ORS 238.235: Unfunded liability or surplus after employee transfer or employer merger, consolidation or split.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) If a participating public employer transfers employees who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System to another public employer, the two public employers must enter into a written agreement that addresses the manner in which any unfunded liability or surplus of the transferring public employer under the system will be paid or credited. (2) If two or more public employers merge or consolidate, and any of the public employers participate in the system, the public employers that merged or consolidated must enter into a written agreement that addresses the manner in which any unfunded liability or surplus of the merged or consolidated public employers under the system will be paid or credited. (3) If a participating public employer splits into two or more public employers, the public employers that result from the split must enter into a written agreement that addresses the manner in which any unfunded liability or surplus of the original participating public employer under the system will be paid or credited. (4) A written agreement entered into under this section must be delivered to the Public Employees Retirement Board not later than 60 days after the transfer, merger, consolidation or split becomes effective. If public employers affected by a transfer, merger, consolidation or split, including public employers created by a merger, consolidation or split, fail to deliver to the board a written agreement that addresses the unfunded liabilities or surpluses, or fail to deliver to the board a written agreement that addresses the unfunded liabilities or surpluses in a manner satisfactory to the board, the board shall decide the manner in which unfunded liabilities or surpluses will be allocated among the public employers. [Formerly 238.231] MEMBER ACCOUNTS (Generally)
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 459-005-0005: Amendments to Retirement Law — implements
- OAR 459-005-0100: Definitions — Member’s Fiduciary — implements
- OAR 459-005-0110: Fiduciary Document Requirements — implements
- OAR 459-005-0130: Termination of Member’s Fiduciary — implements
- OAR 459-005-0140: Permissible Actions Under A Fiduciary Document — implements
- OAR 459-005-0150: Effective Date of Fiduciary Document Rules — implements
- OAR 459-005-0180: Incapacity of Members, Beneficiaries, and Alternate Payees — implements
- OAR 459-005-0210: Transmission of Information, Reports, and Documents — implements
- OAR 459-005-0215: Transmittal of Remittances or Payments — implements
- OAR 459-005-0530: Limitation for Employers with Multiple Retirement Plans — for Contributions and Distributions Before January 1, 2000 — implements
- OAR 459-005-0535: Annual Benefit Limitation — implements
- OAR 459-005-0540: Permissive Service Credit — implements
- OAR 459-005-0545: Annual Addition Limitation — implements
- OAR 459-005-0560: Required Minimum Distributions, Generally — implements
- OAR 459-005-0590: General Provisions and Applicability Date — Direct Rollovers — implements
- OAR 459-010-0078: Volunteer Service — implements
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Cited by
- ORS 198.608: Unfunded PERS liability or surplus upon split, consolidation or merger of districts.
- ORS 222.045: Written agreement required regarding unfunded PERS liability or surplus when cities split, consolidate or merge.
- ORS 236.610: Rights of employee when duties assumed by different public employer; employer duties.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors238.html