ORS 238.500: Definitions for ORS 238.500 to 238.585.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
As used in ORS 238.500 to 238.585, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Court” means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and a circuit court. (2) “Judge” means a judge of any court. (3) “Judge member” means a judge who is a member of the Public Employees Retirement System subject to ORS 238.500 to 238.585. (4) “Service as a judge” means creditable service, as defined by ORS 238.005, by a judge as: (a) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court; or (b) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court temporarily in another court. [Formerly 237.211]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 459-005-0005: Amendments to Retirement Law — implements
- OAR 459-005-0100: Definitions — Member’s Fiduciary — implements
- OAR 459-005-0110: Fiduciary Document Requirements — implements
- OAR 459-005-0130: Termination of Member’s Fiduciary — implements
- OAR 459-005-0140: Permissible Actions Under A Fiduciary Document — implements
- OAR 459-005-0150: Effective Date of Fiduciary Document Rules — implements
- OAR 459-005-0180: Incapacity of Members, Beneficiaries, and Alternate Payees — implements
- OAR 459-005-0210: Transmission of Information, Reports, and Documents — implements
- OAR 459-005-0215: Transmittal of Remittances or Payments — implements
- OAR 459-005-0530: Limitation for Employers with Multiple Retirement Plans — for Contributions and Distributions Before January 1, 2000 — implements
- OAR 459-005-0535: Annual Benefit Limitation — implements
- OAR 459-005-0540: Permissive Service Credit — implements
- OAR 459-005-0545: Annual Addition Limitation — implements
- OAR 459-005-0560: Required Minimum Distributions, Generally — implements
- OAR 459-005-0590: General Provisions and Applicability Date — Direct Rollovers — implements
- OAR 459-010-0078: Volunteer Service — implements
- OAR 459-040-0001: Definitions — implements
- OAR 459-040-0010: General Administration — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 238.500 — resolved
- 238.585 — resolved
- ORS 238.005 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 238.055: Membership of judges previously receiving retirement pay from Judges’ Retirement Fund.
- ORS 238.210: Payment of certain circuit court judge employee contributions by employer.
- ORS 238.515: Contributions.
- ORS 238.545: Withdrawal of member account; retirement allowance of inactive judge member.
- ORS 238.555: Disability retirement allowance.
- ORS 238.575: Cost-of-living adjustments; ad hoc increase.
- ORS 238.580: Application of PERS laws to judges.
- OAR 459-005-0001: Definitions, Generally
- OAR 459-009-0070: Actuarial Pooling of Employer Liability
- OAR 459-040-0001: Definitions
- OAR 459-040-0020: Judge Member Disability Retirement
- OAR 459-045-0001: Definitions
- OAR 459-045-0010: Tier One/Tier Two Division of Benefits
- OAR 459-045-0020: Court Orders
- OAR 459-075-0010: Eligibility and Membership
- OAR 459-075-0060: Vesting in the OPSRP Pension Program
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors238.html