§3005. Retirement allowance
A. Any member, upon withdrawal from service, upon or after attainment of the age of sixty-two years, who shall have completed at least ten years of creditable service, or after the age of fifty-five years who shall have completed at least twenty-five years of creditable service, or who has attained age sixty and has at least twenty years of creditable service, or who shall have thirty years of creditable service, regardless of age, shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance which shall begin as of the date specified by the member in his application for the said allowance but in no event before withdrawal from service.
B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to becoming eligible for retirement, having at least ten years of creditable service, and having received no refund of his accumulated contributions, shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance to commence on his earliest normal retirement date.
C. The annual amount of the retirement allowance shall consist of:
(1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and
(2) An annual pension which together with the annuity provided for above shall provide a total retirement allowance equal to three percent of his average compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service, but in no case shall this benefit exceed one hundred percent of his average compensation as defined herein.
D. Any member in the service who shall have attained the age of seventy years shall be retired forthwith.
Designated from Acts 1982, No. 590, §1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
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