Bill Text: GA SB181 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Retirement; change Board of Trustees to Georgia Judicial Retirement Systems
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Senate Read and Referred [SB181 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB181-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 181
By:
Senator Cowsert of the 46th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement
and pensions, to change the Board of Trustees to the Georgia Judicial Retirement
System as appropriate; 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 by revising Code Section 47-23-20, relating to the
membership of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System,
as follows:
"47-23-20.
(a)
There is created the Georgia Judicial Retirement System which shall be
administered by the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System
provided for by this Code section.
(b)
The board shall be composed of all members of the Board of Trustees of the
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and
three
five
additional members appointed by the Governor,
each of
whom
which
appointees shall be
either:
(1)
One
A
superior court judge;
(2)
One
A
state court judge;
(3)
One
A
district attorney;
(4)
One
A
state court solicitor-general;
or
and
(5)
One
A
juvenile court judge.
(c)
The board
members serving on the effective date of this Act shall continue to serve until
the expiration of their respective terms. The Governor shall appoint a state
court judge and a solicitor-general member, whose terms shall commence July 1,
2010. The initial state court judge appointee shall serve a term of four years
and the solicitor-general appointee shall serve an initial term of two
years.
The first
members appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code
section shall be appointed to take office on July 1, 1998. The Governor shall
designate two of the initial appointees to serve initial terms of two years and
one of the initial appointees to serve a term of four
years. Thereafter, the Governor shall
appoint successors
to all five
members to take office upon the expiration
of the respective terms of office for terms of four years and until their
successors are appointed and qualified. Such members of the board shall be
eligible for successive appointment as members and shall serve until their
successors are appointed and qualified.
Should a
member no longer be a part of the group from which he or she was appointed, the
position of said member on the Board of Trustees shall be deemed
vacant. Any vacancy for any reason in the
membership of the board appointed by the Governor shall be filled by appointment
of the Governor for the unexpired term.
(d)
The trustees may receive the daily expense allowance authorized for members of
the General Assembly for each day spent attending meetings of the board of
trustees and any committee meetings called pursuant to authorization of the
board of trustees and for time spent in necessary travel. In addition to such
amount, the trustees shall be reimbursed for all actual travel and other
expenses necessarily incurred through service on the board of trustees. State
officials serving ex officio shall not receive the daily expense allowance but
shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses.
(e)
Six members at any meeting of the board shall constitute a quorum to transact
business, but the affirmative vote of five members shall be necessary for a
decision by the board.
(f)
The officers and director of the board shall be the same as the officers and
director of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of
Georgia."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
