HB495 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the Montgomery County Revenue Commissioner to participate in the Employees' Retirement System instead of a supernumerary program.

• Prohibits any elected or appointed Revenue Commissioner in Montgomery County from assuming a supernumerary office after the amendment's effective date.

• Allows persons already entitled to participate in a supernumerary program to continue participation under existing terms and conditions.

• Permits the current Revenue Commissioner at the time of ratification to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System for prior service, provided they forgo assumption of a supernumerary office.

• Excludes county commissioners, judges, district attorneys, legislators, school board members, and officials elected from judicial circuits from this amendment's provisions.