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H0451.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT FUND - Amends existing law relating to the Firemen's Retirement Fund to revise provisions applicable to approved domestic retirement orders; to provide that certain benefits may be transferred pursuant to an approved domestic retirement order; to revise provisions applicable to death benefits of surviving spouses and children of certain firefighters; and to provide applicability. 01/24 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/25 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes 02/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/08 3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Bradford Floor Sponsor - Schaefer Title apvd - to Senate 02/09 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes 02/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Gannon Floor Sponsor - Stegner Title apvd - to House 02/28 To enrol 03/01 Rpt enrol - Sp signed 03/02 Pres signed 03/03 To Governor 03/08 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 19 Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 451 BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT FUND; AMENDING SECTION 59-1320, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO APPROVED DOMESTIC RETIREMENT 4 ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 72-1422, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN BEN- 5 EFITS MAY BE TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN APPROVED DOMESTIC RETIREMENT 6 ORDER; AMENDING SECTION 72-1461, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICA- 7 BLE TO DEATH BENEFITS OF SPOUSES AND SURVIVING CHILDREN OF FIREFIGHTERS 8 KILLED IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY; AMENDING SECTION 72-1462, IDAHO CODE, TO 9 REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DEATH BENEFITS OF SPOUSES OF RETIRED FIRE- 10 FIGHTERS; AMENDING SECTION 72-1463, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE BENEFIT 11 PAID TO A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER'S CHILDREN UPON THE DEATH OF THE SURVIVING 12 SPOUSE; AMENDING SECTION 72-1464, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLI- 13 CABLE TO DEATH BENEFITS OF SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF CERTAIN FIRE- 14 FIGHTERS AFTER FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; 15 AMENDING SECTION 72-1465, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO 16 DEATH BENEFITS OF SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF CERTAIN FIREFIGHTERS 17 AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND 18 TO PROVIDE APPLICABILITY. 19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 20 SECTION 1. That Section 59-1320, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 21 amended to read as follows: 22 59-1320. APPROVED DOMESTIC RETIREMENT ORDERS -- APPLICATION AND EFFECT. 23 (1) The executive director of the public employee retirement system or his 24 designee upon receipt of a copy of a domestic retirement order, shall deter- 25 mine whether the order is an approved domestic retirement order and shall 26 notify the member and the alternate payee of the determination within ninety 27 (90) days. Orders shall be applied prospectively only from the first day of 28 the month following the order being determined to be an approved domestic 29 retirement order. The retirement system shall then pay benefits or establish a 30 segregated account in accordance with the order. When established, the segre- 31 gated account will consist of accumulated contributions identified in the 32 approved domestic retirement order together with accrued interest on that 33 amount from the effective date to the date of segregation. 34 (2) If the order is determined not to be an approved domestic retirement 35 order, or if no determination is issued within ninety (90) days, the member or 36 the alternate payee named in the order may move the court which issued the 37 order to amend the order so that it will be approved. The court that issued 38 the order or which would otherwise have jurisdiction over the matter has 39 jurisdiction to amend the order so that it will be qualified even though all 40 other matters incident to the action or proceeding have been fully and finally 41 adjudicated. 42 (3) The executive director of the retirement system to which a domestic 43 retirement order is submitted or his designee has exclusive authority to 2 1 determine whether a domestic retirement order is an approved domestic retire- 2 ment order. If it is determined that a domestic retirement order does not meet 3 the requirements for an approved domestic retirement order, both the issuing 4 court and the parties to the order shall be notified so action may be taken to 5 amend the order. 6 (4) Because an approved domestic retirement order cannot cause the 7 retirement system to pay any benefit or any amount of benefit greater than 8 would have been paid had the member's account not been segregated, disputes 9 related to benefits paid under an approved domestic retirement order shall be 10 resolved between the parties to the order by the court issuing that order. The 11 retirement system shall not be made a party to the action. Any cost, including 12 attorney's fees, incurred by the retirement system as a result of such actions 13 shall be distributed by the court among the parties and included in any 14 amended order issued. 15 (5) Unless the approved domestic retirement order specifies differently, 16 if the member has a right to a vested benefit as of the effective date of the 17 order, then both the member and the alternate payee shall have a right to a 18 vested benefit after the transfer of months of service even if the member or 19 the alternate payee has less than sixty (60) months of membership service. 20 (6) For benefits under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, for members 21 other than retired members, if the domestic retirement order awards to the 22 alternate payee a portion of the member's accumulated contributions the alter- 23 nate payee shall be entitled to all the same benefits and rights an inactive 24 member has under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code. The alternate payee's bene- 25 fit calculation for a lifetime annuity shall use the member's average monthly 26 salary and base period as of the effective date of the order and the months of 27 credited service transferred to the alternate payee's segregated account. The 28 benefit calculation shall use the alternate payee's age with the appropriate 29 reduction factors based on the alternate payee's age at the time of payment of 30 the lifetime annuity. For the purpose of the lifetime annuity, the bridging 31 factor, as specified in section 59-1355, Idaho Code, shall be the bridging 32 factor between the effective date of the order or the last day of contribu- 33 tions by the member prior to the effective date of the order, whichever is 34 earliest, and the date of the first lifetime annuity payment to the alternate 35 payee. The alternate payee shall have the right to select any of the optional 36 retirement allowances provided in section 59-1351, Idaho Code. The alternate 37 payee shall have the right to name a beneficiary. 38 (7) For benefits defined under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, for 39 retired members, and for benefits under chapter 14, title 72, Idaho Code, the 40 retirement system shall include in the alternate payee's amount or percentage 41 of the benefit, on a proportional basis, all future adjustments, including 42 postretirement increases that are granted by the retirement system, and any 43 death benefit.Furthermore, upon the death of the alternate payee, his/her44percentage of the benefit will revert to the person or persons, including the45member, who are entitled to the benefit under the system at the time of the46alternate payee's death.47 (8) For benefits under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, for retired mem- 48 bers, the form of payment previously elected by the member under section 49 59-1351, Idaho Code, cannot be changed by a domestic retirement order, except 50 that a member's benefit may be adjusted as provided in section 59-1351(2), 51 Idaho Code, if an alternate payee waives all survivor benefits otherwise pay- 52 able as a contingent annuitant as provided in section 59-1319(1)(e), Idaho 53 Code. Furthermore, no segregated account will be established by the retirement 54 system for the alternate payee. Upon the death of the alternate payee, his/her 55 percentage of the benefit will revert to the person or persons, including the 3 1 member, who are entitled to the benefit under the system at the time of the 2 alternate payee's death. 3 (9) For benefits defined under chapter 14, title 72, Idaho Code, the ben- 4 efitpaidtransferred to the alternate payee shall start when the retirement 5 system begins paying benefits to the member, surviving spouse, or surviving 6 children of the member.Unless otherwise ordered, in the event the member dies7and leaves a surviving spouse, during the surviving spouse's lifetime, the8alternate payee shall be paid his/her designated amount or percentage of the9benefit. Unless otherwise ordered, if there is no surviving spouse or the sur-10viving spouse dies and there is a surviving child or children of the member11who are under eighteen (18) years of age and unmarried, then the alternate12payee shall be paid his/her designated amount or percentage of the benefit13until the child or children reach the age of eighteen (18) years or marries,14whichever occurs firstThe transferred benefit shall be payable only for the 15 lifetime of the alternate payee and it shall not revert to the member, surviv- 16 ing spouse or surviving children of the member. 17 (10) The retirement system shall be authorized to issue any and all appro- 18 priate tax forms or reports for any payments made to the alternate payee. 19 (11) The retirement system, the retirement board, and officers and employ- 20 ees of the retirement system shall not be liable to any person for making pay- 21 ments of any benefits in accordance with an approved domestic retirement 22 order. 23 SECTION 2. That Section 72-1422, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 24 amended to read as follows: 25 72-1422. BENEFITS EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION -- NOT ASSIGNABLE. No benefits or 26 payments payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to exe- 27 cution, nor assignable, nor shall the same be hypothecated or in any manner 28 encumbered, except as ordered by a court to be transferred to an alternate 29 payee in an approved domestic retirement order, as provided in sections 30 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code. 31 SECTION 3. That Section 72-1461, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 32 amended to read as follows: 33 72-1461. DEATH BENEFITS -- SPOUSE AND THE SURVIVING CHILD OR CHILDREN OF 34 FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY. (1) In the event a paid firefighter 35 is killed or sustains injury from which death results, while in the perfor- 36 mance of duty and leaves surviving a spouse or a spouse with the firefighter's 37 surviving child or children, the spouse, during his or her lifetime, shall be 38 paid from the public employee retirement account the same pension the deceased 39 firefighter would have been entitled to had the deceased firefighter retired 40 as of the date of death, but in no event less than a monthly sum equal to: (a) 41 sixty-five percent (65%) of the average paid firefighter's salary or wage in 42 this state, if the deceased firefighter was an Option I firefighter, less any 43 portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as provided in sec- 44 tions 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code; or, (b) sixty-five percent (65%) of the 45 deceased firefighter's average monthly salary or wage, based on his average 46 final compensation, if the deceased firefighter was an Option II firefighter, 47 less any portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as provided 48 in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code. If the surviving spouse should 49 die, the full retirement pay shall be paid to the firefighter's surviving 50 child or children until they reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall 51 marry, whichever occurs first; provided, however, that if said deceased fire- 4 1 fighter shall have died without leaving a surviving spouse and leaving surviv- 2 ing a child or children, said firefighter's surviving child or children shall 3 be entitled to be paid from the public employee retirement account the same 4 pension the deceased firefighter would have been entitled to had the deceased 5 firefighter retired as of the date of death, less any portion of the benefit 6 transferred to an alternate payee as provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, 7 Idaho Code, until they shall reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall 8 marry, whichever occurs first. 9 (2) The monthly benefits provided for in this section shall vary annually 10 according to the cost of living adjustment as set forth in section 72-1471, 11 Idaho Code. 12 (3) Those benefits payable under the provisions of subsection (1), or 13 under the provisions of section 72-1429G, Idaho Code, which were ordered prior 14 to July 1, 1978, shall continue under the provisions of this chapter in effect 15 at the time such benefit payment was ordered. 16 (4) Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on 17 or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby 18 reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the bene- 19 fits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board effective 20 on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1, 1992, or 21 upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later. 22 SECTION 4. That Section 72-1462, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 23 amended to read as follows: 24 72-1462. DEATH BENEFITS -- SPOUSE OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER. (1) In the 25 event a paid firefighter, retired on retirement pay, shall die and leave sur- 26 viving a spouse, but no minor children, such surviving spouse shall receive 27 for life the retirement benefits to which the deceased firefighter was enti- 28 tled, less any portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as 29 provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code. 30 (2) Those benefits payable under the provisions of subsection (1) which 31 were ordered prior to July 1, 1978, shall continue under the provisions of 32 this chapter in effect at the time such benefit payment was ordered. 33 (3) Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on 34 or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby 35 reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the bene- 36 fits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board effective 37 on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1, 1992, or 38 upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later. 39 SECTION 5. That Section 72-1463, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 40 amended to read as follows: 41 72-1463. DEATH BENEFITS -- SURVIVING SPOUSE AND SURVIVING CHILD OR CHIL- 42 DREN OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER. (1) In the event a paid firefighter, retired on 43 retirement pay, shall die and leave surviving a spouse, or a spouse and 44 firefighter's surviving child or children, the spouse, during the spouse's 45 lifetime shall be paid the retirement pay to which the deceased firefighter 46 was eligible. If the surviving spouse dies thefullsame retirement pay shall 47 be paid to the firefighter's surviving child or children until they reach the 48 age of eighteen (18) years or shall marry, whichever occurs first. Should a 49 paid firefighter, retired on retirement pay, die without leaving a surviving 50 spouse, and leave surviving him or her a minor child or children, said child 51 or children shall be entitled to receive the pension to which said firefighter 5 1 was entitled until they marry or shall attain eighteen (18) years of age, 2 whichever occurs first. 3 (2) Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on 4 or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby 5 reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the bene- 6 fits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board effective 7 on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1, 1992, or 8 upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later. 9 SECTION 6. That Section 72-1464, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 72-1464. DEATH BENEFITS -- SURVIVING SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF FIREFIGHTER 12 DYING FROM CAUSES UNCONNECTED WITH DUTIES BUT DURING SERVICE AFTER FIVE YEARS. 13 (1) In the event a paid firefighter who shall have died from causes 14 unconnected with said firefighter's official duties, but during the period of 15 said firefighter's service, leaves surviving a spouse or a spouse with 16 firefighter's surviving child or children, and who shall have completed less 17 than twenty (20) years, but more than five (5) years of active service as 18 defined in subsection (H) of section 72-1403, Idaho Code, as a paid firefight- 19 er, said spouse, during the spouse's lifetime shall be paid from the account a 20 monthly sum equal to: (a) twoper centpercent (2%) of the average paid 21 firefighter's salary or wage in this state, if the deceased firefighter was an 22 Option I firefighter, for each year's active service, less any portion of the 23 benefit transferred to an alternate payee as provided in sections 59-1319 and 24 59-1320, Idaho Code; or, (b) twoper centpercent (2%) of said firefighter's 25 average monthly salary or wage, based on his average final compensation, if 26 the deceased firefighter was an Option II firefighter, for each year's active 27 service, less any portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as 28 provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code. The monthly sum for 29 Option I benefits shall vary annually, according to the determination of the 30 average paid firefighter's salary or wage in this state as set forth in sec- 31 tion 72-1431, Idaho Code. If said surviving spouse dies, said monthly sum 32 shall be paid to the firefighter's surviving child or children until they 33 reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall marry, whichever occurs first; 34 provided, however, that if said deceased firefighter shall have died without 35 leaving a surviving spouse and leaving surviving a child or children, said 36 firefighter's surviving child or children shall be entitled to receive said 37 monthly sum until they shall reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall 38 marry, whichever occurs first. 39 (2) In the event a paid firefighter who shall have died from causes 40 unconnected with said firefighter's official duties, but during the period of 41 said firefighter's service, leaves surviving a spouse or a spouse with 42 firefighter's surviving child or children, and who shall have completed less 43 than twenty-five (25) years, but more than twenty (20) years of active service 44 as defined in subsection (H) of section 72-1403, Idaho Code, as a paid fire- 45 fighter, said spouse, during his or her lifetime shall be paid from the 46 account a monthly sum equal to the sum the firefighter would have received 47 under the provisions of section 72-1435, Idaho Code, had said firefighter 48 retired as of the date of his or her death, less any portion of the benefit 49 transferred to an alternate payee as provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, 50 Idaho Code, and for the purposes of this section, said firefighter shall be 51 deemed to have retired as of the date of death. The monthly retirement sum 52 shall vary annually according to the determination of the cost of living 53 adjustment as set forth in section 72-1471, Idaho Code, and if said spouse 6 1 dies said monthly sum shall be paid to the firefighter's surviving child or 2 children until they reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall marry, 3 whichever occurs first, provided, however, that if said deceased firefighter 4 shall have died without leaving a surviving spouse and leaving surviving a 5 child or children, said firefighter's surviving child or children shall be 6 entitled to receive said monthly sum until they reach the age of eighteen (18) 7 years or shall marry, whichever occurs first. 8 (3) Those benefits payable under the provisions of subsections (1) and 9 (2) of this section which were ordered prior to July 1, 1978, shall continue 10 under the provisions of this chapter in effect at the time such benefit pay- 11 ment was ordered. 12 (4) Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on 13 or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby 14 reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the bene- 15 fits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board effective 16 on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1, 1992, or 17 upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later. 18 SECTION 7. That Section 72-1465, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 19 amended to read as follows: 20 72-1465. DEATH BENEFITS -- SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF FIREFIGHTER DYING FROM 21 CAUSES UNCONNECTED WITH DUTIES BUT DURING SERVICE AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. (1) 22 In the event a paid firefighter who shall have died from causes unconnected 23 with said firefighter's official duties, but during the period of said 24 firefighter's service, and left surviving a spouse or a spouse with the 25 firefighter's surviving child or children, and who shall have completed 26 twenty-five (25) years' active service as defined in subsection (H) of section 27 72-1403, Idaho Code, as a paid firefighter, said spouse, during his or her 28 lifetime shall be paid from the account a monthly sum equal to: (a) sixty-five 29per centpercent (65%) of the average paid firefighter's salary or wage in 30 this state, if the deceased firefighter was an Option I firefighter, less any 31 portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as provided in sec- 32 tions 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code; or, (b) sixty-fiveper centpercent 33 (65%) of said firefighter's average monthly salary or wage, based on his aver- 34 age final compensation, if the deceased firefighter was an Option II fire- 35 fighter, less any portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as 36 provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code. The monthly sum shall 37 vary annually according to the determination of the cost of living adjustment 38 as set forth in section 72-1471, Idaho Code, and if he or she dies said 39 monthly sum shall be paid to the firefighter's surviving child or children 40 until they shall reach the age of eighteen (18) years or shall marry, which- 41 ever occurs first; provided, however, that if said deceased firefighter shall 42 have died without leaving a surviving spouse and leaving a child or children, 43 said firefighter's surviving child or children shall be entitled to receive 44 the pension which said firefighter was entitled until they shall reach the age 45 of eighteen (18) years or shall marry, whichever occurs first. 46 (2) Those benefits payable under the provisions of subsection (1) which 47 were ordered prior to July 1, 1978, shall continue under the provisions of 48 this chapter in effect at the time such benefit payment was ordered. 49 (3) Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on 50 or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby 51 reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the bene- 52 fits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board effective 53 on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1, 1992, or 7 1 upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later. 2 SECTION 8. The provisions of Section 1 of this act shall not apply to a 3 domestic retirement order issued prior to the effective date of this act 4 unless such an order is amended after the effective date of this act to incor- 5 porate those specific provisions.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 15499 In 1998, provisions governing the procedure for dividing retirement benefits under the Firemen's Retirement Fund (FRF) in the event of divorce were modified to require the use of approved domestic retirement orders (ADROs). That procedure did not permit any change to the statutory benefit when it was divided; it provided only that the existing benefit could be divided. The FRF provides a statutory survivor benefit for a surviving spouse or minor children, and provides that all benefits end upon the later of the death of the member or surviving spouse, or the majority of a minor child. Because of this benefit structure, it is currently possible that an alternate payee's benefit can end before they die, potentially leaving them without any benefit for the remainder of their life. This bill would amend section 59-1320 Idaho Code, to provide that any benefit transferred to the alternate payee would be converted into a lifetime annuity for the alternate payee and that no benefit would revert to the member, the surviving spouse or the surviving children of the member. This amendment effectively changes the FRF benefit structure without increasing actuarial costs. This bill also clarifies that the effect of transferring benefits to an alternate payee under the FRF plan is to reduce the benefits otherwise payable to the member, the surviving spouse, or the surviving children of the member. FISCAL NOTE The actuary has determined there is no cost to this amendment. Contact Name: Rep. Robert Schaefer, Chair-House Commerce & Labor Committee Phone: 332-1156 Alan Winkle - PERSI - 334-2455 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 451