The board shall review the funding of the system and shall make a report to the Governor and the Retirement Laws Committee if the funding of the system does not meet both of the following conditions:

(1) The fair value funded ratio is greater than or equal to one hundred percent; and

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(2) The contribution rate meets or exceeds the minimum actuarial requirement to support benefits.

The report shall include recommendations for the circumstances and timing for any corrective action, including benefit changes, to improve the conditions in subdivisions (1) and (2). For Class D members, corrective action is limited to reducing or eliminating the cost of living adjustment. Based on this report and the recommendations of the board, the Legislature may adopt corrective action to improve the conditions in subdivisions (1) and (2).

Eligibility for benefits, the amount of any benefit, and the rate of member contributions established in this chapter are not the contractual rights of any member and are subject to change by the Legislature for purposes of corrective action to improve the conditions in subdivisions (1) and (2).

Source: SL 1974, ch 35, § 75; SL 1986, ch 37, § 12; SL 2004, ch 42, § 1; SL 2008, ch 20, § 15; SL 2013, ch 21, § 1; SL 2016, ch 31, § 26; SL 2017, ch 27, § 2; SL 2018, ch 33, § 14; SDCL § 3-12-122; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2020, ch 13, § 4.