HOUSE BILL No. 6011

 

 

March 25, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Geiss, McDowell, Scripps, Haugh, Slavens, Byrum, Angerer, Byrnes, Ebli, Meadows, Melton, Johnson, Corriveau, Bledsoe, Liss, Sheltrown, Valentine, Stanley, Haase, Segal, Roy Schmidt, Dean and Lisa Brown and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     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 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 qualified participant may periodically elect to

 

contribute up to 3% of his or her compensation to his or her Tier 2

 

account. 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. Except as otherwise


 

provided in this subsection, for employees of the legislature, the

 

qualified participant's employer shall not 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 for the fiscal year that begins October 1,

 

2010 only. 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 for the fiscal year

 

that begins October 1, 2010 if the qualified participant was

 

originally a member of Tier 1 and made an election under this act

 

to become a qualified participant.

 

     (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.