Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2055

BY: Senator(s) Robertson

     AMEND by striking the paragraph deletion on line 307 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

The * * * expense allowance for Justices of the Supreme Court shall be reported as part of their compensation for retirement purposes.

     AMEND by striking the paragraph deletion on line 335 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

The * * * expense allowance for Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be reported as part of their compensation for retirement purposes.

     FURTHER, AMEND by striking Section 3 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 3.  For Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals, earned compensation under the laws governing the Public Employees' Retirement System shall include the expense allowances paid to them from and after December 31, 2003, that were not reported as a part of their earned compensation to the Public Employees' Retirement System under the following conditions:

          (a)  The judge or justice must pay to the Public Employees' Retirement System the employee contribution on the expense allowance paid but not reported together with regular interest from the date of the payment of the expense allowance to the date of the payment required by this section.

          (b)  The employer must pay to the Public Employees' Retirement System the employer contribution on the expense allowance paid but not reported together with regular interest from the date of the payment of the expense allowance to the date of the payment required by this section.

          (c)  The employee and employer contributions and interest due on the expense allowances paid but not reported must be received by the Public Employees' Retirement System by not later than December 31, 2007.  If the total amount required to be paid on all expense allowances paid but not reported is not received by the Public Employees' Retirement System by December 31, 2007, the service attributable to the periods while in receipt of the unreported expense allowance from and after December 31, 2003, to the effective date of this act shall not be eligible for creditable service.