A. An
Eligible Member who requests to purchase Service Credit for Leave of Absence
Service under A.R.S. §
38-744
shall provide to the ASRS an Approved Leave of Absence form that includes:
1.
An Approved Leave of Absence form that
includes:
a.
1. The following information completed by the
Eligible Member:
i.
a. The start date and end date of the approved leave
of absence;
ii.
b. The date the Eligible Member returned to work or a
statement of why employment was not resumed;
iii.
c. The name of the
Employer;
iv.
d. Whether the Eligible Member participated in another
public retirement system during this leave of absence; and
e. If the Eligible Member participated in
another public retirement system during the leave of absence, whether the
Eligible Member is receiving a benefit or is eligible to receive a benefit,
from the other public retirement system; and
2. Acknowledgement of the following
statements of understanding:
v.
a. The Eligible Member understands that up to one year
of Service Credit may be purchased for each approved leave of absence, if the
Eligible Member returns to work for the Employer that approved the leave of
absence unless employment could not be resumed because of disability or
nonavailability of a position;
vi. A statement that the eligible
member understands that the ASRS uses the actuarial present value calculation
method to determine the cost of the service purchase request;
vii.
b. The Eligible Member authorizes the Employer to
provide any necessary personal information to ASRS in order to process this
request; and
viii. The member's dated
signature; and
b.
The following information completed by the ASRS
employer;
i. The beginning date and ending
date of the approved leave of absence;
ii. The date the eligible member
returned to work or a statement of why employment was not
resumed;
iii. Name of the
employer;
iv. The authorized employer
representative's name;
v. The authorized employer
representative's telephone number and, if applicable, fax number;
and
vi. The authorized employer
representative's dated signature verifying that the approved leave of absence
benefited or was in the best interest of the employer; and
2.
A copy of the guidelines referenced in A.R.S. §
38-744, if applicable.
c.
The Eligible Member certifies that if the Eligible Member participated in
another public retirement system during the approved leave of absence, the
Eligible Member is not receiving, and is not eligible to receive, a benefit
from the other public retirement system for the time during the approved leave
of absence; and
3. The
Eligible Member's dated signature.
B. Pursuant to A.R.S. §
38-744, a member who participated in another public retirement system during the leave
of absence, and is receiving a benefit or is eligible to receive a benefit from
the other public retirement system, is not an Eligible Member for purposes of
this section.
C. If the information
provided by the Eligible Member pursuant to subsection (A) is correct, the
Employer shall validate the information and submit the information to the ASRS
through the Employer's secure ASRS account. If the information provided by the
Eligible Member pursuant to subsection (A) is incorrect, the Employer shall
correct the information and submit the information to the ASRS through the
Employer's secure ASRS account.
D.
Upon submitting the information specified in subsection (B), the Employer shall
acknowledge the following statements of understanding:
1. The Employer has verified all the dates
for the approved leave of absence period are correct; and
2. The contact individual has the legal power
to bind the Employer in transactions with the ASRS.
B.
E. The
amount the Eligible Member shall pay to purchase Service Credit for an approved
leave of absence is determined as provided in
R2-8-506.
Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R2-8-508
New Section made by
final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2640, effective June 30, 2005 (Supp. 05-2).
Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 4667, effective December 5, 2006
(Supp. 06-4). Amended by final rulemaking at
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A.A.R. 303, effective 3/18/2019.
