House File 2139

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HORBACH


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to Iowa public employees' retirement system
  2    coverage for elected township officials and certain township
  3    employees.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5403HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    (1)  Elective officials in positions for which the
  1  5 compensation is on a fee basis, elective officials of school
  1  6 districts, elective officials of townships, and elective
  1  7 officials of other political subdivisions who are in part=time
  1  8 positions.  An elective official covered under this section
  1  9 may terminate membership under this chapter by informing the
  1 10 system in writing of the expiration of the member's term of
  1 11 office or by informing the system of the member's intent to
  1 12 terminate membership for employment as an elective official
  1 13 and establishing that the member has a bona fide termination
  1 14 of employment from all employment covered under this chapter
  1 15 other than as an elective official and that the member has
  1 16 filed a completed application for benefits form with the
  1 17 system.  A county attorney is an employee for purposes of this
  1 18 chapter whether that county attorney is employed on a full=
  1 19 time or part=time basis.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph a, Code
  1 21 Supplement 2003, is amended by adding the following new
  1 22 subparagraph:
  1 23    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (12)  Persons employed by a township who
  1 24 earn less than one hundred dollars in a calendar quarter.
  1 25    Sec. 3.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code
  1 26 Supplement 2003, is amended by adding the following new
  1 27 subparagraph:
  1 28    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (10)  Elective officials of townships.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill removes elected township officers from Iowa
  1 31 public employees' retirement system (IPERS) coverage and
  1 32 allows township employees earning less than $100 per quarter
  1 33 of a calendar year to elect out of IPERS coverage.
  1 34 LSB 5403HH 80
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