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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1085

Optional retirement program; authorize participants to join PERS under certain circumstances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-401, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHING OR ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY POSITIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM SHALL BE AS DEFINED IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-409, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PARTICIPANT IN THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM MAY IRREVOCABLY ELECT TO CHANGE HIS OR HER ELECTION AND JOIN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BEFORE THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE PERSON'S INITIAL ENROLLMENT IN THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO BEFORE JULY 1, 2015, ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM SHALL HAVE A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY TO IRREVOCABLY CHANGE HIS OR HER ELECTION AND PROSPECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM IF THE ELECTION IS FILED WITH THE SYSTEM ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2016; TO AUTHORIZE PERSONS MAKING SUCH ELECTION TO PURCHASE SERVICE CREDIT FOR THEIR PRIOR YEARS OF SERVICE DURING WHICH THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-411, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE CERTAIN UNNECESSARY LANGUAGE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-413, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ACT, AN EMPLOYEE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM FOR 90 DAYS OR MORE AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY EMPLOYED IN A POSITION THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM SO LONG AS THE EMPLOYEE MEETS THE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Deborah Butler Dixon, Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Dennis DeBar, Jr., Bill Pigott

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 416 days

AppropriationsJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

FinanceFeb 9 to Mar 3 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 9Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 9Referred To FinanceSenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate