Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2849
Optional retirement program; authorize participant to join PERS under certain circumstances.
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, 2017, 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, 2018; 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 REQUIREMENT 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.
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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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.