Under existing law, a public servant who is found guilty of certain felony offenses involving his or her position in government forfeits his or her retirement benefits but is entitled to a refund of his or her personal contributions plus interest paid into the retirement system. This bill would require the personal contributions made by a public servant plus interest to be used to pay restitution to the agency or other victim of his or her criminal offense. This bill would require a public servant who is on paid leave pending an investigation of an alleged criminal offense involving his or her position in government to pay back, upon conviction of a crime, all compensation received since the criminal offense was committed. This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 36-27D-1