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OR Rev Stat § 237.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.430 - Public agencies to be included in the agreement.

The agreement shall include each coverage group as to which formal request for inclusion is made by the legislative or governing body of the employing public agency pursuant to ORS 237.440, prior to the effective date of the agreement, or any modification thereof. However, the board shall not be required to include in any agreement or modification any public agency which is not entitled by law to share in any apportionment of state revenue or funds and has at any time within the 10 years next preceding the date of its application been insolvent or failed to pay when due, the principal or interest of its bonds, warrants or other obligations. [Amended by 1953 c.192 §3(1)]
OR Rev Stat § 237.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.440 - Application by political subdivision for inclusion.

The legislative or governing body of every political subdivision may make formal application to the Public Employees Retirement Board for inclusion of the eligible employees of such political subdivision in the agreement or any modification thereof. [Amended by 1953 c.192 §3(2); 1955 c.278 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 237.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.450 - Starting date for contributions.

Every public agency included in the agreement pursuant to ORS 237.430 and 237.440 shall be liable for the contributions required to be remitted by an employer under the provisions of sections 3101 and 3111 of the federal Internal Revenue Code and amendments thereto, except that no contributions required by ORS 237.460 shall be withheld or remitted prior to July 1, 1951, or prior to the approval of the agreement by the Federal Security Administrator (United States Secretary of Health and Human Services). [Amended by 1953 c.192 §4; 1991 c.67 §54; 1991 c.813 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 237.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.460 - Withholding and remitting of employees’ contributions.

(1) Every public agency included in the agreement shall withhold from wages and salaries paid by it to officers and employees covered by the agreement, and remit to the retirement board, that portion required to be withheld from the salaries and wages of employees under the provisions of section 3101 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and amendments thereto as required by section 218(e) of title 2 of the federal Social Security Act. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section requiring remission to the retirement board of amounts withheld from wages and salaries apply only to amounts withheld from wages and salaries that were paid on or before December 31, 1986. Amounts withheld from wages and salaries that were paid after December 31, 1986, shall be remitted to the Internal Revenue Service. [Amended by 1981 c.849 §1; 1991 c.813 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 237.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.465 - Employees required to contribute.

All employees of the state, all employees of the school districts of the state and all employees of political subdivisions of the state subject to the agreement for Old Age and Survivors Insurance coverage, other than employees specifically excluded by that agreement, shall make contributions for such coverage as required by ORS 237.460. [1955 c.278 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 237.470 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.470 - Retirement board to promulgate regulations.

The Public Employees Retirement Board shall promulgate regulations, not inconsistent with ORS 237.410 to 237.515, necessary to provide proper procedures to assure conformity with section 218 of title 2 of the federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto, and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Such regulations shall include provisions governing application procedures, requiring an applicant to present proof satisfactory to the board of its ability to discharge its obligations under ORS 237.410 to 237.515, determining the extent of coverage within separate coverage groups, and provisions prescribing the time and manner of filing reports and making any payment required by ORS 237.410 to 237.515.
OR Rev Stat § 237.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.480 - Procedure against employer failing to comply with regulations.

If an employer fails to report or remit to the retirement board in the manner and within the time prescribed in the regulations adopted by the board, the board, without notice, may send an auditor to the office of the employer to examine its records and to obtain the necessary reports or remittances, the entire cost of such audit to be paid by the delinquent employer.
OR Rev Stat § 237.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.490 - Deposit investment and payment of funds.

(1) All employer and employee contributions and other moneys received or collected by the Public Employees Retirement Board under ORS 237.410 to 237.515 shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of an account, separate and distinct from the General Fund, to be known as the Social Security Revolving Account, and the moneys in the account are continuously appropriated for the purposes of ORS 237.410 to 237.515. (2) All moneys in the account shall be held in trust and invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. Interest from such investments shall be used first for paying the administrative expenses described in ORS 237.500 and not later than the 15th day of February, May, August and November, after paying the administrative expenses, as determined by the Public Employees Retirement Board, for the preceding calendar quarter, the balance of the interest remaining shall be available for general governmental expenses. (3) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may review all duly approved claims certified by the Public Employees Retirement Board for the payment of amounts required to be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to agreements entered into under ORS 237.410 to 237.515, and for the payment of necessary refunds and may issue warrants therefor payable out of the Social Security Revolving Account. [Amended by 1953 c.192 §5(1); 1967 c.399 §§2,6; 1975 c.614 §6; 1989 c.966 §11; 2001 c.716 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 237.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.500 - Administrative expenses.

All expenses of the Public Employees Retirement Board in excess of those paid under ORS 237.490 (2) incurred in administering the provisions of ORS 237.410 to 237.515, including such proportion of the salary of the director, counsel, professional consultants and employees of the retirement board, as the time required of them for the administration of ORS 237.410 to 237.515 shall bear to the time required for the administration of both ORS 237.410 to 237.515 and the public employees retirement law, shall be paid in the manner provided by law, out of the Social Security Revolving Account. For such purpose, the board may make monthly withdrawals from said account in lump sums. The board may, under such rules as it promulgates, collect from each public agency its respective pro rata share of the expenses incurred in administering ORS 237.410 to 237.515. Each public agency included in the agreement pursuant to ORS 237.430 is required to pay its pro rata share of the expenses incurred by the board in administering ORS 237.410 to 237.515. In order to facilitate financing the administration of the system the board may designate fiscal periods and may provide that extraordinary expenses incurred during one such period, such as expenses for equipment, may, for purposes of equitably distributing part of the burden of the expenses, be apportioned to subsequent fiscal periods in such manner as to the board seems equitable. [Amended by 1953 c.192 §5(2); 1967 c.399 §3; 1973 c.704 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 237.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.510 - Collection of delinquent contributions.

(1) Upon failure of any public agency to remit contributions to the retirement board as provided by ORS 237.460 or pay its pro rata share as provided by ORS 237.500 and determined by the board, the board may recover by action in a court of competent jurisdiction the amount due and unpaid. (2) Any public agency delinquent in submitting remittances to the retirement board as provided in ORS 237.460 shall be charged interest on the total amount of remittance due from it at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof during which the agency is delinquent. Interest so paid shall be deposited in the Social Security Revolving Account and shall be used by the board in paying the expenses of administration and any penalties which the board may incur. (3) In order to obtain prompt remittance of contributions and payment of obligations due under ORS 237.410 to 237.515, the board, in the event of delinquency of any public agency entitled by law to share in the apportionment of any state revenues or funds, shall certify the amount of such delinquency to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, which shall pay the claim out of any revenues or funds in the State Treasury apportioned to the delinquent public agency. (4) In addition to the remedies otherwise provided under this section, the board may, by petition in usual form, apply to the circuit court for the county in which is located the public agency concerned, or the principal office or place of business of such public agency, for, and if warranted, to have issued, writs of mandamus to compel such public agency to supply to the board a true and complete list and employment records of such agency’s employees and all information concerning such employees that reasonably may be required and sought by the board in such petition. Such writs, among other things, shall direct the defendant therein to make such remittances as may appear, from records and information concerning such defendant’s employees, to be required by law. Either or both parties thereby aggrieved may appeal to the Court of Appeals from, or from any part of, the judgment of the circuit court given and made in such proceeding, as in ordinary mandamus proceedings. If the court allows the issuance of a peremptory writ, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees, costs and disbursements to the board. [Amended by 1953 c.192 §5(3); 1975 c.614 §7; 1981 c.541 §2; 1991 c.813 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 237.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.515 - Exclusion of contributions from biennial budget.

Contributions required by ORS 237.410 to 237.515 to be placed in the Social Security Revolving Account and thereafter remitted to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall not be included in the biennial budget of the Public Employees Retirement Board as income or expenses of such board. [1953 c.192 §5(4)]
OR Rev Stat § 237.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.610 - Definitions for ORS 237.610 and 237.620.

As used in this section and ORS 237.620: (1) "Firefighter" means: (a) Persons employed by a city, county or district whose duties involve firefighting, but does not include volunteer firefighters; and (b) The State Fire Marshal and the chief deputy fire marshal and deputy state fire marshals appointed under ORS 476.040. (2)(a) "Police officer" includes: (A) Police chiefs and police officers of a city who are classified as police officers by the council or other governing body of the city; (B) Sheriffs and those deputy sheriffs whose duties, as classified by the county governing body, are the regular duties of police officers; (C) County adult parole and probation officers, as defined in ORS 181A.355, who are classified by the county governing body for purposes of this section and ORS 237.620; (D) Corrections officers as defined in ORS 181A.355; (E) Employees of districts whose duties, as classified by the governing body of the district, are the regular duties of police officers; and (F) Investigators of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice. (b) "Police officer" does not include volunteer or reserve police officers or persons considered by the respective governing bodies to be civil deputies or clerical personnel. (3) "Public employer" means any city, county or district that employs police officers or firefighters. [1971 c.692 §2; 1973 c.19 §2; 1979 c.656 §6; 1981 c.479 §1; 1989 c.614 §2; 1991 c.67 §55; 2005 c.22 §175]
OR Rev Stat § 237.630 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.630

[1971 c.692 §4; 1975 c.449 §7; renumbered 237.173 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 237.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.635 - Mandated increase in benefits payable under systems other than Public Employees Retirement System; limitations.

(1) Any public employer that provides retirement benefits to its police officers and firefighters other than by participation in the Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of ORS 237.620 shall provide increases to the police officers and firefighters of the public employer, both active and retired, that are equal to the increases in retirement benefits that are provided for in chapter 796, Oregon Laws 1991, for active and retired police officers or firefighters who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System, or shall provide to those police officers and firefighters increases in retirement benefits that are the actuarial equivalent of the increases in retirement benefits that are provided for in chapter 796, Oregon Laws 1991, for police officers or firefighters who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System. No other retirement benefit or other benefit provided by those public employers shall be decreased by the employer by reason of the increases mandated by this section. (2) The increased benefits provided for in this section apply only to police officers or firefighters who establish membership before July 14, 1995, in a retirement plan or system offered by a public employer in lieu of membership in the Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of ORS 237.620. (3) A public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section shall cease paying increased retirement benefits under this section if the payments made to the person are not subject to Oregon personal income tax under ORS 316.127 (9). A public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section shall adopt procedures similar to those described in ORS 238.372 to 238.384 for the purpose of implementing this subsection. The Department of Revenue shall provide to a public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section the information regarding Oregon personal income tax returns that the public employer deems necessary to determine whether the retirement benefits paid to the person by the public employer are subject to Oregon personal income tax under ORS 316.127 (9). [1991 c.796 §11; 1995 c.569 §12; 2007 c.622 §3; 2013 c.53 §15] Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 796, Oregon Laws 1991," for the words "this 1991 Act" in section 11, chapter 796, Oregon Laws 1991, compiled as 237.635. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. The sections for which substitution otherwise would be made may be determined by referring to the 1991 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
OR Rev Stat § 237.637 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.637 - Additional mandated increase in benefits payable under systems other than Public Employees Retirement System; limitation.

(1) Any public employer that provides retirement benefits to its police officers and firefighters other than by participation in the Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of ORS 237.620 shall provide increases to the police officers and firefighters of the public employer, both active and retired, that are equal to the increases in retirement benefits that are provided for in chapter 569, Oregon Laws 1995, for active and retired police officers or firefighters who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System, or the public employer shall provide to those police officers and firefighters increases in retirement benefits that are the actuarial equivalent of the increases in retirement benefits that are provided for in chapter 569, Oregon Laws 1995, for police officers or firefighters who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System. Increases provided under this section shall be reduced by the amount of any benefit increase provided by ORS 237.635 in the same manner that increases in retirement benefits that are provided for in chapter 569, Oregon Laws 1995, for active and retired police officers or firefighters who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System are reduced to reflect amounts paid to those members under the provisions of chapter 796, Oregon Laws 1991. No other retirement benefit or other benefit provided by those public employers shall be decreased by the employer by reason of the increases mandated by this section. (2) A public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section shall cease paying increased retirement benefits under this section if the payments made to the person are not subject to Oregon personal income tax under ORS 316.127 (9). A public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section shall adopt procedures similar to those described in ORS 238.372 to 238.384 for the purpose of implementing this subsection. The Department of Revenue shall provide to a public employer that is subject to the requirements of this section the information regarding Oregon personal income tax returns that the public employer deems necessary to determine whether the retirement benefits paid to the person by the public employer are subject to Oregon personal income tax under ORS 316.127 (9). [1995 c.569 §11; 2007 c.622 §4; 2011 c.653 §8; 2013 c.53 §16] Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 569, Oregon Laws 1995," for the words "this Act" in section 11, chapter 569, Oregon Laws 1995, compiled as 237.637. Specific ORS references have not been substituted pursuant to 173.160. These sections may be determined by referring to the 1995 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
OR Rev Stat § 237.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.640

[1971 c.692 §5; 1973 c.704 §17; 1975 c.449 §8; 1991 c.813 §12; renumbered 237.163 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 237.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.645 - Options for legislators who are not members of Public Employees Retirement System.

(1) A person who is appointed or elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly and who is not a member of the Public Employees Retirement System at the time of the appointment or election: (a) May not become a member of the Public Employees Retirement System for the purpose of service in the Legislative Assembly. (b) May elect to become a legislator member of the state deferred compensation plan under ORS 237.655 for the purpose of service in the Legislative Assembly. (2) An election under this section does not affect the ability of a person appointed or elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly to participate in the state deferred compensation plan in the manner provided by ORS 243.401 to 243.507 as other than a legislator member under ORS 237.655. [2013 s.s. c.3 §7] Note: 237.645 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 237 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 237.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.655 - Legislator members of state deferred compensation plan.

(1)(a) If a person appointed or elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly elects under ORS 237.645 or 237.650 to become a legislator member of the state deferred compensation plan for the purpose of service in the Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Assembly shall make employer contributions to the plan in an amount that is equal to the percentage of the member’s salary that would have been contributed to the Public Employees Retirement Board for the member’s normal cost under ORS 238A.220, as determined by the actuary under ORS 238.605. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, contributions made to the plan by the Legislative Assembly under this subsection may not exceed the maximum allowed by federal law. (2) If a person appointed or elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly elects under ORS 237.645 or 237.650 to become a legislator member of the state deferred compensation plan for the purpose of service in the Legislative Assembly, and the person also participates in the state deferred compensation plan in the manner provided by ORS 243.401 to 243.507 as other than a legislator member, the total contributions made to the plan by the person and by the employer under subsection (1) of this section may not exceed the maximum allowed by federal law governing the plan’s tax qualification. (3) Except for the contributions required by subsection (1) of this section, the Legislative Assembly may not "pick-up," assume or pay any contributions on behalf of a legislator member of the state deferred compensation plan. [2003 c.733 §46c; 2011 c.722 §2; 2013 s.s. c.3 §9; 2018 c.98 §14] Note: See note under 237.650.
OR Rev Stat § 237.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 237 - Public Employee Retirement Generally|Section 237.750 - Alternative retirement programs for employees of Harney County Health District.

Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapters 238 and 238A, the Harney County Health District may offer to its employees, in addition to the Public Employees Retirement System, alternative retirement programs. [2019 c.496 §1] Note: 237.750 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 237 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.