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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
February 6, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Porter, Silbaugh, Owens,
Wirch, Ryba, Ziegelbauer, Boyle, Kreuser, Musser and Dobyns, cosponsored
by Senators Andrea and Moen. Referred to Joint survey committee on
Retirement Systems.
AB99,1,3
1An Act to amend 40.02 (17) (h); and
to create 40.05 (2) (bx) of the statutes;
2relating to: protective occupation participant status under the Wisconsin
3retirement system for state motor vehicle inspectors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, participants in the Wisconsin retirement system (WRS)
whose principal duties involve law enforcement or fire suppression or prevention and
require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and a high degree of
physical conditioning are classified as protective occupation participants. The
normal retirement age of a protective occupation participant is lower than that of
other participants and the percentage multiplier used to calculate retirement
annuities is higher for protective occupation participants than for other participants.
Under current law, state motor vehicle inspectors are classified as protective
occupation participants but may only receive credit as protective occupation
participants for certain periods of employment, depending on their date of hire.
State motor vehicle inspectors hired before 1968 receive credit as protective
occupation participants for all of their years of employment as motor vehicle
inspectors; in contrast, state motor vehicle inspectors hired on or after January 1,
1968, receive credit as protective occupation participants only for their years of
employment as state motor vehicle inspectors on or after May 1, 1990.
This bill provides that state motor vehicle inspectors who are currently
participating employes may receive credit as protective occupation participants for
their years of employment as state motor vehicle inspectors between January 1,
1968, and May 1, 1990.
This bill will be referred to the joint survey committee on retirement systems
for a detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB99, s. 1
1Section
1. 40.02 (17) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.02
(17) (h) Notwithstanding par. (d)
and subject to ss. 40.25 (3) and 40.26
3(3) (bm), each participant who is a state motor vehicle inspector hired before January
41, 1968,
or who is a participating employe on or after the effective date of this
5paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be granted creditable service as a
6protective occupation participant for all covered service as a state motor vehicle
7inspector
that was earned before, on or after May 1, 1990. Notwithstanding par. (d),
8each participant who is a state motor vehicle inspector hired on or after January 1,
91968,
but who is not a participating employe on or after the effective date of this
10paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be granted creditable service as a
11protective occupation participant for all covered service as a state motor vehicle
12inspector that was earned on or after May 1, 1990, but may not be granted creditable
13service as a protective occupation participant for any covered service as a state motor
14vehicle inspector that was earned before May 1, 1990.
AB99, s. 2
15Section
2. 40.05 (2) (bx) of the statutes is created to read:
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40.05
(2) (bx) The employer contribution rate determined under par. (b) for the
17department of transportation shall be adjusted to reflect the cost of granting
18creditable service under s. 40.02 (17) (h) and that rate shall be sufficient to amortize
19the unfunded prior service liability of the employers over the remainder of the
2040-year amortization period under par. (b).
