HB 379 - Employees' Retirement; disability benefits; eligibility provisions

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04/19/06 - House Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that a member of such retirement system employed on or after July 1, 2006, who has an impairment which prevents him or her from performing his or her duties in the position he or she held at the onset of the impairment shall not be entitled to receive a disability allowance unless his or her employer certifies that there is no available position comparable in compensation which such employee is capable of performing; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/13/06 03:20 PM House Vote #828 163 000 010 007 PASS
03/24/06 10:10 AM Senate Vote #950 048 001 007 000 PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
03/28/06 11:43 AM House Vote #1046 145 000 031 004 Agree Sen Sub

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
02/09/2005 House First Readers
02/10/2005 House Second Readers
03/06/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/13/2006 House Third Readers
03/13/2006 House Passed/Adopted
03/14/2006 Senate Read and Referred
03/23/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/23/2006 Senate Read Second Time
03/24/2006 Senate Third Read
03/24/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/28/2006 House Agree Senate Amend or Sub
04/06/2006 House Sent to Governor
04/19/2006 House Date Signed by Governor
04/19/2006 Act 519
07/01/2006 Effective Date