Arizona Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Officers and Employees § 38-730. Charter city or ASRS retirement service credits; transfers

A. On application the retirement service credits of an employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS or an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS whose job functions are shifted by law from one employer jurisdiction to another shall be transferred to the retirement system of the new employer.

B. An employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS or an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS who becomes employed by the other employer jurisdiction may apply to have the employee's retirement service credits transferred to the retirement system of the new employer. The retirement service credits of an employee of a charter city that is not an employer under ASRS shall not be transferred unless the governing body of that city approves the transfer. The retirement service credits of an employee of an employer that is an employer under ASRS shall not be transferred unless the board approves the transfer.

C. The transfer shall be made pursuant to § 38-922.

D. The accumulated retirement contributions of an employee whose retirement service credits are transferred that are paid to the retirement system of the new employer shall not be withdrawn by the employee unless the employee's employment terminates.

E. The retirement system to which the employee is transferring shall not apply service credits to the employee's account until such time as complete payment is made to the retirement system to which the employee is transferring. On completion of the transfer provided for in this section, the employee's rights in the retirement system from which the employee is transferring are extinguished.