FIRSTREGULARSESSION HOUSEBILLNO.688 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEO'DONNELL. 1670H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk ANACT Torepealsections104.436and104.1066,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonew sectionsrelatingtotheemployercontributionrateforcertainhighereducation institutions. BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: SectionA.Sections104.436and104.1066,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections104.436and104.1066,toreadasfollows: 104.436.1.Theboardintendstofollowafinancingpatternwhichcomputesand 2requirescontributionamountswhich,expressedaspercentsofactivememberpayroll,will 3remainapproximatelylevelfromyeartoyearandfromonegenerationofcitizenstothenext 4generation.Suchcontributiondeterminationsrequireregularactuarialvaluations,whichshall 5bemadebytheboard'sactuary,usingassumptionsandmethodsadoptedbytheboardafter 6consultingwithitsactuary.Theentryagenormalcostvaluationmethodshallbeusedin 7determiningthenormalcostcalculation. 8 2.Atleastninetydaysbeforeeachregularsessionofthegeneralassembly,theboard 9shallcertifytothedivisionofbudgetthecontributionratenecessarytocovertheliabilitiesof 10theplanadministeredbythesystem,includingcostsofadministration,expectedtoaccrue 11duringthenextappropriationperiod.Thecommissionerofadministrationshallrequest 12appropriationoftheamountcalculatedpursuanttotheprovisionsofthissubsection. 13BeginningAugust28,2025,intheeventtheboardcertifiesacontributionratethat 14exceedstwenty-eightandthree-fourthspercent,thecommissionerofadministration 15shallincludeinhisorherappropriationrequestanamountequaltothedifference 16betweenthegreatercontributionrateandtwenty-eightandthree-fourthspercentof EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17compensationforthemembersofHarris-StoweStateUniversity,LincolnUniversity, 18MissouriStateUniversity,MissouriSouthernStateUniversity,MissouriWesternState 19University,NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity,SoutheastMissouriStateUniversity, 20StateTechnicalCollegeofMissouri,TrumanStateUniversity,andUniversityofCentral 21Missouri.Followingeachpayperiod,thecommissionerofadministrationshallrequisition 22andcertifythepaymenttotheexecutivedirectoroftheMissouristateemployees'retirement 23system.Theexecutivedirectorshallpromptlydeposittheamountscertifiedtothecreditof 24theMissouristateemployees'retirementfund. 25 3.Theemployersofmembersofthesystemwhoarenotpaidoutoffundsthathave 26beendepositedinthestatetreasuryshallremitpromptlytotheexecutivedirectoranamount 27equaltotheamountwhichthestatewouldhavepaidifthosemembershadbeenpaidentirely 28fromstatefunds, exceptasprovidedinsubsection2ofthissection. Theexecutivedirector 29shallpromptlydeposittheamountscertifiedtothecreditoftheMissouristateemployees' 30retirementsystemfund. 31 4.Theseamountsarefundsofthesystem,andshallnotbecommingledwithany 32fundsinthestatetreasury. 104.1066.1.Theyear2000planintendstofollowafinancingpatternwhich 2computesandrequirescontributionamountswhich,expressedaspercentsofactivemember 3payroll,willremainapproximatelylevelfromyeartoyearandfromonegenerationof 4citizenstothenextgeneration.Suchcontributiondeterminationsrequireregularactuarial 5valuations,whichshallbemadebytheboard'sactuary,usingassumptionsandmethods 6adoptedbytheboardafterconsultingwithitsactuary.Theentryage-normalcostvaluation 7methodshallbeusedindeterminingthenormalcostcalculation.Forpurposesofthis 8subsectionandsection104.436,theactuaryshalldetermineasinglecontributionrate 9applicabletobothclosedplanandyear2000planparticipantsand,indeterminingsuchrate, 10makeestimatesoftheprobabilitiesofclosedplanparticipantstransferringtotheyear2000 11plan. 12 2.Atleastninetydaysbeforeeachregularsessionofthegeneralassembly,theboard 13oftheMissouristateemployees'retirementsystemshallcertifytothedivisionofbudgetthe 14contributionratenecessarytocovertheliabilitiesoftheyear2000planadministeredbysuch 15system,includingcostsofadministration,expectedtoaccrueduringthenextappropriation 16period.Thecommissionerofadministrationshallrequestappropriationsbaseduponthe 17contributionratesocertified.BeginningAugust28,2025,intheeventtheboardcertifiesa 18contributionratethatexceedstwenty-eightandthree-fourthspercent,thecommissioner 19ofadministrationshallincludeinhisorherappropriationrequestanamountequalto 20thedifferencebetweenthegreatercontributionrateandtwenty-eightandthree-fourths 21percentofcompensationforthemembersofHarris-StoweStateUniversity,Lincoln HB688 2 22University,MissouriStateUniversity,MissouriSouthernStateUniversity,Missouri 23WesternStateUniversity,NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity,SoutheastMissouri 24StateUniversity,StateTechnicalCollegeofMissouri,TrumanStateUniversity,and 25UniversityofCentralMissouri.Fromappropriationssomade,thecommissionerof 26administrationshallcertifycontributionamountstothestatetreasurerwhointurnshall 27immediatelypaythecontributionstotheyear2000plan. 28 3.TheemployersofmemberscoveredbytheMissouristateemployees'retirement 29systemwhoarenotpaidoutoffundsthathavebeendepositedinthestatetreasuryshallremit 30followingeachpayperiodtotheyear2000plananamountequaltotheamountwhichthe 31statewouldhavepaidifthosemembershadbeenpaidentirelyfromstatefunds, exceptas 32providedinsubsection2ofthissection. Suchemployersshallmaintainpayrollrecordsfor 33aminimumoffiveyearsandshallproduceallsuchrecordsasrequestedbythesystem.The 34systemisauthorizedtorequestfromthestateofficeofadministrationanappropriationoutof 35theannualbudgetofanysuchemployerintheeventsuchrecordsindicatethatsuchemployer 36hasnotcontributedtheamountsrequiredbythissection.Theofficeofadministrationshall 37requestsuchappropriationwhichshallbeequaltotheamountnecessarytoreplaceany 38shortfallincontributionsasdeterminedbythesystem.Fromappropriationssomade,the 39commissionerofadministrationshallcertifycontributionamountstothestatetreasurerwho 40inturnshallimmediatelypaysuchcontributionstotheyear2000plan. 41 4.Atleastninetydaysbeforeeachregularsessionofthegeneralassembly,theboard 42ofthetransportationdepartmentandhighwaypatrolretirementsystemshallcertifytothe 43departmentoftransportationandthedepartmentofpublicsafetythecontributionrate 44necessarytocovertheliabilitiesoftheyear2000planadministeredbysuchsystem,including 45costsofadministration,expectedtoaccrueduringthenextbiennialorotherappropriation 46period.Eachdepartmentshallincludeinitsbudgetandinitsrequestforappropriationsfor 47personalservicethesumsocertifiedtoitbysuchboard,andshallpresentthesametothe 48generalassemblyforallowance.Thesumssocertifiedandappropriated,whenavailable, 49shallbeimmediatelypaidtothesystemanddepositedinthehighwayandtransportation 50employees'andhighwaypatrolretirementandbenefitfund. 51 5.Theseamountsarefundsoftheyear2000planandshallnotbecommingledwith 52anyfundsinthestatetreasury. ✔ HB688 3