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House File 593

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 97B.45, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    97B.45  RETIREMENT DATE.
  1  4    A member's normal retirement date is any of the following,
  1  5 whichever is applicable to the member:
  1  6    1.  The first of the month in which a member attains the
  1  7 age of sixty-five years if the member has not completed twenty
  1  8 years of membership service.
  1  9    2.  The first of the month in which the member attains the
  1 10 age of sixty-two years if the member has completed twenty
  1 11 years of membership service.
  1 12    3.  The first of any month in which the member has
  1 13 completed twenty years of membership service if the member has
  1 14 attained the age of sixty-two years but is not yet sixty-five
  1 15 years of age.
  1 16    4.  The first of any month in which the member is at least
  1 17 fifty-five years of age and for which the sum of the number of
  1 18 years of membership service and prior service and the member's
  1 19 age in years as of the member's last birthday equals or
  1 20 exceeds eighty-eight eighty-five.
  1 21    5.  The first of any month in which the member has
  1 22 completed thirty years of membership service.
  1 23    A member may retire after the member's sixty-fifth birthday
  1 24 except as otherwise provided in section 97B.46.  A member
  1 25 retiring on or after the normal retirement date, as provided
  1 26 in section 97B.46, shall submit a written notice to the
  1 27 department setting forth the date the retirement is to become
  1 28 effective.  The date shall be after the member's last day of
  1 29 service and not before the first day of the sixth calendar
  1 30 month preceding the month in which the notice is filed.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  Section 97B.47, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 32 follows:
  1 33    97B.47  EARLY RETIREMENT DATE.
  1 34    A member's early retirement date shall be the first of the
  1 35 month in which a member attains the age of fifty-five years or
  2  1 the first of any month after attaining the age of fifty-five
  2  2 years, if the date is prior to the member's normal retirement
  2  3 date, provided such date shall be after the last day of
  2  4 service.  A member may retire on the member's early retirement
  2  5 date by submitting written notice to the department setting
  2  6 forth the early retirement date which shall not be before the
  2  7 first day of the sixth calendar month preceding the month in
  2  8 which such notice is filed.
  2  9    Sec. 3.  Section 97B.50, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  2 10 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  2 11    Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vested
  2 12 member, upon retirement prior to the normal retirement date
  2 13 other than that specified in section 97B.45, subsection 4 or
  2 14 5, is entitled to receive a monthly retirement allowance
  2 15 determined in the same manner as provided for normal
  2 16 retirement in sections 97B.49A, 97B.49E, and 97B.49G, reduced
  2 17 as follows:
  2 18    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE – RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE.
  2 19 This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
  2 20 upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to members
  2 21 retiring on or after July 1, 1998.  
  2 22                           EXPLANATION
  2 23    This bill provides that a member of the Iowa public
  2 24 employees' retirement system may retire without an age
  2 25 reduction penalty if, on the date of retirement, the member
  2 26 has 30 years of membership service, regardless of age, or if
  2 27 the member is at least 55 and the combination of the member's
  2 28 age and years of service equals 85.
  2 29    The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  2 30 applicable to members retiring on or after July 1, 1998.  
  2 31 LSB 2774HH 78
  2 32 ec/jw/5
     

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