Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 449 - Employees' Ret; GBI Narcotic Agent; prior service credit

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Code Sections - 47-2-225

1. Shanahan  10th         2. Cummings  27th


House Comm: Ret        /                Senate Comm: Ret        /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 154   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 48  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/27/95  Read 1st Time         2/6/96                                                 
              1/30/95  Read 2nd Time         2/12/96                                                
              1/29/96  Favorably Reported    2/9/96                                                 
              2/5/96   Read 3rd Time         3/13/96                                                
              2/5/96   Passed/Adopted        3/13/96                                                
              3/28/96  Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/9/96   Signed by Governor                                                           
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Code Sections amended: 47-2-225, 47-2-334                                                           


HB 449                                            LC 21 2964

Employees' Ret; GBI Narcotic Agent; prior service credit 449  hb449




                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement
  1- 3  System of Georgia, so as to provide that members with prior
  1- 4  service as a narcotics agent with the Georgia Bureau of
  1- 5  Investigation shall be eligible to obtain creditable service
  1- 6  for such prior service; to provide conditions for an
  1- 7  effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting
  1- 8  laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-11  Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of
  1-12  Georgia, is amended by inserting at the end of Part 5 of
  1-13  Article 8, relating to membership of certain law enforcement
  1-14  personnel in such retirement system, the following:

  1-15    "47-2-225. (Index)

  1-16    Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary
  1-17    notwithstanding, any member who was employed as a
  1-18    narcotics agent pursuant to the provisions of Code Section
  1-19    35-3-9 prior to becoming a member of the retirement system
  1-20    shall be entitled to obtain creditable service for all
  1-21    such prior service subject to the conditions contained in
  1-22    this Code section.  In order to be eligible for such
  1-23    creditable service, the member must make application as
  1-24    prescribed by the board not later than July 1, 1997, or
  1-25    one year after becoming a member of the retirement system,
  1-26    whichever date is later, provide proof of such prior
  1-27    service, and pay the employee contributions which he or
  1-28    she would have paid if he or she had been a member of the
  1-29    retirement system, together with regular interest thereon.
  1-30    Within 30 days after the retirement system gives notice
  1-31    that the foregoing conditions have been met, the Georgia
  1-32    Bureau of Investigation shall pay the employer
  1-33    contributions which would have been paid for the member if



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  2- 1    he or she had been a member of the retirement system,
  2- 2    together with regular interest thereon."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 3  Said chapter is further amended by striking in its entirety
  2- 4  paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of Code Section 47-2-334,
  2- 5  relating to membership in such retirement system by certain
  2- 6  employees employed on or after July 1, 1982, and inserting
  2- 7  in lieu thereof the following:

  2- 8      "(2) Except as otherwise provided in Code Sections
  2- 9      47-2-204, 47-2-225, and 47-2-266 and paragraph (3) of
  2-10      this subsection, no service shall constitute creditable
  2-11      service except membership service for which the full
  2-12      rate of employee membership contributions and employer
  2-13      contributions is made pursuant to subsections (c) and
  2-14      (d) of this Code section; and"

                         SECTION 3.

  2-15  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, only if it
  2-16  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided
  2-17  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  2-18  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law";
  2-19  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be
  2-20  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 1996, as
  2-21  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

                         SECTION 4.

  2-22  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-23  repealed.



















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