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GA Code § 47-2-96 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-96. Prior Service Credit; Payments Required to Obtain Credit

  Any member of this retirement system who was previously an active member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System and who has not withdrawn his or her employee contributions from such retirement system may elect to have all contributions made by or on behalf of such member transferred from such retirement system to this retirement system. Any such member shall notify the board of trustees of each retirement system.   Upon receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System shall transfer to the board of trustees of this retirement system all employer and employee contributions paid by or on behalf of the employee, together with regular interest thereon. The member is authorized, but not required, to pay such additional amount to the board of trustees as the member desires.   If a member of this retirement system has withdrawn his or her employee contributions from the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, he or she may obtain creditable service in this retirement system as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section by paying to the board of trustees of this retirement system such amount as the member desires.   Upon receipt of the funds provided for in subsection (b) or (c) of this Code section, the board of trustees of this retirement system shall credit the member with only the number of years of creditable service, not to exceed the actual years of prior service, as the amount so transferred or paid shall warrant without creating any accrued liability as to this retirement system; provided, however, that no member shall be granted creditable service in excess of the service to which he or she was credited under the Georgia Judicial Retirement System.     (Code 1981, §47-2-96, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 169, § 1/HB 477.)   Editor's notes.   - The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 4; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 160, § 3; Ga. L. 1956, p. 54, § 4; Ga. L. 1957, p. 283, § 3; Ga. L. 1959, p. 107, § 3; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1020, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1115, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 143, § 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 158, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 237, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 751, § 2; Ga. L. 1969, p. 1015, § 2; Ga. L. 1971, p. 93, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 360, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1447, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1856, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1233, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 521, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 337, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1506, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1246, § 2.
GA Code § 47-2-96.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-96.1. Creditable Service for Temporary Full-Time Employment by Legislative Branch

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 13, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-2-96.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 730, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1111, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 429, §§ 1, 2/HB 644.   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 § 47-2-96.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-96.2. Creditable Service for Uncredited Full-Time Service With Executive Branch

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 14, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-2-96.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 174, § 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 § 47-2-97 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-97. Applicability of Creditable Service Under Code Section 47-2-93 or Subsection (B) of Code Section 47-2-96 Toward Involuntary Separation Benefits; Requirement as to Full-Time Employment for Credit

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 15, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 456, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 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 § 47-2-98 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-98. Creditable Service for Member Who Was Officer or Employee of Georgia Housing and Finance Authority

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Authority" means the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority established by Chapter 26 of Title 50.   "Proof of prior employment" means pay records, income tax withholding records, or other records of the authority which are sufficient to establish to the satisfaction of the board of trustees the prior employment record of an officer or employee of the authority.       Any member of this retirement system who became a member on or after July 1, 1995, and who, immediately prior to becoming a member, was an officer or employee of the authority shall, upon furnishing proof of prior employment to the board of trustees and subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, be eligible to receive creditable service under this retirement system for such prior service.   A member subject to this Code section shall have the option to transfer all or a portion of his or her vested interest in the pension plan maintained by the authority prior to the date he or she became a member of this retirement system to satisfy all or a portion of the cost to receive creditable service allowed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. Any funds transferred pursuant to such option shall be credited to the officer's or employee's annuity account established by the retirement system. The member shall be authorized, but not required, to supplement such amount so transferred. The member shall receive such creditable service as the combination of funds so transferred or paid would warrant without creating any additional accrued liability of the retirement system, up to the maximum amount of creditable service allowed by paragraph (1) of this subsection.       (Code 1981, §47-2-98, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 391, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 611, § 1/SB 161.)
GA Code § 47-2-99 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-99. Applicability of Creditable Service Under Code Section 47-2-334 and Chapter 22 of This Title; Obtaining Service and Application for Creditable Service

  Any member of the retirement system, including a member subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-2-334, who was, at any time prior to becoming a member, employed by an employer as a temporary full-time employee, may obtain up to 12 months of creditable service for such service as a temporary full-time employee under the conditions contained in this Code section; provided, however, to the extent that such employment was covered under Chapter 22 of this title, relating to the Georgia Defined Contribution Plan, the provisions of Code Section 47-2-101 shall apply.   Any person desiring to obtain the creditable service authorized by subsection (a) of this Code section shall make application in such manner as the board of trustees deems proper; tender to the board of trustees such proof of the prior employment as the board shall deem necessary; and pay to the board of trustees the employer and employee contributions as would have been paid if the member had been a member at the time of performing such prior service, together with regular interest thereon compounded annually to the date of payment.   Application for creditable service authorized by subsection (a) of this Code section must be received by the board of trustees not later than June 30, 2001, or 24 months after the member becomes a member of the retirement system, whichever date is later.     (Code 1981, §47-2-99, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1239, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 51, § 1/SB 26.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, in subsection (a), substituted "to the extent that such employment" for "that no such credit shall be granted for any period which" and added ", the provisions of Code Section 47-2-101 shall apply" at the end.
GA Code § 47-2-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits|§ 47-2-100. Additional Creditable Service

  Any member of this retirement system may obtain up to an additional three years of creditable service as provided in this Code section. In order to obtain such additional creditable service, the member must:   Make application to the board of trustees in such manner as the board deems appropriate. Such application and payment must be made in conjunction with and simultaneously with the member's application for retirement. If the application for retirement is withdrawn or denied, the application to purchase creditable service shall be void; and   Pay to the board of trustees an amount determined by the board of trustees to be sufficient to cover the full actuarial cost of granting the creditable service as provided in this Code section.     Upon receipt of an application for additional creditable service, the board of trustees shall certify to the applicant the amount of the payment required by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section.   No creditable service obtained pursuant to this Code section shall be used to calculate the amount of creditable service required to qualify for a benefit under subsection (a) of Code Section 47-2-110 or Code Section 47-2-122.     (Code 1981, §47-2-100, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 574, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-122. Vesting of Rights to a Retirement Allowance Despite Early Retirement; Retirement Allowance Payable to Such Persons

 Except as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of this title, a member's accumulated contributions shall be 100 percent vested and nonforfeitable at all times. The right to a service retirement allowance under this chapter shall vest in any member who withdraws from service with at least ten years of membership service subsequent to January 1, 1954, although the member has not yet attained 60 years of age, provided that the member has not withdrawn the member's contributions. Such member shall become entitled to a service retirement allowance (1) upon filing an application as provided in Code Section 47-2-110 and (2) upon attaining the age of 60 or, at the member's option, at any time subsequent thereto after filing such application. The retirement allowance in the case of any such member shall be the monthly amount the member would have received had the member retired on the last day the member contributed to the retirement system and at that time had been the same age as when the member actually retired. If a member with vested rights dies before reaching age 60, the member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member's named living beneficiary, otherwise to the member's estate.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 394, § 8; Ga. L. 1963, p. 42, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 360, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 947, § 19/HB 202.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective May 11, 2009, added the first sentence; and, throughout this Code section, substituted "the member" for "he" and substituted "the member's" for "his".   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Application of "95% rule" to vesting provisions contained in O.C.G.A. § 47-2-124 to the vesting provisions of O.C.G.A. § 47-2-122 should be resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System in light of the possible conflict with existing policies. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-24.
GA Code § 47-2-123.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-123.1. Procedures to Secure Continued Employment of Employees Subject to Discretionary Termination

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1296, § 4, effective January 1, 1985.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1984, p. 1296, § 4, repealed this Code section. However, § 5 of that Act provided that the repeal would become effective on January 1, 1985, only if a proposed amendment (see Ga. L. 1984, p. 1726) to the Constitution (Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. X, Para. VI) authorizing the General Assembly to revise provisions of public retirement or pension systems relating to involuntary separation from employment were ratified at the 1984 general election. Such approval was given at that election.   This Code section was enacted at the same legislative session as the Act which provided for its repeal. See Ga. L. 1984, p. 1309, § 1 for the enacting provisions.
GA Code § 47-2-124 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-124. Eligibility for Benefits of Persons With at Least 95 Percent of Required Service Credit

 Any member who is serving in the year which represents 95 percent of the required time for vesting of benefits under Code Section 47-2-111 or 47-2-122 or of the required time for benefits under subsections (c) through (e) of Code Section 47-2-123 shall be deemed to qualify for the required number of years.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 160, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 297, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   What constitutes actual required creditable service for death benefits.    - Although Ga. L. 1967, p. 751, § 4 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-130) speaks in terms of 15 years of creditable service, the actual required creditable service for death benefits is 13 years and four months under the provisions of Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 160, § 2 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-124). 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-9.    Application of "95% rule" to O.C.G.A. § 47-2-122. - Question of how to apply the "95% rule" in O.C.G.A. § 47-2-124 to the vesting provisions of O.C.G.A. § 47-2-122 should be resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System in light of the possible conflict with existing policies. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-24.    The 95% rule not applicable to § 47-2-111. - The 95% rule of O.C.G.A. § 47-2-124 does not apply to the calculation of retirement benefits under O.C.G.A. § 47-2-111, since by the statute's plain language, § 47-2-124 only applies to the calculation of benefits pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 47-2-122 and47-2-123. 1993 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 93-12 (issued prior to the 1994 amendment to this Code section).
GA Code § 47-2-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-126. Restoration to Service of Disability Beneficiary

 If a disability beneficiary is restored to service, the retirement allowance of the beneficiary shall cease and the beneficiary shall again become a contributing member of the retirement system.Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any prior service certificate or creditable service which was used to compute such a member's creditable service at the time of retirement shall be restored to full force and effect, and upon the member's subsequent retirement the member shall be credited with all service as a member.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 5; Ga. L. 1951, p. 394, § 7; Ga. L. 1990, p. 525, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-127. Applicable Ages for Computation of Benefits; Duration of Benefits

 In the application of Code Sections 47-2-121, 47-2-123, 47-2-124, and subsection (d) of Code Section 47-2-120 to allowances, the monthly benefit of the member, whether dead or in life, or his beneficiary shall be computed as if the member attained age 60 or 65, whichever is applicable, and upon reaching that age applied for a retirement allowance. The monthly benefit so computed shall be payable for the life of the member or pursuant to the terms of the option, if any, selected by the member under Code Section 47-2-121.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 283, § 10.)
GA Code § 47-2-129 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-129. Group Term Life Insurance Protection as Part of Survivors Benefits Program

 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 47-2-128 by contracting for such service with the State Employees' Assurance Department or any insurance company licensed to operate in Georgia, which company has experience in the underwriting of groups similar in size and type of coverage.Such contract must provide benefits to those persons entitled to benefits under Code Section 47-2-128.All or any part of funds and other assets previously accumulated for the purposes of Code Section 47-2-128 may be used by the board of trustees in the execution of this contract. Contributions for such coverage shall be provided for and collected as set forth in subsection (d) of Code Section 47-2-128.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 520, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 751, § 8; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1263, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Member may change life insurance beneficiaries at any time.   - Any member of the retirement system covered under the life insurance provisions has the right, under Ga. L. 1949, p. 138 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 2, T. 47) and the terms of the member's policy, to change the member's beneficiaries at any time, assuming there is no judicial decision or statutory prohibition to the contrary. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-18.
GA Code § 47-2-130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, Spouses' Benefits|§ 47-2-130. Refund of Accumulated Contributions Upon Termination of Employment Other Than by Death or Retirement

 If a member ceases to be an employee other than by death or by retirement on an allowance under this retirement system, the amount of his accumulated contributions to this retirement system shall be payable to him upon his request. If a member dies before becoming eligible to retire and before completing 15 years of creditable service, the amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to the living person, if any, nominated by him by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, provided that such beneficiary is alive at the member's death. Otherwise, the accumulated contributions shall become part of the member's estate.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 5; Ga. L. 1951, p. 394, § 7; Ga. L. 1967, p. 751, § 4.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Employer's contribution to the retirement system may not be refunded  if the employee resigns or is otherwise terminated during the employee's probationary period. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-55.   Appellate judge terminated prior to retirement may recover contributions.   - If a judge is required to make contributions to the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia, the judge or the judge's estate may recover such contributions if the judge's service as an appellate court judge is terminated prior to the time that the judge is entitled to receive benefits under such retirement systems. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-9.   Retirement documents constructively delivered to trustees.   - Retirement system has delegated to the personnel offices of the various state agencies the apparent authority to disperse and accept retirement documents, to the point that when delivered by a member to his agency's personnel office, these documents are constructively filed with the board of trustees. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-179.   What constitutes actual required creditable service for death benefits.    - Although Ga. L. 1967, p. 751, § 4 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-130) speaks in terms of 15 years of creditable service, the actual required creditable service for death benefits is 13 years and four months under the provisions of Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 160, § 2 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-124). 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-9.