104.601. Years of service to include unused accumulated sick leave, when--credited sick leave not counted for vesting purposes--applicable also to teachers' and school employees' retirement sy - Missouri Statutes

Years of service to include unused accumulated sick leave,when--credited sick leave not counted for vestingpurposes--applicable also to teachers' and school employees'retirement system.

104.601. Any member retiring pursuant to the provisions of thischapter or any member retiring pursuant to provisions of chapter 169, RSMo,who is a member of the public school retirement system and who is employedby a state agency other than an institution of higher learning, afterworking continuously until reaching retirement age, shall be credited withall his or her unused sick leave as reported through the financial andhuman resources system maintained by the office of administration, or if astate agency's employees are not paid salaries or wages through suchsystem, as reported directly by the state agency. When calculating yearsof service, each member shall be entitled to one-twelfth of a year ofcreditable service for each one hundred sixty-eight hours of unusedaccumulated sick leave earned by the member. The employing agency shallnot certify unused sick leave unless such unused sick leave could have beenused by the member for sickness or injury. The rate of accrual of sickleave for purposes of computing years of service pursuant to this sectionshall be no greater than ten hours per month. Nothing under this sectionshall allow a member to vest in the retirement system by using suchcredited sick leave to reach the time of vesting.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1720, et al., A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1452, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)

Effective 7-11-02