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Senate
Bill 176
By:
Senators Tate of the 38th and Fort of the 39th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-2-920 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to withholding or deducting public school employees´ contributions to the
health insurance plan, state contributions, and enrollment of employees of
school systems not participating in the plan, so as to provide that not less
than 75 percent of the cost of such plan shall be appropriated by the General
Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 20-2-920 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
withholding or deducting public school employees´ contributions to the
health insurance plan, state contributions, and enrollment of employees of
school systems not participating in the plan, is amended by striking in its
entirety subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(b)
The Department of Education and local school systems shall contribute to the
health insurance fund such portion of the costs of such benefits as may be
established by the board to maintain the employee contributions consistent with
other health insurance plans administered by the
board;
provided, however, that not less than 75 percent of the cost of such fund shall
be from funds appropriated by the General
Assembly."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.