Active Members Prior to April 2, 2012

• Can retire with 10 yrs service at age 55 or 20 yrs service at any age

• Full retirement age is 65 for Group 1, 60 for Group 2 and 55 for Group 4:

Groups	Description	Notes
Group 1	Officials and general employees including clerical, administrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics and all others not otherwise classified.	Majority of membership falls in this group.
Group 2	Certain employees with hazardous occupations, such as ambulance attendants, licensed electricians and mental health hospital attendants.
Group 3	State police officers	Not applicable
Group 4	Public safety officers, officials and employees, such as police officers, firefighters and certain correction officers.

• Contributions:

Prior to 01/01/75	5%
01/01/75 – 12/31/83	7%
01/01/84 – 06/30/96	8%
07/01/96 – 04/01/12	9%
01/01/79 – 04/01/12	2% additional on amounts in excess of $30,000

• Amount of your retirement allowance uses:

• Section 18 Anti-Spiking Provision:

if salary increases more than 10% in 2 preceding years, those additional earnings
are not included