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GA Code § 47-2-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-55. Pension Accumulation Fund; Purposes; Employer Contributions; Crediting of Interest and Dividends Earned on Funds of the Retirement System

 The pension accumulation fund shall be the fund in which shall be held the reserves for all annuities in force and from which shall be paid all annuities and all benefits in lieu of annuities under this chapter. If a beneficiary is restored to membership, his or her annuity reserve shall be transferred from the pension accumulation fund to his or her individual account in the annuity savings fund. The pension accumulation fund shall also be the fund in which are accumulated all reserves for the payment of all pensions and other benefits payable from contributions made by employers and from which are paid all such pensions and other benefits. Employer contributions shall consist of a percentage of the earnable compensation of members, to be known as the "normal cost contribution," and an additional percentage of such earnable compensation, to be known as the "unfunded accrued liability contribution." These contributions shall be borne by appropriations from state and federal funds. The percentage rate of each portion of the employer contribution shall be fixed on the basis of the liabilities of the retirement system, as shown by actuarial valuation, as provided for in subsection (b) of Code Section 47-2-26, subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-20-10. All interest and dividends earned on the funds of the retirement system shall be credited to the pension accumulation fund. Once each year the board of trustees shall transfer from the pension accumulation fund to the annuity savings fund such amounts as are sufficient to allow regular interest on the balances of the individual accounts of members in the annuity savings fund.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 8; Ga. L. 1964, p. 119, § 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, §§ 5, 6, 7, 10; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 7/HB 460; Ga. L. 2006, p. 93, § 1/SB 466.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Employer's contribution not refunded if employee terminated during probation.   - Employer's contribution to the retirement system may not be refunded if the employee resigns or is otherwise terminated during the employee's probationary period. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-55.
GA Code § 47-2-56 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-56. Maintenance of Annuity and Pension Reserves and Payment of Benefits Under This Chapter as Obligations of the Pension Accumulation Fund; Permissible Uses of Assets of the Fund

 The maintenance of annuity reserves and pension reserves, the crediting of regular interest to the annuity savings fund under Code Section 47-2-55, and the payment of all pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, refunds, and other benefits granted under this chapter shall be obligations of the pension accumulation fund, except as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 47-2-128. All assets of the pension accumulation fund and all income, interest, and dividends derived from deposits and investments shall be used for the payment of such obligations and for no other purposes.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 11; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 9; Ga. L. 1991, p. 130, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-57 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-57. Certification of Normal Cost and Unfunded Accrued Liability Contribution Rates to Employers; Provision in Employer's Budget for Employer Contributions

 On or before June 1 of each year, the normal cost and unfunded accrued liability contribution rates, as determined on the basis of the last actuarial valuation, shall be certified by the board of trustees to the director or chief administrative officer of each employer having members in its employ. Each such employer shall make provision in its annual budget for funds with which to pay to the board of trustees an amount equal to the normal cost contributions and the unfunded accrued liability contributions on the earnable compensation of all contributing members under their administration and for an additional amount as expense for the operation of the retirement system.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 8; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 10; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 8/HB 460.)
GA Code § 47-2-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-58. Commencement Date for Contributions to Retirement System

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 6, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 8; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 10.   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 § 47-2-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-59. Effective Date of Chapter; Effect of Budget Appropriations on Obligation of State Agency or Other Employer to Make Contributions

 This chapter shall become effective on February 3, 1949, but neither a state agency nor any other employer or member shall be obligated to make contributions for the pensions and annuities under this chapter until after that agency or other employer has made provision in its annual budget for funds for the contribution of its part of such pensions and annuities.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 16.)
GA Code § 47-2-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions and Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses|§ 47-2-60. Expense Fund; Purposes

 The expense fund shall be the fund to which shall be credited state or federal funds, or both, to pay the administrative expense of the retirement system and from which shall be paid all expenses incurred in the administration and operation of the retirement system.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 8; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 10.)
GA Code § 47-2-72 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 4 - Membership in the Retirement System|§ 47-2-72. Procedure for Electing Not to Become a Member

 Any other provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who first becomes an employee of an employer at age 60 or later may elect not to become a member of this retirement system. Such election shall be made in writing to the board within 30 days of first becoming an employee of an employer; otherwise, the person shall become a member of this retirement system. The election provided for in this subsection shall be irrevocable.    (Code 1981, §47-2-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 171, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 9/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted the former subsection (a) designation and deleted former subsection (b), which read: "Any active member of this retirement system on July 1, 1998, who was age 60 or older when he or she first became a member of this retirement system may elect to withdraw his or her membership and receive the total of his or her employee contributions with regular interest thereon. Such election shall be made in writing to the board not later than August 1, 1998; otherwise, the member shall remain a member of this retirement system. The election provided for in this subsection shall be irrevocable."   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 § 47-2-73 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 4 - Membership in the Retirement System|§ 47-2-73. Election of Retirement System by Members of Georgia Judicial Retirement System; Effect of Subsequent Legislation

    Any provision of this chapter or Chapter 23 of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System who is vested for a normal retirement benefit and who without a break in service becomes the head of a state department or agency or who is appointed by the Governor to a full-time salaried position on a state board or commission may make a one time irrevocable election to remain a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System or to become a member of this retirement system.   If a person subject to this subsection elects to remain a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, the employer and employee shall make all contributions to such retirement system and perform such other acts as are required by law or regulation.   This subsection shall be applicable to each person who was a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System on July 1, 2000, and to any person who becomes a member after that date. Any person eligible to make the election provided for in this subsection shall do so in writing to the board of trustees of this retirement system and the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System not later than September 30, 2000, or within 60 days after the date he or she became subject to this Code section. Once made, the election is irrevocable.   Any person subject to this subsection who elects to become a member of this retirement system may have accumulated contributions under the Georgia Judicial Retirement System transferred to this retirement system. The Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System shall pay to the board of trustees of this retirement system all employer and employee contributions made by or on behalf of the member, together with regular interest. The member shall be granted only so much creditable service as such amount will warrant without creating any accrued actuarial unfunded liability as to this retirement system; provided, however, that such service credits shall not be used in determining the qualifications of a member for benefits other than vested rights or disability, death, or normal service retirement allowances.     The provisions of this Code section shall not become a part of the employment contract and shall be subject to subsequent legislation; provided, however, that no person who has made the election provided by this Code section shall be affected by any subsequent legislation.     (Code 1981, §47-2-73, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1693, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-90. Rules and Regulations With Regard to Credit for Service; Credit for Service in the Georgia National Guard, Georgia State Guard, and General Assembly

  The board of trustees shall establish rules and regulations setting forth the amount of service in a year which is equivalent to one year of creditable service.   In no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year.   One year of creditable service shall be given for each year of service in the Georgia National Guard, Georgia State Guard, or the General Assembly, provided that no credit shall be given for such service unless the individual was a member of the retirement system at that time; provided, further, that no more than five years of creditable service may be so obtained.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 4; Ga. L. 1951, p. 394, § 5; Ga. L. 1952, p. 175, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 10/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted ", provided that creditable service performed as a member of the General Assembly shall be in addition to all other service" following "year" at the end of subsection (b).   Cross references.   - Effect of transfer to state retired list for members of organized militia, § 38-2-9.    Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11.   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 § 47-2-92 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-92. Reestablishment of Service Credit After Withdrawal of Accumulated Contributions From This Retirement System or the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; Payments Required to Obtain Credit

 Any present member who has withdrawn accumulated contributions from either the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia or the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, or both, may, after two years of service as a contributing member, reestablish the creditable service for which the member would have been eligible if the accumulated contributions had not been withdrawn, provided that the member repays into the retirement system an amount equal to the amount withdrawn, together with regular interest at the rate of 4 1/4 percent per annum from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment, which contributions and interest shall be placed in the participant's individual account in the annuity savings fund. Upon receipt of notice from this retirement system to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia that a member has repaid to this retirement system contributions previously withdrawn from the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia shall pay an employer contribution plus regular interest into the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. The amount of the employer contribution shall be 6 percent of the reported compensation of the member during membership in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1407, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 453, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1544, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1110, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 16/HB 202.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective May 11, 2009, near the end of the first sentence, inserted "contributions and" and substituted "participant's individual account in the annuity savings fund" for "pension accumulation fund".
GA Code § 47-2-93 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-93. Credit for Service Rendered After December 31, 1953, by Persons Who Were Not Members at the Time; Payments Required to Obtain Credit

 Any other provisions of this law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of this retirement system who received compensation from the state for services rendered by him after December 31, 1953, but who did not become a member until a later date, may receive credit for any service rendered after December 31, 1953, and before the date he became a member of this retirement system by paying the employee contributions that would have been paid by him if he had been a member during that time. No such credit shall be given except for full-time state employment. The board of trustees is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 93, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Previously obtained credit entitled to be used.    - Member of the retirement system who previously obtained prior service credit under Ga. L. 1971, p. 93, § 1 and Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93) was entitled to use that credit for all the purposes which were authorized by the retirement provisions when those provisions were approved, notwithstanding the fact that Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2 (see former O.C.G.A. § 47-2-97) attempted to restrict the provisions of the earlier law. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-122.   Authorization to receive credit for services rendered before becoming member.    - O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93 authorizes a member of the Employees' Retirement System who received compensation from the State of Georgia for services rendered after December 31, 1953, but who did not become a member until a later date, to receive credit for such service by paying the employee contributions that would have been paid by the employee if the employee had been a member during such service. Any service on the superior court bench after December 31, 1953, may be purchased and established within the Employees' Retirement System. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-22.    Legislative service is not considered full-time state employment within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-22.   Credit for former service as narcotics agent.    - Employees of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who are members of the Employees Retirement System, may purchase prior service credit under O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93 for former service as a narcotics agent pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-3-9. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-17.
GA Code § 47-2-94 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-94. Service Credit Provided for Persons Whose Membership Was Terminated for Failure to Render at Least One Year of Service in a Five-Year Period

 Any current member whose membership has previously been terminated because that member rendered less than one year of service in a period of five consecutive years and who has never withdrawn the contributions he or she made during such previous membership shall receive credit, after one year of active service as a contributing member, for the creditable service accumulated under the previous membership.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 106, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 453, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 378, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-95 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-95. Credit for Service During World War I, World War Ii, or the Korean Conflict; Credit for Service in the Georgia National Guard or the Georgia State Guard

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 11, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1956, p. 54, § 5.   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."