07 LC 21
9405
House
Bill 732
By:
Representative Stephens of the
164th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 47-17-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to definitions relative to the Peace Officers´ Annuity and Benefit Fund, so
as to provide that certain persons employed by the Composite State Board of
Medical Examiners shall be eligible for membership in such fund; 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 47-17-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to the Peace Officers´ Annuity and Benefit Fund, is
amended by revising subparagraph (I) of paragraph (5) as follows:
"(I)
Persons in the categories listed below who are required, as a condition
necessary to carry out their duties, to be certified as peace officers pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 35, known as the 'Georgia Peace Officer
Standards and Training Act':
(i)
Persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice who have been designated
by the commissioner of juvenile justice to investigate and apprehend delinquent
and unruly children who have escaped from an institution or facility or have
broken their conditions of supervision; any employee of the Department of
Juvenile Justice whose full-time duties include the preservation of public
order, the protection of life and property, the detection of crime, or the
supervision of delinquent and unruly children in its institutions, facilities,
or programs, or who is a line supervisor of any such employee, provided that the
powers of a peace officer have been conferred upon such person pursuant to
Chapter 4A of Title 49;
(ii)
Narcotics agents retained by the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 35-3-9;
(iii)
Investigators employed by the Secretary of State as securities investigators
pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 10-5-10;
(iv)
Investigators employed by the Secretary of State as investigators for the
professional licensing boards pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 43-1-5;
and
(v)
Persons employed by the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety to whom the
commissioner of motor vehicle safety has delegated law enforcement powers;
provided, however, that no such person shall be entitled to obtain any prior
creditable service other than actual membership service;
and
(vi)
Persons employed by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners as
investigators pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section
43-34-24.1;"
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2008, 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, 2008, 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.