Mississippi House Bill 980 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-11-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Are Eligible To Receive A Retirement Allowance To Purchase One Year Of Creditable Service Every Five Years Of Membership Service As A Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter Or Emergency Management Agency Personnel In The Full-time Employment Of An Employer That Participates In The System; To Provide That Any Such Member Shall Pay To The Retirement System Before The Date Of Retirement One Percent Of The Higher Of The Member's Current Annual Earned Compensation Or The Previous Year's Annual Earned Compensation For Each Year Of Claimed Credible Service; To Provide That The Creditable Service Must Be Purchased In Increments Of Five Years Unless The Total Creditable Service Claimed Is Less Than Five Years, In Which Case The Creditable Service Must Be Purchased In Its Entirety; And For Related Purposes.

PERS; allow members to purchase additional credit for service as law enforcement officer, firefighter or EMS personnel.

Rep. Jeff Hale [R]

Rep. William Arnold [R]

Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]

Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0980.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0980IN.htm