2023 Utah Code › Title 49 - Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act › Chapter 11 - Utah State Retirement Systems Administration › Part 6 - Procedures and Records › Section 625 - Withdrawing independent entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking.

Effective 5/5/2021
49-11-625.
Withdrawing independent entity -- Participation election date -- Withdrawal costs -- Rulemaking.
(1) As used in this section, "withdrawing entity" means an entity that:
(a) participates in a system or plan under this title before January 1, 2021;
(b) is an independent entity listed under Subsection 63E-1-102(4)(b); and
(c) after beginning participation with a system or plan under this title, has restructured the entity's business operations and employment of employees under contract through a regional, multi-state partnership.
(2) A withdrawing entity may elect to withdraw from participation in all systems or plans for all current and future employees of the withdrawing entity, beginning on the date set in accordance with Subsection (3)(a).
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a withdrawing entity may provide for the participation of the withdrawing entity's employees with the system or plan as follows:
(a) the withdrawing entity shall determine a date that is before July 1, 2022, on which the withdrawing entity shall make an election under Subsection (2); and
(b) subject to Subsection (6), the withdrawing entity shall pay to the office any reasonable actuarial and administrative costs determined by the office to have arisen out of an election made under this section.
(4)
(a) An election made under Subsection (2):
(i) shall be made on or before the date specified under Subsection (3)(a);
(ii) shall be documented by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the withdrawing entity;
(iii) remains in effect unless and until the withdrawing entity again becomes a participating entity with the office in accordance with Subsection (5); and
(iv) applies to a withdrawing entity as the employer and to all employees of the withdrawing entity.
(b) Notwithstanding an election made under Subsection (2), any eligibility for service credit earned by an employee under this title before the date specified under Subsection (3)(a) is not affected by this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a withdrawing entity that makes an election under Subsection (2) may provide or participate in any type of public or private retirement for the withdrawing entity's employees.
(5) After the withdrawal and subject to the laws and rules governing participating employer admission, the withdrawing entity may elect, by resolution of the withdrawing entity's governing body, to resume participation with the office and apply for admission as a participating employer in a system or plan under this title.
(6) Before a withdrawing entity may withdraw under this section, the withdrawing entity and the office shall enter into an agreement on:
(a) the costs described in Subsection (3)(b); and
(b) arrangements for the payment of the costs described in Subsection (3)(b).
(7) The board shall make rules to implement this section.
Enacted by Chapter 193, 2021 General Session