09 LC 21
0407
House
Bill 739
By:
Representative Ralston of the
7th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 47-2-262 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia by assistant
district attorneys and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, notice
of election to become a member, and contributions, so as to provide that any
person who was employed as an assistant district attorney on June 30, 1979, and
who rejected membership in this retirement system at such time may, under
certain conditions, be a member of such retirement system; to provide that such
person shall be entitled to certain membership service; to provide that such
person may obtain creditable service; to provide for application and payment; to
provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 47-2-262 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia by assistant district
attorneys and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, notice of
election to become a member, and contributions, is amended by adding a new
subsection to read as
follows: "(d)
Any person who was employed as an assistant district attorney on June 30, 1979,
who rejected membership in this retirement system at such time, who subsequently
began paying employee contributions into this retirement system on July 1, 1998,
and whose employer paid contributions on his or her behalf from such date shall
be an active member of this retirement system and shall be credited with
membership service beginning on July 1, 1998. In addition, such member shall be
entitled to obtain creditable service for prior service as an assistant district
attorney rendered from July 1, 1979, through June 30, 1998, by making
application in such manner and providing such evidence of employment as the
board deems appropriate and paying to the board of trustees an amount which
would warrant the grant of creditable service without creating any additional
actuarial accrued liability as to the retirement system. Such application and
payment shall be received by the board of trustees not later than December 31,
2010. No credit shall be granted under this subsection for any service for
which credit is or may be granted in any other retirement system or pension plan
offered by the state or any political subdivision of the
state."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010, 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, 2010, 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.