Senate File 277 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1166)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the deferred retirement option plan under the
  2    municipal fire and police retirement system of Iowa and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1937SV 83
  6 ec/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ==
  1  2 DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN == EXTENSION OF PLAN
  1  3 PARTICIPATION PERIOD.
  1  4    1.  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 411 to the
  1  5 contrary, an eligible member of the municipal fire and police
  1  6 retirement system who has elected to participate in the
  1  7 deferred retirement option plan as created in section 411.6C
  1  8 as of the date the system has received a favorable ruling from
  1  9 the internal revenue service regarding this section and who
  1 10 has not terminated their participation in the plan as of the
  1 11 readjustment period shall have the option, during the
  1 12 readjustment period, to extend the member's participation in
  1 13 the plan by one year, up to a maximum of five years
  1 14 participation in the plan, upon written application with the
  1 15 retirement system.  However, the option may only be exercised
  1 16 if the employer of the eligible member has authorized all
  1 17 eligible employees of the employer to exercise the option
  1 18 provided in this section.  For purposes of this section, the
  1 19 readjustment period shall be a one=time period of three months
  1 20 as established by the board of trustees for the municipal fire
  1 21 and police retirement system.
  1 22    2.  This section shall not be implemented until the system
  1 23 has received a favorable ruling from the internal revenue
  1 24 service regarding this section.  Upon receiving the favorable
  1 25 ruling, the board of trustees of the system shall establish,
  1 26 as expeditiously as possible, the readjustment period.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill provides that an eligible member of the municipal
  1 31 fire and police retirement system of Iowa (MFPRSI) who is
  1 32 participating in the deferred retirement option plan (DROP)
  1 33 but has not terminated their participation in DROP as of a
  1 34 specified readjustment period has the option to extend their
  1 35 participation in the plan by one year, up to a maximum of five
  2  1 years, during that readjustment period.  However, the bill
  2  2 provides that the option may only be exercised if the
  2  3 applicable employer agrees that all eligible employees may
  2  4 take the option.  The bill provides that the readjustment
  2  5 period shall be a one=time three=month period which shall be
  2  6 established by the MFPRSI board once the system receives a
  2  7 favorable determination from the internal revenue service that
  2  8 the provisions of the bill can be implemented.
  2  9    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2 10 LSB 1937SV 83
  2 11 ec/nh/8