§ 602.11116

602.11116 Associate juvenile judges and associate probate judges — retirement. If a full-time associate juvenile judge or full-time associate probate judge is a member of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system on June 30, 1998, the associate juvenile judgeor associate probate judge shall elect, by informing the state court administrator by June 30,1998, one of the following retirement benefit options to be effective July 1, 1998: 1. To remain a member under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system pursuant to chapter 97B. 2. To commence membership under the judicial retirement system pursuant to article 9, part 1, effective July 1, 1998, 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, as applicable, for the period of membership service under chapter97B. 3. To commence membership under the judicial retirement system pursuant to article 9, part 1, retroactive to the date the associate juvenile judge or associate probate judgebecame an associate juvenile judge or associate probate judge, and to cease to be a memberof the Iowa public employees’

retroactive to the date the associate juvenile judge or associate probate judgebecame an associate juvenile judge or associate probate judge, and to cease to be a memberof the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, effective July 1, 1998. The departmentof personnel shall transmit by January 1, 1999, to the state court administrator for depositin the judicial retirement fund the associate juvenile judge’s or associate probate judge’saccumulated contributions as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 2, for the judge’s periodof membership service as an associate juvenile judge or associate probate judge. BeforeJuly 1, 2000, or at retirement previous to that date, an associate juvenile judge or associateprobate judge who becomes a member of the judicial retirement system pursuant to thissubsection shall contribute to the judicial retirement fund an amount equal to the differencebetween four percent of the associate juvenile judge’s or associate probate judge’s totalsalary received for the entire period of service before July 1, 1998, as an associate juvenilejudge or associate probate judge, and the associate juvenile judge’s or associate probatejudge’s accumulated contributions

or the entire period of service before July 1, 1998, as an associate juvenilejudge or associate probate judge, and the associate juvenile judge’s or associate probatejudge’s accumulated contributions transmitted by the department of personnel to the statecourt administrator pursuant to this subsection. The associate juvenile judge’s or associateprobate judge’s contribution shall not be limited to the amount specified in section 602.9104,subsection 1. The state court administrator shall credit an associate juvenile judge or associate probate judge with service under the judicial retirement system for the period ofservice for which contributions at the four percent level are made. 98 Acts, ch 1183, §103, 104; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §104Referred to in §602.1611 Sat Dec 23 11:17:29 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.11116 (21, 0)