Firemen's pension plan benefits.

This Wyoming bill (SF 39) reduces future cost-of-living adjustments for retired firemen and their dependents under the "Fire A" pension plan, directly affecting approximately 266 retirees and surviving spouses. It requires employers to make new contributions (previously halted since 1997) and creates a dedicated account funded by fire insurance premium taxes to address the plan's projected exhaustion by 2026. The bill also specifies that employer loan repayments must be withheld if funds aren't repaid, while maintaining existing benefit formulas except for the reduced COLA. These changes aim to stabilize the underfunded pension system without eliminating current benefits.