09 LC 21
9980
House
Bill 224
By:
Representatives Houston of the
170th,
Dempsey of the
13th,
Sims of the
169th,
Benton of the
31st,
Meadows of the
5th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 17 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to provide that certain
persons employed as county jail officers shall be eligible for membership in
such fund; to provide for creditable service for prior service as a county jail
officer; to provide for the payment of employer contributions with interest
thereon; to provide for related matters; 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.
Chapter
17 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Peace
Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, is amended in paragraph (5) of Code Section
47-17-1, relating to definitions, by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph
(J), by replacing the period with "; and" at the end of subparagraph (K), and by
adding the following:
"(L)
Persons employed as county jail officers who are certified peace officers as
provided in Chapter 8 of Title 35, the 'Georgia Peace Officer Standards and
Training Act.'"
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 47-17-70,
relating to prior service credit in such fund, as follows:
"(a)
No peace officer who first makes application for membership in the fund on or
after May 1, 1968, shall be given credit for any prior service, and such peace
officer shall receive credit only from the date he or she becomes a member of
the fund; provided, however,
that
a member may claim a maximum of five years for service as a peace officer prior
to such member's joining the fund if such member complies with subsection (c) of
Code Section 47-17-44 and remains an active member of the fund for a period of
time at least equal to the number of years claimed for prior service; provided,
further, that any member defined in
subparagraph
subparagraphs
(J) and
(L) of paragraph (5) of Code Section
47-17-1 may claim service as a peace officer prior to such member's joining the
fund without regard to such five-year limitation if such member complies with
subsection (c) of Code Section 47-17-44."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010, 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, 2010, 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.