Colorado § 24-51-301 - Required membership.
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§ 24-51-301. Required membership.
All employees who hold positions subject to membership and whose salaries are paid by an employer shall become members as a condition of employment, except as specified in this article.
Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1052, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1987. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
ANNOTATION
The Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) creates a pension system for most state employees, as well as municipal, city, county, and school district employees. The Policemen's and Firemen's Pension Reform Act created a pension fund for these employees and requires certain municipalities to participate in the program. These pension plans are intended to provide employees with an actuarially sound fund from which eligible retirees will receive periodic benefit payments. Colo. Springs Fire Fighters v. Colo. Springs, 784 P.2d 766 (Colo. 1989).
For prior requirement that present employees becoming members pay all accrued deductions, plus interest, that would have been made had such employees become members on certain prior date, see Annear v. McKelvey, 100 Colo. 213, 66 P.2d 536 (1937) (decided under former § 24-51-102 as it existed prior to the 1987 repeal and reenactment of this article).
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