27 Miss. Code. R. 210-61-103 - Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System

1. The PERS Board shall hold the assets of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System (MHSPRS) in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and paying reasonable expenses of administration. The assets shall be maintained as a separate fund, separate from all other funds held by the PERS Board and shall be used only for the payment of benefits provided by Miss. Code Ann. § 25-13-1 et seq., (1972, as amended) or amendments thereto.

2. It shall be impossible by operation of MHSPRS, by termination, by power of revocation or amendment, by the happening of any contingency, by collateral arrangement or by other means, for any part of the corpus or income of the trust, or any funds contributed thereto, to inure to the benefit of any employer or otherwise be used for or diverted to purposes other than providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system.

3. Benefits are provided in accordance with § 25-13-1 et seq. Forfeitures of accrued benefits resulting from members electing to receive refunds of employee contributions will not be applied to increase the benefits any member would otherwise receive under these provisions.

4. Benefits payable pursuant to Title 25, Chapter 13 of the Mississippi Code Annotated shall be made in compliance with the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations issued there under as applicable to governmental plans. Further, distributions made from MHSPRS shall conform to a good faith interpretation of Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code.

5. All members of MHSPRS who are not otherwise vested will be fully vested in their accrued benefit on attaining age 55 with at least five (5) years of membership service credit.

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27 Miss. Code. R. 210-61-103