Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-101 (2026)

Public employees' retirement system established

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A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the management of the board of trustees for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this article for officers and employees in the state service and their beneficiaries. The retirement system provided by this article shall go into operation as of the first day of the month following the effective date thereof, when contributions by members shall begin and benefits shall become payable.

This system shall be an agency of the State of Mississippi having all the powers and privileges of a public corporation and shall be known as the "Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi." By such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held; but in ordinary correspondence the word "system" may be used instead of the full title. After appropriation for administrative expenses and after payment of investment management fees and costs, all funds of the system shall be held in trust in the custody of the board of trustees as funds of the beneficiaries of the trust. The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review is hereby authorized and directed to have performed random actuarial evaluations, as necessary, of the funds and expenses of the Public Employees' Retirement System and to make annual reports to the Legislature on the financial soundness of the system.

Codes, 1942, § 7446-11; Laws, 1952, ch. 299, § 11; Laws, 1989, ch. 513, § 2, eff. 4/4/1989.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1983–2014 · leading case: Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Auth., 701 F.2d 1131 (5th Cir. 1983).

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Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Auth., 701 F.2d 1131 (5th Cir. 1983). “Public employees generally must look to the retirement system established under Miss.Code Ann. § 25-11-101 for benefits. The Authority thus enjoys many of the generally recognized powers of private corporations.”

Ex Parte Melof, 735 So. 2d 1172 (Ala. 1999). “208, § 1)); Miss.Code Ann. § 25-11-101 (derived from 1942 Miss.”

Dean v. Pub. Emp. Ret. Sys., 797 So. 2d 830 (Miss. 2000). “Specifically, we look to parts of Article 3 ("Additional State Retirement and Disability Benefits") of the Public Employees' Retirement Law of 1952, codified as Miss. Code Ann. §§ 25-11-101 et seq. (1999).”

Pruitt v. Pruitt, 144 So. 3d 1249 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 25-11-101 (Rev. 2010). Furthermore, accrued PERS benefits are “exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in this article.”

Pub. Emp. Ret. Sys. v. Dillon, 538 So. 2d 327 (Miss. 1989). “In relevant part, Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-101 (1972) provides that the System shall have all the powers and privileges of a corporation and is hereby designated a distinct and separate corporation.”

Knight v. Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Mississippi, 108 So. 3d 941 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-11-101 (Rev.2010). Pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 25-11-113(l)(a)-(b) (Supp.”

Jackie Dean v. Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. (Miss. 1997). “Specifically, we look to parts of Article 3 ("Additional State Retirement and Disability Benefits") of the Public Employees' Retirement Law of 1952, codified as Miss. Code Ann. §§ 25-11-101 et seq. (1999).”

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