49-16-401 - Eligibility for service retirement -- Date of retirement -- Qualifications. - Utah Statutes

49-16-401. Eligibility for service retirement -- Date of retirement -- Qualifications.
(1) A member is qualified to receive an allowance from this system when:
(a) the member ceases actual work for a participating employer in this system before themember's retirement date and provides evidence of the termination;
(b) the member has submitted to the office a notarized retirement application form thatstates the member's proposed retirement date; and
(c) one of the following conditions is met as of the member's retirement date:
(i) the member has accrued at least 20 years of service credit;
(ii) the member has accrued at least 10 years of service credit and has attained an age of60 years; or
(iii) the member has accrued at least four years of service credit and has attained an ageof 65 years.
(2) (a) The member's retirement date:
(i) shall be the 1st or the 16th day of the month, as selected by the firefighter serviceemployee;
(ii) shall be on or after the date of termination; and
(iii) may not be more than 90 days before or after the date the application is received bythe office.
(b) A member may not be employed by a participating employer in the systemestablished by this chapter on the retirement date selected under Subsection (2)(a)(i).

Amended by Chapter 321, 2010 General Session