Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 689 - Employees' Ret; asst DA; emps of Prosecuting Attys' Council

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1. Mosley  171st          2. Byrd  170th


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Code Sections amended: 47-2-262                                                                     


HB 689                                            LC 11 8541






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 47-2-262 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to membership in the Employees'
  1- 3  Retirement System of Georgia by assistant district attorneys
  1- 4  and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, so as
  1- 5  to change the definition of assistant district attorney; to
  1- 6  provide that certain current assistant district attorneys
  1- 7  and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council may
  1- 8  elect to become members of the Employees' Retirement System
  1- 9  of Georgia; to provide for other matters relative to the
  1-10  foregoing; to provide for an effective date and automatic
  1-11  repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-12       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-13  Code Section 47-2-262 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-14  Annotated, relating to membership in the Employees'
  1-15  Retirement System of Georgia by assistant district attorneys
  1-16  and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, is
  1-17  amended by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of said
  1-18  Code section and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph
  1-19  (1) to read as follows:

  1-20      "(1) 'Assistant district attorneys' means assistant
  1-21      district attorneys who are compensated from state funds
  1-22      pursuant to Code Section 15-18-14 Article 1 of Chapter
  1-23      18 of Title 15 relating to district attorneys."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-24  Said Code section is further amended by inserting after
  1-25  subsection (b) of said Code section a new subsection (c) to
  1-26  read as follows:

  1-27    "(c) Any assistant district attorney or employee of the
  1-28    Prosecuting Attorneys' Council who held such position on
  1-29    June 30, 1979, is employed as an assistant district
  1-30    attorney or employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council
  1-31    on the effective date of this subsection, and is not a



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                                                  LC 11 8541

  2- 1    member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may
  2- 2    elect to become a member of the Employees' Retirement
  2- 3    System of Georgia as provided in subsection (b) of this
  2- 4    Code section and to obtain creditable service for such
  2- 5    time as provided in Code Section 47-2-263.  Any such
  2- 6    employee electing to become a member of the retirement
  2- 7    system shall so notify the board of trustees not later
  2- 8    than October 1, 1996.  Any such employee who fails to
  2- 9    notify the board of trustees by that date shall not at any
  2-10    time thereafter be eligible for membership in the
  2-11    retirement system."

                         SECTION 3.

  2-12  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, only if it
  2-13  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided
  2-14  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  2-15  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law";
  2-16  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be
  2-17  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 1996, as
  2-18  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

                         SECTION 4.

  2-19  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-20  repealed.
























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