Guide to the Wyoming Retirement System Records
Scope and Content
This collection includes Wyoming Retirment System administrative records and Deferred Compensation Program records.
Dates
- 1943-2013
Creator
- Wyoming Retirement System (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research though some record types may be restricted. See notes in the container list.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Note
In 1953, the state Legislature repealed the State Employees’ Retirement Act and the Wyoming Teachers’ Retirement Act. The Legislature then passed a law creating the Wyoming Retirement System, which combined all teachers and state employees under one system. The new WRS became effective April 1, 1953.
WRS History Milestones
- 1935: The Paid Firemen's Pension Plan was established.
- 1943: The Wyoming Teachers' Retirement System was established.
- 1949: the State Employees' Retirement System was established.
- April 1, 1953: the Wyoming Teachers' Retirement System and the State Employees Retirement System were repealed and combined into the newly formed Wyoming Retirement System, which the University of Wyoming joined.
- Feb. 1, 1965: cities and counties were allowed to join.
- April 1, 1967: the Volunteer Fire Pension Plan started.
- July 1, 1973: the Highway Patrol and Game Warden Plan became effective.
- July 1, 1981: WRS began administration of the Paid Firemen’s Pension Plan. For new firefighters, the plan is now Paid Firefighter "B."
- July 1, 1984: the state allowed criminal investigators to join the Patrol and Warden Pension Plan.
- July 1, 1992: the "Rule of 85" was adopted for state employees.
- July 1, 1998: the state created the new Judicial Plan, which was mandatory for judges appointed after July 1, 1998. Existing judges were given the option of continuing in the existing plan or switching over to the new plan by Dec. 31, 1999.
- July 1, 1998: all at-will, contract employees were allowed to participate in the WRS. At-will employees pay both employee and employer contributions.
- July 1, 2001: Air Guard Firefighters Plan went into effect.
- 2001: The 457 Deferred Compensation Plan was moved to WRS.
- July 1, 2002: the Law Enforcement Plan became effective. It consolidated the law enforcement personnel from three plans into one.
- July 1, 2005: the state’s probation and parole officers were moved into the Law Enforcement Plan.
- July 1, 2005: the City of Cheyenne’s 911 dispatchers were able to participate in the Law Enforcement Plan.
- July 1, 2008: the Volunteer Emergency Medical Technicians Plan became effective.
- July 1, 2015: the Volunteer Firemen's Pension Plan and the Volunteer EMT Plan combined into the Volunteer Firefighter and EMT Pension Plan.
(taken from the WRS website history page April 2020)
Extent
5 cubic feet
Abstract
Records from the Wyoming Retirement System.
Arrangement
Organized by record type. See container list for more information. Item level inventory available on-site.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from Wyoming Retirement System.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original records available at the Wyoming State Archives unless otherwise noted in the container list.
Alternate Formats Available
Selected records may be available on microfilm or digital. See container list for more information.
Separated Material
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Processing Information
Finding aid prepared in 2005 by Wyoming State Archive Staff. Updated as new material received. Encoded by Jessica Cosgrove in 2020.
Creator
- Wyoming Retirement System (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Wyoming Retirement System records, 1943-2013
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Wyoming State Archives Staff
- Date
- © 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov