House Journal: Page 993: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
35 chapter but at the time of the employment was not
36 covered by this chapter and did not opt out of
37 coverage under this chapter in eligible public
38 employment, upon submitting verification of the
39 eligible public employment and the dates of the
40 eligible public employment, may make contributions to
41 the system for up to the lesser of twenty quarters of
42 service credit for such eligible public employment or
43 the entire period of the eligible public employment,
44 in increments of one or more calendar quarters, and
45 receive credit for membership service and prior
46 service for the period of time for which the
47 contributions are made.
48 3. The verification of the eligible public
49 employment and the dates of such eligible public
50 employment shall be made by the department prior to
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1 receiving contributions from the member.
2 Sec. . Section 97B.80A, Code 2001, is amended
3 by adding the following new subsection:
4 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. For purposes of this section,
5 "eligible public employment" means employment of a
6 person who at the time of the employment was not
7 covered by this chapter and the employment meets any
8 of the following conditions:
9 a. Employment by a covered employer under this
10 chapter of a person who did not opt out of coverage
11 under this chapter.
12 b. Employment of a person as an adjunct instructor
13 as defined in section 97B.1A, subsection 8."
14 4. Page 24, by inserting after line 33 the
15 following:
16 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 97C.21 VOLUNTARY
17 COVERAGE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
18 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to
19 the contrary, an elected official otherwise excluded
20 from the definition of employee as provided in section
21 97C.2, may, but is not required to, choose to be
22 provided benefits as an employee as provided by this
23 chapter. This choice shall be reflected in the
24 federal-state agreement described in section 97C.3.
25 An employer who is providing benefits to an elected
26 official otherwise excluded from the definition of
27 employee prior to July 1, 2002, shall not be deemed to
28 be in an erroneous reporting situation, and
29 corrections for prior federal social security
30 withholdings shall not be required. The
31 implementation of this section shall be subject to the
32 approval of the federal social security
33 administration."
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