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07 LC 21 9143
House Bill 157
By: Representatives Coleman of the 97th, Bridges of the 10th, Golick of the 34th, Brooks of the 63rd, Benton of the 31st, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend Code Section 47-3-127.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment of a retired teacher as a full-time teacher or in other capacities, so as to provide that a teacher who retired on or before December 31, 2007, may return to full-time employment and continue to collect his or her full retirement benefit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
Code Section 47-3-127.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment of a retired teacher as a full-time teacher or in other capacities, is amended by revising paragraph (2) of subsection (a) as follows:
"(2) 'Retired teacher' means a beneficiary of this retirement system who was retired on a service retirement on December 31, 2003 2007."

SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2008, only if it is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2008, as required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.

SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.