l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 980

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

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.

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

3 co-sponsors

William Tracy Arnold, Lester Carpenter, Dan Eubanks

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

AppropriationsJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives