Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2601
Retirement; allow certain retired law enforcement officers to be employed by public school districts & receive retirement benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 25-11-126, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN A POSITION THAT REQUIRED CERTIFICATION AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 45-6-1, ET SEQ. AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT, WERE SO CERTIFIED AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT AND HAVE AT LEAST 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, MAY BE EMPLOYED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHOOSE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER RETIREMENT IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE SALARY FOR THE POSITION; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-123, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER RETIREMENT SHALL PAY TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM 26.4% OF THE TOTAL EARNED COMPENSATION OF THOSE PERSONS INSTEAD OF THE REGULAR EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-11-105 AND 25-11-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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.