retirement system as provided in chapter 97B, but 1 19 who was not retired under that system, upon submitting 1 20 verification of membership and service in the Iowa public 1 21 employees' retirement system to the court administrator, 1 22 including proof that the judge has no further claim upon a 1 23 retirement benefit from that public system, may make 1 24 contributions as provided by this section to the system either 1 25 for the entire period of service in the other public system, 1 26 or for partial service in the other public system in 1 27 increments of one or more calendar quarters, and receive 1 28 credit for that service under the system. 1 29 Sec. 3. Section 602.9108, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 30 follows: 1 31 602.9108 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS – REFUNDING. 1 32 The amount designated as the judge's contribution to the 1 33 judicial retirement fund in section 602.9104, subsection 1, 1 34 and all amounts paid into the fund by a judge shall be 1 35 credited to the individual account of the judge. If a judge 2 1 covered under this article becomes separated from service as a 2 2 judge before the judge completes an aggregate ofsixfour 2 3 years of service as a judge of one or more of the courts, the 2 4 total amount in the judge's individual account shall be 2 5 returned to the judge or the judge's legal representatives 2 6 within one year of the separation. If a judge, who is covered 2 7 under this article and who has completed an aggregate ofsix2 8 four years or more of service as a judge of one or more of the 2 9 courts, dies before retirement, without a survivor, the total 2 10 amount in the judge's individual account shall be paid in one 2 11 sum to the judge's legal representatives within one year of 2 12 the judge's death. If an annuitant under this section dies 2 13 without a survivor, and without having received in annuities 2 14 an amount equal to the total amount in the judge's individual 2 15 account at the time of separation from service, the amount 2 16 remaining to the annuitant's credit shall be paid in one sum 2 17 to the annuitant's legal representatives within one year of 2 18 the annuitant's death. 2 19 Sec. 4. Section 602.9112, Code 2003, is amended to read as 2 20 follows: 2 21 602.9112 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY. 2 22 Any judge of the supreme, district or municipal court, 2 23 including a district associate judge, or a judge of the court 2 24 of appeals, who shall have served as a judge of one or more of 2 25 such courts for a period ofsixfour years in the aggregate 2 26 and who believes the judge has become permanently 2 27 incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties 2 28 of the judge's office may personally or by the judge's next 2 29 friend or guardian file with the court administrator a written 2 30 application for retirement. The application shall be filed in 2 31 duplicate and accompanied by an affidavit as to the duration 2 32 and particulars of the judge's service and the nature of the 2 33 judge's incapacity. The court administrator shall forthwith 2 34 transmit one copy of the application and affidavit to the 2 35 chief justice who shall request the attorney general in 3 1 writing to cause an investigation to be made relative to the 3 2 claimed incapacity and report back the results thereof in 3 3 writing. If the chief justice finds from the report of the 3 4 attorney general that the applicant is permanently 3 5 incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties 3 6 of the applicant's office the chief justice shall by 3 7 endorsement thereon declare the applicant retired, and the 3 8 office vacant, and shall file the report in the office of the 3 9 court administrator, and a copy in the office of the secretary 3 10 of state. From the date of such filing the applicant shall be 3 11 deemed retired from the applicant's office and entitled to the 3 12 benefits of this article to the same extent as if the 3 13 applicant had retired under the provisions of section 3 14 602.9106. 3 15 EXPLANATION 3 16 This bill reduces the vesting requirement for a judge under 3 17 the judicial retirement system from six years to four years. 3 18 Once a judge vests under the system, the judge is eligible to 3 19 obtain a retirement annuity. A judge who leaves service prior 3 20 to vesting receives only the contributions the judge made to 3 21 the system during that service. Covered judges under the 3 22 system generally include all appellate, district, and district 3 23 associate judges. 3 24 LSB 5335HH 80 3 25 ec/sh/8
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