05 LC 21
8259
House
Bill 915
By:
Representative Crawford of the
127th
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
Employeeś
Retirement System of Georgia by assistant district attorneys and employees of
the Prosecuting
Attorneyś
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
Employeeś
Retirement System of Georgia by assistant district attorneys and employees of
the Prosecuting
Attorneyś
Council, notice of election to become a member, and contributions, is amended by
inserting at the end thereof the following:
"(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 must be received by the board of trustees not later than December 31,
2006. 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, 2006, 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, 2006, 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.