H.B. 194 Enrolled
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act by providing a
10 conversion window between the Public Safety Contributory Retirement System and the
11 Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . provides a conversion window between the Public Safety Contributory Retirement
15 System and the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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18 Other Special Clauses:
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20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 49-15-204 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 36
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 49-15-204 is amended to read:
26 49-15-204. Conversion to system -- Time schedule.
27 The following laws govern conversion to the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
28 System:
29 (1) For an employee governed by Subsection 49-15-201 (1)(a), the election to
30 participate in this system shall be made within six months of July 1, 1989.
31 (2) (a) (i) For an employer governed by Subsection 49-15-201 (2)(a), the election to
32 participate in this system shall be made within six months of July 1, 1989.
33 (ii) The employer shall indicate whether or not it elects to participate by enacting a
34 resolution or ordinance to that effect.
35 (iii) Prior to the enactment of the resolution or ordinance, a hearing shall be held by the
36 employer, at which all public safety service employees of the employer shall be given an
37 opportunity to be heard on the question of participating in this system.
38 (iv) Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to all public safety service employees within
39 30 days of the hearing and shall contain the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
40 (b) A public safety service employee of an employer, prior to its election to participate,
41 has six months from the date the employer elects to participate in which to elect to become
42 eligible for service credit in this system.
43 (3) (a) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period of conversion to
44 the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning July 1, 1998, and ending
45 December 31, 1998.
46 (b) A person converting to the system during this time period is subject to all the rights,
47 limitations, terms, and conditions of Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
48 Act.
49 (4) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period for an appointed
50 chief of police to convert to the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning
51 July 1, 2002, and ending December 31, 2002. A chief of police converting to the system
52 during this time period shall be subject to all the rights, limitations, terms, and conditions of
53 Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement Act, including an employer's election
54 under Subsection (2).
55 (5) (a) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period of conversion to
56 the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
57 December 31, 2007.
58 (b) A person converting to the system during this time period is subject to all the rights,
59 limitations, terms, and conditions of Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
60 Act.
61 (6) (a) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a time period of conversion to
62 the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
63 December 31, 2014.
64 (b) A person converting to the system during this time period is subject to all the rights,
65 limitations, terms, and conditions of Chapter 15, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
66 Act.
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