97.50 - REPEAL OF PRIOR LAW -- RIGHTS PRESERVED.

        97.50  REPEAL OF PRIOR LAW -- RIGHTS PRESERVED.
         Chapter 97, Code 1950, as amended by the Fifty-fourth General
      Assembly, is hereby repealed, subject to the provisions which follow:

         1.  Any person being paid any benefits under the provisions of
      sections 97.13 to 97.18, Code 1950, as amended, as of June 30, 1953,
      shall continue to receive such benefits as though that chapter had
      not been repealed.
         2.  Any person who became entitled to any benefits under the
      provisions of sections 97.13 to 97.19, Code 1950, as amended, through
      the retirement or death of any person prior to June 30, 1953, shall
      be paid the same benefits upon proper application, subsequent to June
      30, 1953, as though that chapter had not been repealed.
         3.  Any individual who was, as of June 30, 1953, a fully insured
      individual as defined in section 97.45, subsection 6, Code 1950, as
      amended, and who would be a fully insured individual at age
      sixty-five, on the basis of service prior to June 30, 1953 (but who
      is not under public employment as of such date), shall be entitled to
      receive, in the event of the individual's reaching sixty-five years
      of age after June 30, 1953, not less than the same individual primary
      benefit the individual would have received under the provisions of
      section 97.13, Code 1950, as amended, had the individual been
      eligible for retirement as of that date as though chapter 97, Code
      1950, as amended, had not been repealed.  Any individual who was as
      of June 30, 1953, a fully insured individual as defined in section
      97.45, subsection 6, Code 1950, as amended, and who would be fully
      insured at age of sixty-five, on the basis of service prior to June
      30, 1953, and who is as of June 30, 1953, under public employment,
      and also under coverage of a federal civil service retirement plan,
      shall be entitled to receive after reaching sixty-five years of age,
      provided the individual is no longer in public employment, not less
      than the same individual primary benefit the individual would have
      received under the provisions of section 97.13, Code 1950, as
      amended, had the individual been eligible for retirement as of that
      date, as though chapter 97, Code 1950, as amended, had not been
      repealed; and any wife, widow, child or other dependent of such
      individual would become entitled to any benefits as provided by
      chapter 97, Code 1950, as amended, after June 30, 1953, shall be
      entitled to receive benefits as provided by chapter 97, Code 1950, as
      though that chapter had not been repealed.
         4.  Any wife, widow, child, or other dependent of any fully
      insured individual who left employment or died prior to June 30,
      1953, who would become entitled to any benefit as provided by chapter
      97, Code 1950, as amended, after June 30, 1953, shall be entitled to
      receive benefits as provided by chapter 97, Code 1950, as amended, as
      though that chapter had not been repealed.
         5.  Any currently insured individual under the terms of subsection
      7 of section 97.45, Code 1950, as amended, who is not in Iowa public
      employment as of June 30, 1953, shall continue to be a currently
      insured individual against death for the period designated in said
      subsection and the provisions of coverage for benefit purposes under
      said subsection shall apply to such individuals as they would have
      applied as though chapter 97, Code 1950, as amended, had not been
      repealed.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C46, 50, § 97.13--97.19; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
      § 97.50]
         Referred to in § 97.53, 97B.1A, 97B.42, 97B.43, 97B.56