House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2243
BY
McCLINTOCK
and
THORUP
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
membership
in
a
protection
occupation
1
under
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
system
and
2
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
applicability
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
97B.49B,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
A
marshal
in
a
city
not
covered
under
chapter
400
or
a
3
fire
fighter
or
police
officer
of
a
city
covered
employer
not
4
participating
in
the
retirement
systems
established
in
chapter
5
410
or
411
.
6
Sec.
2.
SERVICE
RECLASSIFICATION.
Notwithstanding
any
7
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
member
of
the
Iowa
public
8
employees’
retirement
system
whose
prior
regular
service
9
position
is
reclassified
by
this
Act
as
a
protective
occupation
10
service
position
shall
have
service
by
such
member
prior
to
the
11
effective
date
of
this
Act
coded
as
service
in
a
protection
12
occupation
by
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
system
13
if
certified
by
the
employer
of
the
member
as
constituting
14
protection
occupation
service
under
this
Act.
Membership
15
service
shall
be
reclassified
as
provided
by
this
Act
without
16
any
requirement
to
pay
additional
contributions
for
the
payment
17
of
the
related
actuarial
costs
of
such
reclassified
service.
18
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
19
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
21
retroactively
to
membership
service
under
the
Iowa
public
22
employees’
retirement
system
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
provides
that
persons
employed
as
a
peace
officer
27
or
fire
fighter
by
a
covered
employer,
and
not
just
a
city,
28
under
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
system
(IPERS)
29
are
included
within
the
protection
occupation
category
30
of
IPERS.
The
bill
provides
that
membership
service
prior
31
to
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
shall
be
reclassified
32
as
protection
occupation
service
without
payment
of
any
33
additional
contributions
to
pay
the
actuarial
costs
of
the
34
reclassified
service
if
the
employer
certifies
the
employment
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as
constituting
protection
occupation
service
under
the
bill.
1
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
2
membership
service
under
IPERS
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
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