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SENATE BILL NO. 1269 – PERSI, voluntary contributions

SENATE BILL NO. 1269

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S1269.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Repeals existing law to delete the
accumulated voluntary contributions under the Public Employee Retirement
System; and to provide for the distribution of existing funds.
                                                                        
01/18    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/19    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, 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 -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Compton
    Title apvd - to House
02/22    House intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
02/28    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-0-9
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Denney, 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, Ring,
      Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail,
      Wills, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Cannon, Crow, Deal, Edmunson, Raybould, Sali,
      Shepherd(8), Stevenson, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Mathews
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    To enrol
03/14    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/15    Sp signed
03/16    To Governor
03/22    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 149
         Effective: 07/01/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1269
                                                                        
                         BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; REPEALING SECTION  59-1335,
  3        IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO ACCUMULATED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS; AND PROVIDING
  4        FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section 59-1335, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    repealed.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 2.  Any existing funds contributed under  Section  59-1335,  Idaho
  9    Code, before July 1, 2006, shall be refunded in a lump-sum payment to the con-
 10    tributing member.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 15332

Idaho Code  59-1335 currently provides that active members may
make voluntary after-tax contributions to their PERSI account and
that upon retirement those contributions can be converted to an
annuity that is paid along with the member s PERSI benefit. While
such an account once served a constructive purpose as a savings
vehicle it has now been replaced by better savings vehicles,
including the PERSI Choice Plan 401(k) which offers annuity-like
distribution options on pre-tax savings and by Roth IRAs which
offer tax free earnings on after-tax savings. In addition, the
PERSI plan now allows limited purchase of service that also
serves as a method to annuitize retirement savings. As a result,
this section has now become obsolete; only one (1) member is
currently contributing and only four (4) members have balances.
This bill would repeal Idaho Code  59-1335, eliminating
voluntary contributions under that section and providing for the
disposition of contributions paid under this section that
currently remain in members  accounts.


                           FISCAL NOTE

None.
         



CONTACT
Name:    Alan Winkle
Agency:  PERSI
Phone:   334-2455
                    
                    
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   S 1269