Arizona Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Officers and Employees § 38-890. Pensions; commencement and duration

A. A normal retirement pension, an accidental disability pension, a total and permanent disability pension or an ordinary disability pension commences on the first day of the calendar month next following the member's date of retirement. A survivor pension commences on the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which the death causing payment of the pension occurs.

B. Termination of payment of a pension occurs at the end of the calendar month in which the event causing the termination occurred. The payment shall be made for the full month of termination.

C. A change in the amount of a pension occurs on the first day of the calendar month next following the date of the event causing the change.

D. The plan shall make payments pursuant to § 401(a)(9) of the internal revenue code 1 and the regulations that are issued under that section. Notwithstanding any other provision of the plan, beginning January 1, 1987 payment of benefits to a member shall commence not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: