Section 50.1010

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 50

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   

  50.1010.  Fund authorized, management — apportionment of benefits. — There is hereby authorized a "County Employees' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of a board of directors described in section 50.1030.  The board of directors shall be responsible for the administration and the investment of the funds of such county employees' retirement fund.  If insufficient funds are generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 50.1000 to 50.1200, the board shall apportion the benefits according to the funds available.  Notwithstanding any provision of sections 50.1000 to 50.1200 to the contrary, an individual who is in a job classification that the retirement system finds not eligible for coverage under the retirement system as of September 1, 2001, shall not be considered an employee for purposes of coverage in the retirement system, unless adequate additional funds are provided for the costs associated with such coverage.

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(L. 1994 S.B. 579 § 2, A.L. 2001 S.B. 274)

(2009) Statutory exclusion of juvenile office personnel from membership in County Employees' Retirement Fund is not clearly arbitrary or otherwise unconstitutional.  Alderson v. State, 273 S.W.3d 533 (Mo.banc).