Colorado Code § 24-51-408

Matching employer contributions
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(1) For members who receive a benefit
or who receive a refund payable after meeting the age and service requirements for a service or
reduced service retirement benefit, or for payments made to survivors or beneficiaries of
members who die before retirement, matching employer contributions shall be an amount equal
to the member contribution account less:
(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;
(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and
(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
subsection (1).
(2) For members who have five or more years of earned service credit and receive a
refund prior to sixty-five years of age and prior to meeting the age and service requirements for a
service or reduced service retirement benefit, the amount of matching employer contributions
paid shall be one-half of an amount equal to the member contribution account less:
(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;
(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and
(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
subsection (2).
(2.5) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, for a member who has less than five
years of earned service credit as of the date of refund and who receives a refund prior to sixty-
five years of age and prior to meeting the age and service requirements for a service or reduced
service retirement benefit, the amount of matching employer contributions paid shall be one-half
of an amount equal to the member contribution account accumulated prior to January 1, 2011,
less:
(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;
(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and
(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
subsection (2.5).
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, for members of the local
government division and for payments made to survivors or beneficiaries of such members who
die before retirement, the amount of matching employer contributions shall be eighty percent of
the amount that would be paid to members, survivors, or beneficiaries in divisions of the
association other than the local government division if the local government division members
had the same contribution history and age as the members of the other divisions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (3) to the contrary, the amount of
matching employer contributions for members of the local government division shall be as
provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section effective on July 1 of any year in which the
most recent determination of the association's actuary specifies that such contributions for the
local government division will not cause the amortization period in such division to exceed thirty
years.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to DPS member contribution accounts
that exist on December 31, 2009, with regard to past contributions or future contributions.
Member contribution accounts in the Denver public schools division created on or after January
1, 2010, shall be governed by this section.

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