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S1178.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
STATE EMPLOYEES - SICK LEAVE - Amends existing law to increase the maximum
amount of sick leave that may be counted for determining the monetary value
of unused sick leave for retirement purposes for state employees with ten
or more years of service.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/19 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25 3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-0-4
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins,
Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler,
Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Darrington, McLaughlin, Parry, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Frasure
Title apvd - to House
02/26 House intro - 1st rdg - to Comm/Hu Res
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-3-6
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Jaquet, Judd, Kellogg,
Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Marley, McKague,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger,
Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Williams,
Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- Barrett, Bruneel, Hornbeck
Absent and excused -- Jones, Limbaugh, Mader, Meyer, Wheeler,
Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Tippets
Title apvd - to Senate
03/12 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/16 Sp signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 138
Effective: 07/01/2000
S1178|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1178 BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO USE OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE BY STATE EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION 3 67-5339, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SICK LEAVE THAT MAY 4 BE COUNTED FOR DETERMINING THE MONETARY VALUE OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE FOR 5 RETIREMENT PURPOSES FOR EMPLOYEES WITH A CERTAIN LONGEVITY AND TO MAKE 6 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. That Section 67-5339, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 9 amended to read as follows: 10 67-5339. USE OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE. (1) Upon separation from state employ- 11 ment by retirement in accordance with chapter 13, title 59 or chapter 1, title 12 33, Idaho Code, an employee's unused sick leave shall be determined based on 13 accumulated sick leave earned subsequent to July 1, 1976, and shall be 14 reported by the employer to the public employee retirement system. A sum equal 15 to one-half (1/2), or the maximum amount allowed by subsection (2)16hereofof this section , whichever is the lesser, of the 17 monetary value of such unused sick leave, calculated at the rate of pay for 18 such employee at the time of retirement, shall be transferred from the sick 19 leave account provided by subsection (3) of this section and shall be credited 20 to such employee's retirement account. Such sums shall be used by the Idaho 21Pp ublicEe mployees22Rr etirementBb oard 23 to pay premiums for such group health, accident, and life insurance programs 24 as may be maintained by the state, to the extent of the funds credited to the 25 employee's account pursuant to this section. Upon an employee's death, any 26 unexpended sums remaining in the account shall revert to the sick leave 27 account. 28 (2) For the purposes of determining the monetary value of unused sick 29 leave, the maximum unused sick leave which may be considered, shall be: 30 (a) During the first ten thousand four hundred (10,400) hours of credited 31 state service, the maximum unused sick leave which may be considered shall 32 beonetwo hundredninety-two33 forty (192 40 ) hours; 34 (b) During the second ten thousand four hundred (10,400) hours of cred- 35 ited state service, the maximum unused sick leave which may be considered 36 shall betwothree hundredforty37 (2430 0) hours; 38 (c) During the third ten thousand four hundred (10,400) hours of credited 39 state service, the maximum unused sick leave which may be considered shall 40 betwothree hundredeighty-eight41 sixty (288360 ) hours; and 42 (d) Thereafter, the maximum unused sick leave which may be considered 43 shall bethreefour hundredthirty-six2 1twenty (336420 ) hours. 2 (3) Each employer in state government shall contribute to a sick leave 3 account maintained by the public employee retirement system exclusively for 4 the purpose of the provisions of this section. The rate of such contribution 5 each pay period shall consist of a percentage of employees' salaries as deter- 6 mined by the board, and such rate shall remain in effect until next determined 7 by the board. Any excess balance in the sick leave account shall be invested, 8 and the earnings therefrom shall accrue to the sick leave account except the 9 amount required by the board to defray administrative expenses. All moneys 10 payable to the sick leave account are hereby perpetually appropriated to the 11 board, and shall not be included in its departmental budget. 12 SECTION 2. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 13 1, 2000.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08773C1
This legislation increase unused sick leave benefit from a
maximum of 336 hours to 420 hours which may be considered upon
retirement. A sum equal to 1/2 of the monetary value of such
unused sick leave is used to pay premiums for health insurance.
FISCAL NOTE
It is estimated that raising the limits will increase the normal
cost of the program by 0.05% of pay (from .37% to .42% of pay)
and the amortization payments by .06% of pay (from .08% to .14%
of pay) for a total increase in the cost of the program of .11
of pay (from .45% to .56% of pay). The amount of employer
contributions for this program has been established at .658 of
pay. The difference between the minimum cost (currently
projected to be .45% of pay and estimated to be .56% of pay
under this bill) and the actual contribution rate has been
allocated to pay off the unfunded actuarial liability.
By allocating the difference between the minimum cost and the
actual cost to pay for additional benefit, the amount of time to
pay off the unfunded liability will increase by about 3.1 years
(from 6.1 years to 9.2 years) and because of the increased
benefits the amount of the unfunded liability will increase by
$4 million (from $5.6 million to $9.6 million).
By incorporating the cost of the additional benefit within the
existing rate structure and extending the amortization period
there will be no required increase in the percentage of pay
appropriated for this program.
CONTACT: Senator Evan Frasure
Phone: 332-1315
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
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