LOCAL RETIREMENT & BENEFITS                                   H.B. 5301, 5304, 5306 (H-3), 5308,

                                                                                                   5310 (H-2) & 5313:

                                                                               SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL

House Bills 5301 and 5304 (as passed by the House)

House Bill 5306 (Substitute H-3 as passed by the House)

House Bill 5308 (as passed by the House)

House Bill 5310 (Substitute H-2 as passed by the House)

House Bill 5313 (as passed by the House)

Sponsor:  Representative Gary Glenn (H.B. 5301)

               Representative Kathy Crawford (H.B. 5304)

               Representative Eric Leutheuser (H.B. 5306)

               Representative Gary Howell (H.B. 5308)                                                        

               Representative James Lower (H.B. 5310)

               Representative Rob VanHeulen (H.B. 5313)

House Committee:  Michigan Competitiveness 

CONTENT

House Bill 5301 would amend the Reciprocal Retirement Act to require a reciprocal unit and a reciprocal retirement system to comply with applicable requirements of the Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act (proposed by House Bill 5298 and Senate Bill 686).

House Bill 5304 would amend Public Act 293 of 1966, which governs charter counties, to specify that if a county provided a system of retirement for its officers and employees under the Act, the system would be subject to the proposed Act. The bill also would delete a provision under which the county board of commissioners, in a county with a population of 600,000 or more, may have up to 27, rather than 21, members.

House Bill 5306 (H-3) would amend the Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act to provide that a retirement board under the Act, a retirement system under the Act, and a city, village, or municipality that was the custodian of a retirement system's funds under the Act, would have to comply with the proposed Act.

House Bill 5308 would amend Public Act 339 of 1927, which provides for a retirement system for public library employees, to specify that a retirement system established under the Act would be subject to the proposed Act.

House Bill 5310 (H-2) would amend the Municipal Employees Retirement Act to make the powers and duties of the Municipal Employees Retirement System retirement board subject to the proposed Act.

House Bill 5313 would amend the Home Rule City Act to specify that, if a city provided retirement benefits as part of a system of compensation, those benefits would be subject to the proposed Act.

Proposed MCL 38.1102a (H.B. 5301)                              Legislative Analyst:  Suzanne Lowe

MCL 45.514 et al. (H.B. 5304)

Proposed MCL 38.552a (H.B. 5306)

MCL 38.702 (H.B. 5308)

MCL 38.1536 (H.B. 5310)

MCL 117.4i et al. (H.B. 5313)

FISCAL IMPACT

The bills would amend various acts to require compliance with the proposed Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act, and as such would not have an independent fiscal impact.

Date Completed:  12-12-17                                           Fiscal Analyst:  Kathryn Summers

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.