1. Effective January 1, 1995, a member has a bona fide retirement when the member terminates all employment covered under the chapter or formerly covered under the chapter pursuant to section 97B.42, files a completed application for benefits form with the department, survives into the month for which benefits are first payable, and does not return to employment as defined in this chapter until the member has qualified for no fewer than four calendar months of retirement benefits.
2. A member may commence receiving retirement benefits under this chapter upon satisfying eligibility requirements. However, a retired member who commences receiving a retirement allowance but returns to employment before qualifying for no fewer than four calendar months of retirement benefits does not have a bona fide retirement and any retirement allowance received by such a member must be returned to the system together with interest earned on the retirement allowance calculated at a rate determined by the department. Until the member has repaid the retirement allowance and interest, the department may withhold any future retirement allowance for which the member may qualify.
3. A member who terminates covered employment but maintains an employment relationship with an employer that made contributions to the system on the member's behalf does not have a bona fide retirement until all employment, including employment which is not covered by this chapter, with such employer is terminated for at least thirty days. In order to receive retirement benefits, the member must file a completed application for benefits form with the department before returning to any employment with the same employer.
92 Acts, ch 1201, §55; 95 Acts, ch 102, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1187, §48
Referred to in § 97B.41, 97B.42
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