As used in the Public Employees Retirement Act, 'state legislator member' means a person who is currently serving or who has served as a state legislator or lieutenant governor and who has elected to participate in a state legislator member retirement plan. A former state legislator or former lieutenant governor may be a state legislator member whether or not currently receiving a pension under a state legislator member coverage plan. History: Laws 2004, ch. 68, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2004, ch. 68, § 6 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 4, 2004.
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