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Sec. 4.1080.7. Calculation of Service and Deferred Service Retirement Allowance.
 
   (a)   Calculation Formula. The service retirement allowance for a member who is eligible to retire under Section 4.1080.5, and the deferred service retirement allowance for a former member who is eligible to retire under Section 4.1080.6, shall be calculated pursuant to the following formula:
 
Retirement factor × (multiplied by) City Service Credit × (multiplied by) final compensation = (equals) service retirement allowance.
 
   Each service retirement allowance shall be allocated between the following two components:
 
   (1)   An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the retiree’s accumulated contributions at the time of retirement (excluding any additional contributions paid to provide a larger annuity at the time of retirement), calculated in accordance with approved actuarial methods as of the date of retirement; and
 
   (2)   A pension, in the amount of the remaining balance, payable to the retiree on account of the retiree’s service.
 
   (b)   City Service Credit Based Upon Time Working for the Department of Water and Power under the Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan. In calculating the service or deferred retirement allowance pursuant to the formula set forth in Subsection (a), City service credit based upon service with the Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan (WPERP) shall be included where such service credit was transferred to the Retirement System pursuant to reciprocity between LACERS and WPERP, as provided by current Section 4.1095 or former Section 4.1060 of this Code. LACERS shall consider such service credit to the extent required by those Code sections.
 
   (c)   Age Based Reduction Factor for Early Retirement. For members who retire pursuant to Section 4.1080.5(a)(1)(ii), and former members who retire pursuant to Section 4.1080.6(a)(4), an age-based reduction shall be made by multiplying the retirement allowance as calculated in Subsection (a) by the factor set forth in the table.
 
Early Retirement Reduction Factors
45
0.6250
45 1/4
0.6325
45 1/2
0.6400
45 3/4
0.6475
46
0.6550
46 1/4
0.6625
46 1/2
0.6700
46 3/4
0.6775
47
0.6850
47 1/4
0.6925
47 1/2
0.7000
47 3/4
0.7075
48
0.7150
48 1/4
0.7225
48 1/2
0.7300
48 3/4
0.7375
49
0.7450
49 1/4
0.7525
49 1/2
0.7600
49 3/4
0.7675
50
0.7750
50 1/4
0.7825
50 1/2
0.7900
50 3/4
0.7975
51
0.8050
51 1/4
0.8125
51 1/2
0.8200
51 3/4
0.8275
52
0.8350
52 1/4
0.8425
52 1/2
0.8500
52 3/4
0.8575
53
0.8650
53 1/4
0.8725
53 1/2
0.8800
53 3/4
0.8875
54
0.8950
54 1/4
0.9025
54 1/2
0.9100
54 3/4
0.9175
55
0.9250
55 1/4
0.92875
55 1/2
0.93250
55 3/4
0.93625
56
0.94000
56 1/4
0.94375
56 1/2
0.94750
56 3/4
0.95125
57
0.95500
57 1/4
0.95875
57 1/2
0.96250
57 3/4
0.96625
58
0.97000
58 1/4
0.97375
58 1/2
0.97750
58 3/4
0.98125
59
0.98500
59 1/4
0.98875
59 1/2
0.99250
59 3/4
0.99625
60 and over
1.00
 
   (d)   Adjustment for Prior Disability Retirement. The retirement allowance calculated in Subsection (a) shall be subject to the following adjustment, if applicable. If the retiree had previously been on disability retirement, the retiree’s service retirement allowance shall be reduced by an amount equal to the annuity which the total of the disability annuity payments made to the retiree would have provided had they still been part of the retiree’s accumulated contributions at the time of retirement unless, upon returning to service from disability retirement, a member elected, as provided by Board rule, to make additional contributions in order to restore part or all of the retiree’s annuity.
 
   (e)   Adjustment for Prior Minimum Distribution. The retirement allowance calculated in Subsection (a) shall be subject to the following adjustment, if applicable. If the retiree previously received any minimum distribution required by the Internal Revenue Code, the retiree’s service retirement allowance shall be subject to adjustment as provided in rules to be adopted by the Board of Administration.
 
   (f)   Cap on Allowances. In no event shall any Tier 3 retirement allowance exceed eighty percent (80%) of the member or former member’s final compensation, except where the allowance is based solely upon the annuity component funded by the retiree’s accumulated contributions and thus does not include a pension component. The eighty percent (80%) of final compensation limitation upon the retirement allowance set forth above, which is subject to one exception as noted, shall apply to the member or former member’s retirement allowance prior to any adjustments that may be required as a result of the purchase of an additional annuity, the provision for a continuance to a survivor, or any other election authorized in this section.
 
   (g)   Internal Revenue Limitations. All Internal Revenue Code limitations set forth in Section 4.1080.1(b) shall be applicable to benefits payable under Tier 3. In addition, Tier 3 members or former members shall not be entitled to the payment of benefits to the extent such benefits are reduced by the limitations on benefits imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code. Tier 3 retirees shall not be eligible to participate in the Excess Benefit Plan established in Section 4.1800.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Added by Ord. No. 184,134, Eff. 1-22-16.
Amended by: Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 184,853, Eff. 4-6-17.