Distribution of assets.

71-04-03-07. Distribution of assets. Distribution of assets may be made only upon separation from service as defined in section 71-04-01-01, or in accordance with section 71-04-03-05 or 71-04-08-01, or as a direct trustee-to-trustee plan transfer to a tax-qualified governmental defined benefit plan (as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 414(d)) for the purchase of permissive service credit (as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 415(n)(3)(A) or a repayment to which Internal Revenue Code section 415 does not apply by reason of section 415(k)(3), regardless of whether or not the participant has had a severance from employment, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the board, as set forth in the 457 deferred compensation plan document, and in a manner consistent with section 457(e)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code. History: Effective May 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2016. General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 54-52-03.2 Law Implemented: NDCC 54-52.2-03, 54-52.2-03.2 2