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Technical fix would let newly hired county correctional officers join public safety retirement plan from day one
Summary
Representative Todd Porter sponsored House Bill 1177 to adjust the definition of correctional officer so newly hired county correctional officers are eligible immediately for North Dakota's public safety retirement plan rather than waiting for training and licensing.
Representative Todd Porter, sponsor, told the committee House Bill 1177 is a technical correction requested after the state's public safety retirement plan transition left newly hired correctional officers in the defined contribution plan during required on‑the‑job training. Porter said other public‑safety hires (police and firefighters) are placed in the public safety plan on hire, but correctional officers were being placed only after licensing completion, creating a gap.
Major Trent Wongen (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department) described local practice: when deputy sheriffs and…
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