Senate Amendment 5264


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2262, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 26 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 97B.1A, subsection 22, Code
     1  6 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    22.  "Special service" means service for an
     1  8 employer while employed in a protection occupation as
     1  9 provided in section 97B.49B, and as a county sheriff,
     1 10 or deputy sheriff, or airport fire fighter as provided
     1 11 in section 97B.49C.>
     1 12 #2.  Page 14, by inserting after line 7 the
     1 13 following:
     1 14    <Sec.    .  Section 97B.49B, subsection 1,
     1 15 paragraph c, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read
     1 16 as follows:
     1 17    c.  "Eligible service" means membership and prior
     1 18 service in a protection occupation.  In addition, for
     1 19 a member with membership and prior service in a
     1 20 protection occupation described in paragraph "e",
     1 21 subparagraph (2), eligible service includes membership
     1 22 and prior service as a sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or
     1 23 airport fire fighter as defined in section 97B.49C.
     1 24    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49B, subsection 1, paragraph
     1 25 e, Code Supplement 2003, is amended by adding the
     1 26 following new subparagraph:
     1 27    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (8)  An airport fire fighter
     1 28 employed by the military division of the department of
     1 29 public defense.
     1 30    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49B, subsection 3, paragraph
     1 31 b, Code Supplement 2003, is amended by adding the
     1 32 following new subparagraph:
     1 33    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (7)  For the fiscal year
     1 34 commencing July 1, 2004, and each succeeding fiscal
     1 35 year, there is appropriated from the general fund of
     1 36 the state to the system, from funds not otherwise
     1 37 appropriated, an amount necessary to pay the employer
     1 38 share of the cost of the additional benefits provided
     1 39 to airport fire fighters under this section.
     1 40    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49C, subsection 1, paragraph
     1 41 a, Code Supplement 2003, is amended by striking the
     1 42 paragraph.
     1 43    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49C, subsection 1, paragraph
     1 44 d, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
     1 45 follows:
     1 46    d.  "Eligible service" means membership and prior
     1 47 service as an airport fire fighter, a sheriff, and
     1 48 deputy sheriff under this section.  In addition,
     1 49 eligible service includes membership and prior service
     1 50 as a marshal in a city not covered under chapter 400
     2  1 or a fire fighter or police officer of a city not
     2  2 participating in the retirement systems established in
     2  3 chapter 410 or 411, and as an airport fire fighter
     2  4 prior to July 1, 1994.
     2  5    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49C, subsection 2, Code
     2  6 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     2  7    2.  CALCULATION OF MONTHLY ALLOWANCE.
     2  8    a.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this
     2  9 chapter, a member who retires from employment as a
     2 10 sheriff, deputy sheriff, or airport fire fighter on or
     2 11 after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 2004, and at
     2 12 the time of retirement is at least fifty=five years of
     2 13 age may elect to receive, in lieu of the receipt of
     2 14 any benefits as calculated pursuant to section 97B.49A
     2 15 or 97B.49D, a monthly retirement allowance equal to
     2 16 one=twelfth of an amount equal to the applicable
     2 17 percentage of the three=year average covered wage as a
     2 18 member who has been employed in eligible service
     2 19 multiplied by a fraction of years of service, with
     2 20 benefits payable during the member's lifetime.
     2 21    b.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this
     2 22 chapter, a member who retires from employment as a
     2 23 sheriff or deputy sheriff on or after July 1, 2004,
     2 24 and at the time of retirement is either at least
     2 25 fifty=five years of age or is at least the applicable
     2 26 early retirement age with at least twenty=two years of
     2 27 eligible service may elect to receive, in lieu of the
     2 28 receipt of any benefits as calculated pursuant to
     2 29 section 97B.49A or 97B.49D, a monthly retirement
     2 30 allowance equal to one=twelfth of an amount equal to
     2 31 the applicable percentage of the three=year average
     2 32 covered wage as a member who has been employed in
     2 33 eligible service multiplied by a fraction of years of
     2 34 service, with benefits payable during the member's
     2 35 lifetime.
     2 36    c.  For purposes of this subsection, "applicable
     2 37 early retirement age" means the following:
     2 38    (1)  For each active or inactive vested member
     2 39 retiring on or after July 1, 2004, and before July 1,
     2 40 2005, fifty=four years of age.
     2 41    (2)  For each active or inactive vested member
     2 42 retiring on or after July 1, 2005, and before July 1,
     2 43 2006, fifty=three years of age.
     2 44    (3)  For each active or inactive vested member
     2 45 retiring on or after July 1, 2006, and before July 1,
     2 46 2007, fifty=two years of age.
     2 47    (4)  For each active or inactive vested member
     2 48 retiring on or after July 1, 2007, and before July 1,
     2 49 2008, fifty=one years of age.
     2 50    (5)  For each active or inactive vested member
     3  1 retiring on or after July 1, 2008, fifty years of age.
     3  2    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49C, subsection 3, paragraph
     3  3 a, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
     3  4 follows:
     3  5    a.  Annually, the system shall actuarially
     3  6 determine the cost of the additional benefits provided
     3  7 for members covered under this section as a percentage
     3  8 of the covered wages of the employees covered by this
     3  9 section.  Sixty Fifty percent of the cost shall be
     3 10 paid by the employers of employees covered under this
     3 11 section and forty fifty percent of the cost shall be
     3 12 paid by the employees.  The employer and employee
     3 13 contributions required under this paragraph are in
     3 14 addition to lieu of the contributions paid under
     3 15 sections 97B.11 and 97B.11A.  However, the cost of
     3 16 including service as an airport fire fighter prior to
     3 17 July 1, 1994, as eligible service under this section
     3 18 shall not affect the contribution rates calculated and
     3 19 paid by the member or the employer under this section.
     3 20    Sec.    .  Section 97B.49C, subsection 3, paragraph
     3 21 b, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
     3 22 follows:
     3 23    b. (1)  Annually, during each fiscal year
     3 24 commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1,
     3 25 1988, each county shall pay to the system the amount
     3 26 necessary to pay the employer share of the cost of the
     3 27 additional benefits provided to sheriffs and deputy
     3 28 sheriffs.
     3 29    (2)  For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1994,
     3 30 and each succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated
     3 31 from the general fund of the state to the system, from
     3 32 funds not otherwise appropriated, an amount necessary
     3 33 to pay the employer share of the cost of the
     3 34 additional benefits provided to airport fire fighters
     3 35 under this section.>
     3 36 #3.  Page 16, by inserting after line 32 the
     3 37 following:
     3 38    <Sec.    .  Section 97B.52, subsection 1, paragraph
     3 39 a, subparagraph (3), Code Supplement 2003, is amended
     3 40 to read as follows:
     3 41    (3)  For service as a sheriff, or deputy sheriff,
     3 42 or airport fire fighter, as provided in section
     3 43 97B.49C, the applicable denominator is twenty=two.>
     3 44 #4.  Page 22, by inserting after line 5 the
     3 45 following:
     3 46    <Sec.    .  Section 411.6, subsection 7, paragraph
     3 47 c, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     3 48    c.  Should a disability beneficiary under age
     3 49 fifty=five be employed in a public safety occupation,
     3 50 the disability beneficiary's retirement allowance
     4  1 shall cease.  Notwithstanding any provision of this
     4  2 chapter to the contrary, if a disability beneficiary
     4  3 is employed in a public safety occupation that would
     4  4 otherwise constitute membership service, the
     4  5 disability beneficiary shall not become a member of
     4  6 the system.  For purposes of this paragraph, "public
     4  7 safety occupation" means a peace officer, as defined
     4  8 in section 97A.1; a protection occupation, as defined
     4  9 in section 97B.49B; a sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or
     4 10 airport fire fighter, as defined in section 97B.49C;
     4 11 and a police officer or fire fighter as defined in
     4 12 section 411.1, who was not restored to active service
     4 13 as provided by this subsection.
     4 14    Sec.    .  Section 724.6, subsection 2, Code 2003,
     4 15 is amended to read as follows:
     4 16    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, fire fighters, as
     4 17 defined in section 411.1, subsection 9, airport fire
     4 18 fighters included under section 97B.49C 97B.49B,
     4 19 emergency rescue technicians, and emergency medical
     4 20 care providers, as defined in section 147A.1, shall
     4 21 not, as a condition of employment, be required to
     4 22 obtain a permit under this section.  However, the
     4 23 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a
     4 24 person designated as an arson investigator by the
     4 25 chief fire officer of a political subdivision.>
     4 26 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     4 29                               
     4 30 MARK ZIEMAN
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     4 33                               
     4 34 MIKE CONNOLLY
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     4 37                               
     4 38 JOHN P. KIBBIE
     4 39 HF 2262.205 80
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