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GA Code § 47-2-261 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 7 - Superior Court Judges, District Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys, Employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council|§ 47-2-261. Transfer of Credits and Funds From the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia Upon Employment by an Agency Subject to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 29, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1956, p. 54, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1697, § 1.   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 § 47-2-263 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 7 - Superior Court Judges, District Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys, Employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council|§ 47-2-263. Credit for Certain Past Service as an Assistant District Attorney or Employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council; Payment of Employee Contributions; Credit for Service as Full-Time Law Assistant

  As used in this Code section, "past service as an assistant district attorney" shall include service rendered in that position pursuant to an Act authorizing assistant district attorneys in certain judicial circuits, Ga. L. 1970, p. 716, as amended, notwithstanding its subsequent repeal.   Any member who is subject to Code Section 47-2-262 may receive creditable service under this chapter for past service as an assistant district attorney or as an employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia upon payment to the board of trustees of the employee contributions which he would have paid had he been a member of the retirement system at the time such past service was rendered. The basis for employee contributions to obtain creditable service under this Code section shall be the state salary paid to the members claiming such past service at the time the service was rendered.   Any member who is subject to Code Section 47-2-262 may receive up to four years of creditable service under this chapter for past service as a full-time law assistant for a judicial circuit employed pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 15-6-28 upon payment to the board of trustees of such amount as determined by the actuary as necessary to grant such benefit without creating any accrued actuarial liability as to this retirement system. The basis for employee contributions to obtain creditable service under this Code section shall be the state salary paid to the member claiming such past service at the time the service was rendered. Such payment must be made not later than July 1, 2003, or within six months of first or again becoming a member, whichever is later.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 2173, § 23; Ga. L. 1998, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1483, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-267 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 7 - Superior Court Judges, District Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys, Employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council|§ 47-2-267. Membership of Employees of District Attorneys; Contributions

 Except as provided in Code Section 47-2-265, each full-time employee of a district attorney, which employee is compensated through funds appropriated by the General Assembly, shall be a member of this retirement system as a condition of employment. Any such employee who is already a member of this retirement system by virtue of service with another employer shall be entitled to credit for all service rendered while an employee under the retirement system. All contributions required under this chapter shall be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available. The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia shall deduct from the state salaries paid to such members the employee contributions required by this chapter.    (Code 1981, §47-2-267, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 172, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 753, § 6/SB 109.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted "for the operation of the superior courts" following "available" at the end of the third sentence and substituted "Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia" for "Department of Administrative Services" at the beginning of the last sentence.
GA Code § 47-2-280 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 8 - Employees of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund|§ 47-2-280. Credit for Previous Service as an Employee of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; Contributions

 Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any member with prior service credits who previously was employed by the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund shall be eligible to receive credit for such service with the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund by paying the regular employer and employee's contribution, including regular interest that would have accumulated on those contributions during such period of employment. In the computation of such contributions and interest, the compensation of such member shall be deemed to have been the same as the compensation such member received on the date of first becoming a member.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 701, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-291 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees|§ 47-2-291. Prior Service as a Judge or Solicitor of a Court of Record

 Prior service performed by a member as a judge or solicitor of a court of record shall be creditable year for year, not to exceed five years for each type of service, notwithstanding that such service may have been for longer periods.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 175, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Prior service creditable under general retirement system.    - If a superior court judge becoming an appellate court judge elects coverage under the general retirement system program, rather than Ga. L. 1971, p. 99, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-244), Ga. L. 1952, p. 175, § 3 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-291) would allow service performed as a judge or solicitor of a court of record to be creditable as prior service year for year, not to exceed five years for each type of service. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-9.
GA Code § 47-2-292.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees|§ 47-2-292.1. Tax Commissioners, Tax Collectors, and Tax Receivers and All Employees in Their Offices Employed on or After July 1, 2012, Ineligible for Membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia by Operation of Law

  The provisions of this Code section shall apply to tax commissioners, tax collectors, and tax receivers and employees in their offices who first or again take office or become employed on or after July 1, 2012.   On and after July 1, 2012, the governing authority of each county shall have the option of including the county tax commissioner, tax collector, or tax receiver and all employees of such person's office as members of the retirement system. Such option shall be made by adopting a resolution and forwarding such resolution to the board of trustees.   The official in charge of such office, if he or she is responsible for the payment of the employees in that office, or the governing authority of the county, if the official and the employees are paid by it, shall deduct or collect from each member the employee contributions required by this chapter and shall remit the same to the retirement system as required by regulations. The governing authority of the county shall pay to the board of trustees the employer contributions required by this chapter, upon receipt of an invoice from the retirement system.   An election by a county governing authority made pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section may be revoked in the same manner as the election was made, but the county's obligations as to any officer or employee who became a member of the retirement system as a result of such election shall continue, and the rights and benefits of any such officer or employee shall be unaffected by such revocation.   All persons subject to the provisions of this Code section shall be members of the retirement system under the provisions of Article 10 of this chapter as a condition of holding office.   Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code section, no tax commissioner, tax collector, tax receiver, or any employee of any such official shall be eligible for membership in the retirement system if such officer or employee is covered or becomes covered by any other public retirement or pension system, excluding social security coverage.     (Code 1981, §47-2-292.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1051, § 3/SB 286.)
GA Code § 47-2-293 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees|§ 47-2-293. Effect of Failure of State Court to Provide Means by Which Its Officials or Employees Can Become Members of the Retirement System

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any state court which has not provided means by which its employees can become members of the retirement system shall, on and after February 13, 1962, no longer be deemed to be adjuncts of the superior courts. No employee of such state court shall be deemed to be a state employee or otherwise eligible for membership in the retirement system.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 54, § 7.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Tax officials eligible for participation, provided qualified.   - County tax officials and their employees are eligible for participation in the retirement system, provided the county tax office took timely and proper action to qualify as an adjunct of the State Revenue Department. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 367.    Statute has no effect upon jurisdiction of state courts. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-93 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-293).   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, § 316 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 216.
GA Code § 47-2-294 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees|§ 47-2-294. Limitation on Benefits Available to Persons Who Transferred to This Retirement System or Who Became Members Under Code Section 47-2-290 or 47-2-292

 Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, only voluntary service retirement, death, and disability allowances shall apply to individuals who transferred to this retirement system from another such system or who became members under Code Section 47-2-290 or 47-2-292.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 143, § 5.)
GA Code § 47-2-299 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees|§ 47-2-299. Creditable Service for Service as Employee of Private Nonprofit Hospital

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 34, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-2-299, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1288, § 1A.   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 § 47-2-311 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-311. Credit for Service by Persons Formerly Employed by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation; Payments Required in Order to Obtain Credit

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 35, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1974, p. 130, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.   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 § 47-2-313 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-313. Merit System of Personnel Administration for Officers and Employees of Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; Membership in Retirement System; Creditable Service; Contributions

 All eligible officers and employees of the Jekyll Island - State Park Authority shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by that authority and under which all such officers and employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this Code section, are authorized to become members of the retirement system, provided that such membership shall become effective no earlier than April 1, 1958; provided, further, that any officer or employee of the authority who is already a member of the retirement system shall be entitled to credit for his total service with the authority. All specially classified maintenance and food service employees of the authority hired on or after July 1, 1987, and paid on an hourly basis shall not be members of the retirement system and shall not be included under the health insurance plan for state employees as provided for in Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the Jekyll Island - State Park Authority all contributions required by this chapter. All such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 119, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1035, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1167 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 161, 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-314 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-314. Membership in the Retirement System of Officers and Employees of the Geo. L. Smith Ii Georgia World Congress Center Authority; Creditable Service; Contributions

 All officers and employees of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority, established by Code Section 10-9-3, who are not already members of the retirement system may elect to become members on or after April 1, 1977. Any officer or employee of the authority who is already a member of the retirement system by virtue of services with another employer shall be entitled to credit for his services and shall not suffer any loss of such credit to which he is otherwise entitled. There shall be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the operation of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority all employer contributions required under this chapter, including employer social security contributions. The commencement date shall be April 1, 1977.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 670, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq. 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 73 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 216.
GA Code § 47-2-315 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-315. Merit System of Personnel Administration for Officers and Employees of the Georgia Building Authority; Membership in the Retirement System; Contributions

 All eligible officers and employees of the Georgia Building Authority shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by the Georgia Building Authority under which all such officers and employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees are authorized to become members of the retirement system. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the Georgia Building Authority all contributions required by the retirement system. All such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees, provided that membership shall not become effective before March 1, 1956.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 277, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1167 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 161, 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-316 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-316. Membership in the Retirement System of Officers or Employees of Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

  As used in this Code section, the term "Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority" or "authority" means the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority established by Chapter 3 of Title 2, known as the "Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Act."   Effective on July 1, 1988, or on first becoming officers or employees of the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority, all such officers and employees shall become members of the retirement system. Any officer or employee of the authority who was already a member of the retirement system on July 1, 1988, and any member of the retirement system who, without any break in service, becomes an officer or employee of the authority on or after July 1, 1988, shall continue in the same membership status without any interruption in membership service and without the loss of any creditable service. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person becoming a member of the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall be subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-2-334.   All employer contributions, including employee contributions made by the employer on behalf of members, which are required by this chapter shall be made for members who are subject to the provisions of this Code section from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the operation of the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority. The authority shall deduct from the salaries payable to such members the additional employee contributions required by this chapter.     (Code 1981, §47-2-316, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 201, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 794, § 1/HB 944.)    The 2012 amendment,  effective May 1, 2012, substituted "established by Chapter 3 of Title 2" for "established by Part 8 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12" in subsection (a).
GA Code § 47-2-317 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-317. Membership in the Retirement System of Officers and Employees of the Georgia Agrirama Development Authority

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 504, § 1(1)/HB 144, effective May 11, 2011.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-2-317, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 264, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 332, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 440, § 1. For present comparable provisions on retirement provisions for employees transferred to the Board of Regents, see Code Sections47-2-181 and47-3-181.
GA Code § 47-2-319 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 10 - Employees of Certain State Authorities and Commissions|§ 47-2-319. Membership in the Retirement System of Officers and Employees of the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority; Contributions

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 36, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-2-319, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 527, § 2.   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."