(a) Each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for safety members of the system shall use one or more of the defined benefit formulas prescribed by this section. A member may retire for service under any of the formulas in this section after five years of service and upon reaching 50 years of age. (b) The Basic Safety Plan shall provide a pension at retirement for service equal to the percentage of the memberâs final compensation set forth opposite the memberâs age at retirement, taken to the preceding quarter year, in the following table, multiplied by the number of years of service in the system as a safety member. Age at Retirement Fraction 50 1.426 50 1 4 1.447 50 1 2 1.467 50 3 4 1.488 51 1.508 51 1 4 1.529 51 1 2 1.549 51 3 4 1.570 52 1.590 52 1 4 1.611 52 1 2 1.631 52 3 4 1.652 53 1.672 53 1 4 1.693 53 1 2 1.713 53 3 4 1.734 54 1.754 54 1 4 1.775 54 1 2 1.795 54 3 4 1.816 55 1.836 55 1 4 1.857 55 1 2 1.877 55 3 4 1.898 56 1.918 56 1 4 1.939 56 1 2 1.959 56 3 4 1.980 57 and over 2.000 (c) The Safety Option Plan One shall provide a pension at retirement for service equal to the percentage of the memberâs final compensation set forth opposite the memberâs age at retirement, taken to the preceding quarter year, in the following table, multiplied by the number of years of service in the system as a safety member. Age at Retirement Fraction 50 2.000 50 1 4 2.018 50 1 2 2.036 50 3 4 2.054 51 2.071 51 1 4 2.089 51 1 2 2.107 51 3 4 2.125 52 2.143 52 1 4 2.161 52 1 2 2.179 52 3 4 2.196 53 2.214 53 1 4 2.232 53 1 2 2.250 53 3 4 2.268 54 2.286 54 1 4 2.304 54 1 2 2.321 54 3 4 2.339 55 2.357 55 1 4 2.375 55 1 2 2.393 55 3 4 2.411 56 2.429 56 1 4 2.446 56 1 2 2.464 56 3 4 2.482 57 and over 2.500 (d) The Safety Option Plan Two shall provide a pension at retirement for service equal to the percentage of the memberâs final compensation set forth opposite the memberâs age at retirement, taken to the preceding quarter year, in the following table, multiplied by the number of years of service in the system as a safety member. Age at Retirement Fraction 50 2.000 50 1 4 2.025 50 1 2 2.050 50 3 4 2.075 51 2.100 51 1 4 2.125 51 1 2 2.150 51 3 4 2.175 52 2.200 52 1 4 2.225 52 1 2 2.250 52 3 4 2.275 53 2.300 53 1 4 2.325 53 1 2 2.350 53 3 4 2.375 54 2.400 54 1 4 2.425 54 1 2 2.450 54 3 4 2.475 55 2.500 55 1 4 2.525 55 1 2 2.550 55 3 4 2.575 56 2.600 56 1 4 2.625 56 1 2 2.650 56 3 4 2.675 57 and over 2.700 (e) On and after January 1, 2013, an employer shall offer one or more of the safety formulas prescribed by this section to new members who are safety employees. The formula offered shall be the formula that is closest to, and provides a lower benefit at 55 years of age than, the formula provided to members in the same retirement classification offered by the employer on December 31, 2012. (f) On and after January 1, 2013, an employer and its employees subject to Safety Option Plan One or Safety Option Plan Two may agree in a memorandum of understanding to be subject to Safety Option Plan One or the Basic Safety Plan, subject to the following: (1) The lower plan shall apply to members first employed on or after the effective date of the lower plan, and shall be agreed to in a memorandum of understanding that has been collectively bargained in accordance with applicable laws. (2) A retirement plan contract amendment with a public retirement system to alter a retirement formula pursuant to this subdivision shall not be implemented by the employer in the absence of a memorandum of understanding that has been collectively bargained in accordance with applicable laws. (3) An employer shall not use impasse procedures to impose the lower plan. (4) An employer shall not provide a different defined benefit for nonrepresented, managerial, or supervisory employees than the employer provides for other public employees, including represented employees, of the same employer who are in the same membership classifications. (g) Pension
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