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HB 614 - Employees' Ret; Public Safety; Emergency Mgmt; cert employees

Jenkins, Curtis S (110th)	Smith, Larry (109th)	Holland, Ray (157th)

Status Summary	HC:	Ret	SC:		FR:	02/12/99	LA:	02/15/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowance for certain members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide for a retirement age for sworn peace officers employed by the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency; and for other purposes.

HB 614                                             LC 21 5146 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 47-2-111 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowance for 
  1- 3  certain members of the Employees' Retirement System of 
  1- 4  Georgia, so as to provide for a retirement age for sworn 
  1- 5  peace officers employed by the Georgia Public Safety 
  1- 6  Training Center and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency; 
  1- 7  to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic 
  1- 8  repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Code Section 47-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-12  Annotated, relating to retirement allowance for certain 
  1-13  members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, is 
  1-14  amended by striking in its entirety subsection (b) and 
  1-15  inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
  1-16    "(b) Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary 
  1-17    notwithstanding, any member employed by the Uniform 
  1-18    Division of the Department of Public Safety as an officer, 
  1-19    a noncommissioned officer, or a trooper; by the Georgia 
  1-20    Bureau of Investigation as an officer or agent; by the 
  1-21    Department of Natural Resources as a conservation ranger; 
  1-22    or by the Department of Revenue as an alcohol and tobacco 
  1-23    officer or agent or as an officer or agent of the Special 
  1-24    Investigations Unit; or by the Georgia Public Safety 
  1-25    Training Center or the Georgia Emergency Management Agency 
  1-26    if such member is a sworn peace officer certified in 
  1-27    accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 35, 
  1-28    the 'Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act,' 
  1-29    shall be eligible to retire at age 55 if he or she has the 
  1-30    minimum number of years of creditable service provided in 
  1-31    Code Section 47-2-110, and upon retirement such member 
  1-32    shall be paid not less than the service retirement 
  1-33    allowance which would have been payable to such member 
  1-34    upon service retirement at age 65 without a change in 
  1-35    compensation and with the same number of years' creditable 
 
 
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  2- 1    service to which such member is entitled at the time of 
  2- 2    retirement." 
 
  2- 3                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 4  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2000, only if it 
  2- 5  is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided 
  2- 6  in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  2- 7  Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; 
  2- 8  otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be 
  2- 9  automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2000, as 
  2-10  required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50. 
 
  2-11                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-12  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-13  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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