Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 59 - PERSI (Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho)
Rule 59.01.01 - RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IDAHO (PERSI)
Subchapter E - PERSI SEPARATION FROM SERVICE RULES
Section 59.01.01.508 - REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS
Current through August 31, 2023
01. Default Application of Federal Requirements. With respect to distributions under the Base Plan, and except as provided in Subsection 508.06, the Plan will apply the minimum distribution requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the IRS Code in accordance with a good faith interpretation of section 401(a)(9), notwithstanding any provision of the Base Plan to the contrary. (3-31-22)
02. Required Beginning Date. Except as otherwise provided in Subsections 508.04 through 508.08, distributions under the Base Plan shall begin not later than April 1 following the later of (a) the commencement year or (b) the year in which the member retires. For purposes of Section 508, the "commencement year" is the calendar year in which the member reaches age seventy-two (72). (3-31-22)
03. PERSI Selects Retirement Option. Any member required to take minimum distributions, as provided in this Section 508, and fails to complete and submit an approved retirement application and select either a regular or optional retirement allowance by April 1 following the later of (a) the commencement year or (b) the year in which the member retires shall be deemed to have made the following selection: (3-31-22)
04. Lifetime Distributions. Distribution shall be made over the life of the participant or the lives of the participant and his beneficiary; or over a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the member or the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the member and his beneficiary. (3-31-22)
05. Timing of Required Distributions. A required distribution shall be deemed to have been made during the commencement year if actually made by the following April 1, but such delayed distribution shall not change the amount of such distribution, and the distribution otherwise required during the subsequent calendar year shall be calculated as if the first distribution had been made on the last day of the commencement year. (3-31-22)
06. Adjustment of Required Distributions. Benefits paid prior to the commencement year shall reduce the aggregate amount subject to (but shall not otherwise negate) the minimum distribution requirements described herein. (3-31-22)
07. Benefits Deferred Beyond Service Retirement. The first payment of benefits of an inactive member following deferment beyond service retirement will be in a lump sum that includes payment for those months of service dating from the date of service retirement when a monthly retirement payment would have started through the current monthly payment. Subsequent payments will be for the monthly retirement allowance only. (3-31-22)
08. Death Benefits. All death benefits payable under the Base Plan will be distributed as soon as administratively practicable after request, but must in any event be distributed within fifteen (15) months of the member's death, unless the identity of the beneficiary is not ascertainable. (3-31-22)
