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GA Code § 47-1-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|§ 47-1-13. Maximum Compensation Used in Computing Employee and Employer Contributions

  As used in this Code section, the term "eligible member" means a person who became a member of a public retirement or pension system prior to the plan year beginning after December 31, 1995.   Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum compensation used in computing employee and employer contributions to or benefits due from any public retirement or pension system shall be the maximum compensation set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended; provided, however, that pursuant to Section 13212(d)(3)(A) of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the regulations issued under such section, eligible members are not subject to the limits of Section 401(a)(17) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, and the maximum compensation used for such computations for eligible members shall be the maximum amount allowed by the respective retirement or pension system to be so used on July 1, 1993.     (Code 1981, §47-1-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 351, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 2/HB 202.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective May 11, 2009, in subsection (b), inserted "federal" and inserted "pursuant to Section 13212(d)(3)(A) of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the regulations issued under such section, eligible members are not subject to the limits of Section 401(a)(17) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, and" near the middle, and substituted "members" for "employees" near the end.
GA Code § 47-1-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|§ 47-1-15. Circumstances When Survivors Benefits Are Paid to Secondary Beneficiary

 Unless otherwise expressly stated elsewhere in this title, in the event a person designated by a member of a public retirement or pension system created by this title as the primary beneficiary of a survivors benefit provided by such system does not survive the member by at least 32 days, any such benefits shall be paid to the secondary beneficiary, or as otherwise provided by law.    (Code 1981, §47-1-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 176, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, Code Section 47-1-14, as enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 176, § 1, was renumbered as Code Section 47-1-15.
GA Code § 47-1-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|§ 47-1-16. Public Retirement Systems Prohibited From Having Insurable Interest in Members; Prohibition on Expending or Obligating Funds for Purchase of Life Insurance on Members; Exception

 No public retirement system in this state shall have an insurable interest in active or retired members of such retirement system. No public retirement system shall have the authority to expend or obligate funds under the control of such retirement system to purchase life insurance on its members except where all benefits are paid to a member's estate or to a beneficiary designated by the individual member.    (Code 1981, §47-1-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 673, § 1/HB 297.)
GA Code § 47-1-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|§ 47-1-17. Required Education for Public Retirement System Trustees

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Public retirement system" means any retirement or pension system now or hereafter created by or pursuant to the authority of Georgia law or the Constitution of Georgia which has public employees as members of the retirement or pension system.   "Public retirement system trustee" means a member of a board of trustees or other administrative body or agency charged with the duty of administering a public retirement system.       Each public retirement system trustee shall complete appropriate education applicable to his or her fiduciary duties and obligations under the public retirement system.   Each public retirement system trustee first appointed or elected on or after July 1, 2019, shall complete a minimum of eight hours of education designated to orient new public retirement system trustees in the areas described in this Code section within one year of becoming a new public retirement system trustee. If such a trustee fails to complete such requirement within 14 months, he or she shall be removed from his or her position as a trustee.   Each public retirement system trustee who was appointed or elected prior to July 1, 2019, or who has served one or more years as a public retirement system trustee shall complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education every two years in the areas described in this Code section. If such a trustee fails to complete such requirement within 26 months, he or she shall be removed from his or her position as such trustee.     Applicable education shall include education and training in the following areas:   Laws applicable to public retirement systems, which may include federal and state laws applicable to specific public retirement systems, laws applicable to public retirement system trustees, the applicable common law duties of trustees listed in Title 53, and laws related to open meetings and open records;   Roles, duties, and responsibilities of public retirement system trustees;   Ethics and conflicts of interest;   Governance, administration, and funding of public retirement systems;   Investments; investment management, portfolios, and strategies; and measurements of performance; and   Audit and actuarial principles and methods related to public retirement systems.     Applicable education may include:   Seminars, conferences, or schools sponsored by educational institutions or professional organizations;   Online continuing education coursework;   Continuing education received at any public retirement system meeting; or   Any other continuing education approved by the public retirement system.     Each public retirement system shall maintain a record of its public retirement system trustee education.     (Code 1981, §47-1-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 739, § 1/HB 196.)
GA Code § 47-1-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-21. Termination of Membership in Public Retirement System for Committing Public Employment Related Crimes; Applicability to Employees on July 1, 1985; Determination of Benefits

  This Code section shall apply to public employees in service on July 1, 1985, as long as such employees remain in continuous service as public employees. Any public employee in service on July 1, 1985, who ceases to be a public employee on or after that date and who subsequently again becomes a public employee shall be subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-1-22 upon again becoming a public employee. Any person who was a public employee prior to July 1, 1985, and who ceased to be a public employee prior to that date shall be subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-1-22 if such person again becomes a public employee after July 1, 1985.   If a public employee commits a public employment related crime on or after July 1, 1985, in the capacity of a public employee and is convicted for the commission of such crime, such employee's membership in any public retirement system shall terminate on the date of final conviction and such employee shall not at any time thereafter be eligible for membership in any public retirement system. For any such public employee finally convicted for the commission of a public employment related crime, the right to any benefit or any other right under any public retirement system in which the employee is a member shall be determined as of the date of final conviction.     (Code 1981, §47-1-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1624, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-22. Reduction and Forfeiture of Rights and Benefits by Public Employees After July 1, 1985, for Committing Public Employment Related Crimes; Reimbursement of Contributions

  This Code section shall apply to public employees first or again becoming public employees after July 1, 1985.   If a public employee commits a public employment related crime in the capacity of a public employee and is convicted for the commission of such crime, upon final conviction such person's benefits under a public retirement or pension system, including any survivor's benefits if applicable, shall be reduced by an amount equal to three times the economic impact of the crime, as determined pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 47-1-25. Payment of such benefits shall cease until such amount has been forfeited, after which benefits shall be restored. If the person has not begun to receive a benefit, the deduction shall commence at the time such benefits would normally begin. For purposes of this subsection, the term "benefit" shall not include a refund of employee contributions without interest.     (Code 1981, §47-1-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1624, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 126, § 3/HB 255.)    The 2008 amendment,  effective July 1, 2008, rewrote subsection (b).
GA Code § 47-1-22.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-22.1. Rights and Benefits of Employees Convicted of Drug Related Crimes

  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this Code section shall not apply to any public employee in service on July 1, 1990, and shall apply only to those public employees entering public service after July 1, 1990.A public employee in service on July 1, 1990, who ceases to be a public employee and terminates his or her membership in a public retirement system after that date and who subsequently again becomes a public employee shall be subject to the provisions of this Code section, beginning with the date of such subsequent employment.Any person who was a public employee prior to July 1, 1990, and who ceased to be a public employee and terminated his or her membership in a public retirement system prior to that date shall be subject to the provisions of this Code section if such person again becomes a public employee after July 1, 1990, beginning with the date of such subsequent employment.   If a public employee who is not vested under a public retirement system commits a drug related crime and is convicted for the commission of such crime, such public employee shall forfeit all rights and benefits under and membership in the public retirement system in which the employee is not a vested member, effective on the date of final conviction.Any such public employee shall not at any time after such final conviction be eligible for membership in any public retirement system.Any employee contributions made by any such public employee to any public retirement system in which the employee is not a vested member shall be reimbursed, without interest, to the public employee within 60 days after the date of final conviction for the commission of the drug related crime.   If a public employee who is vested under a public retirement system commits a drug related crime, such employee's active membership in any public retirement system shall terminate on the date of final conviction and such employee shall not at any time thereafter be eligible for active membership in any public retirement system.For any such public employee, the right to any benefit or any other right under any public retirement system in which the employee is a vested member shall be determined as of the date of final conviction.   The provisions of Code Section 47-1-23 shall apply to a public employee charged with the commission of a drug related crime in the same manner that they apply to a public employee charged with the commission of a public employment related crime.     (Code 1981, §47-1-22.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2019, § 2.)
GA Code § 47-1-22.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-22.2. Notification to Public Retirement System of Conviction for Public Employment Related Crime

 Upon the final conviction of any person for a public employment related crime, the prosecuting attorney shall so notify the defendant's former public employer and any public retirement system in which he or she knows the convicted public employee to be an active, inactive, or retired member. Upon such notification, the public employer shall also notify any such public retirement system.    (Code 1981, §47-1-22.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 126, § 4/HB 255.)
GA Code § 47-1-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-23. Rights of Public Employee Charged With Committing Public Employment Related Crime

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to create a right for any public employee who is charged with the commission of a public employment related crime to remain a public employee or a member of a public retirement system until such employee is finally convicted for the commission of such crime. Nothing in this article shall be construed to create a right for a public employee who is charged with the commission of a public employment related crime to accrue rights or benefits under a public retirement system after the date any such employee ceases to be a member of such public retirement system.    (Code 1981, §47-1-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1624, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-24. Benefits Denied to Beneficiary Who Murders or Commits Voluntary Manslaughter of Member of Public Retirement System

 No person who commits or conspires to commit the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a member, retiree, or beneficiary under a public retirement system shall receive any refund of contributions or any benefit under the public retirement system upon the death of the member, retiree, or beneficiary, even though the person so killing or conspiring is a named beneficiary for such refund of contributions or benefit.A plea of guilty or a judicial finding of guilt which is not reversed or otherwise set aside as to any such crime shall be prima-facie evidence of guilt for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Code section.All rights, interests, and entitlements to any such refund of contributions or benefit shall go to the secondary beneficiary designated by the member, retiree, or beneficiary, if a secondary beneficiary is designated and is living, upon the death of the member, retiree, or beneficiary,but otherwise to the member's, retiree's, or beneficiary's estate.    (Code 1981, §47-1-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 690, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Restrictions and Prohibitions on Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems|§ 47-1-25. Determination of Economic Impact of Public Employment Related Crime

 Within 30 days following the day the board of trustees receives notice that a member of the retirement system has been convicted of a public employment related crime, the board shall initiate proceedings in the Office of State Administrative Hearings, under the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 50, to determine the economic impact of the public employment related crime. Such matter shall be deemed to be a contested case within the meaning of such article. The Department of Law shall represent the board of trustees in such proceedings. The decision of the administrative law judge shall be final unless appeal is made as otherwise provided by law.    (Code 1981, §47-1-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 126, § 5/HB 255; Ga. L. 2009, p. 368, § 1/SB 48.)
GA Code § 47-1-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3 - Increase of Benefits to Offset Taxes|§ 47-1-30. Authority to Increase Benefits

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees or other fiscal authority or governing body, by whatever name designated, of a retirement system.   "Retirement system" means a retirement or pension system or fund created by or pursuant to the authority of Georgia law which was listed in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Code Section 48-7-27 on January 1, 1989.     The board of trustees of a retirement system is authorized to increase benefits paid to both present and future retirees and beneficiaries under the retirement system to offset, wholly or partially, the taxation of retirement benefits pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 48, relating to Georgia income taxes, provided that any increase in benefits granted pursuant to the authority of this subsection:   Shall not apply to any portion of a benefit which exceeds $37,500.00 on the date the benefit increase is granted; and   Shall be consistent with maintaining the actuarial soundness of the retirement system in conformity with minimum funding requirements of Code Section 47-20-10.     The provisions of this Code section are in addition to any powers possessed by a board of trustees pursuant to the provisions of any other law.     (Code 1981, §47-1-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 879, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 605, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - For the list described in paragraph (a)(2), see Ga. L. 1989, Ex. Sess. p. 5.
GA Code § 47-1-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3 - Increase of Benefits to Offset Taxes|§ 47-1-31. Discretionary Postretirement Benefit Increases Subject to Reduction by Subsequent Legislation

 Any other provision of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, any discretionary postretirement benefit increase granted on or after July 1, 1993, by the board of trustees of any public retirement system pursuant to the authority to grant such increases within the limits of actuarial soundness granted by general law shall be subject to reduction by subsequent legislation and shall not be considered an element of any contract of employment.    (Code 1981, §47-1-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1690, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Creditable Service During Temporary Disability|§ 47-1-40. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Public employee" means an active member of a retirement system defined in paragraph (2) of this Code section.   "Retirement system" means:   The Employees' Retirement System of Georgia provided for in Chapter 2 of this title;   The Teachers Retirement System of Georgia provided for in Chapter 3 of this title; and   The Public School Employees Retirement System provided for in Chapter 4 of this title.     "Temporary disability" means a physical or mental illness, sickness, or disorder caused by job-related disease or accident which causes a public employee to cease receiving compensation as an active public employee to the extent that the employee loses all or a portion of the period of temporary disability as creditable service under the employee's respective retirement system, but the term does not include any period of disability during which the employee qualifies for a disability benefit under the respective retirement system or any period of disability for which the employee may receive creditable service under the provisions of the employee's respective retirement system.     (Code 1981, §47-1-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 868, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Creditable Service During Temporary Disability|§ 47-1-41. Employees Authorized to Receive Creditable Service for Period of Temporary Disability; Application for Creditable Service; Payment of Employee Contributions During Period

 A public employee may receive creditable service under the public employee's respective retirement system for a maximum of 12 months of temporary disability.A public employee wishing to obtain such creditable service shall apply to the board of trustees or other official or body administering the respective retirement system within not more than six months after returning to service immediately following the temporary disability.The public employee shall be required to pay the employee contributions that would have been paid during the period of temporary disability which is claimed for creditable service plus regular interest, as determined by the respective board of trustees or other official or body administering the respective retirement system, compounded from the period of disability for which creditable service is claimed to the date of payment.Such employee contribution shall be based on the compensation the public employee was receiving for employee contribution purposes immediately prior to becoming temporarily disabled.    (Code 1981, §47-1-41, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 868, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Creditable Service During Temporary Disability|§ 47-1-42. Use of Other Provisions of Article Not Precluded

 Obtaining creditable service pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not preclude the use of the provisions of this article to obtain creditable service for another future temporary disability, provided that there is a period of at least five years of active service as a contributing member of the respective retirement system between any claims for creditable service under this article.    (Code 1981, §47-1-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 868, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-1-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Creditable Service During Temporary Disability|§ 47-1-43. Applicability of Article; Proof of Temporary Disability

 The provisions of this article shall apply to periods of temporary disability which occurred prior to July 1, 1994, as well as those which occur on or after that date.The boards of trustees or other officials or bodies administering retirement systems may by rule or regulation require such proof of temporary disability and other documentation as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.    (Code 1981, §47-1-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 868, § 1.)