H.B. 21 Enrolled

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PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREMENT CONVERSION
2 WINDOW
3 2007 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Merlynn T. Newbold
6 Senate Sponsor: D. Chris Buttars
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act by providing a
11 conversion window between the Public Safety Contributory Retirement System and the
12 Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 . provides a conversion window between the Public Safety Contributory Retirement
16 System and the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System.
17 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 49-15-204, as last amended by Chapter 247 and renumbered and amended by Chapter
24 250, Laws of Utah 2002
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 49-15-204 is amended to read:
28 49-15-204. Conversion to system -- Time schedule.
29 The following laws govern conversion to the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement

30 System:
31 (1) For an employee governed by Subsection 49-15-201 (1)(a), the election to
32 participate in this system shall be made within six months of July 1, 1989.
33 (2) (a) (i) For an employer governed by Subsection 49-15-201 (2)(a), the election to
34 participate in this system shall be made within six months of July 1, 1989.
35 (ii) The employer shall indicate whether or not it elects to participate by enacting a
36 resolution or ordinance to that effect.
37 (iii) Prior to the enactment of the resolution or ordinance, a hearing shall be held by the
38 employer, at which all public safety service employees of the employer shall be given an
39 opportunity to be heard on the question of participating in this system.
40 (iv) Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to all public safety service employees within
41 30 days of the hearing and shall contain the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
42 (b) A public safety service employee of an employer, prior to its election to participate,
43 has six months from the date the employer elects to participate in which to elect to become
44 eligible for service credit in this system.
45 (3) (a) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period of conversion to
46 the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning July 1, 1998, and ending
47 December 31, 1998.
48 (b) A person converting to the system during this time period is subject to all the rights,
49 limitations, terms, and conditions of Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
50 Act.
51 (4) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period for an appointed
52 chief of police to convert to the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning
53 July 1, 2002, and ending December 31, 2002. A chief of police converting to the system
54 during this time period shall be subject to all the rights, limitations, terms, and conditions of
55 [Title 49], Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement Act, including an employer's
56 election under Subsection (2).
57 (5) (a) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period of conversion to

58 the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
59 December 31, 2007.
60 (b) A person converting to the system during this time period is subject to all the rights,
61 limitations, terms, and conditions of Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
62 Act.
63 Section 2. Effective date.
64 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.