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GA Code § 47-3-129 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-3-129. Rights When Retire Before 60 With Ten Years of Service or 20 Years Before 1954; Reestablishment of Credits Earned Before That Retirement

  Any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the right to the service retirement benefit under this chapter shall vest in a member who withdraws from service prior to attaining 60 years of age, provided that he has completed at least ten years of creditable service and has not withdrawn his contributions. Such member shall, upon filing an application as provided in this chapter, become entitled to service retirement benefit upon his attainment of the age of 60 or at his option at any date subsequent thereto. The service retirement benefit of any such member shall be as set forth in this chapter, based on the total credits accrued at the date of his withdrawal from service; or, if such member should die before filing such application, the maximum benefits payable shall be limited to the member's accumulated contributions at the time of his withdrawal from service; and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as providing for any benefits prior to attaining age 60, other than a return of the contributions in case of death. Any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, this Code section shall inure retroactively to the benefit of all members who completed at least 20 years' creditable service prior to January 1, 1954, and who have not withdrawn their contributions.   If a member returns to active service in the public schools or the University System of Georgia for one year or more prior to age 60, he may reestablish such credits that he had at the time he withdrew from active service and such credits in which he had a vested right to a service retirement benefit under this Code section by paying a fee of 25 percent of his last annual salary prior to freezing his credits or the applicable accrued regular interest on his annuity account from the date of freezing to date of payment, whichever is greater.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 690, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 352, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 542, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 784, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1023, §§ 1, 7; Ga. L. 1977, p. 825, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-3-130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-3-130. Commencement of Benefits Under This Retirement System; Retirement After January 1, 1943, but Before the Commencement Date

 No member shall retire or receive benefits under this retirement system prior to the commencement date; but any person eligible for service retirement or disability benefits after January 1, 1943, and prior to the commencement date shall be entitled to the benefits provided by this chapter, even though he is not a teacher on the commencement date.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 5.)
GA Code § 47-3-140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-3-140. Application of Other State Funded Pension or Retirement Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of This Retirement System

 Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no other provision of law which provides wholly or partly at the expense of this state for pensions or retirement benefits for teachers in the state, their surviving spouses, or their dependents shall apply to members or beneficiaries of this retirement system, their surviving spouses, or their dependents, provided that nothing in this chapter shall prevent the governing boards of the public school systems of the state and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia from making provision for supplementing the retirement and pension allowances of members of the retirement system.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 13; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1197, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 698, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Authority of governing boards of public school systems and board of regents to provide supplemental retirement and pension allowances, §§ 20-1-2,20-1-4.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   University system may enter into tax-sheltered annuity plans.   - Regents of the university system may authorize the units of the university system to enter into tax-sheltered annuity plans for its employees, and such annuities cannot be considered gratuities under the Constitution. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-69.   Supplemental retirement plan at Medical College of Georgia.   - It is within the authority of the Board of Regents to establish a supplemental retirement plan at the Medical College of Georgia. 1999 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U99-10.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182, et seq., 1231.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 481 et seq.   ALR.   - Validity of legislation providing for additional retirement or disability allowances for public employees previously retired or disabled, 27 A.L.R.2d 1442.
GA Code § 47-3-141 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-3-141. 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 retirement system in any attempt to defraud the retirement system, as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00, imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both.   If any change or error in the records of the retirement system results in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees 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. 1943, p. 640, § 11.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 309. 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 12. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 346.
GA Code § 47-3-142 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-3-142. Rights and Benefits of Persons Convicted of Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, or Conspiracy to Commit Either Upon a Member or Retiree

 No person who commits or conspires to commit the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a member or retiree shall receive any refund of contributions or retirement benefits under this chapter upon the death of the member or retiree, even though the person so killing or conspiring is the named beneficiary for such refund of contributions or retirement benefits. A plea of guilty or a judicial finding of guilt, not reversed or otherwise set aside as to any of such crimes, shall be prima-facie evidence of guilt in determining rights under this chapter. All right, interest, and entitlement to any such refund of contributions or retirement benefits shall go to the secondary beneficiary designated by the member or retiree, if the secondary beneficiary is living, upon the death of the member or retiree, otherwise to the member's or retiree's estate.   (Ga. L. 1979, p. 918, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1224 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 485.
GA Code § 47-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 47-4-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Public School Employees Retirement System Act."   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-20. Creation and Administration of the Retirement System; Corporate Powers and Privileges; Rights in Actions; Name Under Which Retirement System Business Shall Be Transacted

 There is created a retirement system which shall be placed under the management and control of the board for the purposes of providing retirement benefits and other benefits under this chapter for public school employees. It shall be a budget unit of the state government and shall have the power and privileges of a corporation and the right to bring and defend actions and to implead and be impleaded. It shall be known as the "Public School Employees Retirement System," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds shall be invested, and all of its cash, securities, and other property shall be held.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 313. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 264 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-21. Creation and Administration of the Retirement Fund

 There is created the Public School Employees Retirement Fund, which shall be administered by the board.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 11.)
GA Code § 47-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-23. Exemption of Members of the Board From Liability for Their Acts, Omissions, and Conduct; Indemnification of Members of the Board

 The members of the board, and each of them, shall be free from all liability, joint or several, for their acts, omissions, and conduct and for the acts, omissions, and conduct of their duly constituted agents in the administration of the retirement system and the fund. The state shall indemnify and save them, and each of them, harmless from the effects and consequences of their acts, omissions, and conduct in their official capacity, except to the extent that such effects and consequences shall result from their own willful misconduct.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 16.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 228 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-24. Legal Adviser of the Board

 The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the board.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 17; 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."   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, § 10.   C.J.S.   - 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, § 26 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 532.
GA Code § 47-4-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-25. Powers and Duties of the Board

  The board is given the following powers and duties:   To provide for the collection of all money provided for in this chapter;   To provide for the payment of all administrative expenses;   To hear and decide all applications for retirement benefits under this chapter;   To provide for the payment of all retirement benefits that may be determined to be due under the rules and regulations adopted by the board;   To make and promulgate all necessary rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state in order to carry out this chapter;   To determine eligibility of persons to receive retirement benefits under this chapter;   To make provisions for refunds or repayments to persons who may be entitled to receive them; and   To keep records of all its meetings.     The board shall also have all other powers necessary for the proper administration of this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.   C.J.S.   - 60 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 313. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 224 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-26. Power of Board Over Funds; Special Account for Deposit of Funds and Payment of Benefits and Expenses; Investment Powers; Power to Employ Agents

  The board shall be the trustees of the funds and shall have control of the funds provided for in this chapter and all funds received by the board shall be deposited in a special account to the credit of the Public School Employees Retirement Fund. The benefits under this chapter and all administrative expenses shall be paid from this special account. The board shall have authority to expend the funds in accordance with this chapter.   The board shall have full power to invest and reinvest such funds, subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by Article 7 of Chapter 20 of this title, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law." Subject to such terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions, the board shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds are invested, including the proceeds of any investments and any money belonging to the fund.   The board is authorized to employ agents, including, but not limited to, banks or trust departments thereof, and to contract with such agents for their services as investment advisers and counselors in making recommendations for investments, and in making investments if the board so authorizes.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 12; Ga. L. 1995, p. 651, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 2, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 17/HB 460; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 65/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "advisers" for "advisors" in the middle of subsection (c).   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."   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1169 et seq., 1244.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 313. 81A C.J.S., States, § 224 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-27. Power of Board to Take, Hold, and Invest Any Gift, Grant, or Bequest

 The board may take any gift, grant, or bequest, any money, any real or personal property, or any other thing of value and hold or invest the same for the uses and purposes of the retirement system, in accordance with this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 15.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 224 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-28. Duty of Board to Keep Records of Accounts in Granting Benefits and Records of the Operations of the Board; Annual Financial Statement to the General Assembly

 The board shall keep permanent records of all its accounts in granting retirement benefits and shall keep proper records and books concerning its operation. Each year at the beginning of the regular session of the General Assembly the board shall present an annual financial statement of the fund.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 77.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 373 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-29. Appropriations for Employer Contributions; Creation of an Expense Fund; Payment Prior to Commencement Date of Employer Contributions and Expenses of Retirement System

  The General Assembly shall make appropriations to the retirement system sufficient to provide for the employer contributions required by subsection (b) of Code Section 47-4-60 and to otherwise carry out this chapter.   The board shall establish an expense fund to which shall be credited the funds provided by appropriations of the General Assembly in order 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.   The appropriations provided for in this Code section may be made by the general or supplemental appropriations Acts adopted by the General Assembly but no employer or employee contributions to the retirement system shall be made prior to the commencement date. Appropriated funds may be expended prior to the commencement date, pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, in order to pay the expenses of setting up and beginning operation of the retirement system prior to that date.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 19.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.   63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Funds, § 33 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 213 et seq.
GA Code § 47-4-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-4-30. Plan Year Designated

 For purposes of complying with federal Internal Revenue Service rules and regulations, the plan year for this retirement system shall be the 12 month period beginning on July 1 of each year.    (Code 1981, §47-4-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 21/HB 202.)
GA Code § 47-4-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 4 - Public School Employees Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the Retirement System|§ 47-4-41. Membership of Persons Employed by Local Units of Administration Which Operate Local Retirement Systems

  Any local unit of administration which has a retirement or pension system on January 1, 1970, and which includes as members in such system any or all public school employees may elect to have such employees become members of the retirement system created by this chapter subject to the following conditions:   Any such local unit of administration must make the election as to whether or not any or all of its public school employees covered by its local retirement or pension system shall become members of the retirement system created by Code Section 47-4-20, and such election must be made in writing to the board by April 1, 1970; and   If any such local unit of administration elects to have any or all of its public school employees become members of the retirement system created by Code Section 47-4-20 then, at a time to be specified by the board, such employees shall cease to be members of the local retirement or pension system and shall become members of this retirement system. Upon retirement, all service credited to such employees under the local retirement or pension system shall be creditable service; and such employees shall receive retirement benefits under this chapter. The transfer of any such public school employee from any local retirement or pension system to this retirement system shall not impair or diminish any pension or retirement rights of any such employee existing under the local retirement or pension system at the time of such transfer; and in order to carry out this requirement, the local unit of administration shall pay to the board, in such manner and at such time or times as the board shall specify, an amount which shall be of sufficient actuarial value to secure the pension or retirement rights any such employee had under the local retirement or pension system. Upon retirement, such employee shall receive a retirement benefit equivalent in actuarial value to the retirement or pension benefit which he would have received under the local system, notwithstanding the retirement benefits otherwise set forth in this chapter.     Any local unit of administration which has such a retirement or pension system shall be responsible for the payment of any retirement or pension benefits payable to any member of the local retirement or pension system who had retired under such local system prior to the commencement date.   The board is authorized and directed to develop and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 18; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1174, 1183, 1229 et seq., 1252.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 211 et seq.