{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-49-12-201","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 49-12-201","heading":"System membership -- Eligibility.","body":"(1) A regular full-time employee of a participating employer is eligible for service credit in this system upon the later of:\n(a) the date on which the participating employer began participating in this system; or\n(b) the effective date of employment of the regular full-time employee with the participating employer.\n(2) Beginning July 1, 1986, a person entering employment with the state and its educational institutions may not participate in this system.\n(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1), a person initially entering employment with a participating employer on or after July 1, 2011, who does not have service credit accrued before July 1, 2011, in a Tier I system or plan administered by the board, may not participate in this system.","path":["Title 49 Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act","Chapter 49-12 Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Act","Part 49-12-2 Membership Eligibility"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title49/Chapter12/49-12-S201.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"6ccb3097f510612f35ee94b7e666929e1639e1c43d35f251c0d886b943a034fa","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-49-12-104","next":"us-ut/utah-code-49-12-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}