Serving those who serve Georgia E RSGA Employees' Retirement System of Georgia For the Week of: March 6 - 10, 2017 Legislative Days: 29 - 31 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Legislative Update March 10, 2017 Inside This Update 1 Legislative Log For More Information on Legislation, please visit: www.ers.ga.gov Contact Us Jim Potvin Executive Director, ERSGA 404-603-5602 jim.potvin@ers.ga.gov Kelly L. Moody Legislative Liaison and Communications Manager, 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 Legislative Log Monday, March 6 - Wednesday, March 8, 2017 No retirement bills were considered. Page 1 Thursday, March 9, 2017 HB 554 Georgia Legislative Retirement System; benefit allowance; increase This bill will increase the monthly benefit payable at retirement for Legislative Retirement System members by increasing the multiplier from $36 to $37 multiplied by the number of years of the member's creditable service. If passed, this change will be effective 7/1/2018. HB 554 was assigned to the House Retirement Committee. Friday, March 10, 2017 No retirement bills were considered.