Utah Code Title 49. Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act § 49-11-406. Governor's appointed executives and senior staff--Appointed legislative employees--Transfer of value of accrued defined benefit--Procedures

(a) “Defined benefit balance” means the total amount of the contributions made on behalf of a member to a defined benefit system plus refund interest.

(b) “Senior staff” means an at-will employee who reports directly to an elected official, executive director, or director and includes a deputy director and other similar, at-will employee positions designated by the governor, the speaker of the House, or the president of the Senate and filed with the Division of Human Resource Management and the Utah State Retirement Office.

(a) the state auditor;

(b) the state treasurer;

(c) an appointed executive under Subsection 67-22-2(1)(a);

(d) an employee in the Governor's Office;

(e) senior staff in the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget;

(f) senior staff in the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity;

(g) senior staff in the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice;

(h) senior staff in the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, created in Section 63L-11-201;

(i) a legislative employee appointed under Subsection 36-12-7(3)(a);  or

(j) a legislative employee appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, the House of Representatives minority leader, the president of the Senate, or the Senate minority leader.

(a) is final, and no right exists to make any further election;

(b) is considered a request to be exempt from coverage under a defined benefits system;  and

(c) shall be made on forms provided by the office.