Bill Text: OR SB857 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to public employee retirement; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB857 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB857-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 857

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND REVENUE

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Creates Task Force on PERS Reform to study approaches to
reforming Public Employees Retirement System and report to
committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later
than October 1, 2014.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2015 regular session
of Legislative Assembly.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public employee retirement; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on PERS Reform is
established, consisting of seven members appointed as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from
among members of the Senate.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
one member from among members of the House of Representatives.
  (c) The Governor shall appoint five representatives.
  (2) The task force shall study approaches to reforming the
Public Employees Retirement System.
  (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the members of the task force.
  (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  (7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of
the task force.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) The task force shall submit a report in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation,
to an appropriate committee or interim committee of the
Legislative Assembly related to public employee retirement as
appropriate no later than October 1, 2014.

  (10) The Public Employees Retirement Board shall provide staff
support to the task force.
  (11) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in
the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the Public Employees
Retirement Board for purposes of the task force.
  (12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2015 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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