75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 901
 
LC 2662/SB 901-6
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 901
 
        By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                            April 24
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete 'creating new
provisions;'.
  Delete lines 5 through 30 and delete page 2 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 243.886 is amended to read:
  ' 243.886. (1) Except as provided in   { - subsection (2) - }
 { + subsections (2) and (3) + } of this section:
  ' (a) A district may not provide or contract for a benefit plan
unless the benefit plan is provided and administered by the
Oregon Educators Benefit Board under ORS 243.860 to 243.886; and
  ' (b) Eligible employees of a district may participate only in
benefit plans provided and administered by the board.
  ' (2)(a) Except for community college districts, a district
that was self-insured before January 1, 2007, or a district that
had an independent health insurance trust established and
functioning before January 1, 2007, may provide or contract for
benefit plans other than benefit plans provided and administered
by the board if the premiums for the benefit plans provided or
contracted for by the district are equal to or less than the
premiums for comparable benefit plans provided and administered
by the board.
  ' (b) A community college district may provide or contract for
benefit plans other than benefit plans provided and administered
by the board.
  ' (c) In accordance with procedures adopted by the board to
extend benefit plan coverage under ORS 243.864 to 243.874 to
eligible employees of a self-insured district, a district with an
independent health insurance trust or a community college
district, these districts may choose to offer benefit plans that
are provided and administered by the board. Once employees of a
district participate in benefit plans provided and administered
by the board, the district may not thereafter provide or contract
for benefit plans other than those provided and administered by
the board.
  '  { +  (3)(a) A district that has not offered benefit plans
provided and administered by the board before the effective date
of this 2009 Act may provide or contract for benefit plans other
than benefit plans provided and administered by the board if the
premiums for the benefit plans provided or contracted for by the
district are equal to or less than the premiums for comparable
benefit plans provided and administered by the board. Once
employees of a district or an employee group within a district
participates in benefit plans provided and administered by the
board, the district may not thereafter provide or contract for
benefit plans for those employees or employee groups other than
those provided and administered by the board.
  ' (b) To maintain the exception created in this subsection, the
board must perform an actuarial analysis of the district at least
once every two years. If requested by the district or a labor
organization representing eligible employees of the district, the
board shall perform the actuarial analysis annually.
  ' (c) As used in this subsection, 'district' does not include a
community college district. + }
  '  { - (3) - }  { +  (4) + } Nothing in ORS 243.860 to 243.886
may be construed to expand or contract collective bargaining
rights or collective bargaining obligations.
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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