ARTICLE II. SOCIAL SECURITY

Sec. 22-13. Short title.

This article may be cited as the Tucson Social Security Ordinances.

(1953 Code, ch. 20, § 27)

Sec. 22-14. Purpose.

It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this article to authorize and provide old-age and survivors insurance coverage for certain officers and employees of the city who are eligible therefor under the provisions of title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and implemented by chapter 126, Arizona Laws of 1951, as amended, being A.R.S. title 38, chapter 5, article 1.

(1953 Code, ch. 20, § 28)

Sec. 22-15. Execution of application and agreement authorized.

The mayor is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate and sign in behalf of the city an application and agreement, hereinafter called the agreement, with the Employment Security Commission of Arizona, hereinafter referred to as the state agency, containing such terms and conditions as may be required under the provisions of chapter 126, Arizona Laws of 1951, as amended, being A.R.S. title 38, chapter 5, article 1, and the regulations and requirements issued pursuant thereto, whereby such state agency shall be authorized and directed to take the necessary steps to extend old age and survivor's insurance coverage as provided under title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, to the eligible officers and employees designated by such agreement; however, no such agreement, or any modification thereof, shall be signed unless and until the same is authorized and approved by an appropriate resolution of the mayor and council.

(1953 Code, ch. 20, § 29)

Sec. 22-16. Effect of membership.

Approval of the aforementioned agreement, or any modification thereof, by the state agency and the inclusion of the officers and employees designated thereby in any federal-state agreement now in effect, or hereafter entered into, or any modification thereof, between the state and the federal department of health, education and welfare pursuant to section 218 of the Federal Social Security Act, shall have the effect of making all such officers and employees eligible for old-age and survivors insurance benefits on the same basis as though the services they rendered constituted employment within the meaning of title II of the Federal Social Security Act. The liability for the payment of such benefits, however, shall not constitute obligations of the city; and such officers and employees and their beneficiaries shall look solely to such federal agency as may now be or may hereafter become liable for the payment of such benefits under applicable federal law or laws.

(1953 Code, ch. 20, § 30)