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REFERENCE TITLE: state employee benefits; definition |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HB 2283 |
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Introduced by Representative Reeve
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AN ACT
amending section 38‑671, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to state employee benefits.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 38-671, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
38-671. Employee benefits; exclusions; definitions
A. Any employee hired on or after the effective date of this section is not eligible for state employee benefits until the employee has worked regularly for at least ninety days.
B. Notwithstanding any other law, any state employee initially hired on or after the effective date of this section is not eligible to become a member of any state retirement system before the twenty-seventh week of employment. The state employee shall become a member of the state retirement system on the twenty-seventh week of employment if membership criteria is met under the state retirement system statutes.
C. Subsection B of this section does not apply to a person who is already a member of the state retirement system.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "State employee" means a person who is employed by an agency, department, board or commission of this state, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the judicial branch and whose salary is paid for by this state, the Arizona corporation commission or the legislature.
2. "State employee benefits" means any coverage provided pursuant to article 4 of this chapter.
3. "State retirement system" means the Arizona state retirement system established by chapter 5, article 2 of this title and the long-term disability program established by chapter 5, article 2.1 of this title.