1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
a. "Applicable percentage" means sixty percent or, for each active or inactive vested member retiring on or after July 1, 1996, sixty percent plus, if applicable, an additional one-fourth of one percentage point for each additional calendar quarter of eligible service beyond twenty-five years of service, not to exceed a total of five additional percentage points.
b. "Eligible service" means membership and prior service in a protection occupation. In addition, for a member with membership and prior service in a protection occupation described in paragraph "d", subparagraph (2), eligible service includes membership and prior service as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or airport fire fighter as defined in section 97B.49C.
c. "Fraction of years of service" means a number, not to exceed one, equal to the sum of the years of eligible service in a protection occupation divided by twenty-five years.
d. "Protection occupation" includes all of the following:
(1) A conservation peace officer employed under section 456A.13.
(2) A marshal in a city not covered under chapter 400 or a fire fighter or police officer of a city not participating in the retirement systems established in chapter 410 or 411.
(3) A correctional officer or correctional supervisor employed by the Iowa department of corrections, and any other employee of that department whose primary purpose is, through ongoing direct inmate contact, to enforce and maintain discipline, safety, and security within a correctional facility. The Iowa department of corrections and the personnel division of the department of personnel shall jointly determine which job classifications are covered under this subparagraph.
(4) An airport safety officer employed under chapter 400 by an airport commission in a city of one hundred thousand population or more.
(5) An employee of the state department of transportation who is designated as a "peace officer" by resolution under section 321.477, but only if the employee retires on or after July 1, 1990. For purposes of this subparagraph, service as a traffic weight officer employed by the highway commission prior to the creation of the state department of transportation or as a peace officer employed by the Iowa state commerce commission prior to the creation of the state department of transportation shall be included in computing the employee's years of membership service.
(6) A fire prevention inspector peace officer employed by the department of public safety prior to July 1, 1994, who does not elect coverage under the Iowa department of public safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system, as provided in section 97B.42B.
2. Calculation of monthly allowance. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a member who is or has been employed in a protection occupation who retires on or after July 1, 1994, and at the time of retirement is at least fifty- five years of age may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of any benefits as calculated pursuant to section 97B.49A or 97B.49D, a monthly retirement allowance equal to one-twelfth of an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the three- year average covered wage as a member who has been employed in a protection occupation multiplied by a fraction of years of service, with benefits payable during the member's lifetime.
3. Additional contributions.
a. Annually, the department of personnel shall actuarially determine the cost of the additional benefits provided for members covered under this section as a percentage of the covered wages of the employees covered by this section. Sixty percent of the cost shall be paid by the employers of employees covered under this section and forty percent of the cost shall be paid by the employees. The employer and employee contributions required under this paragraph are in addition to the contributions paid under sections 97B.11 and 97B.11A.
b. (1) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1988, and each succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the state fish and game protection fund to the department of personnel the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to employees covered under subsection 1, paragraph "d", subparagraph (1).
(2) Annually, during each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, each applicable city shall pay to the department of personnel the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to employees of that city covered under subsection 1, paragraph "d", subparagraphs (2) and (4).
(3) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1988, and each succeeding fiscal year, the department of corrections shall pay to the department of personnel from funds appropriated to the Iowa department of corrections, the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to employees covered under subsection 1, paragraph "d", subparagraph (3).
(4) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1990, and each succeeding fiscal year, the state department of transportation shall pay to the department of personnel, from funds appropriated to the state department of transportation from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund, the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to employees covered under subsection 1, paragraph "d", subparagraph (5).
(5) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1992, and each succeeding fiscal year, the department of public safety shall pay to the department of personnel from funds appropriated to the department of public safety, the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to a fire prevention inspector peace officer pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "d", subparagraph (6).
(6) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1994, and each succeeding fiscal year through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, each judicial district department of correctional services shall pay to the department of personnel from funds appropriated to that judicial district department of correctional services, the amount necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the additional benefits provided to employees of a judicial district department of correctional services who are employed as a probation officer III or a parole officer III.
98 Acts, ch 1183, §36; 98 Acts, ch 1223, § 19
Referred to in § 97B.1A, 97B.25, 97B.46, 97B.48, 97B.48A, 97B.49D, 97B.50, 97B.51, 97B.52, 97B.53, 97B.73, 97B.80, 97B.81, 602.11115, 602.11116
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