First responder retirement contributions.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0111

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
employee retirement;
authorizing payment of employer and employee retirement contributions for employees serving in the
United States
military as specified;
requiring a report
;
providing an appropriation
; authorizing
a
position;

and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S.

19
‑
11
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11
5 by creating new subsection
s

(
e
)

through (g)

is amended to read:

19
‑
11
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11
5
.

State retirement systems; payment of contributions; interest.

(e)

Notwithstanding any other requirements in
W.S. 19
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11
‑
113 or 19
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11
‑
114 or this section
relating to payment of retirement contributions to a public or private retirement system, e
mployer and employee contributions
for
any

public or private retirement or pension system plan
, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per person per year,
may
be paid by the Wyoming adjutant general
, if the payment is permitted by the Internal Revenue Code,
for any
person whose primary occupation is that of a
first responder
and
who
is
called or ordered into the federal
service
of the Unite
d
States under title 10 of the U
nited State
s
Co
d
e.

(f)

The provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall also apply to any
Wyoming
resident whose primary occupation is that of a first responder when that person is called or ordered into federal service with a national guard unit in any state in the
United States
. The adjutant general shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide a method for application for persons not serving in the
Wyoming
national guard.

(
g
)

The adjutant general shall report annually, no later than October 1, to the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee. The report shall include the number of persons who qualified for the contributions under subsection
s
(e)
and (f)
of this section, a listing of the civilian classifications of the persons applying for the contributions and the total amount expended for the contributions.

Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated
eight
hundred
ninety-
two

thousand

nine hundred fourteen
dollars ($
892,
9
14.
00)

from the
general
fund to the

Wyoming
adjut
ant general
.

This appropriation shall be for the period beginning
with the effective date of this act
and ending June 30, 201
0
.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert on
June 30, 201
0
.
The program created by this act shall be included in the adjutant general's standard budget request.

Of t
his appropriation
:

(i)

Seven hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($789,750.00)
shall only be expended for the purpose of
funding

employer and employee
retirement
contributions
under W.S. 19
‑
11
‑
115(e) and (f)
for
persons

who are
called or ordered into federal service of the
United States
under title 10 of the United States Code
;

(ii)

One
hundred
three
thousand
one
hundred
sixty-four
dollars ($
103,164
.00) shall only be expended
to fund the
employee authorized under subsection (b) of this section and
other administrative and start-up
costs to implement the purposes of this act.

(b)

The adjutant general is authorized

one
(
1
) full-time equivalent position to implement the purposes of this act, including validating the qualifications of the retirement plans of eligible persons and establishing payment amounts under W.S. 19
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11
‑
1
15(e)
and (f)
, as
creat
ed by section 1 of this act.

Section
3
.

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.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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