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GA Code § 47-14-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 5 - Retirement Benefits, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-14-76. Right to Withdraw Dues; Effect of Withdrawal on Membership and Benefits; Eligibility to Rejoin the Fund

 Any member may withdraw the total sum, without interest, which he has paid into the fund. In order to become eligible to rejoin the fund and to receive any benefits under this chapter after such withdrawal, he must repay the entire amount which he has withdrawn, plus interest at 6 percent per annum. A member shall not receive credit for any service after such withdrawal unless he pays the dues which he would have paid had he been a member of the fund during such period of service, plus interest on such amounts at 6 percent per annum. If any clerk dies before being retired, the total amount, without interest, which has been paid by him into the fund shall be paid to his estate. If, after retiring, any clerk should die without leaving a surviving spouse and without having received the amount in benefits equal to the amount which he had paid into the fund, the difference, without interest, shall be paid to his estate. If after retiring, any clerk should die leaving a surviving spouse and such surviving spouse should thereafter die without having received the amount of benefits equal to the amount which had been paid into the fund less the amount received by such clerk before his death, the difference, without interest, shall be paid to his estate.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 238, § 10; Ga. L. 1962, p. 67, § 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 407, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 693, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-14-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 5 - Retirement Benefits, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-14-77. Service for Which No Credit Received for Retirement Purposes

  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a clerk may not receive credit for retirement purposes for any service performed as a clerk prior to six months from the time application is made for membership in the fund.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a clerk may not receive credit for retirement purposes for deputy clerk service or for military service unless such credits are sought at the time of application for membership in the fund.   No member who first or again becomes a member on or after September 1, 2009, and who is subject to the provisions of Code Section 15-6-50 shall be entitled to include, for any purpose under this chapter, service during which he or she was not in compliance with the training requirements of subsection (c) of such Code section.     Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, and except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a clerk who first or again becomes a member of this retirement fund on or after July 1, 2010, shall not be entitled to receive credit for any purpose for prior service as a deputy clerk.   Any person who is serving as chief deputy clerk on July 1, 2010, and who, without a break in service, became the clerk of the same court may receive creditable service for such service as provided in Code Section 47-14-70 by making application to the board of trustees in such manner as the board deems appropriate and paying to the board of trustees an amount determined by the board of trustees to be sufficient to cover the full actuarial cost of granting such creditable service. Such application and payment shall be made not later than six months after such person became a clerk of the court.       (Ga. L. 1982, p. 1273, § 2; Code 1981, §47-14-77, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1273, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 826, § 1/HB 488; Ga. L. 2010, p. 421, § 1/HB 486.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective June 1, 2009, added subsection (c).    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, added subsection (d).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-14-78 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 5 - Retirement Benefits, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-14-78. Service for Which Credit Received for Retirement Purposes

 Any member of this retirement system who, prior to becoming a member, served as a clerk of a state court in which the clerk is someone other than the clerk of the superior court shall be entitled to not more than 20 years of creditable service for such prior service. Any such member shall make application to the board in such form and providing such documentation of such prior service as the board deems necessary.    (Code 1981, §47-14-78, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 470, § 7.)
GA Code § 47-14-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 5 - Retirement Benefits, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-14-79. Death Benefit Paid to Designated Beneficiary of Member Who Dies in Service

 A death benefit in the amount of $5,000.00 shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of any member who dies in service. In the absence of a designated beneficiary, such amount shall be paid to the deceased member's estate. For members eligible for a surviving spouse's benefit, such amount shall be in addition to the benefit provided pursuant to Code Section 47-14-72.    (Code 1981, §47-14-79, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 421, § 2/HB 486.)
GA Code § 47-14-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-14-90. Reduction of Benefits Upon Determination That Available Funds Are Insufficient; Order of Payment Upon Resumption of Payments in Full; Liability of Board for Such Reductions

 If the funds derived from the sources provided for in this chapter are not sufficient at any time to enable the board to pay, in full, each person determined to be entitled to benefits under this chapter, then the prorated percentage of such payments shall be made to each such person until the fund shall be replenished sufficiently to enable the board to resume such payments in accordance with this chapter. Before resuming such payments, all persons who received deficiency payments shall be paid in full. In no event shall the board or any member of the board be liable to any person for any deficiencies in payments made under this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 238, § 11.)
GA Code § 47-14-91 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 14 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-14-91. Exemption of Rights and Benefits Under This Chapter From Taxation; Exemption From Levy and Sale, Garnishment, Attachment, or Other Process; Assignability

 The right to any pension, allowance, or benefit; the right to the return of contributions; any optional benefit; or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter; and moneys under this chapter shall be exempt from any tax imposed by any state, county, municipal, or other political subdivision, except as provided in Code Section 48-7-27, and shall be exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process. Such funds and benefits shall not be assignable.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 238, § 13; Ga. L. 1968, p. 381, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1449, § 7.)
GA Code § 47-16-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 47-16-1. Definitions

  "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia.   "Fund" means the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia.   "Member" means a member of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.)
GA Code § 47-16-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-20. Creation of the Fund and the Board of Commissioners

 There is created a retirement fund, to be known as the "Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia," and a board to administer this fund, to be known as the "Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia."   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Pensions, §§ 1 et seq., 5 et seq. 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, § 470 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-22. Quorum for Conduct of Business by the Board; Records of Meetings of the Board

  Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business by the board.   The board shall keep records of all its meetings.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, §§ 2, 3.)
GA Code § 47-16-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-23. Compensation and Expenses of Members of the Board

 All members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in attending meetings and performing the duties required of them as members of the board.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 2.)
GA Code § 47-16-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-24. Creation of the Office of Secretary-Treasurer; Periodic Reports of Moneys in Hand, Receipts, and Expenditures; Performance Bond

  There is created the office of secretary-treasurer of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, who shall be elected and appointed by the board and shall serve at its pleasure. His compensation shall be fixed by the board. He shall have such power and authority and shall perform such duties and services as the board may direct.   The secretary-treasurer shall make quarterly reports to the board showing the total amount of moneys in his hands at the time such report is made and also showing a full accounting of receipts and expenditures since his last quarterly report.   The secretary-treasurer shall give a good and sufficient surety bond in an amount to be determined by the board. The bond shall be made payable to the board and shall be contingent upon the proper and faithful performance of his duties as secretary-treasurer.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, §§ 7, 8; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1688, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1060, §§ 1, 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 97, 299, 453.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers, §§ 47, 224 et seq., 236, 277 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-25. Powers and Duties of the Board Generally

  The board shall have the power and duty to:   Provide for the collection of all moneys;   Provide for the payment of all administrative expenses;   Hear and decide all applications for retirement benefits under this chapter;   Provide for the payment of all retirement benefits that may be determined to be due under this chapter and lawful rules and regulations as adopted by the board;   Make all necessary rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the operation of the fund;   Determine and fix rules of eligibility for retirement benefits under this chapter; and   Provide for refunds and repayments to persons who may be entitled to receive them.     The board shall have all other powers necessary for the proper administration of the fund.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 3; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 299 et seq., 312.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Pensions, §§ 1 et seq., 5 et seq., 10, 12 et seq., 15.
GA Code § 47-16-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-26. Power of Board to Control, Invest, and Expend Funds; Gifts, Grants, or Bequests; Deposit of Funds Received by the Board; Payment of Benefits and Administrative Expenses

  The board shall have control over the funds provided for in this chapter, authority to expend such funds in accordance with this chapter, and authority to invest the funds subject to all terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by Article 7 of Chapter 20 of this title, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law."   The board may take, by gift, grant, or bequest, any money, real or personal property, or any other things of value and may hold, invest, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same for the uses and purposes of the fund in accordance with this chapter.   All funds received by the board shall be deposited in a special account to the credit of the board.   Benefits under this chapter and all administrative expenses shall be paid from such funds.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 925, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 534, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 966, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 2, § 11.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-27. Duty of Board to Keep Records of Accounts and Operations; Presentation of Annual Financial Statement to Georgia Sheriffs' Association

  The board shall keep accurate permanent records of all persons who qualify to participate in the fund and shall keep accurate permanent records of all its accounts in granting retirement benefits and of all payments, disbursements, and investments. It shall also keep proper detailed records of all its acts and operations.   The board shall present each year at the annual convention of the Georgia Sheriffs' Association a financial statement of the fund for the preceding year.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 4; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1228 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 388 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-28. Duty of State Auditor to Make an Annual Audit and Report of the Operations of the Board; Right of State Auditor to Audit the Affairs of the Board; Contents of Annual Report

 The state auditor is authorized and directed to make an annual audit of the operations of the board and to make a complete report of that audit to the General Assembly. The state auditor shall notbe required to distribute copies ofthe report tothemembersof the General Assembly but shall notify the members ofthe availability of the report in the manner which he or she deems to be most effective and efficient. The report shall disclose all moneys received by the board and all expenditures made by it, including administrative expenses and payments of benefits. The state auditor shall also have the right, in his or her discretion, to audit the affairs of the board at any time, and he or she may also audit the affairs of the board at any time, upon request of a majority of the members of the board.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 9; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 4; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 35/SB 49.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 77.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 388 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-16-29. Increases in Maximum Monthly Benefit Payable Under Article 6 of This Chapter

  Subject to the terms and limitations of this Code section, the board of commissioners is authorized to adopt from time to time a method or methods of providing for increases in the maximum monthly retirement benefit payable under Article 6 of this chapter for persons theretofore or thereafter retiring under this chapter.Such method shall be based upon:   The recommendation of the actuary of the board of commissioners;   The maintenance of the actuarial soundness of the fund in accordance with the standards provided in Code Section 47-20-10 or such higher standards as may be adopted by the board; and   Such other factors as the board deems relevant.  Any such increase may be uniform or may vary in accordance with the time of retirement, length of service, age, nature of the retirement, or such other factors as the board of commissioners shall determine.      An initial increase may be granted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section to become effective on July 1, 1993, not to exceed 3 percent of the maximum monthly retirement benefit then in effect.Thereafter, such increases may be authorized effective as of January 1 and July 1 of each year; provided, however, that no such increase shall exceed 1 1/2 percent of the maximum monthly retirement benefit then in effect.   No increase shall be made pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section to become effective within six months of the effective date of any increase in the maximum retirement benefit granted by the General Assembly through amendment of Code Section 47-16-101.     (Code 1981, §47-16-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 608, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 66/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "board of commissioners" for "board of trustees" three times in subsection (a).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "The intent of this Act is to repeal obsolete and inoperative provisions and to make certain stylistic corrections in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Nothing in this Act shall deny, abridge, increase, renew, revive, or on any way affect any right, benefit, option, credit, or election to which any person was entitled pursuant to such title on June 30, 2010, and the board of trustees of each public retirement system is authorized and directed to provide by regulation for the continuation of any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election not otherwise covered in this Act; provided, however, that any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election shall be subject to the statutory provisions in effect on June 30, 2010."
GA Code § 47-16-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 3 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund|§ 47-16-40. Application for Membership in the Fund; Contents of Application; Claim for Credit for Prior Service

 In order to become a member of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, an applicant must meet the following requirements:    He must be a duly qualified and commissioned sheriff of a county of the State of Georgia, serving as sheriff of the superior court of that county at the time he files his application;   He must file his application for membership with the secretary-treasurer within one year from the date he begins service as a sheriff or within the time limits set forth in Code Section 47-16-41;   He must set out in the application for membership his correct date of birth;   He must list in his application for membership all periods of prior service, including credit under Code Section 47-16-80 for services in the armed forces of the United States or as a peace officer, for which service he intends to ask credit as basis for his future retirement, or shall forever be barred from claiming credit for services not so listed;   The membermust tender with the application, within 12 months from the date of that application, or at such other time as the board may provide, a sum equal to the total of $37.50 per month for credit claimed by the member under paragraph (4) of this Code section for past service from and including January 1, 1961, to the date of application; or if such amount is not paid by the due date, the member shall be conclusively deemed to have waived his or her claim or right for credit for such period of time; or   He must also furnish to the board such other information and proof of pertinent facts set out in the application for membership or relative to it as may be required by the board; and failure to do so shall constitute grounds for denial of the application for membership by the board.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 11; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 6; Ga. L. 1969, p. 586, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1185, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 315, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 325, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1175, 1192 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 3 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund|§ 47-16-42. Effect of Membership or Participation in Other Retirement Programs on Membership and Benefits Under This Chapter

 Membership in this retirement fund shall not be affected by membership or participation in any other fund or retirement system. There shall be no reduction in benefits predicated solely upon eligibility of the member to benefits from another independent source of retirement or pension. The benefits under this chapter are to be in addition to any other retirement benefits. There shall be no reduction in benefits otherwise payable to any member under any other state or quasi-state sponsored or sanctioned fund or retirement system because of membership and participation in this retirement fund.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 23; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1194, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1229 et seq.
GA Code § 47-16-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 16 - Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia|Article 3 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund|§ 47-16-43. Requirements for Continued Active Membership in the Fund

 In order to retain active membership in the fund, each member must:    Continue serving as a sheriff;   Pay to the secretary-treasurer membership dues of $45.00 per month. Such payment shall be due on or before the tenth day of the following month until the member has made such payments for a total of 30 years; and   Comply with all other mandatory provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations promulgated by the board.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 13; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 8; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1889, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1185, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1566, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 315, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 325, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1167, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1175, 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, § 470 et seq.