HB 2036
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: WM DP 8-0-0-1
HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service
Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28
Caucus & COW
Overview
Amends the credit for military service in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) to
include temporary personnel covered by the Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of
2021 (CREW act).
History
ASRS employers are currently required to make employer and employee contributions for no
more than 60 months for a member who is called to active-duty military service (A.R.S. § 38-
745).
The CREW act protects the job rights of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies and trainings through the
inclusion of FEMA reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act (USERRA) (FEMA.gov). Through its inclusion under USERRA FEMA reservists
are able to make employee contributions to pension benefit plans during the period beginning
with the date of reemployment and whose duration is three times the period of the person's
service in the uniformed services, however the payment period cannot exceed five years (38
U.S.C. § 4318).
Provisions
1. Expands credited service in ASRS to temporary personnel who are called to serve by a
federal agency. (Sec. 1)
2. Adds the CREW act to statute. (Sec. 1)
3. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note