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S1404.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Amends existing law relating to the
Public Employee Retirement System to provide that an active member is
eligible for disability retirement if disabled after five years of
membership service; and to provide that a general member not eligible for
service retirement is eligible for disability retirement if the member is
disabled on or after the first day of employment as a result of bodily
injury or occupational disease.
02/11 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-1-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Ingram, Ipsen,
Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson,
Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Walton, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--Hawkins
Absent and excused--Frasure
Floor Sponsor - Stegner
Title apvd - to House
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to Comm/Hu Res
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-0-9
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bruneel,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hadley, Hammond,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg,
Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Cuddy, Deal, Gould, Henbest, Pischner,
Smith, Wood, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Trail
Title apvd - to Senate
03/24 To enrol
03/27 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/28 To Governor
03/30 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 68
Effective: 07/01/00
S1404
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1404
BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AMENDING SECTION 59-1352,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ACTIVE MEMBER IS ELIGIBLE FOR DISABILITY
4 RETIREMENT IF DISABLED AFTER FIVE YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICE AND TO PRO-
5 VIDE THAT A GENERAL MEMBER NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT IS ELIGIBLE
6 FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT IF THE MEMBER IS DISABLED ON OR AFTER THE FIRST
7 DAY OF EMPLOYMENT AS A RESULT OF BODILY INJURY OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 59-1352, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 59-1352. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT. (1) An active member is
12 eligible for disability retirement if the member becomes disabled after at
13 least ten five (105) years of credited service including six (6) months of
14 membership service.
15 (2) A police officer member, general member or a paid firefighter hired
16 on or after July 1, 1993, who is not eligible for service retirement is eligi-
17 ble for disability retirement if the member becomes disabled, as provided in
18 section 59-1302(12), Idaho Code, on or after the first day of employment as a
19 result of bodily injury or disease from an occupational cause.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09880
Since the inception of PERSI in 1965, eligibility for disability
retirement has been limited only to active members with at least
ten (10) years of credited service. This bill decreases the service
requirement for PERSI disability retirement from ten (10) years to
five (5) years. Also, currently certain police and firefighter
members enjoy an exception to this "years of service" requirement
only for disabilities that result from duty related injuries. In
those cases eligibility begins from the first day of employment.
This bill extends the same exception to general members.
FISCAL IMPACT
This would increase the normal cost of the benefits by 0.08% of pay.
Because of minimal past service cost there is negligible affect on
the unfunded liability.
CONTACT: Senator Joe Stegner 332-1342
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S 1404