Colorado Code § 24-51-1505

Contributions - vesting - definition
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(1) Contribution rates by the
employer and by members of the defined contribution plan established pursuant to this part 15
shall be the same as the rates that would be payable by the employer and the member pursuant to
section 24-51-401. The individual's participant account shall receive the full member
contribution amount in effect under section 24-51-401. The individual's participant account shall
receive a portion of the employer contribution equal to the amount in table A in section 24-51-
401 (1.7)(a). Any portion of the employer contribution above the amount in table A in 24-51-401
(1.7)(a) shall be paid to the employer's division trust fund.
(2) Consistent with section 24-51-401 (1.7)(b), (1.7)(c), and (1.7)(d), the employer shall
deliver all contributions within five days after the date members are paid.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, members of the
association's defined contribution plan shall be immediately and fully vested in their own
contributions to the plan, together with accumulated investment gains or losses. Members shall
be immediately vested in fifty percent of the employer's contribution to the defined contribution
plan, together with accumulated investment gains or losses on that vested portion. For each full
year of membership in the defined contribution plan, the vesting percentage shall increase by ten
percent. The vesting percentage in the employer's contribution, with accumulated earnings or
losses, shall be one hundred percent for all members with five or more years of membership in
the defined contribution plan. If an individual becomes a member of the defined contribution
plan without an existing account balance or after a twelve-month break in service, the individual
shall begin a new vesting schedule with regard to future employer contributions in accordance
with this subsection (3).
(4) A member of the association's defined contribution plan with an accrued balance in
the plan who became a member of the plan pursuant to section 24-51-1501 (2) or 24-51-1503
(3), shall be fully vested in one hundred percent of the state's past and future contributions to the
plan, together with accumulated investment gains or losses on that vested portion. If an
individual becomes a member of the association's defined contribution plan without an existing
account balance or after a twelve-month break in service, the individual shall begin a new
vesting schedule with regard to vesting of future employer contributions in accordance with
subsection (3) of this section.

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