Law enforcement retirement-highway patrol dispatchers.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0305

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0089

Law enforcement retirement-highway patrol dispatchers.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) McOmie

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming retirement system; authorizing the purchase of service credit for highway patrol dispatchers as law enforcement service; requiring notification of dispatchers as to retirement election; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

(a)

One million seven hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($1,757,000.00) is appropriated from the general fund to the state retirement account for the purchase of Wyoming highway patrol dispatcher service credits specified as follows:

(i)

Any dispatcher continuously employed by the Wyoming highway patrol on or before July 1, 2002, who continues to be employed in that position and is currently enrolled as a law enforcement officer for purposes of W.S. 9
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432, shall receive law enforcement service credit under W.S. 9
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3
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432 for all prior service from the date of employment through July 1, 2007;

(ii)

Any dispatcher continuously employed by the Wyoming highway patrol before July 1, 2002, who continues to be employed in that position and is not currently enrolled as a law enforcement officer for purposes of W.S. 9
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3
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432, shall on or before July 1, 2007, elect to either enroll as an officer under W.S. 9
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432 on or before July 1, 2007, or remain under the retirement program pursuant to W.S. 9
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401 through 9
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430. If an election is made pursuant to this paragraph to enroll as an officer, the electing dispatcher shall receive law enforcement service credit under W.S. 9
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432 for all prior service from the date of employment through July 1, 2007. Any highway patrol dispatcher electing not to enroll as an officer shall not receive any law enforcement service credit under W.S. 9
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432 as made available under this paragraph.

Section 2.
The
Wyoming
retirement board shall notify
Wyoming
highway patrol dispatchers of the provisions of this act as soon as possible to enable dispatchers to make an informed election as to retirement participation before July 1, 2007.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2007.

(b)

Section 2 of this act is effective
immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(c)

The option for
Wyoming
highway patrol dispatchers to enroll under this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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