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Current as of February 09, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 8a. (1) Beginning January 1, 2002, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, “eligible retirement plan” means 1 or more of the following:
(a) An individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.
(b) An individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.
(c) An annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403.
(d) A qualified trust described in section 401(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 401.
(e) An annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403.
(f) An eligible plan under section 457(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 457, that is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and that agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into the eligible plan under section 457(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 457, from this retirement system, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution.
(g) Beginning January 1, 2008, a Roth individual retirement account as described in section 408A of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408A, subject to the rules that apply to rollovers from a traditional individual retirement account to a Roth individual retirement account.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2007, “eligible rollover distribution” means a distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee. Eligible rollover distribution does not include any of the following:
(a) A distribution made for the life or life expectancy of the distributee or the joint lives or joint life expectancies of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary.
(b) A distribution for a specified period of 10 years or more.
(c) A distribution to the extent that the distribution is required under section 401(a)(9) of the internal revenue code.
(d) The portion of any distribution that is not includable in federal gross income, except to the extent such portion of the distribution is paid to either of the following:
(i) An individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408(a) or 408(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 408.
(ii) A qualified plan described in section 401(a) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 401, or an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 403, and the plan providers agree to separately account for the amounts paid, including any portion of the distribution that is includable in federal gross income, and the portion of the distribution which is not so includable.
(3) “Internal revenue code” means the United States internal revenue code of 1986. 1
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 38. Civil Service and Retirement § 38.1008a - last updated February 09, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-38-civil-service-and-retirement/mi-comp-laws-38-1008a/
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