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SB 980 - Under current law, public retirement plans must provide plan participants, upon request, an annual pension benefit statement which includes certain information including the participant's contributions, total benefits accrued, and the date first eligible for a normal retirement benefit. The act adds that additional information regarding the plan's financial details must also be included in the pension statement and states that each plan shall provide the statement annually to active participants regardless of whether the statement is requested. A plan failing to provide an annual pension statement to active participants must submit in writing to the Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement the reasons for not complying with the law. Under current law, a plan is deemed delinquent when the plan's funded ratio is below sixty percent, the plan has had a descending funded ratio for five years, and the political subdivision has failed to make the actuarially required contribution payment for five years. This act repeals the descending funded ratio requirement and provides that to be considered delinquent a plan's funded ratio must fall below seventy percent and the political subdivision must miss the actuarially required contribution payment for two, rather than five, years. JESSI BAKER
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