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GA Code § 47-21-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 21 - Regents Retirement Plan|Article 2 - Regents Retirement Health Benefit Fund|§ 47-21-21. Creation of Fund; Purpose

  There is created the Board of Regents Retiree Health Benefit Fund to provide for the employer costs of retiree post-employment health insurance benefits. The fund shall be a trust fund of public funds. The board in its official capacity shall be its trustee and the Chancellor in his or her official capacity shall be its administrator.   The fund shall be available and dedicated without fiscal year limitations for covered health care expenses and administration costs. All employer and retiree contributions, appropriations, earnings, and reserves for the payment of obligations under this article shall be irrevocably credited to such fund. The amounts remaining in such fund, if any, after such health care expenses and administration costs have been paid shall be retained in such fund as a special reserve for covered health care expenses and administration costs. The board shall determine the time and amounts of distributions from the special reserve for covered health care expenses and administration costs. All assets of the fund shall be used solely for the payment of fund obligations and for no other purpose and shall be protected from creditors of the state and the board.     (Code 1981, §47-21-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 68, § 3/SB 156.)
GA Code § 47-21-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 21 - Regents Retirement Plan|Article 2 - Regents Retirement Health Benefit Fund|§ 47-21-22. Operation of the Fund; Responsibilities

  Responsibility for the proper operation of the fund is vested in the board.   The board shall:   Adopt actuarial assumptions as necessary and prudent;   Employ such personnel as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this article and such personnel shall be employees of the board. The pro rata share of the costs of operating the board in the manner prescribed by law shall be a part of the administrative costs of the fund;   Maintain all necessary records regarding the fund in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as applied to the fund;   Collect all moneys due to the fund and shall pay any administrative expenses necessary and appropriate for the operation of the fund from the fund; and   Cause to be prepared an annual report of fund activities. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, audited financial statements.     The board may:   Adopt any rules and regulations that it finds necessary to properly administer the fund;   Employ or contract for the services of actuaries and other professionals as required to carry out the duties established by this article; and   Contract with the Division of Investment Services of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia or such other investment advisers as deemed appropriate and prudent by the board for any necessary services with respect to fund investments.     Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board shall be entitled to any information that it deems necessary and appropriate from a university employee retirement system in order that the provisions of this article may be carried out.     (Code 1981, §47-21-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 68, § 3/SB 156; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 65/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "advisers" for "advisors" near the middle of paragraph (c)(3).   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 § 47-21-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 21 - Regents Retirement Plan|Article 2 - Regents Retirement Health Benefit Fund|§ 47-21-23. Actuarial Services

  The actuary employed or retained by the board shall provide technical advice to the board regarding the operation of the fund.   Utilizing the actuarial assumptions most recently adopted by the board, the actuary shall set the annual actuarial present values for the state plan for other post-employment benefits.     (Code 1981, §47-21-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 68, § 3/SB 156.)
GA Code § 47-21-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 21 - Regents Retirement Plan|Article 2 - Regents Retirement Health Benefit Fund|§ 47-21-24. Administration of Fund

  The board shall have control over the fund established by this article. The provisions provided for in this article and all administrative expenses shall be paid from the fund. The board may expend moneys from the fund for any purpose authorized by this article.   The board shall have full power to invest and reinvest its assets, subject to all of the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47, 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 securities and investments in which any of the moneys are invested, including the proceeds of any investments and other moneys belonging to the fund.   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no member or employee of the board shall have any personal interest in the gains or profits from any investment made by the board or use the assets of the fund in any manner, directly or indirectly, except to make such payments as may be authorized by the board in accordance with this article.     (Code 1981, §47-21-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 68, § 3/SB 156.)
GA Code § 47-21-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 21 - Regents Retirement Plan|Article 2 - Regents Retirement Health Benefit Fund|§ 47-21-25. Annual Duties

  The board shall annually determine the minimum annual required contributions sufficient to maintain the fund in an actuarially sound manner in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 43, or any subsequent Governmental Accounting Standards Board statements that may be applicable to the fund.   The board may annually establish employer contribution rates for the purpose of establishing the health plan from fiscal year to fiscal year and additional employer contribution rates in accordance with the health plan for other post-employments benefits.   It shall be the responsibility of employers to make contributions to the fund in accordance with the employer contribution rates established by the board.     (Code 1981, §47-21-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 68, § 3/SB 156.)
GA Code § 47-23-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-20. Administration; Membership of the Board; Term; Compensation; Quorum

  There is created the Georgia Judicial Retirement System which shall be administered by the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System provided for by this Code section.   The board shall be composed of all members of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and three additional members appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall be either:   A superior court judge;   A state court judge;   A district attorney;   A state court solicitor-general; or   A juvenile court judge.     The first members appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall be appointed to take office on July 1, 1998. The Governor shall designate two of the initial appointees to serve initial terms of two years and one of the initial appointees to serve a term of four years. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint successors to take office upon the expiration of the respective terms of office for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Such members of the board shall be eligible for successive appointment as members and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy for any reason in the membership of the board appointed by the Governor shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term.   The trustees may receive the daily expense allowance authorized for members of the General Assembly for each day spent attending meetings of the board of trustees and any committee meetings called pursuant to authorization of the board of trustees and for time spent in necessary travel. In addition to such amount, the trustees shall be reimbursed for all actual travel and other expenses necessarily incurred through service on the board of trustees. State officials serving ex officio shall not receive the daily expense allowance but shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses.   Six members at any meeting of the board shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but the affirmative vote of five members shall be necessary for a decision by the board.   The officers and director of the board shall be the same as the officers and director of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.     (Code 1981, §47-23-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-22. Control of Funds; Investments

  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 into the Georgia Judicial Retirement System Fund. The benefits provided for in this chapter and all administrative expenses shall be paid from such fund. 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 advisers and counselors, who will make recommendations for investments and make investments if the board so authorizes.     (Code 1981, §47-23-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 2, § 13; Ga. L. 2005, p. 535, § 31/HB 460.)
GA Code § 47-23-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-23. Gifts

 The board may take, by gift, grant, or bequest, any money, real or personal property, or any other thing of value and may hold or invest the same for the uses and purposes of the retirement system in accordance with this chapter.    (Code 1981, §47-23-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-24. Records; Audited Annual Financial Statement

 The board shall keep permanent records of all its accounts in granting retirement and disability benefits and shall keep proper records and books concerning its operation. Each year the board shall publish an audited annual financial statement of the retirement system.    (Code 1981, §47-23-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-26. Administration of Fund

 The board shall contract with the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for the administration of the fund.    (Code 1981, §47-23-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-27. Legal Adviser

 The Attorney General shall be legal adviser of the board.    (Code 1981, §47-23-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-28. Transfer of Contributions From Earlier Funds

 All employer and employee contributions, plus the earnings on such amounts, made to a predecessor retirement system by or on behalf of any member of this retirement system, together with all other funds and assets held by such retirement systems shall be transferred to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System Fund created by this article on July 1, 1998.    (Code 1981, §47-23-28, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-30. Contract for Group Term Life Insurance Protection

 The board of trustees may provide group term life insurance protection for the members of the retirement system as the survivors benefits program provided for in Code Section 47-23-29 by contracting for such service with the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for the inclusion of members of this retirement system in the program of group life insurance protection conducted for the benefit of the members of such retirement system. Such contract must provide benefits to those persons entitled to benefits under Code Section 47-23-29. Contributions for such coverage shall be provided for and collected as set forth in subsection (c) of Code Section 47-23-29.    (Code 1981, §47-23-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1485, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 176, § 5/HB 448.)
GA Code § 47-23-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 2 - Administration and Management|§ 47-23-31. 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, §47-23-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 32/HB 202.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, Code Section 47-23-30, as enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 32, was redesignated as Code Section 47-23-31.
GA Code § 47-23-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the System|§ 47-23-40. Eligibility

 Any person who on June 30, 1998, was an active, inactive, or retired member of a predecessor retirement system shall be transferred to this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998. Any person who on June 30, 1998, was a beneficiary of a predecessor retirement system shall become a beneficiary of this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided, the benefits of any beneficiary so transferred shall continue to be calculated as such benefits were calculated on June 30, 1998.    (Code 1981, §47-23-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the provisions, opinions under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586 are included in the annotations for this Code section.   Judge not member of trial judges fund joins retirement system.   - Superior court judge who took office as such after June 30, 1968, and who did not become a member of the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund, is authorized and required to become a member of the retirement system. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-49 (decided under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586).   New judge after 1976 becomes member of this system.    - One becoming a superior court judge for the first time after December 31, 1976, must belong to the Superior Court Judges Retirement System, and may not belong to the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia (see O.C.G.A. § 47-8-1 et seq.). 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-101 (decided under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586).   Member in 1976 required to pay for prior years.   - Superior court judge is required to pay to the retirement system, under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586, § 8 prior to December 31, 1976, the employee contributions for 16 years of service as a superior court judge, plus interest at the rate of 6 percent per year for each of the 16 years. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-32 (decided under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586).   Judges transferred in 1976 credited with prior service.   - Superior court judges who are transferred to the retirement system from the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund are entitled to be credited with all creditable service earned under the trial judges system, including creditable service earned in a capacity other than a superior court judge; this is limited to those superior court judges who are transferred from trial judges to the 1976 retirement system on December 31, 1976. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-83 (decided under Ga. L. 1976, p. 586).
GA Code § 47-23-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the System|§ 47-23-41. Employee Contributions

  Any person who becomes a superior court judge, a judge or solicitor-general of a state court, a juvenile court judge, or a district attorney on or after July 1, 1998, shall be a member of this retirement system and shall make employee contributions into the fund. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person who elected membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia pursuant to Code Section 47-2-260.   No juvenile court judge who also serves as a judge or solicitor-general of a state court shall be eligible to obtain separate service under this chapter for each position held, and such service shall be combined for the purposes of this chapter. Any person holding two such positions shall make employee contributions under this chapter on the basis of the compensation received for both such positions, and the compensation received for both such positions shall be combined for all purposes under this chapter.     (Code 1981, §47-23-41, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the System|§ 47-23-42. Judges and Solicitors-General of State Courts Ineligible

 Judges and solicitors-general of state courts who are members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia pursuant to Code Section 47-2-290 shall not be eligible to become members of this retirement system.    (Code 1981, §47-23-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-23-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the System|§ 47-23-43. Preservation of Prior Rights Under This Code Section by Certain Attorneys Employed by Legislative Counsel or Department of Law

 Any person employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31 who was subject to the former provisions of this Code section as such existed on June 30, 2005, shall retain all rights and obligations as existed on that day. Such persons shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to solicitors-general of the state courts. Employer contributions shall be paid by the respective employers under such Code sections.    (Code 1981, §47-23-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 57, § 1/HB 492; Ga. L. 2009, p. 315, § 1/HB 210; Ga. L. 2011, p. 504, § 1/HB 144.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective July 1, 2009, inserted "employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31" near the beginning of the first sentence and added the last sentence.    The 2011 amendment,  effective May 11, 2011, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct this title, in the first sentence, inserted "who was", inserted "former" near the beginning, inserted "as such existed" near the middle, and substituted "existed" for "exist" near the end.   Editor's notes.   - The persons subject to provisions of this Code section as it existed on June 30, 2005, included certain attorneys employed by the Office of Legislative Counsel pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 and by the Department of Law pursuant to Code Section 45-15-31. For provisions of this Code section that were in effect on June 30, 2005, see Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1, as amended by Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.
GA Code § 47-23-43.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 23 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System|Article 3 - Membership in the System|§ 47-23-43.1. Membership for Persons Employed by the Office of Legislative Counsel in Full-Time Positions Requiring Admission to State Bar of Georgia

  On and after July 1, 2020, each individual employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 in a full-time position requiring admission to and good standing with the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment shall become a member of this retirement system; provided, however, that each individual so employed as of June 30, 2020, who is not already a member of this retirement system shall remain a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia unless he or she elects to become a member of this retirement system on or before June 30, 2021, notifies the board of such election, and pays to the retirement system the remaining amount necessary to pay for the full actuarial cost to the retirement system associated with his or her transfer of service. Upon such election and payment, such an individual shall become a member of this retirement system, the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall transfer to this retirement system all employer and employee contributions paid by or on behalf of him or her together with regular interest thereon, and he or she shall receive service in this retirement system toward vesting only in the full amount of the service he or she rendered as an employee while he or she was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and for which credit was allowable in such system.   This Code section shall only apply to or affect individuals who are employed on or after July 1, 2020, pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 in a full-time position requiring admission to and good standing with the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment. Members of this retirement system who are so employed shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to solicitors-general of the state courts, except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter. For the purposes of this retirement system, for each such member, his or her earnable monthly compensation shall be the full rate of regular monthly compensation paid from state funds to such member employee for his or her full working time.     (Code 1981, §47-23-43.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 46, § 1/HB 664.)