§ 22904 State Pickup Member Contributions

• •The state can pay part or all of the money that state workers need to put into their retirement plan.
• •This money is taken from the worker's paycheck before they get it, like a automatic savings plan.
• •The money the state pays is still counted as if the worker paid it themselves for retirement.
• •This rule follows a special tax code to make sure it's done the right way.

If you work for the state and normally have to pay $100 every month into your retirement, the state can choose to pay that $100 for you.

The state takes the $100 from your paycheck before you get it, so you don't have to pay it yourself. It still goes into your retirement account, and it's like you paid it, but the state actually did.