Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 311 - Teachers Retirement; creditable service; unused sick leave

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 47-3-92

1. McBee  88th            2. Scoggins  24th          3. Culbreth  132nd
4. Taylor  134th          5. Cummings  27th


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              1/23/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
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Code Sections amended: 47-3-92                                                                      


HB 311                                            LC 16 3806






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable
  1- 3  toward retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement
  1- 4  System of Georgia, so as to authorize creditable service for
  1- 5  unused sick leave which is accumulated at the time of
  1- 6  retirement; to provide for other matters relative to the
  1- 7  foregoing; to provide conditions for an effective date and
  1- 8  for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 9  other purposes.

  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of
  1-12  Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward
  1-13  retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of
  1-14  Georgia, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new Code
  1-15  Section 47-3-92 to read as follows:

  1-16    "47-3-92. (Index)

  1-17    (a) A member shall receive creditable service under the
  1-18    retirement system for any unused sick leave. The member
  1-19    shall receive one month of creditable service for each 20
  1-20    days of unused sick leave.  No creditable service shall be
  1-21    given for less than 20 days of unused sick leave.
  1-22    Creditable service for accumulated unused sick leave shall
  1-23    be given to a member only at the time of retirement.

  1-24    (b) Each employer shall maintain sick leave records for
  1-25    members of the retirement system who are eligible to
  1-26    receive creditable service for unused sick leave and shall
  1-27    furnish the board of trustees with such records and
  1-28    certifications as the board, by rule or regulation, may
  1-29    require to carry out the provisions of this Code section.
  1-30    The board may require such documentation as may be
  1-31    necessary to verify unused sick leave which is claimed for
  1-32    creditable service.

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  2- 1    (c) Any unused sick leave for which any member receives
  2- 2    compensation pursuant to the provisions of Code Section
  2- 3    20-2-853, or pursuant to the provisions of any other
  2- 4    Georgia law, statute, rule, or regulation of any
  2- 5    governmental entity, shall be forfeited and no creditable
  2- 6    service may be obtained under this Code section for such
  2- 7    forfeited sick leave.

  2- 8    (d) As a condition for any member receiving creditable
  2- 9    service under this Code section, the board of trustees
  2-10    shall require such documentation as may be necessary to
  2-11    prove that compensation has not been received for unused
  2-12    sick leave claimed as creditable service."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-13  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, only if it
  2-14  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided
  2-15  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  2-16  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law";
  2-17  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be
  2-18  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 1996, as
  2-19  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-20  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-21  repealed.























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