05 LC 21
8257
House
Bill 644
By:
Representatives Coleman of the
97th,
McCall of the
30th,
Bridges of the
10th,
Cummings of the
16th,
and Forster of the
3rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 47-2-96.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to creditable service in the
Employeeś
Retirement System of Georgia for certain temporary full-time service, so as to
change certain provisions relating to allowable service; 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 47-2-96.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
creditable service in the
Employeeś
Retirement System of Georgia for certain temporary full-time service, is amended
by striking in its entirety subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(a)
As used in this Code section, 'temporary full-time service' means employment by
the legislative branch of the state government prior to
January 1,
1996
July 1,
2006, on a full-time basis for less than
nine months in any calendar year that did not qualify the employee to be a
member of the retirement
system."
SECTION
2.
Said
Code section is further amended by striking in its entirety subsection (d) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(d)
In order to obtain creditable service under this Code section, a member must
make application to the board of trustees not later than January 1,
1999
2007."
SECTION
3.
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repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2006, as required by subsection (a) of Code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
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.