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BILL # SB 1086 |
TITLE: appropriation; unfunded liability; PSPRS; CORP |
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SPONSOR: Livingston |
STATUS: As Amended by Senate APPROP |
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PREPARED BY: Molly Murphy |
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The bill appropriates $81.0 million from the General Fund in FY 2022 to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) to be deposited in multiple state PSPRS employer group accounts to eliminate the current unfunded accrued liability. The bill also appropriates $6.7 million from the General Fund in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited in several state Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP) employer accounts to eliminate the current unfunded accrued liability.
Estimated Impact
The PSPRS/CORP employer contribution rates have 2 components. The first component is the normal cost, which is the immediate cost associated with the benefit being earned. The second component is the unfunded liability, which represents prior benefits earned by members that are unfunded due to changes in the plan's actuarial performance or assumptions. The bill's appropriation would eliminate the current unfunded liability for various state PSPRS/CORP employer groups, which would reduce the employer contribution rates paid by those state agencies. Given the timing of PSPRS/CORP actuarial valuations, the employer contribution rates would be reduced beginning in FY 2024.
The bill would increase General Fund spending by $87.7 million one-time in FY 2022. Beginning in FY 2024, we estimate that annual PSPRS/CORP employer contributions would be reduced by $9.2 million, with $1.7 million of those savings accruing to the General Fund and $7.5 million of those savings accruing to non-General Fund sources.
Table 1 includes the deposit by employer group, the resulting contribution rate decrease, and the General Fund and non-General Fund savings by employer group.
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Table 1 |
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Employer Group |
General Fund Deposit |
Contribution Rate Percentage Change |
GF Savings |
Non-GF Savings |
Total |
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PSPRS - State Agencies |
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DEMA |
8,542,800 |
31.25% |
- |
813,100 |
813,100 |
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Attorney General |
9,117,700 |
32.80% |
51,000 |
1,015,800 |
1,066,800 |
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Dept. of Liquor |
7,628,900 |
100.41% |
- |
865,700 |
865,700 |
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State Parks |
8,820,600 |
105.92% |
- |
792,200 |
792,200 |
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ASU Police |
23,565,000 |
36.64% |
- |
1,845,800 |
1,845,800 |
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U of A Police |
15,645,900 |
36.76% |
787,100 |
1,912,400 |
2,699,500 |
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NAU Police |
7,725,600 |
46.94% |
232,000 |
236,400 |
468,400 |
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Total |
81,046,500 |
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1,070,100 |
7,481,400 |
8,551,500 |
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CORP - State Agencies |
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DPS – Dispatch |
6,351,900 |
76.25% |
622,800 |
21,500 |
644,300 |
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DPS – Detention |
309,200 |
7.19% |
24,000 |
800 |
24,800 |
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Total |
6,661,100 |
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646,800 |
22,300 |
669,100 |
(Continued)
Based on data provided by PSPRS, by appropriating $87.7 million to the various PSPRS/CORP employer groups as listed in Table 1, the employer groups' contribution rates would decrease by the percentages listed. These contribution rate changes were then applied to the agencies' PSPRS/CORP salary bases, which reflect the amounts and fund sources as reported in FY 2023 agency budget requests.
Given the timing of PSPRS/CORP actuarial valuations, the employer savings amounts displayed in Table 1 would occur beginning in FY 2024. Any estimate of savings beyond FY 2024 would depend on the long-term actuarial performance of the PSPRS/CORP plans, such as annual investment returns.
Local Government Impact
None, as the bill's appropriation would only impact the state PSPRS/CORP employer groups listed in Table 1 and would not impact local government PSPRS/CORP contribution rates.
1/26/22