§ 602.11115

602.11115 District associate judges’ retirement. If a full-time judicial magistrate who became a district associate judge on January 1, 1981, pursuant to statute or a person who was appointed a district associate judge betweenJanuary 1, 1981, and June 30, 1984, is a member of the Iowa public employees’ retirementsystem on June 30, 1984, the district associate judge may elect, by informing the statecourt administrator by June 30, 1984, one of the following retirement benefit options to beeffective July 1, 1984: 1. To remain covered under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system pursuant to chapter 97B. 2. To commence coverage under the judicial retirement system pursuant to article 9, part 1, effective July 1, 1984, but to become an inactive member of the Iowa public employees’retirement system pursuant to chapter 97B and remain eligible for benefits under sections97B.49A through 97B.49H for the period of membership service under chapter 97B. 3. To commence coverage under the judicial retirement system pursuant to article 9, part 1, retroactive to the date the district associate judge became a district associate judge or afull-time judicial magistrate, whichever was earlier,

icial retirement system pursuant to article 9, part 1, retroactive to the date the district associate judge became a district associate judge or afull-time judicial magistrate, whichever was earlier, and to cease to be a member of the Iowapublic employees’ retirement system, effective July 1, 1984. The department of personnelshall transmit by January 1, 1985, to the state court administrator for deposit in the judicialretirement fund the district associate judge’s accumulated contributions as defined in section97B.1A, subsection 2 for the judge’s period of membership service as a district associatejudge or full-time judicial magistrate, or both. Before July 1, 1986, or at retirement previousto that date, a district associate judge who becomes a member of the judicial retirementsystem pursuant to this subsection shall contribute to the judicial retirement fund an amountequal to the difference between four percent of the district associate judge’s total basic salaryfor the entire period of service before July 1, 1984, as a district associate judge or judicialmagistrate, or both, and the district associate judge’s accumulated contributions transmittedby the department of personnel to

of service before July 1, 1984, as a district associate judge or judicialmagistrate, or both, and the district associate judge’s accumulated contributions transmittedby the department of personnel to the state court administrator pursuant to this subsection.The district associate judge’s contribution shall not be limited to the amount specified insection 602.9104, subsection 1. The state court administrator shall credit a district associatejudge with service under the judicial retirement system for the period of service for whichcontributions at the four percent level are made. 84 Acts, ch 1285, §28; 98 Acts, ch 1183, §73, 82; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §98 Referred to in §602.1611 Sat Dec 23 11:17:28 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.11115 (21, 0)