SENATE BILL No. 1222

 

 

March 19, 2008, Introduced by Senator SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1943 PA 240, entitled

 

"State employees' retirement act,"

 

by amending section 63 (MCL 38.63), as added by 1996 PA 487.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 63. (1) This section is subject to the vesting

 

requirements of section 64.

 

     (2) A Except as provided in subsection (5), a qualified

 

participant's employer shall contribute to the qualified

 

participant's account in Tier 2 an amount equal to 4% of the

 

qualified participant's compensation.

 

     (3) A Except as provided in subsection (5), a qualified

 

participant may periodically elect to contribute up to 3% of his or

 

her compensation to his or her Tier 2 account. The Except as


 

provided in subsection (5), the qualified participant's employer

 

shall make an additional contribution to the qualified

 

participant's Tier 2 account in an amount equal to the contribution

 

made by the qualified participant under this subsection.

 

     (4) A qualified participant may make contributions in addition

 

to contributions made under subsection (3) to his or her Tier 2

 

account as permitted by the state treasurer and the internal

 

revenue code. The qualified participant's employer shall not match

 

contributions made by the qualified participant under this

 

subsection.

 

     (5) Beginning October 1, 2008, the employer of a qualified

 

participant who is employed in a covered position shall contribute

 

to the qualified participant's account in Tier 2 an amount equal to

 

6% of the qualified participant's compensation. Beginning October

 

1, 2008, a qualified participant who is employed in a covered

 

position may periodically elect to contribute up to 4% of his or

 

her compensation to his or her Tier 2 account. Beginning October 1,

 

2008, the employer of a qualified participant who is employed in a

 

covered position shall make an additional contribution to the

 

qualified participant's Tier 2 account in an amount equal to the

 

contribution made by the qualified participant under this

 

subsection.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "qualified participant who is

 

employed in a covered position" means a qualified participant who

 

works in a covered position as that term is defined in section 45.