Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 1, 2024
The Honorable Jeff Longbine, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Longbine:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 388 by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and
Insurance
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 388 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 388 would change the working after retirement law for KPERS retirees. When a
member retires from KPERS, there are statutes governing the return to work for a KPERS
employer. The law requires having: (1) a 180-day waiting period before being rehired by a KPERS
employer, or a 60-day waiting period for members who retire at age 62 or later; (2) no
prearrangements about returning to work; and (3) a special KPERS employer contribution for the
employee for certain employee compensation.
For the special employer contribution, the employer makes contributions at the statutory
rate (current 13.11 percent in FY 2024), up to $25,000 in earnings. Any employee earnings above
$25,000 are subject to a 30.0 percent employer contribution rate. SB 388 would increase the
threshold for the 30.0 percent employer contribution to $40,000.
KPERS indicates that the provisions from the enactment of SB 388 could be implemented
within its existing staffing levels and any costs would be negligible.
For the actuarial cost and based upon data provided during calendar year 2022, there were
approximately 2,600 KPERS retirees working whose employer were subject to the special
employer contribution rate. Based upon this data, the total employer contributions for these
KPERS retirees was $13.1 million, including $6.3 million for compensation up to $25,000 and
$6.9 million for compensation above $25,000. If the provisions of the bill would have been
implemented, the employer contributions would have been reduced to $11.1 million, including
$7.8 million for compensation up to $40,000 and $3.3 million for compensation above $40,000.
This would result in a net fiscal effect of approximately $2.0 million in revenue for the KPERS The Honorable Jeff Longbine, Chairperson
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system. This reduction of revenue would reduce the market and actuarial values of assets and
would have increased the unfunded actuarial liability of the system; however, because of the total
actuarial liability of $36.0 billion, with actuarial assets of $26.1 billion, the employer contribution
loss of $2.0 million would be considered negligible to the long-term funding of the KPERS system
and would not affect overall employer contribution rates, other than for the proposed threshold
change.
KPERS notes that if retirement behavior would change and members would retire earlier
than without SB 388, the policy could cause an increase to the unfunded actuarial liability of the
retirement system, as the system would be paying more benefits than is currently estimated by the
actuary. However, this cost cannot be estimated. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 388 is not
reflected in The FY 2025 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Jarod Waltner, KPERS