Bill Text: MI HB5918 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Public employees and officers; state; post-employment benefits; revoke for certain terminated employees. Amends title of 1994 PA 350 (MCL 38.2701 - 38.2705) & adds sec. 3a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-05 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HB5918 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5918-Engrossed.html

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HB-5918, As Passed House, December 4, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 350, entitled

 

"Public employee retirement benefits forfeiture act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 38.2702), as amended by 2017 PA 43.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Felony arising out of his or her service as a public

 

employee" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) A felony resulting from the misuse of public funds.

 

     (ii) A felony resulting from the receipt of a bribe or other

 

financial benefit in that individual's capacity as a public

 

employee.

 

     (b) "Member" means a member, vested former member, deferred

 

member, or participant of a retirement system.

 

     (c) "Retirant" means an individual who has retired with a

 

retirement benefit payable from a retirement system.

 

     (d) "Retirement benefit" means an annuity, a retirement

 

allowance, a pension, a benefit from employer contributions to a

 

defined contribution plan, an optional benefit, a postretirement

 

benefit, retirement health benefit, and any other right accrued or

 

accruing to a member under a retirement system. Retirement benefit

 

does not include health benefits provided to a retirant or his or

 

her beneficiaries by a retirement system.

 

     (e) "Retirement health benefit" means an annuity, allowance,

 

payment, or contribution to, for, or on behalf of a member, former

 

member, or retirant or a dependent of a member, former member, or

 

retirant to pay for any of the following components:

 

     (i) Expenses related to drugs or medical, dental, hearing, or

 

vision care.

 

     (ii) Premiums for insurance covering drugs or medical, dental,

 

hearing, or vision care.

 

     (iii) Expenses or premiums for life, disability, long-term

 

care, or similar welfare benefits.

 

     (f) (e) "Retirement system" means a public employee retirement

 

system established by this state or a political subdivision of this

 

state.