97B.42A  Optional exclusion from membership.

1.  Commencing January 1, 1999, a person who is newly hired in a position as an employee, as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph "a", shall be covered under this chapter unless the person files an application with appropriate documentation to the department within sixty days of employment in the position to affirmatively elect out of coverage. A decision to elect out of coverage under this chapter is irrevocable upon approval from the system.

2.  If a person elects out of coverage pursuant to this section, the period of time from the date on which the person was newly hired until the date the person's election out of coverage is effective shall not constitute service for purposes of coverage under this chapter. In addition, a wage adjustment shall be processed for the person based on any contributions collected pursuant to this chapter during that period of time and shall be credited pursuant to section 97B.10.

3.  A person who is employed in a position as an employee as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph "a", on January 1, 1999, and who has not elected coverage under this chapter prior to that date and is not an active member of another retirement system in the state which is maintained in whole or in part by public contributions or payments, shall begin coverage under the system on January 1, 1999, unless the person files an application with appropriate documentation with the department to elect out of coverage on or before January 1, 2000. If a person elects out of coverage, the period of time from January 1, 1999, until the date the person's election out of coverage is effective shall not constitute service for purposes of coverage under this chapter and a wage adjustment shall be processed for the person based on any contributions collected pursuant to this chapter during that period of time and shall be credited pursuant to section 97B.10. A decision to elect out of coverage under this chapter pursuant to this section is irrevocable upon approval from the department.

4.  A person who becomes a member of the system pursuant to subsection 3, or who is a member of the system, may purchase credit, pursuant to section 97B.73, for one or more quarters of service prior to January 1, 1999, in which the person was employed in a position as described in section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph "a", but was not a member of the system.

Section History: Recent form

  94 Acts, ch 1183, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1183, § 25

Internal References

  Referred to in § 97B.1A, 97B.10, 602.1611


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