to 104.800

104.312 to 104.800 , shall mean an employee, retiree, or former employee entitled to deferred annuity covered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system;   (29)  "Membership service" , the service after becoming a member that is recognized in determining a member's eligibility for and the amount of a member's benefits under a system;   (30)  "Military service" , all active service performed in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and members of the United States Public Health Service or any women's auxiliary thereof; and service in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training or full-time National Guard duty, and service by any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency;   (31)  "Normal annuity" , the annuity provided to a member upon retirement at or after the member's normal retirement age;   (32)  "Normal retirement age" , an employee's attainment of sixty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age sixty-five years of age and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity or the member's attainment of age sixty and the completion of fifteen years of creditable service, except that normal retirement age for uniformed members of the highway patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service and uniformed employees of the water patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age fifty-five and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member of the water patrol who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity and members of the general assembly shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of three full biennial assemblies.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a member of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system or a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall be entitled to retire with a normal annuity and shall be entitled to elect any of the survivor benefit options and shall also be entitled to any other provisions of this chapter that relate to retirement with a normal annuity if the sum of the member's age and creditable service equals eighty years or more and if the member is at least forty-eight years of age;   (33)  "Payroll deduction" , deductions made from an employee's compensation;   (34)  "Prior service credit" , the service of an employee rendered prior to the date the employee became a member which service is recognized in determining the member's eligibility for benefits from a system but not in determining the amount of the member's benefit;   (35)  "Reduced annuity" , an actuarial equivalent of a normal annuity;   (36)  "Retiree" , a member who is not an employee and who is receiving an annuity from a system pursuant to this chapter;   (37)  "System" or "retirement system" , the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, as created by sections