Bill Text: AZ SB1125 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: ASRS eligibility; waiting period
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-12 - House GOV Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (9-0-0-2-0-0) [SB1125 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-SB1125-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SENATE BILL 1125 |
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AN ACT
Amending section 38‑671, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state retirement system.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 38-671, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
38-671. Employee benefits; exclusions; definitions
A. Notwithstanding any other law, any state employee initially hired:
1. On or after July 20, 2011 and before October 1, 2020, is not eligible to become a member of any state retirement system before the twenty‑seventh week of employment. The state employee shall become a member of the state retirement system on the twenty‑seventh week of employment if membership criteria are met under the state retirement system statutes.
2. On or after October 1, 2020, is not eligible to become a member of any state retirement system before the thirty‑first day of employment. The state employee shall become a member of the state retirement system on the thirty‑first day of employment if membership criteria are met under the state retirement system statutes.
B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to a person who is already a member of the state retirement system.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "State employee" means a person who is employed by an agency, department, board or commission of this state, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the judicial branch and whose salary is paid through the department of administration, the Arizona corporation commission or the legislature.
2. "State retirement system" means the Arizona state retirement system established by chapter 5, article 2 of this title and the long-term disability program established by chapter 5, article 2.1 of this title.
