Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 16 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Division 10 - The Public School Retirement System of Missouri
Chapter 4 - Membership and Creditable Service
Section 16 CSR 10-4.005 - Requirements for Membership

(1) Membership in the retirement system is required by law, and each employer shall submit to the board of trustees, via Online Automated System Integrated Solution (OASIS), an enrollment record for every employee. It shall be an obligation of the employer to certify the accuracy of the enrollment record and to see that the record is properly filed with the board of trustees.

(2) Employers will remit twice the amount of contributions withheld from all persons employed by them who meet the requirements for membership, as provided by sections 169.010(17), 169.130, 169.135, and 169.140, RSMo. Errors by employers in reporting of eligibility for membership, assigning of employees, and in remitting of contributions will be corrected retroactively, provided the employer certifies that an error was made, provides evidence adequate to support the correction, and remits any balance due from the employer and employee. If the employer has overremitted, the amount of the employer's portion of such overpayments will be credited to the employer to be applied against future contributions. The amount withheld by the employer from the employee shall be refunded to the employee in a manner consistent with the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) Any refund of contributions remitted in error for a member or an employee shall include the total interest, if any, which was credited to those contributions by the retirement system. Any credit provided to the employer for matching employer contributions required in such an instance shall be equal to the total amount paid to the member or employee, including interest. Any correcting remittance of contributions for a member shall include the total interest, if any, which would have been credited to those contributions by the retirement system had the contributions been remitted on a correct and timely basis. Any matching employer contribution remitted in such an instance shall be equal to the total amount remitted for the member, including interest.

(4) Effective July 1, 2004, employment on a full-time basis is defined as employment in a position that normally requires at least six hundred (600) hours during the school term and either:

(5) Proof of date of birth shall be established by submission of birth certificate or a certified copy thereof, issued by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the state in which the member was born. A certified copy of the action of a court of record will be accepted in lieu of a birth certificate. If it is impossible for the member to secure a birth certificate, documentary evidence to be evaluated by the board of trustees may be submitted in lieu of the birth certificate.

(6) Special Requirements-Certificates for Colleges, Universities, and Agencies.

(7) Members of State-Wide Educational Agencies-The employer of any person eligible for membership in the retirement system under the provisions of subsection 2 of section 169.130, RSMo, shall furnish to the board of trustees a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the governing body responsible for the administration of the organization before any such person shall be considered eligible for membership. This resolution shall request the board of trustees to grant membership to the certificated employees of the organization who are now or may become eligible for membership and shall indicate that the governing body will assume full responsibility for the withholding of contributions from the salaries paid to such persons and for the remittance of contributions to the retirement system. This section of this rule applies only to the teacher system.