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Senate Amendment 5328

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  1  1    Amend House File 2463, as passed by the House, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 15, by inserting after line 10 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec. ___.  IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
  1  6 SYSTEM – EMPLOYEE WAGES.
  1  7    1.  Notwithstanding section 97B.1A, subsection 26,
  1  8 paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), subparagraph
  1  9 subdivision (d), as enacted in 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate
  1 10 File 2411, "wages" as defined in section 97B.1A,
  1 11 subsection 26, for an eligible employee of an eligible
  1 12 employer shall include allowable employer-paid
  1 13 contributions which are uniformly applied by each
  1 14 eligible employer to all of the employer's eligible
  1 15 employees and are not limited to highly compensated
  1 16 employees as defined in section 414(q) of the Internal
  1 17 Revenue Code.
  1 18    2.  For purposes of this section:
  1 19    a.  "Allowable employer-paid contributions" means
  1 20 employer-paid contributions that cannot be received by
  1 21 the employee in cash and that are made to plans,
  1 22 programs, or arrangements qualified under section 125
  1 23 of the Internal Revenue Code.
  1 24    b.  "Eligible employee" means an employee of an
  1 25 eligible employer who is covered under chapter 97B and
  1 26 was employed by the eligible employer prior to July 1,
  1 27 2000.
  1 28    c.  "Eligible employer" means an employer covered
  1 29 by chapter 97B who meets all of the following
  1 30 requirements:
  1 31    (1)  The employer included allowable employer-paid
  1 32 contributions in employees' wages continuously from
  1 33 January 1, 1997, through January 1, 2000.
  1 34    (2)  The employer includes allowable employer-paid
  1 35 contributions in employees' wages for all eligible
  1 36 employees of the employer on and after July 1, 2000.
  1 37    3.  An eligible employer may file a written
  1 38 election with the department of personnel to exclude
  1 39 allowable employer-paid contributions from wages of
  1 40 every eligible employee of the employer and shall
  1 41 cease being an eligible employer for purposes of this
  1 42 section upon filing the election.  An election by an
  1 43 eligible employer to exclude allowable employer-paid
  1 44 contributions is irrevocable and no retroactive wage
  1 45 adjustment shall be permitted for eligible employees
  1 46 following the election.  An eligible employee shall
  1 47 not be permitted to file a written election to exclude
  1 48 allowable employer-paid contributions from that
  1 49 eligible employee's wages."
  1 50    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
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  2  4 SHELDON RITTMER 
  2  5 HF 2463.1
  2  6 ec/cc/26
     

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