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Senate Amendment 5643

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2496, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking page 51, line 35, through page 52,
  1  4 line 2, and inserting the following:  "context
  1  5 otherwise provides:
  1  6    a.  "Member" means a vested member who is
  1  7 classified as a special service member under section
  1  8 97B.1A, subsection 21, at the time of the alleged
  1  9 disability.
  1 10    b.  "Net disability retirement allowance" means the
  1 11 amount determined by subtracting the amount paid
  1 12 during the previous calendar year by the member for
  1 13 health insurance or similar health care coverage for
  1 14 the member and the member's dependents from the amount
  1 15 of the member's disability retirement allowance paid
  1 16 for that year pursuant to this section.
  1 17    c.  "Reemployment comparison amount" means an
  1 18 amount equal to the current covered wages of an active
  1 19 special service member at the same position on the
  1 20 salary scale within the rank or position the member
  1 21 held at the time the member received a disability
  1 22 retirement allowance pursuant to this section.  If the
  1 23 rank or position held by the member at the time of
  1 24 retirement pursuant to this section is abolished, the
  1 25 amount shall be computed by the department as though
  1 26 the rank or position had not been abolished and salary
  1 27 increases had been granted on the same basis as
  1 28 granted to other ranks or positions by the former
  1 29 employer of the member.  The reemployment comparison
  1 30 amount shall not be less than the three-year average
  1 31 covered wage of the member."
  1 32    #2.  Page 52, line 4, by striking the words
  1 33 "Effective July 1, 1999, a" and inserting the
  1 34 following:  "A".
  1 35    #3.  Page 52, by striking lines 10 and 11 and
  1 36 inserting the following:  "97B.49G, as applicable."
  1 37    #4.  Page 52, line 28, by inserting after the word
  1 38 "commenced." the following:  "A member who is denied a
  1 39 benefit under this subsection, by reason of a finding
  1 40 by the department that the member is not mentally or
  1 41 physically incapacitated for the further performance
  1 42 of duty, shall be entitled to be restored to active
  1 43 service in the same or comparable special service
  1 44 position held by the member immediately prior to the
  1 45 application for disability benefits."
  1 46    #5.  Page 53, line 2, by inserting after the word
  1 47 "commenced" the following:  ", the presumption
  1 48 established in this paragraph shall not apply".
  1 49    #6.  Page 53, line 5, by striking the word
  1 50 "greatest" and inserting the following:  "greater".
  2  1    #7.  Page 53, line 6, by striking the words
  2  2 "subsection, a" and inserting the following:
  2  3 "subsection or a".
  2  4    #8.  Page 53, lines 8 through 10, by striking the
  2  5 words ", or a disability retirement allowance
  2  6 calculated under section 97B.50, subsection 2".
  2  7    #9.  Page 53, line 16, by striking the words and
  2  8 figures "Effective July 1, 1999, a" and inserting the
  2  9 following:  "A".
  2 10    #10.  Page 53, by striking lines 21 and 22 and
  2 11 inserting the following:  "97B.49G, as applicable."
  2 12    #11.  Page 54, line 1, by inserting after the word
  2 13 "commenced." the following:  "A member who is denied a
  2 14 benefit under this subsection, by reason of a finding
  2 15 by the department that the member is not mentally or
  2 16 physically incapacitated for the further performance
  2 17 of duty, shall be entitled to be restored to active
  2 18 service in the same or comparable special service
  2 19 position held by the member immediately prior to the
  2 20 application for disability benefits."
  2 21    #12.  Page 54, line 3, by striking the word
  2 22 "greatest" and inserting the following:  "greater".
  2 23    #13.  Page 54, line 5, by striking the words
  2 24 "subsection, a" and inserting the following:
  2 25 "subsection or a".
  2 26    #14.  Page 54, lines 7 and 8, by striking the words
  2 27 ", or a disability retirement allowance calculated
  2 28 under section 97B.50, subsection 2".
  2 29    #15.  Page 54, by inserting after line 12 the
  2 30 following:
  2 31    "___.  WAIVER OF ALLOWANCE.  A member receiving a
  2 32 disability retirement allowance under this section may
  2 33 file an application to receive benefits pursuant to
  2 34 section 97B.50, subsection 2, in lieu of receiving a
  2 35 disability retirement allowance under the provisions
  2 36 of this section, if the member becomes eligible for
  2 37 benefits under section 97B.50, subsection 2.  An
  2 38 application to receive benefits pursuant to section
  2 39 97B.50, subsection 2, shall be filed with the
  2 40 department within sixty days of becoming eligible for
  2 41 benefits pursuant to that section or the member shall
  2 42 be ineligible to elect coverage under that section.
  2 43 On the first of the month following the month in which
  2 44 a member's application is approved by the department,
  2 45 the member's election of coverage under section
  2 46 97B.50, subsection 2, shall become effective and the
  2 47 member's eligibility to receive a disability
  2 48 retirement allowance pursuant to this section shall
  2 49 cease.  Benefits payable pursuant to section 97B.50,
  2 50 subsection 2, shall be calculated using the option
  3  1 choice the member selected for payment of a disability
  3  2 retirement allowance pursuant to this section.  An
  3  3 application to elect coverage under section 97B.50,
  3  4 subsection 2, is irrevocable upon approval by the
  3  5 department."
  3  6    #16.  Page 55, line 18, by inserting after the word
  3  7 "members." the following:  "If a member receiving a
  3  8 disability retirement allowance returns to special
  3  9 service employment, then the period of time the member
  3 10 received a disability retirement allowance shall
  3 11 constitute eligible service as defined in section
  3 12 97B.49B, subsection 1, or section 97B.49C, subsection
  3 13 1, as applicable."
  3 14    #17.  Page 55, by striking lines 21 through 27 and
  3 15 inserting the following:
  3 16    "b.  (1)  If a member receiving a disability
  3 17 retirement allowance is engaged in a gainful
  3 18 occupation that is not covered employment, the
  3 19 member's disability retirement allowance shall be
  3 20 reduced, if applicable, as provided in this paragraph.
  3 21    (2)  If the member is engaged in a gainful
  3 22 occupation paying more than the difference between the
  3 23 member's net disability retirement allowance and one
  3 24 and one-half times the reemployment comparison amount
  3 25 for that member, then the amount of the member's
  3 26 disability retirement allowance shall be reduced to an
  3 27 amount such that the member's net disability
  3 28 retirement allowance plus the amount earned by the
  3 29 member shall equal one and one-half times the
  3 30 reemployment comparison amount for that member.
  3 31    (3)  The member shall submit sufficient
  3 32 documentation to the system to permit the system to
  3 33 determine the member's net disability retirement
  3 34 allowance and earnings from a gainful occupation that
  3 35 is not covered employment for the applicable year.
  3 36    (4)  This paragraph does not apply to a member who
  3 37 is at least fifty-five years of age and would have
  3 38 completed a sufficient number of years of service if
  3 39 the member had remained in active special service
  3 40 employment.  For purposes of this subparagraph, a
  3 41 sufficient number of years of service shall be twenty-
  3 42 five for a special service member as described in
  3 43 section 97B.49B or twenty-two years of service for a
  3 44 special service member as described in section
  3 45 97B.49C."
  3 46    #18.  Page 58, by striking lines 8 through 10 and
  3 47 inserting the following:  "submit to the department
  3 48 any documentation the department".
  3 49    #19.  Page 58, by inserting after line 16 the
  3 50 following:
  4  1    "12.  APPLICABILITY – RETROACTIVITY.
  4  2    a.  This section applies to a member who becomes
  4  3 disabled on or after July 1, 1999, and also applies to
  4  4 a member who becomes disabled prior to July 1, 1999,
  4  5 if the member has not terminated special service
  4  6 employment as of June 30, 1999.
  4  7    b.  To qualify for benefits under this section, a
  4  8 member must file a completed application with the
  4  9 department within one year of the member's termination
  4 10 of employment.  A member eligible for a disability
  4 11 retirement allowance under this section is entitled to
  4 12 receipt of retroactive adjustment payments for no more
  4 13 than six months immediately preceding the month in
  4 14 which the completed application for receipt of a
  4 15 disability retirement allowance under this section is
  4 16 approved."
  4 17    #20.  Page 87, line 34, by striking the words "city
  4 18 administrator,".
  4 19    #21.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  4 20 
  4 21 
  4 22                               
  4 23 SHELDON RITTMER 
  4 24 
  4 25 
  4 26                               
  4 27 JOHN P. KIBBIE 
  4 28 
  4 29 
  4 30                               
  4 31 RICHARD F. DRAKE 
  4 32 
  4 33 
  4 34                               
  4 35 HF 2496.518 77
  4 36 ec/jw/28
     

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