2017 House Bill 5310 / Public Act 213

Establish funding requirements for municipal employee retirement benefits

Introduced in the House

Nov. 30, 2017

Introduced by Rep. James Lower (R-70)

To permit a local government to that has chosen to have its employee retirement benefits administered by a Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) to withdraw from that system, if it adopts a benefit funding system that meets the funding requirements proposed by House Bill 5298.

Referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness

Dec. 5, 2017

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Dec. 6, 2017

Amendment offered by Rep. Lee Chatfield (R-107)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that removes its previous provisions, and replaces them with a reference to the retirement benefit pre-funding disclosure and oversight requirements proposed by House Bill 5298.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 107 to 3 (details)

To add a reference to the law authorizing a Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) to reflect the funding disclosure and oversight requirements proposed by House Bill 5298.

Received in the Senate

Dec. 12, 2017

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Amendment offered

To revise the "tie-bars" in the package of bills consisting of House Bills 5298 to 5213, and the identical OPEB funding disclosure package comprised of Senate Bills 686 to 699, so as to make the package "bicameral." Tie-bar means one bill can't become law unless a another bill specified in the provision also becomes law.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To add a reference to the law authorizing a Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) to reflect the funding disclosure and oversight requirements proposed by House Bill 5298.

Received in the House

Dec. 12, 2017

Passed in the House 106 to 3 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Dec. 19, 2017