OAR 459-075-0200: Retirement Eligibility for Police Officer and Firefighter Members

(1) For purposes of this rule: (a) “Police officer” and “firefighter” have the same meaning given them in ORS 238A.005. (b) “Concurrently employed” means employment with two or more participating employers in the same calendar month. (2) An OPSRP Pension Program member will establish retirement eligibility as a police officer or firefighter, if the member’s last 60 months of retirement credit preceding the date the member reaches early retirement age under ORS 238A.160(2), or normal retirement age under ORS 238A.165(2), were accrued while employed in a qualifying position as a police officer or firefighter. (3) The 60 months of police officer & firefighter retirement credit does not have to be continuous, but a member does not establish retirement eligibility as a police officer or firefighter under section (2) of this rule if the member’s last 60 months of retirement credit preceding the date the member reaches early or normal retirement age includes any months of retirement credit as other than a police officer or firefighter. (4) If the member is concurrently employed as a police officer or firefighter, the 60-month retirement credit count described in section (2) of this rule restarts if the member accrues retirement credit for service as other than a police officer or firefighter, unless the member is receiving insurance payments for short-term or long-term disability for which retirement credit is not available under ORS 238A.155; and concurrently employed and performing service as other than a police officer or firefighter, accruing retirement credit as other than a police officer or firefighter. (5) A member who is receiving disability insurance payments as described in section (4) of this rule must submit proof of such payments in a format and manner approved by PERS, no later than the member’s effective date of retirement.