Legislative News
When the Iowa Legislature is in session January-April, you can keep up to date on any pending legislation that may affect the IPERS Plan. There are links to the actual bills being considered, along with position papers on the bills which explain IPERS’ point of view.
| Date |
Action |
Supporting Information |
| 3-13-09 |
House File 414 is in its final version awaiting the Governor's signature. Check back for information about how IPERS will implement section 51. This section allows a furloughed employee to make up contributions to keep IPERS-reported wages at an unreduced level. This helps if the year in which the furlough occurs is one of the three used to determine the employee's final average salary for the benefit calculation. |
HF 414 |
| 3-3-09 |
Donna M. Mueller, CEO, and Karl Koch, Chief Investment Officer, met with the legislative Government Oversight Committee today. All materials shared with the committee, including information about investment manager Westridge Capital Management, are available. |
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| 2-26-09 |
The House passed an amendment to HF414 that provides a way for furloughed employees to pay contributions and avoid using reduced wages in the IPERS benefit calculation. |
Amendment H-1098 |
| 2-16-09 |
House File 308, which is in subcommittee, establishes a presumption that cancer is work-related for purposes of disability benefits for protection occupation members who are employed as fire fighters. The bill also increases the contribution rate for fire fighters. |
HF 308 |
| 1-22-09 |
CEO Mueller discussed IPERS' status with the House State Government Committee. |
Committee handout
IPERS' annual summary |
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