79-916 Retirement system; membership; member of any other system; transfer of funds; when; Service Annuity Fund; created; use; investment.
79-916. Retirement system; membership; member of any other system; transfer of funds; when; Service Annuity Fund; created; use; investment.(1)(a) Beginning July 1, 2002, and until June 30, 2004, the board shall transfer the actuarial value of the service annuity liability accrued within the prior fiscal year of the employees who serve a Class V school district and participate in the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act upon receipt of a certification from the school district as to the number of employees who have accrued a service annuity benefit for such fiscal year. Upon receipt of the certification, the board shall cause to be transferred to the funds of the retirement system of which such employees are members the actuarial value, as determined pursuant to section 79-966.01, of the service annuities to be paid by the state for the years of service thus certified in the same amount and basis as provided for members of the School Retirement System of the State of Nebraska under sections 79-933 and 79-952. Such transfer of actuarial value to the Class V School Employees Retirement System shall be in lieu of the payment of the service annuity to which such employees would be otherwise entitled. The Class V school district which such employees serve shall furnish to the retirement board all information required by the retirement board regarding service records of its employees.(b) On July 1, 2004, the board shall transfer from the School Retirement Fund to the Service Annuity Fund an amount equal to the funded ratio of the retirement system which is equal to the market value of the retirement system assets divided by the actuarial accrued liability of the retirement system, times the actuarial accrued liability of the service annuity, as determined pursuant to section 79-966.01, of the employees who are members of the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act. Such actuarial accrued liability shall be determined for each employee on a level dollar basis. On or before July 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the state shall deposit into the Service Annuity Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay the normal cost and amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the service annuity, as determined pursuant to section 79-966.01, as of the end of the previous fiscal year of the employees who are members of the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act. Based on the fiscal year of the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act, the administrator of such system shall provide all membership information needed for the actuary engaged by the retirement board to determine the normal cost and the amortization payment of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability, as determined pursuant to section 79-966.01, to be paid by the state to the Service Annuity Fund each fiscal year as required by this subdivision.(c) At the time of retirement of any employee who is a member of the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act, the retirement board shall, upon receipt of a certification of the administrator of such retirement system of the name, identification number, date of birth, retirement date, last date of employment, type of retirement, and number of years of service credited to such eligible employee at the date of retirement, transfer to such retirement system from the Service Annuity Fund the actuarial accrued liability of the service annuity to be paid by the state to the eligible employee for the years of service thus certified as provided for members of the School Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska under sections 79-933 and 79-952. Such transfer of the actuarial accrued liability to the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act shall be in lieu of the payment of the service annuity to which the employee would be entitled.(d) The Service Annuity Fund is created. The fund shall consist of the amounts paid by the state and transferred from the School Retirement Fund pursuant to this section to pay the service annuity to be paid by the state to employees who are members of the retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.(2) In addition to the transfer of the actuarial accrued liability of the service annuity to be paid by the state, the state shall also transfer to the funds of the Class V school district's retirement system an amount determined by multiplying the compensation of all members of such retirement system by the percent specified in subsection (2) of section 79-966 for determining the amount of the state's payment to the School Retirement Fund. The transfer shall be made annually on or before July 1 of each fiscal year. SourceLaws 1945, c. 219, § 12, p. 642; R.S.Supp.,1947, § 79-2912; Laws 1949, c. 256, § 446, p. 845; Laws 1951, c. 292, § 1, p. 970; Laws 1965, c. 530, § 2, p. 1667; Laws 1967, c. 547, § 2, p. 1810; Laws 1967, c. 546, § 5, p. 1802; Laws 1969, c. 735, § 3, p. 2777; Laws 1971, LB 987, § 21; Laws 1984, LB 457, § 1; Laws 1987, LB 549, § 3; Laws 1988, LB 1170, § 2; Laws 1991, LB 549, § 30; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1512; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 551; Laws 1997, LB 623, § 14; Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 48; Laws 2002, LB 407, § 24; Laws 2004, LB 1097, § 23. Cross ReferencesClass V School Employees Retirement Act, see section 79-978.01.Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.