Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-51-401. Employer and member contributions
Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(1) Repealed by Laws 1992, H.B.92-1335, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
(1.5) Repealed by Laws 1992, H.B.92-1335, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993.
(1.6) For the purposes of sections 24-51-401 to 24-51-404 and sections 24-51-405.5, 24-51-409, and 24-51-411, the term “member” shall include DPS members and the term “retiree” shall include DPS retirees.
(1.7)(a)(I) Employers shall deliver a contribution report and the full amount of employer contributions, member contributions, and working retiree contributions to the association within five days after the date members and retirees are paid. Except as provided in this subsection (1.7)(a), subsection (7) of this section, and section 24-51-408.5, such contributions shall be based upon the rates for the appropriate division as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE A |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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State |
All Members |
10.15% |
8.0% |
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Except |
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State Troopers |
12.85% |
10.0% |
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School |
All Members |
10.15% |
8.0% |
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Local |
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Government |
All Members |
10.0% |
8.0% |
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Judicial |
All Members |
13.66% |
8.0% |
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DPS |
All Members |
10.15% |
8.0% |
(II) Effective July 1, 2019, subject to section 24-51-413, the employer and member contribution rates shall be based upon the rates for the appropriate division as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE B |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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State |
All Members |
10.4% |
8.75% |
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Except |
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State Troopers |
13.1% |
10.75% |
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School |
All Members |
10.4% |
8.75% |
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Local |
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Government |
All Members |
10.0% |
8.0% |
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Judicial |
All Members |
13.91% |
8.75% |
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DPS |
All Members |
10.4% |
8.75% |
(III) Effective July 1, 2020, except as provided in subsection (1.7)(g) of this section and subject to section 24-51-413, the employer and member contribution rates shall be based upon the rates for the appropriate division as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE C |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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State |
All Members |
10.4% |
9.5% |
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Except |
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State Troopers |
13.1% |
11.5% |
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School |
All Members |
10.4% |
9.5% |
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Local Government |
All Members |
10.0% |
8.0% |
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Judicial |
All Members |
13.91% |
9.5% |
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DPS |
All Members |
10.4% |
9.5% |
(IV) Effective July 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (1.7)(g) of this section and subject to section 24-51-413, the employer and member contribution rates shall be based upon the rates for the appropriate division as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE D |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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State |
All Members |
10.4% |
10.0% |
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Except |
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State Troopers |
13.1% |
12.0% |
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School |
All Members |
10.4% |
10.0% |
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Local Government |
All Members |
10.0% |
8.0% |
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Judicial |
All Members |
13.91% |
10.0% |
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DPS |
All Members |
10.4% |
10.0% |
(b) Contributions shall be calculated using the contribution rates that were in effect on the last day of the payroll period.
(c) Contributions for salary payments made to a member for unintentional nonrecurring adjustments or corrections that are paid separate from one of the employer's regular payroll cycles may be reported and paid to the association with the employer's next regular payroll cycle.
(d) If an employer makes payment to the association through an automated clearing house debit transaction, payment will be considered received on time if valid and executable automated clearing house instructions are received by the association by the date specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.7).
(e) In recognition of the effort to equalize the funded status of the Denver public schools division and the association's school division as more fully provided in section 24-51-412, beginning January 1, 2015, and every fifth year thereafter, the association shall calculate a true-up to confirm the equalization status of the Denver public schools division and the association's school division, and, if necessary, the board shall recommend that the general assembly adjust the Denver public schools total employer rate to assure the equalization of the Denver public schools division's ratio of unfunded actuarial accrued liability over payroll to the association's school division's ratio of unfunded actuarial accrued liability over payroll at the end of the thirty-year period. The true-up shall be based on audited results of the association's school division's and the Denver public schools division's actual unfunded actuarial accrued liability and payroll experience at every point of true-up. If the ratios of unfunded actuarial accrued liability over payroll based on actual experience are not projected to equalize over the thirty-year period, the board shall recommend that the Denver public schools division total employer rate be adjusted by the general assembly.
(f) Repealed by Laws 2018, Ch. 370, § 11, eff. June 4, 2018.
(g)(I)(A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.7)(g)(II) of this section and subject to section 24-51-413, for the 2020-21 state fiscal year, the amount of employer and member contributions for employers and members in the judicial division of the association shall be based upon the rates as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE C.5 |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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Judicial |
All Members |
8.91% |
14.5% |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.7)(g)(II) of this section and subject to section 24-51-413, for the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the amount of employer and member contributions for employers and members in the judicial division of the association shall be based upon the rates as set forth in the following table multiplied by the salary, as defined in section 24-51-101(42), paid to members and retirees for the payroll period:
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TABLE D.5 |
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CONTRIBUTION RATES |
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Division |
Membership |
Employer Rate |
Member Rate |
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Judicial |
All Members |
8.91% |
15% |
(II) Subsection (1.7)(g)(I) of this section does not apply to the employer or member contribution for judges employed by the Denver county court. For the 2020-21 and 2021-22 state fiscal years, the employer and member contribution rates for judges employed by the Denver county court shall be calculated pursuant to subsections (1.7)(a)(III) and (1.7)(a)(IV) of this section, as applicable, and subject to section 24-51-413.
(1.8) Deleted by Laws 2006, Ch. 259, § 6, eff. May 25, 2006.
(2) Along with such contributions, the employer shall deliver to the association by the date established in subsection (1.7) of this section a contribution report containing any member information required by the board to properly credit money to the employer contribution reserve and the member contribution accounts in the member contribution reserve.
(3) The employer shall be assessed by the association, pursuant to rules adopted by the board, interest on the contributions, including working retiree contributions, if either contributions or member information is not submitted by the date established in subsection (1.7) of this section.
(4), (5) Deleted by Laws 1991, H.B.91-1026, § 9.
(6) For all members, contributions will be subject to any maximum limits imposed under federal income tax law including the limitations set forth in section 401(a)(17) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, 1 as amended, and any other limit on the members' total gross salary that may be taken into account for purposes of determining member contributions.
(7) If a final judicial determination provides that an employer is obligated to pay damages to the association for unpaid contributions and the damages awarded are greater than the amounts provided pursuant to section 24-51-402, then the association shall reduce the employer contribution rate for the employer to a level that will offset the additional damages paid. If possible, the association shall set a rate of employer contributions that is sufficient to offset the additional damages over a twelve-month period. If the employer does not owe sufficient employer contributions to offset the additional damages over a twelve-month period, then the association shall eliminate the employer contributions for the employer until the excess damages are fully offset.
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