- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Legislative update (Employees' Retirement System of Georgia)
- Title:
- Legislative update (Employees' Retirement System of Georgia), 19 March 2010
- Creator:
- Georgia. Employees' Retirement System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, issuing body.
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Georgia] : Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, 2010-03-19
- Date of Original:
- 2010-03-19
- Subject:
- Labor laws and legislation--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Began with: January 11-15, 2010.
Description based on: January 11-15, 2010 (harvested from www.ers.ga.gov); title from PDF masthead (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed July 26, 2016).
Latest issue consulted: March 21-25, 2016 (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed July 26, 2016). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA E400 .P1 L4 2010/3-19
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be400-b-pp1-bl4-b2010-s3-h19-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be400-b-pp1-bl4-b2010-s3-h19-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
For the Week of: March 15 - 19, 2010 Legislative Days: 25 - 27
Legislative Update
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
March 19, 2010
Page 1
Inside This Update
1 Legislative Log
LEGISLATIVE LOG
Monday, March 15, 2010
For More Information on Legislation, please visit: www.ers.ga.gov
Contact Us
Pamela L. Pharris Director, ERSGA 404-603-5602 pamela.pharris@ers.ga.gov
Jim Potvin Deputy Director, ERSGA 404-603-5605 jim.potvin@ers.ga.gov
Kelly L. Moody Legislative Liaison and Assistant Director, ERSGA 404-603-5646 kelly.moody@ers.ga.gov
Danise Thaxton Executive Assistant to the Director, ERSGA 404-603-5602 danise.thaxton@ers.ga.gov
No Bills were considered today due to the General Assembly being in Recess.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
HB 817 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System; juvenile judges; provide
Allows any Juvenile Court Judge that was previously a member of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) to transfer ERS employee and employer contributions to JRS by December 31, 2010 or within 90 days of first becoming a member of JRS.
Currently, any new JRS member that is a Superior Court Judge, State Court Judge, Solicitor General, or District Attorney who was previously an active member of ERS may elect to have all of their ERS contributions transferred to JRS within 90 days of first becoming a member of JRS by notifying the Board of Trustees.
If the member has not withdrawn his/her employee contributions from ERS, the Board of Trustees must transfer all employee and employer contributions from ERS and to JRS and the member must pay regular interest thereon.
If the member has withdrawn his/her employee contributions from ERS, member must provide notice to the Board of Trustees requesting a transfer to JRS. At that time, the member must pay the Board the total of such contributions, with regular interest thereon, and employee and employer contributions from ERS will be transferred to JRS.
HB 817 was recommitted to the House Retirement Committee by the House Rules Committee.
March 19, 2010
LEGISLATIVE LOG - Continued
Page 2
HB 1237 - Retirement; Title 47; correct errors and omissions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Corrects typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in Title 47.
HB 1237 received a DO PASS from the House Rules Committee and was placed on the House Debate Calendar for 3/17/10.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
HB 817 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System; juvenile judges; provide
Allows any Juvenile Court Judge that was previously a member of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) to transfer ERS employee and employer contributions to JRS by December 31, 2010 or within 90 days of first becoming a member of JRS.
Currently, any new JRS member that is a Superior Court Judge, State Court Judge, Solicitor General, or District Attorney who was previously an active member of ERS may elect to have all of their ERS contributions transferred to JRS within 90 days of first becoming a member of JRS by notifying the Board of Trustees.
If the member has not withdrawn his/her employee contributions from ERS, the Board of Trustees must transfer all employee and employer contributions from ERS and to JRS and the member must pay regular interest thereon.
If the member has withdrawn his/her employee contributions from ERS, member must provide notice to the Board of Trustees requesting a transfer to JRS. At that time, the member must pay the Board the total of such contributions, with regular interest thereon, and employee and employer contributions from ERS will be transferred to JRS.
HB 817 received a DO PASS by the House Retirement Committee.
HB 1237 - Retirement; Title 47; correct errors and omissions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Corrects typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in Title 47.
HB 1237 received a DO PASS from the full House by a vote of 159 - 0.
March 19, 2010
LEGISLATIVE LOG - Continued
Page 3
Thursday, March 18, 2010
HB 960 - Georgia Defined Contribution Plan; make lump sum payment upon death; change
Changes the default beneficiary for GDCP members when a designation has not been made and defines the order of payment will be made to:
(1) The lawful spouse; (2) The natural or legally adopted children, in equal shares; (3) The parents, in equal shares; or (4) The personal representative of the estate.
HB 960 was recommitted the House Retirement Committee by the House Rules Committee.
Friday, March 19, 2010
No Bills were considered today due to the General Assembly being in Recess.