19-7-404. Employer contributions. (1) Each employer shall pay 9.535% of the compensation paid to all of the employer's employees plus any additional contribution under subsection (3), except for those employees properly excluded from membership.
     (2) If the required contribution to the retirement system exceeds the funds available to a county from general revenue sources, a county may, subject to 15-10-420, budget, levy, and collect annually a tax on the taxable value of all taxable property within the county that is sufficient to raise the amount of revenue needed to meet the county's obligation.
     (3) Subject to subsection (4), each employer shall contribute to the system an additional employer contribution equal to 0.58% of the compensation paid to all of the employer's employees, except for those employees properly excluded from membership.
     (4) (a) The board shall periodically review the additional employer contribution provided for under subsection (3) and recommend adjustments to the legislature as needed to maintain the amortization schedule set by the board for payment of the system's unfunded liabilities.
     (b) The employer contribution required under subsection (3) terminates on July 1 following the board's receipt of the system's actuarial valuation if:
     (i) the actuarial valuation determines that the period required to amortize the system's unfunded liabilities, including adjustments made for any benefit enhancements enacted by the legislature after the valuation, is less than 25 years; and
     (ii) terminating the additional employer contribution would not cause the amortization period as of the most recent actuarial valuation to exceed 25 years.

     History: En. 68-2609 by Sec. 9, Ch. 178, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2609(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 549, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 393, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 261, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 139, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 162, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 329, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 371, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 283, L. 2009.