Bill Text: OR SB702 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to payment of premiums for benefit plan provided to state employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB702 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB702-Introduced.html


     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1701

                         Senate Bill 702

Sponsored by Senator ATKINSON; Senators KRUSE, STARR

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires state employees who participate in benefit plan
provided by state to contribute 15 percent of cost of premiums
for coverage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to payment of premiums for benefit plan provided to
  state employees.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 243.105 to 243.285. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS
243.105 to 243.285, an eligible employee who participates in a
benefit plan shall contribute 15 percent of the premium expense
for the coverage provided.
  (2) A collective bargaining agreement between the State of
Oregon and the exclusive representative of public employees must
require that an eligible employee who participates in a benefit
plan contribute 15 percent of the premium expense for the
coverage provided. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act applies to
agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this
2011 Act. + }
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