05 LC 21
8184
House
Bill 537
By:
Representatives Bridges of the
10th
and Cummings of the
16th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 2 of Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to members of the General Assembly, so as to repeal
Code Section 47-2-166, relating to membership of persons elected at the
November, 1966, general election, employer contributions, and use of General
Assembly service for involuntary separation allowance; to provide for a
continuation of benefits; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
2 of Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to members of the General Assembly, is amended by striking
in its entirety Code Section 47-2-166, relating to membership of persons elected
at the November, 1966, general election, employer contributions, and use of
General Assembly service for involuntary separation allowance, and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
"47-2-166.
(a)
Any person who was elected as a member of the General Assembly at the November,
1966, general election and who was a member of the retirement system at the time
he took his oath of office as a member of the General Assembly shall be
continued as a member of the retirement system in the same manner as any other
member of the retirement system during all continuous terms of office, provided
that he has not lost his membership in the retirement system and he makes the
contributions required under the retirement system.
(b)
The legislative fiscal officer is authorized and directed to pay employer
contributions for members under this Code section from the funds appropriated
for or otherwise made available for the operations of the legislative branch of
government of the state. Service credited to a member under this Code section
shall not be counted as creditable service toward an involuntary separation
allowance under this chapter.
Reserved."
SECTION
2.
It
is not the intent of this Act to affect the retirement benefit of any person
currently receiving a benefit based in whole or in part on the Code section
repealed by this Act. Any such benefits shall continue without
interruption.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.