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AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill NO. 2363

By Representative(s) Committee

Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. Section 25-11-125, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-11-125. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and include in its budget for public purposes a sufficient sum to pay the required employer contribution to the Public Employees' Retirement System for the circuit clerk and the chancery clerk of the county. Such contributions shall be included by the clerk of the board in his regular reports and remittals to the Executive Secretary of the Public Employees' Retirement System for other county officers and regular county employees whose employer contributions are not included in and paid from the annual county budget.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.

Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-125, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ANY COUNTY TO PAY THE REQUIRED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CIRCUIT CLERK AND THE CHANCERY CLERK OF THE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.