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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3377
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WHALEY .
7162H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 70.631, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
local government employees' retirement system minimum retirement age for certain
employees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 70.631, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 70.631, to read as follows:
70.631. 1. Each political subdivision may , by majority vote of its governing body ,
2 elect to cover telecommunicator first responders, jailors, road cr ew workers, lineworkers,
3 and emer gency medical service personnel as public safety personnel members of the system.
4 The clerk or secretary of the political subdivision shall certify an election concerning the
5 coverage of telecommunicator first responders, jailors, roa d crew workers, lineworkers, and
6 emer gency medical service personnel as public safety personnel members of the system to the
7 board within ten days after such vote. The date in which the political subdivision's election
8 becomes effecti ve shall be the first day of the calendar month specified by such governing
9 body , the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of the
10 certification of the election, or the effectiv e date of the political subdivision's becoming an
11 employer , whichever is the latest date. Such election shall not be changed after the ef fective
12 date. If the election is made, the coverage provisions shall be applicable to all past and future
13 employment with the employer by present and future employees. If a political subdivision
14 makes no election under this section, no telecommunicator first responder , jailor , r oad cr ew
15 worker , lineworker , or emer gency medical service personnel of the political subdivision
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
16 shall be considered public safety personnel for purposes of determining a minimum service
17 retirement age as defined in section 70.600.
18 2. If an employer elects to cover telecommunicator first responders, jailors, ro ad
19 cr ew workers, lineworkers, and emer gency medical service personnel as public safety
20 personnel members of the system, the employer's contributions shall be correspondingly
21 changed ef fective the same date as the effectiv e date of the political subdivision's election.
22 3. The limitation on increases in an employer's contributions provided by subsection
23 6 of section 70.730 shall not apply to any contribution increase resulting from an employer
24 making an election under the provisions of this section.
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