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GA Code § 47-6-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the Retirement System|§ 47-6-42. State Contributions

 After April 13, 1979, the contributions of the state under this Code section to this system shall be determined by the board each year on the basis of the most recent actuarial valuation. The board shall certify to the legislative fiscal officer the amount of the state's contributions due to the system. The state's contributions shall be paid from funds appropriated to the legislative branch of government and shall be in an amount determined by the board to be necessary to cover the costs of financing and administering the system. The legislative fiscal officer is directed to pay to the board the contributions of the state together with an amount necessary to cover the required employer contributions for social security coverage.   (Ga. L. 1979, p. 931, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 611, §§ 7, 8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 758, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1476, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 52, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 19/HB 460; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 53/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted former subsections (a) and (b); deleted the subsection (c) designation; and deleted former subsections (d) and (e).   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."   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Transfer of legislative service.    - Employees Retirement System (ERS) did not have implicit authority to transfer accounts from the legislative Retirement System to the ERS. Employees Retirement Sys. v. Evans, 211 Ga. App. 448, 439 S.E.2d 690 (1993), rev'd on other grounds, 264 Ga. 729, 450 S.E.2d 195 (1994).    State employee was entitled to credit toward retirement under the Employee's Retirement System (ERS) that portion of the employee's legislative career during which the employee was a member of ERS and the time the employee spent as a member of ERS while serving as Commissioner of Insurance; however, there was no statutory authorization that permitted the employee to use legislative time served while a member of the Legislative Retirement System toward retirement benefits under ERS; reversing in part, Employees Retirement Sys. v. Evans, 211 Ga. App. 448, 439 S.E. 690 (1993). Evans v. Employees' Retirement Sys., 264 Ga. 729, 450 S.E.2d 195 (1994).
GA Code § 47-6-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-6-70. Creditable Service

  The creditable service of a member shall include all established creditable prior service and service as a member of the General Assembly since he last became a contributing member of the system, in respect to which he makes contributions to the system. It shall also include, in the case of a member who became such on July 1, 1967, and remained a contributing member of the system continuously thereafter until his death or his retirement under the system or until he otherwise separates from service.   Any member who has prior service as a member of the General Assembly rendered after July 1, 1967, for which creditable service under this retirement system has not been obtained shall receive creditable service for such prior service subject to the following conditions and requirements:   The prior service as a member of the General Assembly must have been rendered while the member was a contributing member of either this retirement system or the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia;   Employee contributions made by the member during the period of such prior service must not have been withdrawn by the member; and   Creditable service obtained under this subsection shall be applicable only to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System and shall have no application whatsoever to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia or to any rights retained under that retirement system pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of Code Section 47-6-42.      (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 5; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1476, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11.   Code Commission notes.   - It appears that language which was intended to follow the word "include" in the second sentence of subsection (a) was omitted from Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 5.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1168, 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 216.
GA Code § 47-6-70.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-6-70.1. Prior Service Credit for Military Service

 Any member who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during any period when a military draft was in effect and who was honorably discharged from military service may receive prior service credit under this chapter for such active duty military service subject to the following conditions and requirements:    This Code section shall apply only to those members who have eight or more years of creditable service under this chapter;   Prior service credit for military service under this Code section may be obtained under a ratio of one year of credit for military service for each five years of creditable service, not considering creditable service under this Code section, or, for military service of less than a full year, under a ratio of credit for one month of military service for each five months of creditable service;   No prior service credit for military service may be obtained under this Code section if credit for such military service has been or may be obtained under any other provision of this chapter;   No prior service credit for military service may be obtained under this Code section if such military service has been or may be used in the determination of the member's eligibility for retirement benefits or allowances under any other state retirement or pension system, any retirement or pension system of a political subdivision, or any federal retirement or pension program, except social security and those retirement programs covered under Public Law 810, 80th Congress, as amended;   The total amount of prior service credit for military service may not exceed five years for all military service which is creditable as prior service under this chapter; and   The member must pay to the board of trustees the regular employee contribution of 7 1/2 percent of compensation based on the compensation received by members of the General Assembly during legislative sessions at the time the military service was rendered plus interest on such employee contributions at the rate of 7 percent per annum compounded annually from the time the military service was rendered until the date of payment.     (Code 1981, §47-6-70.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1856, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1.)   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. 81A C.J.S., States, § 216.
GA Code § 47-6-70.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-6-70.2. Reestablishment of Creditable Service by Current Members Who Ceased Being Members of General Assembly and Who Withdrew Retirement Contributions

 Any current member who had previously ceased to be a member of the General Assembly and who withdrew accumulated contributions from the retirement system pursuant to Code Section 47-6-85 may reestablish as creditable service the total creditable service possessed by the member at the time of such withdrawal of accumulated contributions by paying to the board of trustees the amount of accumulated contributions which were withdrawn plus regular interest on such amount compounded annually from the date of the withdrawal of such contributions to the date of payment.    (Code 1981, §47-6-70.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 534, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-6-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, and Death Benefits|§ 47-6-81. Optional Retirement Allowances

  Until the first payment on account of the retirement allowance becomes normally due, any beneficiary may elect, by filing written application with the board, to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable on his account after retirement into a retirement allowance of equivalent actuarial value under one of the optional forms named below:   Option One shall consist of a reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life, with the provision that the reduced allowance shall continue after his death to and for the life of the contingent beneficiary designated by him in such application, if such contingent beneficiary survives him; and   Option Two shall consist of a reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life, with the provision that one-half of the reduced allowance shall continue after his death to and for the life of the contingent beneficiary designated by him in such application, if such contingent beneficiary survives him.     Any other provisions of this Code section or of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of trustees may, by rule or regulation, require that when a member or a retired member dies and the beneficiary is a person other than the surviving spouse of the member, the benefits payable to the beneficiary shall be paid to the beneficiary within a definite time period immediately following the death of the member or retired member. For purposes of this Code section, the term "equivalent actuarial value" means a benefit of equivalent value when computed upon the bases of the mortality tables and rates of interest adopted for such purpose by the board of trustees.    (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 7; Ga. L. 1984, p. 810, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 20/HB 460; Ga. L. 2006, p. 93, § 1/SB 466.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1198 et seq., 1228.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Pensions, §§ 10, 12 et seq., 15. 81A C.J.S., States, § 218 et seq.
GA Code § 47-6-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, and Death Benefits|§ 47-6-82. Manner in Which Retirement Allowances to Be Paid; Termination of Payments Upon Death

 All retirement allowances shall be paid in monthly installments and shall cease with the month in which the death of the beneficiary occurs, except as otherwise provided in Code Section 47-6-81.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 8; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 21/HB 460.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1224 et seq., 1244 et seq.
GA Code § 47-6-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, and Death Benefits|§ 47-6-83. Payments Made Upon the Death of a Member, Upon Death of a Beneficiary Who Has Not Elected an Optional Retirement Allowance, or Upon Death of a Member Before Retirement

  Upon the death of any member of the system, a lump sum amount shall be paid to such person as he has nominated by written designation, filed with the board, otherwise to his estate. Such lump sum amount shall be equal to the amount of his accumulated contributions.   Upon the death of a beneficiary who has not elected an optional form of allowance under Code Section 47-6-81, a lump sum amount shall be paid to such person as he has last nominated by written designation, filed with the board, otherwise to his estate. Such lump sum amount shall be equal to the excess, if any, of his accumulated contributions at the time his allowance commenced over the sum of the retirement allowance payments made to him.   Upon the death before retirement of a member of the system otherwise eligible for retirement or of a member with 15 years of creditable service, the person nominated by him to receive the lump sum amount in subsection (a) of this Code section shall receive, in lieu of such lump sum payment, an allowance for life in the same amount as if the deceased member had retired at the time of his death and had named such person as contingent beneficiary under Option One of Code Section 47-6-81. If the person nominated is not living at the death of the deceased member, the accumulated contributions shall be paid to the estate of the deceased member.    (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 10; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1354, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1197 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 319 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 218.
GA Code § 47-6-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, and Death Benefits|§ 47-6-85. Refund of Accumulated Contributions Upon Termination of Membership

 Except as otherwise provided in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of this title, a member's accumulated contributions shall be 100 percent vested and nonforfeitable at all times. Upon the request of a member who ceases to be a member of the system for reasons other than retirement or death, the member shall be paid the member's accumulated contributions as soon as feasible after such request. If the member dies before payment has been made, the amount of the member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to such person as the member has nominated by written designation filed with the board, otherwise to the member's estate.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 9; Ga. L. 1980, p. 611, § 4; Ga. L. 1980, p. 925, § 7; Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 28/HB 202.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective May 11, 2009, added the first sentence; and, throughout this Code section, substituted "the member" for "he" and substituted "the member's" for "his".   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1198 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 313 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 218.
GA Code § 47-6-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-6-100. Exemption of Rights and Benefits From Taxation; Exemption From Legal Process; Assignability

 The right of a person to a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, a retirement allowance itself, any optional allowance or payment on death, or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter and the moneys of the system are exempted from any state or municipal tax; are exempted from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever; and shall be unassignable except as otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 18.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 444 et seq.   ALR.   - Employee retirement pension benefits as exempt from garnishment, attachment, levy, execution, or similar proceedings, 93 A.L.R.3d 711.
GA Code § 47-6-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 6 - Georgia Legislative Retirement System|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-6-101. Attempts to Defraud the Retirement System by Means of False Statements or Falsified Records; Adjustment of Erroneous Payments

  Any person who knowingly makes any false statements or falsifies or permits to be falsified any records of the system in any attempt to defraud the system, as a result of such an act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both.   If any change or error in the records results in any member or beneficiary receiving from the system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board shall have the power to correct such error and to adjust the payments as far as practicable in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.    (Ga. L. 1967, p. 259, § 19.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 369.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 257. 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 23.
GA Code § 47-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 47-7-2. Purpose of Fund; Legislative Intent

 The fund is established as a voluntary pension system which provides benefits intended to supplement primary pension benefits provided by fire departments or the governmental units or volunteer districts establishing fire departments. It is the intent of the General Assembly in authorizing the benefits of this chapter:    To provide an additional benefit which may be used by fire departments of the state or political subdivisions of the state to attract and retain qualified firefighters; and   To limit the availability of such benefits to those fire departments which satisfy the minimum requirements for membership provided in this chapter so as to induce political subdivisions and the fire departments serving such political subdivisions to meet and maintain compliance with such minimum standards which the General Assembly deems essential to improving the ability of a fire department to suppress fires.     (Code 1981, §47-7-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 703, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-7-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-21. Creation of the Office of Executive Director of the Board; Appointment of the Executive Director; Compensation; Bond

 There is created the office of executive director of the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund. The executive director shall be named by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The compensation of the executive director shall be fixed by the board. He or she shall be bonded by a corporate surety in such amount as the board shall determine to be sufficient. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the fund.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 3; Ga. L. 1956, p. 368, § 3; Ga. L. 1962, p. 550, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 54, § 1/HB 355.)
GA Code § 47-7-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-22. Legal Adviser to the Board

 The Attorney General shall act as legal adviser to the board.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 9; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 65/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "adviser" for "advisor" near the end.   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 § 47-7-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-24. Power of the Board to Accept and Use Any Gift, Grant, or Bequest

 The board may take or receive any gift, grant, or bequest of money, real or personal property, or anything of value and use the same for the purposes set forth in this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 13.)
GA Code § 47-7-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-25. Annual Audit of the Fund

 The state auditor is directed to make an annual audit of the fund.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 9.)
GA Code § 47-7-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-26. Power of Board to Determine Eligibility for Membership or Retirement of Any Volunteer Firefighter Unable to Attend the Prescribed Number of Drills, Meetings, and Fires

 Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the board is authorized to determine the eligibility for membership in and retirement under the fund of any volunteer firefighter who, for cause beyond his control, is or was unable to attend, during any calendar year, the annual percentage of all drills, meetings, and fires prescribed by the board pursuant to Code Section 47-7-81.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 417, § 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 377, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Volunteer firefighters receive no credit for calendar years when unexcused absences more than 50 percent.   - Volunteer firefighters may not receive credit under the fund for calendar years of service in which the firefighters did not attend 75 percent (now 50 percent) of all drills, meetings, and fires; however, the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to excuse volunteer firefighters from the required attendance percentage at drills, meetings, and fires of their respective departments so long as the attendance is prevented by causes beyond the control of the volunteer firefighters. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-8.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.