Mississippi Senate Bill 2774 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "first Responder Appreciation And Recruitment Act"; To Create A New Section In Title 25, Chapter 11, Article 3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Implement The "first Responders Retirement Incentive"; To Provide, For This Incentive, That Any Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Hired On Or After July 1, 2011, Shall Earn One Year Of Creditable Service At No Cost To Members For Every Five Years Served As A First Responder In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide That, In Order To Use This Incentive, The First Responder Must Not Have Any Felony Convictions At The Time Of Retirement; To Amend Sections 25-11-103, 25-11-105, 25-11-109, 25-11-111, 25-11-113, 25-11-114 And 25-11-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Vesting Period For Retirement Benefits In The Public Employees' Retirement System From Eight Years To Four Years For Persons Having Joined The System On Or After July 1, 2007, But Having At Least Four Years Of Service In The System As First Responders; And For Related Purposes.

First Responder Appreciation and Recruitment Act; create.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	11	103	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	105	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	109	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	111	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	113	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	114	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	11	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2774.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2774IN.htm