8.4. SR 07-31-1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Law summaries continued • benefits in addition to severance, accumulated sick or vacation pay, are required to be paid to the child support enforcement authority upon certain conditions. The Work Reporting System is effective July 1, 1996. Other sections are effective January 1, 1996. Additional fire and police amortiza- tion aid Chapter 262 allocates one-half of the excess funds from the PERA Excess Contributions Holding Account for additional amortization aid for local police or salaried firefighter relief associations. This allocation is in addition to the existing amortization and supplemental amortization aid programs. Local police or salaried firefighter relief associations with unfunded accrued liabilities shown in the actuarial valuation to be prepared December 31, 1996 will be eligible for this aid. Also eligible are local police or salaried firefighter consolidation accounts that are certified by the Commissioner of PERA as having for the current year an additional munici- pal contribution amount and have either implemented the pre-July 1, 1993 PERA Police and Fire Plan (if the consolidation account was in effect May 24, 1993) or the pre-July 1, 1995 Plan (if consolidation is in effect July 1, 1995). The aid is based on propor- tional shares of total unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities of all recipient relief associations and consolidation account as of December 31, 1993 or June 30, 1994. These aid amounts will be allocated on October 1, 1997 and annually thereafter. Effective the day following enactment. New dates are also established for firefighters' relief associations to begin collecting information about their investments and report to the state auditor. Associations not wholly invested through the state board of investments and having assets with a market value of less than $300,000 will be required to collect the required information as of January 1, 1996 and submit it to the state auditor by October 1, 1997. Effective August 1, 1995. Public safety Licensed police officers given the powers of a notary public for administering oaths upon informa- tion to establish probable cause Chapter 37 provides that peace officers licensed to administer oaths upon information submitted to estab- lish probable cause to judges or judicial officers shall have the powers of a notary public. The text of this law contains'the form of the official signature in these cases, no stamp is required. Effective August 1, 1995. Term of temporary on-sale liquor licenses extended _^_ Chapter 42 extends the maximum duration for temporary on-sale liquor licenses from three consecutive days to four consecutive days. Additionally, the number of temporary on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor licenses that may issued by a municipality is now unlimited (the restriction to only three temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses remains). The four day s provision became effective on April 19, 1995 but the lifting of the limit on the number of temporary on-sale beer licenses becomes effective August 1, 1995. Emergency telephone service Chapter 149 requires that cellular phone users must be notified by providers at the time of subscription and four times per year that 911 emergency calls are routed to state patrol dispatchers rather than to local emergency answering centers. When placing a 911 call, callers will be required to provide specific informa- tion regarding their location. Effective August 1, 1995. Department of Health enforcement authority modified Chapter 165 requires the Commis- sioner of Health to adopt rules and enforce existing laws and rules. governing the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of public pools, air quality in indoor areas, and related facilities. Rules governing fee collection to cover the cost of reviewing, monitoring, and inspecting the facilities will also be the Commissioner's responsibility. Effective May 16, 1995. Residential building contractor licensee standards modified Chapter 169 clarifies an exemption from the licensing-requirement, where denial, suspension, revocation or censure of a licensee or a civil penalty may be imposed. The law clarifies that the contractor's recovery fund is available to pay claims only against those licensees who have paid into the fund while the statutory bonding requirements still apply to those who did not. Various effective dates. Coordination and consolidation for public safety radio communications Chapter 195 creates the Metropoli- tan Radio Board to review and adopt a regional public safety radio system communications plan. The plan will use the 800 megahertz and other available radio frequencies to develop a shared regional infrastructure for a metro-wide public safety radio commu- nications network. The plan will also assign frequencies to the network and subsystems. All units of local government as well as private entities eligible to use the public safety radio communications plan are to have adequate communica- 1995 Law Summaries LS 13