Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 67 - D.A.'s Retirement - cert. spousal benefits

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1. Farrow  54th


Senate Comm: Ret        /         House Comm: Ret        /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 50    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/13/95   Read 1st time          1/31/96                                               
             1/26/96   Favorably Reported     2/5/96                                                
             Sub       Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             1/29/96   Read 2nd Time          2/1/96                                                
             1/30/96   Read 3rd Time          3/13/96                                               
             1/30/96   Passed/Adopted         3/13/96                                               
             CS        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
             4/1/96    Sent To Governor                                                             
             4/9/96    Signed by Governor                                                           
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Code Sections amended: 47-13-72                                                                     


SB 67  96                                             SB67/AP

      SENATE BILL 67

      By:  Senator Farrow of the 54th


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 47-13-72 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to spouses' benefit coverage
  1- 3  under the District Attorneys' Retirement System, so as to
  1- 4  provide that members of such retirement system may elect
  1- 5  such benefits for a spouse who became a spouse while such
  1- 6  member was a member by making such election prior to
  1- 7  December 31, 1996, or six months subsequent to such
  1- 8  marriage, whichever date is later; to provide for related
  1- 9  matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic
  1-10  repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  1-12  Code Section 47-13-72 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-13  Annotated, relating to spouses' benefit coverage under the
  1-14  District Attorneys' Retirement System, is amended by
  1-15  striking in its entirety subsection (e) and inserting in
  1-16  lieu thereof the following:

  1-17    "(e) Any member of the retirement system who rejects
  1-18    spouses' benefits coverage or who ceases such coverage
  1-19    pursuant to subsection (f) of this Code section because
  1-20    such member was unmarried at the time of such rejection or
  1-21    because such member's spouse died or because such member
  1-22    ceased to be married shall have the option to elect
  1-23    spouses' benefits prior to December 31, 1996, or within 60
  1-24    days six months after becoming married or remarried, as
  1-25    the case may be, whichever date is later. The member
  1-26    shall, at the time of making the election, pay to the
  1-27    board of trustees the total amount of contributions which
  1-28    would have been made from the month of the marriage or
  1-29    remarriage to the date of the election. Any member so
  1-30    electing must make the necessary contributions for
  1-31    spouses' benefits coverage for a total of at least ten
  1-32    years, including any period for which retroactive payments
  1-33    are made, in order for such member's spouse to qualify for
  1-34    the spouses' benefits provided for by this Code section."

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                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, only if it
  2- 2  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided
  2- 3  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
  2- 4  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law";
  2- 5  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be
  2- 6  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 1996, as
  2- 7  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

                         SECTION 3.

  2- 8  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 9  repealed.



































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