H.B. 198 Enrolled

PUBLIC SAFETY - NONCONTRIBUTORY
RETIREMENT SYSTEM OPTION
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Susan J. Koehn
AN ACT RELATING TO PENSIONS; PROVIDING A WINDOW OF CONVERSION TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY NONCONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
49-4a-205, as last amended by Chapter 277, Laws of Utah 1994
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 49-4a-205 is amended to read:
49-4a-205. Conversion to system -- Time schedule.
The following laws govern conversion to the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement
System:
(1) For persons governed by Subsection 49-4a-203 (2), the election to participate in the
noncontributory system shall be made within six months of the effective date of this chapter.
(2) (a) For political subdivisions governed by Subsection 49-4a-203 (3), the election to
participate as a local government unit shall be made within six months of the effective date of this
chapter. The political subdivision shall indicate whether or not it elects to participate by enacting
a resolution or ordinance to that effect. Prior to the enactment of the resolution or ordinance, a
hearing shall be held by the political subdivision, at which all public safety employees of the
political subdivision shall be given an opportunity to be heard on the question of participating in
this noncontributory retirement system. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to all employees
within 30 days of the hearing and shall contain the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
(b) A person in full-time employment with a political subdivision prior to its election to
participate has six months from the date the political subdivision elects to participate in which to
elect to become a member of the noncontributory system.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be used to provide a [second] time period of conversion to
[this system beginning July 1, 1994] the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System
beginning July 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 1998. A person converting to the system during
this time period shall be subject to all the rights, limitations, terms, and conditions of Title 49,
Chapter 4a, Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement Act.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

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