SF 294 (LSB 1519XS (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 294

BY  SWEENEY

(COMPANION TO HF 127 BY MEGGERS)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 97B.49B, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (17)  Public safety telecommunicators as defined in section 80B.11C and employed at a public safety answering point as defined in section 34A.2.
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (18)  Emergency management coordinators and additional emergency management personnel appointed by a local emergency management commission pursuant to section 29C.9, subsection 7.
    Sec. 2.  SERVICE RECLASSIFICATION.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a member of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system whose prior regular service position is reclassified by this Act as a protective occupation service position shall have service by such member prior to the effective date of this Act coded as service in a protection occupation by the Iowa public employees’ retirement system if certified by the employer of the member as constituting protection occupation service under this Act. Membership service shall be reclassified as provided by this Act without any requirement to pay additional contributions for the payment of the related actuarial costs of such reclassified service.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that persons employed as a public safety telecommunicator or as an emergency management coordinator under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system (IPERS) shall be included within the protection occupation category of IPERS. The bill provides that membership service prior to the effective date of the bill shall be reclassified as protection occupation service without payment of any additional contributions to pay the actuarial costs of the reclassified service if the employer certifies the employment as constituting protection occupation service under the bill.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.