The affiliated public employer shall contribute the following percentages of the salary of each member it employs and who is covered under municipal police member coverage plan 5:
A. prior to July 1, 2022, nineteen and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary;
B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, nineteen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary;
C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, twenty and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary;
D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, twenty and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary; and
E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, twenty-one and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 253, § 85; 2013, ch. 225, § 66; 2019, ch. 237, § 11; 2020, ch. 11, § 42.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, increased affiliated public employer contribution rates by .5 percent each year for four years; in the introductory clause, after "shall contribute", deleted "nineteen and fifteen-hundredths percent" and added "the following percentages"; and added Subsections A through E.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, increased employer contribution rates to the funds included under the Public Employees Retirement Act; after "shall contribute", deleted "eighteen and nine-tenths" and added "nineteen and fifteen-hundredths", and after "member coverage plan 5", deleted "except that, from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the affiliated public employer contribution rate shall be eighteen and one-half percent of the salary of each member".
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, increased the employer contribution rate; after "contribute eighteen and", deleted "one-half" and added "nine-tenths"; and after "coverage plan 5", added the remainder of the sentence.
Severability. — Laws 2013, ch. 225, § 93 provided that if any part or application of Laws 2013, ch. 225 is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.