Senate File 215 - Introduced SENATE FILE 215 BY FEENSTRA A BILL FOR An Act exempting certain part-time employees from participation 1 in the Iowa public employees’ retirement system. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1802XS (2) 84 aw/sc

S.F. 215 Section 1. Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code 1 2011, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 2 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (04) Permanent employees hired on or 3 after July 1, 2011, for part-time employment of one thousand 4 three hundred hours or less on an annualized basis. An 5 employee who works for an employer for more than one thousand 6 three hundred hours, on an annualized basis, is not a part-time 7 employee under this subparagraph. 8 EXPLANATION 9 This bill provides that any newly hired part-time employee 10 working 1,300 hours or less on an annualized basis is not 11 eligible to participate in the Iowa public employees’ 12 retirement system (IPERS). 13 In terms of an employee’s weekly hours, any employee 14 working 25 hours or less per week would not be eligible for 15 participation in the system. 16 -1- LSB 1802XS (2) 84 aw/sc 1/ 1