Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to provide board authority to issue subpoenas.

Amends existing law to provide for withdrawal penalty payments and to revise a provision regarding partial withdrawal.

Replace term "Liability" with the term "Penalty" in 59-1326. In bankruptcy proceedings the term penalty provides for better standing during the bankruptcy process.

Adds to existing law to define “early retirement” and “service retirement.”

Amends, adds to, and repeals existing law to provide for the contribution rates and reemployment of school members.

Adds to existing law to provide for the divestment of certain assets related to Russia.

Amends existing law to add juvenile detention officers, juvenile probation officers, and adult misdemeanor probation officers to the list of police officer members eligible for retirement purposes.

The purpose of this legislation is to add juvenile detention, juvenile probation, and adult misdemeanor POST certified officers to the Rule of 80 retirement plan as is currently conducted with their adult counterparts.

Adds to existing law to require background checks for certain PERSI employees.

Request statutory authority, in cooperation with the Idaho State Police, to perform FBI criminal history check. Due to the nature of the information PERSI houses, access to the information by PERSI staff, the financial and investment transaction performed, there is a desire to maximize the ability to background check employees.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho for fiscal year 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Public Employee Retirement System. It appropriates a total of $12,494,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 73.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP,includesaone-yearholidayofunemploymentinsurance,andadjustsworkers'compensationamounts. The billalsoprovidesfundingforpermanentemployeesfortheequivalentofa3%salarystructureshiftandprovides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds two line items. Line item 1 provides additional funds for pension software and line item 2 provides an increase in personnel costs for an actuary.

Amends existing law to provide police officer member status to emergency communications officers.

In Idaho, emergency dispatchers are not eligible to retire until they’ve reached the Rule of 90 within PERSI, meaning their age plus years on the job equal 90. The position of a “Emergency Communications Officer” requires for them to be certified in Idaho’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) pursuant to IDAPA rule 11.11.01. The role of a dispatcher is often misunderstood by the general public. Idaho’s dispatchers are the lifeline to every emergency that occurs in our communities. They work the same hours as patrolmen and take on similar stress and trauma from taking emergency calls from the public. Dispatchers need the ability to multi-task and think critically, while working long hours, in order to be respond effectively for the Idaho public. The purpose of this legislation is to include Idaho’s dispatchers into the PERSI’s Rule of 80 system to retain and incentivize our law enforcement’s front line workers. This piece of legislation amends Idaho Code, 59-1303, to add “Emergency Communications Officers” into police officer membership status for Idaho State Police, county law enforcement and city law enforcement.