Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 4 - Employees Ret. - community service board members

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Code Sections - 47-2-324

1. Thomas  10th


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SB 4  95                                          LC 21 2916

      SENATE BILL 4

      By:  Senator Thomas of the 10th


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Part 10 of Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
  1- 3  membership of employees of certain state authorities and
  1- 4  commissions in the Employees Retirement System of Georgia,
  1- 5  so as to provide that employees of community service boards
  1- 6  shall be members of such retirement system;  to provide for
  1- 7  employee and employer contributions; to provide for
  1- 8  creditable service for certain prior service; to provide for
  1- 9  an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal
  1-10  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-12  Part 10 of Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the
  1-13  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership
  1-14  of employees of certain state authorities and commissions in
  1-15  the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, is amended by
  1-16  inserting at the end thereof the following:

  1-17    "47-2-324. (Index)

  1-18    As used in this Code section, the term:

  1-19      (1) 'Board' means a community service board established
  1-20      by Code Section 37-2-6.

  1-21      (2) 'Employee' means any full-time employee of a board.

  1-22      (3) 'Proof of prior employment' means pay records,
  1-23      income tax withholding records, or other records of the
  1-24      council which are sufficient to establish to the
  1-25      satisfaction of the board of trustees the prior
  1-26      employment record of an employee of a board.

  1-27    (b) Effective July 1, 1996, or on the date of employment,
  1-28    each employee of a board shall become a member of the
  1-29    retirement system.

  1-30      (c)(1) This subsection shall apply only to an employee
  1-31      of a board employed by the board prior to July 1, 1996.

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  2- 1      (2) An employee who is subject to the provisions of this
  2- 2      subsection shall, upon furnishing proof of prior
  2- 3      employment to the board of trustees, be eligible to
  2- 4      receive creditable service under this retirement system
  2- 5      for prior employment as an employee of a board, subject
  2- 6      to the requirements of this subsection.  Any such
  2- 7      employee must pay to the board of trustees the employer
  2- 8      and employee contributions which would have been paid
  2- 9      during the period of prior employment if the employee
  2-10      had been a member of the retirement system during such
  2-11      period.

  2-12    (d) Any employee of a board who was already a member of
  2-13    the retirement system on July 1, 1996, and any member of
  2-14    the retirement system who, without any break in service,
  2-15    becomes an employee of a board on or after July 1, 1996,
  2-16    shall continue in the same membership status without any
  2-17    interruption in membership service and without the loss of
  2-18    any creditable service.

  2-19    (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this
  2-20    Code section, an employee of a board becoming a member of
  2-21    the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this
  2-22    Code section shall be subject to the provisions of Code
  2-23    Section 47-2-334.

  2-24    (f) All employer contributions which are required by this
  2-25    chapter shall be made for members who are subject to the
  2-26    provisions of this Code section from funds appropriated to
  2-27    or otherwise available for the operation of the community
  2-28    service boards.  The boards shall deduct from the salaries
  2-29    payable to such members the additional employee
  2-30    contributions required by this chapter."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-31  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, only if it
  2-32  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided
  2-33  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  2-34  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law";
  2-35  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be
  2-36  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 1996, as
  2-37  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-38  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-39  repealed.



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