Bill Text: GA HB144 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Retirement and pensions; revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - Effective Date [HB144 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB144-Introduced.html

---

11 LC 25 5742/AP

House Bill 144 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Willard of the 49th and Maddox of the 127th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions in said title in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said title, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, is amended in:
(1) Code Section 47-2-317, relating to membership in the retirement system of officers and employees of the Georgia Agrirama Development Authority, by repealing and reserving said obsolete Code section.
(2) Code Section 47-23-43, relating to the preservation of prior rights under said Code section by certain attorneys employed by the Office of Legislative Counsel or the Department of Law, by revising said Code section as follows:

"47-23-43.

Any person employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31 who was subject to the former provisions of this Code section as such existed on June 30, 2005, shall retain all rights and obligations as exist existed on that day. Such persons shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to solicitors-general of the state courts. Employer contributions shall be paid by the respective employers under such Code sections."

SECTION 2.

In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2011 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over this Act to the extent of the conflict.

SECTION 3.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 4.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.