SF0029 • 2016

Legislator participation in state benefit plans.

AN ACT relating to administration of government; specifying that state legislators may not participate in the state employees and officials group insurance plan; imposing limitation on state legislator participation in the Wyoming deferred compensation program; specifying application; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

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Sponsor: Mgt Council
Last action: 2016-03-02
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/1/2016

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SF0029SS001

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Bill History

2016-03-02 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2016-03-01 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0010
2016-02-26 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0010
2016-02-25 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0010
2016-02-25 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0010
2016-02-25 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0
2016-02-24 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-23 House
H COW:Passed
2016-02-22 House
H Placed on General File
2016-02-22 House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0
2016-02-19 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2016-02-18 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-02-17 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-1-0-0-1
2016-02-16 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-15 Senate
S COW:Passed
2016-02-15 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2016-02-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2016-02-12 Senate
S12 - Rules:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2016-02-08 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S12 - Rules 26-4-0-0-0
2016-02-05 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2016-01-20 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115

Bill No.:
SF0029
Effective
:
3/1/2016
LSO No.:
16LSO-0159

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0010

Chapter No.:
17

Prime Sponsor:
Management Council

Catch Title:
Legislator participation in state benefit plans.

Subject:
Legislator eligibility to participate in the state
employees and officials
group health insurance
and deferred contribution plans

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law
,
legislators are not employees eligible to participate in the state retirement plan. This ineligibility was
also
clear for health insurance plans generally
,
but
was
not specified in the statutes for the state employees and officials group insurance plan.

Eligibility to participate in the deferred compensation plan was not clear and recently the Attorney General opined that legislators could participate
in that plan
under current statutes and were entitled to the state contribution as the law was written.

This bill specifies that legislators are not eligible to participate in the state employees and officials group insurance plan.

The bill also specifies that legislato
rs may participate in the state’
s deferred compensation plan, but they will not be eligible to receive the state contribution made for state employees.

The bill specifies that it
s enactment
does not affect eligibility of legislators to participate in the plans if that participation is based on status other than as a legislator (
e.g.
, a school district employee
)
.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0029

ENROLLED ACT NO. 10,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOUR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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3
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203(
a)(ix)
, 9
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3
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508(a) and 9
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3
‑
509 by creating a new subsection (j)
are amended to read:

9
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3
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203
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(ix)

"Official" means any elected or appointed state official who receives compensation other than expense reimbursement from state funds, except
for members of the legislature

and

officials serving on an intermittent, irregular or less than halftime basis;

9
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3
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508
.

Amount of state's contribution; qualified annuity plan contributions authorized; estimates submitted to state budget officer.

(a)

The state shall contribute monthly to the program the amount established and appropriated by the legislature for each employee and official contributing to and participating in the program in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section
, except that there shall be no state contribution for any member of the legislature eligible for participation in the program solely in his
capacity as a state legislator
. Any legislative appropriation under any act adopted by the legislature for contributions under this section shall be expended solely for the purposes specified in this section during the budget period for which the appropriation is made and shall not be carried forward for contributions in succeeding budget periods.

9
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3
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509
.

Enrollment of state employees in the plan; notice to employee; contribution rate; investment of funds by retirement system; withdrawal period; plan document to provide for automatic enrollment.

(j)

This section shall not apply to any member of the legislature participating in the program solely in his capacity as a state legislator.

Section 2
.

This act shall not be applied to affect the participation of any member of the legislature lawfully participating as of the effective date of this act in any of the plans subject to this act. This act shall not be construed to prohibit participation by a state legislator in any plan subject to this act if participation is based upon employment
, other qualifying status
or holding of an office other than
as a member of the legislature.

Section 3
.

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 Constitution.

(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