The affiliated public employer shall contribute the following percentages of the salary of each member it employs and covers under municipal fire member coverage plan 1:
A. prior to July 1, 2022, eleven and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary;
B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, twelve and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary;
C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, twelve and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary;
D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, thirteen and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary; and
E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, thirteen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 253, § 91; 1998, ch. 114, § 2; 2013, ch. 225, § 70; 2019, ch. 237, § 12; 2020, ch. 11, § 45.
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 "eleven and sixty-five 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 eleven and", deleted "four-tenths" and added "sixty-five hundredths", and after "member coverage plan 1", deleted "except that, from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the affiliated public employer contribution rate shall be eleven percent of the salary of each member".
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, increased the employer contribution rate; after "contribute eleven", added "and four-tenths"; and after "coverage plan 1", 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.
The 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, substituted "eleven" for "ten" near the beginning and substituted "whom" for "which" near the end of the section.