MI SB0646

Replaces mandatory "shall" language with permissive or directive language throughout the Public School Employees Retirement Act section 85, including changing "shall elect" to "must elect" and "shall be paid" to "will be paid" for clarity and consistency in statutory drafting.

Modifies provisions allowing retirants to change retirement allowance beneficiaries when divorced from a spouse-beneficiary and subsequently remarry, including a new option for retirants to name a current spouse as beneficiary within specified timeframes (180 days to 1 year after remarriage).

Changes specific date references from "on or before June 28, 1976" to "before June 29, 1976" and updates effective date language from "On and after January 1, 2000" to "After December 31, 1999" for technical clarification.

Capitalizes "Social Security" terminology and changes references from "person" to "individual" throughout the section for standardized language usage.

Clarifies that the retirement system determines the estimated Social Security primary insurance amount through updated grammatical construction of existing authority.