Bill 207 (Legislature 22, Session 3)

L22 S3 2613

Alberta — Bills

1991 BILL Third Session, 22nd Legislature, 40 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO REQUIRE FULL DISCLOSURE AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT-BACKED PENSION PLANS MR. DECORE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1991 (22nd, 3rd) Bill 207,

An Act to Require Full Disclosure and Maintenance of Government-Backed Pension Plans Bill Mr. Decore BILL

AN ACT TO REQUIRE FULL DISCLOSURE AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT-BACKED PENSION PLANS (Assented to , 1991) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

Definitions In this Act, (a) "Pension Plan" means a plan established under: (

i) Local Authorities Pension Plan Act, (ii) Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Act, (iii) the Public Service Pension Plan Act, (iv) the Public Service Management Pension Plan Act, (

v) the Special Forces Pension Plan Act, (vi) the Teacher’s Retirement Fund Act, (vii) the Universities Academic Pension Plan Act, or any of them; (b) "Pension Act" means any Act which establishes a Pension Plan; (c) "Pension Fund" means the fund established by the Pension Fund Act; (d) "Minister" means the member of the Executive Council charged with the administration of a Pension Plan; (e) "Unfunded liability" means guarantees or indemnities as defined in Part of the Financial Administration Act. Reporting Unfunded Liabilities 2

(1) As soon as practicable after the end of a fiscal year the Provincial Treasurer shall, in addition to any report which may be required under the Financial Administration Act, the Pension Fund Act or any Pension Plan enactment, prepare a report for that fiscal year and shall for the purposes of the report show the unrecorded liabilities for pension obligations arising from a Pension Plan as a liability in the financial statements of the Province.

(2) The Provincial Treasurer may include the report required in subsection (1) as part of the public accounts prepared in accordance with Part of the Financial Administration Act and shall lay the report before the Legislative Assembly along with the public accounts in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

(3) If the Provincial Treasurer elects not to include the report required in subsection (1) as part of the public accounts referred to in subsection (2), the Provincial Treasurer shall lay the report before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, and if it is not then sitting, then within 15 days after the opening of the next sitting. Tabling Actuarial Studies 3

(1) The Minister shall present to the Legislative Assembly all actuarial studies prepared in accordance with the provisions of a Pension enactment prior to the coming into force of this Act.

(2) After the coming into force of this Act any actuarial study required under the provisions of a Pension Plan enactment has been prepared, the Minister shall lay the study before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, and if it is not then sitting, then within 15 days after the opening of the next ensuing sitting. Funding of Pension Funds 4

(1) The Minister shall, no later than May 1, 1992, introduce legislation which would eliminate the unfunded liability of the pension funds established relevant to the pension plans described m

section 1(

a) by the end of the fiscal year, 2011 A.D.

(2) Within the legislation referred to in subsection (1), a formula shall be established to increase the level of contributions required by the participants of the pension plans described in

section 1(

a) to a level which will allow the fund to operate without an unfunded liability commencing in the fiscal year, 2012 A.D. 2 Title: 1991 (22nd, 3rd) Bill 207,

An Act to Require Full Disclosure and Maintenance of Government-Backed Pension Plans

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S3 2613
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S3 2613
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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