§2272. Excess benefit plan
A. There is hereby established a separate unfunded, nonqualified excess benefit plan pursuant to Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
B.(1) The purpose of this excess benefit plan is to enable employers to pay to members benefits which would exceed the limitations of Section 415(b) but for the existence of the excess benefit plan.
(2) The excess benefit plan shall be operated as a trust, separate and apart from the retirement system, the trustees of which shall be the trustees of the retirement system.
(3) The funds of the excess benefit plan shall not be a part of the funds of the retirement system nor shall they be commingled therewith. The retirement system may not transfer funds to the excess benefit plan.
(4) Contributions to the excess benefit plan shall consist of those employer contributions which, if made to the retirement system, would exceed the limitations for contributions by the employer under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
C. The board, acting as settlors and trustees of the trust authorized in Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section is authorized to adopt by rule a specific trust instrument providing operative provisions for the excess benefit plan, to provide provisions qualifying the excess benefit plan under the provisions of Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to amend the trust from time to time in the discretion of the board.
Acts 2006, No. 492, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
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