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SENATE BILL NO. 1334 – Firemen, paid, retirement

SENATE BILL NO. 1334

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S1334.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
FIREMEN - RETIREMENT - Amends existing law relating to paid firemen to set
forth application of specified provisions.
                                                                        
02/01    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt(Harper), Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Keough
    Floor Sponsor - Goedde
    Title apvd - to House
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/02    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/03    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Kemp, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin,
      McKague, Miller, 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 -- Block, Henbest, Lake, Mitchell
    Floor Sponsor - Trail
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/24    To enrol
03/27    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/28    Sp signed
03/29    To Governor
03/30    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 253
         Effective: 04/03/90

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1334
                                                                        
                         BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PAID FIREMEN; AMENDING CHAPTER 211, LAWS OF 1990, BY THE  ADDITION
  3        OF A NEW SECTION 8, CHAPTER 211, LAWS OF 1990, TO SET FORTH APPLICATION OF
  4        SPECIFIED  PROVISIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION 8, CHAPTER 211, LAWS OF 1990, TO
  5        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING  RETROACTIVE
  6        APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  211,  Laws of 1990, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known  and  designated
 10    as Section 8, Chapter 211, Laws of 1990, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  8.  The  provisions  of  Section 6 of this act shall be deemed to
 12    apply to all paid firemen hired on or after July 1, 1978, and  before  October
 13    1, 1980, who are incapacitated in the performance of duty and whose retirement
 14    date  was  prior  to  April  3, 1990, provided however, that no interest shall
 15    accrue on any benefit payments due such firemen pursuant to  this  Section  8,
 16    and  provided further that no such benefit payments made pursuant to this Sec-
 17    tion 8, shall be considered  underpayments  under  Section  59-1327(6),  Idaho
 18    Code.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION 2.  That Section 8, Chapter 211, Laws of 1990, be, and the same is
 20    hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        SECTION  89.  An  emergency  existing  therefor, which emergency is hereby
 22    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 23    passage and approval.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION 3.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 25    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 26    passage and approval, and retroactively to April 3, 1990.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15753


By virtue of Chapter 211, Laws of 1990, the Legislature amended various
sections of Title 72, Chapter 14, Idaho Code, the Firemen s Retirement
Fund (FRF), to delete reference to the provisions relating to firemen
hired between July 1, 1978 and October 1, 1980, the effective date of
the statutory "merger" of the FRF into the Public Employees Retirement
System of Idaho (PERSI). As set forth in the Statement of Purpose of
Senate Bill 1525, there were approximately 41 paid firemen hired during
this 27 month period who were entitled to significantly less retirement
benefits than all the other approximately 340 paid fireman members of
the FRF, even though by virtue of other FRF statutes, the employee and
employer contribution rates of the 1978-1980 members were identical to
the other FRF members. The purpose of the 1990 legislation was to
assure equitable pension benefit treatment to all paid fireman members
of the FRF whose employer and employee contribution rates were
identical.

This bill will amend Chapter 211, Laws of 1990, to clarify that the
provisions of the in-service disability provisions of that act also
shall be deemed to apply to all paid firemen hired between July 1,
1978, and October 1, 1980, who were incapacitated in the performance of
duty and whose retirement date was prior to the April 3, 1990,
effective date of that act, provided that any back benefits payable
shall not include interest thereon, and shall not be considered
underpayments under Section 59-1327(6), currently Section 59-1305(6)



                           FISCAL IMPACT

This bill would have no impact on the General Fund. There will be
approximately $70,000 in past liability costs to the Firefighters
Retirement Fund and approximately $105,000 in future liability costs.
The actuary estimates this total increase of about .065% of the
liabilities would not affect the funding ratio, amortization period, or
contribution rates for the Firefighters Retirement Fund.



Contact
Name:    Senator John Goedde
Phone:   332-1331
    
    
    
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                  S 1334   


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