Section 38-846.05 - Retiree pool account; transfers; fundingA. The retiree pool account is established in the fund for the purpose of sharing the actuarial liability attributable to uncontrollable costs for the employers of members who are hired on or after July 1, 2017 and who are determined eligible for a normal retirement benefit pursuant to section 38-844 or for an accidental, ordinary or catastrophic disability pension pursuant to section 38-844 and for survivors of members who are hired on or after July 1, 2017 and who are determined eligible for a death benefit pursuant to section 38-846.B. For members who are determined eligible for a normal retirement benefit pursuant to section 38-844, an amount equal to the actuarial present value of future benefit payments, calculated as of the member's retirement date, shall be transferred from the employer's account to the retiree pool account.C. For a member who is determined eligible for an accidental, ordinary or catastrophic disability pension pursuant to section 38-844 and who has not reached the member's normal retirement date, an amount equal to the actuarial present value of future benefit payments already accrued, calculated as of the date of disability retirement, shall be transferred from the employer's account to the retiree pool account. If a member who is determined eligible for an accidental, ordinary or catastrophic disability pension has reached the member's normal retirement date, the amount transferred to the retiree pool account is calculated in the same manner as a normal retirement pursuant to subsection B of this section.D. For a survivor of a deceased member determined eligible for a death benefit pursuant to section 38-846, if the member was not retired and had not reached the member's normal retirement date, an amount equal to the actuarial present value of future survivor benefit payments already accrued, calculated as of the survivor's retirement date, shall be transferred from the employer's account to the retiree pool account. If the deceased member had reached the member's normal retirement date, an amount equal to the actuarial present value of future survivor benefit payments, plus any amount payable, calculated as of the survivor's retirement date, shall be transferred from the employer's account to the retiree pool account.E. The retiree pool account shall remain one hundred percent funded. In any fiscal year that the retiree account is not one hundred percent funded as of June 30, the amount necessary to adjust the retiree pool account up or down to one hundred percent funded shall be transferred from or to the investment earnings of the fund before those earnings are distributed to each employer's account.Added by L. 2017, ch. 235,s. 3, eff. 5/1/2017.