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GA Code § 47-7-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 2 - Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-7-27. Power of Board to Grant Retirement Benefit Increases

  Subject to the terms and limitations of this Code section, the board of trustees is authorized to adopt from time to time a method or methods of providing for increases in the maximum monthly retirement benefit payable under Code Section 47-7-100 or 47-7-102, or both, for persons theretofore or thereafter retiring under such Code sections. Such method shall be based upon:   The recommendation of the actuary of the board of trustees;   The maintenance of the actuarial soundness of the fund in accordance with the standards provided in Code Section 47-20-10 or such higher standards as may be adopted by the board; and   Such other factors as the board deems relevant.  Any such increase may be uniform or may vary in accordance with the time of retirement, length of service, age, nature of the retirement, or such other factors as the board of trustees shall determine.      No increase granted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall become effective prior to July 1, 1993. Any such increase which becomes effective on July 1, 1993, shall not exceed 3 percent of the maximum monthly retirement benefit then in effect.Thereafter, such increases may be authorized effective as of January 1 and July 1 of each year; provided, however, that no such increase shall exceed 1 1/2 percent of the maximum monthly retirement benefit then in effect.   No increase shall be made pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section to become effective within six months of the effective date of any increase in the maximum retirement benefit granted by the General Assembly through amendment of Code Section 47-7-100.     (Code 1981, §47-7-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1047, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-7-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 3 - Membership in the Fund|§ 47-7-42. Application for Membership by Firemen and Volunteer Firemen Previously Not Members

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1040, § 3.
GA Code § 47-7-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 3 - Membership in the Fund|§ 47-7-43. Employees of the Fund

 Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, each regular employee of the fund shall be eligible to join the fund for the purpose of receiving pension benefits only, in like manner as firefighters and volunteer firefighters.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 332, § 3; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1040, § 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-7-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 4 - Financing the Fund|§ 47-7-60. Dues Required of Active Members; Effect of Failure to Pay Dues in Timely Manner; Suspended Membership

  Each active member shall pay to the fund the sum of $25.00 for each month of service as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter in a fire department. Such monthly payments shall be due on or before the tenth day of each month of service.     Any active member who becomes six months in arrears in making such payments shall be deemed a suspended member.   A suspended member may make application to the board for reinstatement as an active member. As a condition of such reinstatement, the applicant must pay to the fund a reinstatement fee of $100.00. Upon such reinstatement as an active member, such member shall be entitled to credit for service rendered after reinstatement. If such member has not withdrawn the dues he or she paid to the fund prior to becoming a suspended member, then he or she shall be entitled to creditable service for service rendered prior to his or her becoming a suspended member. A suspended member who applies for reinstatement as an active member shall not be entitled to reinstatement unless at the time of such application the applicant meets the requirements set forth in Code Section 47-7-40.     If a suspended member who has attained the minimum service credits required for a normal retirement benefit under Code Section 47-7-100 is not reinstated as an active member, then, provided that such member does not withdraw dues paid to the fund, such member shall be entitled to a normal retirement benefit payable under Code Section 47-7-100. The normal retirement benefit to which such member may thereafter become entitled upon termination of service shall be calculated as of the date of the member's suspension from the fund, using the service credits and age the member had attained on the date of suspension, which shall be deemed to be the youngest age at which early retirement benefits may commence or such greater age as the member has actually attained on that date, and the maximum monthly benefit in effect on such date of becoming a suspended member.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 5; Ga. L. 1968, p. 441, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 241, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 990, § 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 6; Ga. L. 1993, p. 476, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 562, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 755, § 1/HB 238; Ga. L. 2015, p. 898, § 9/HB 266.)    The 2013 amendment,  effective July 1, 2013, substituted "$25.00" for "$15.00" in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (a).    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section.
GA Code § 47-7-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-80. Transfer of Service Credits From One Fire Department to Another

 A firefighter's or volunteer firefighter's length of service may be transferable from one fire department to another by furnishing the board with a proper certificate.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 11; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 311 et seq.
GA Code § 47-7-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-82. Fire Department Employees Other Than Firefighters or Volunteer Firefighters

  No person otherwise properly admitted to the fund shall be excluded from continuing membership therein solely because the member's employment by or service with a fire department is not in the capacity of a firefighter or volunteer firefighter, but no credit shall be given for service rendered in any month by any member of the fund unless such service is rendered as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter and no benefits payable by the terms of this chapter to a firefighter or volunteer firefighter shall be payable to any member unless such member is serving as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter at the time such benefits are earned or become payable, except as otherwise provided in Code Section 47-7-43.For any period during which any member provides service which is not creditable, the member shall be deemed to be on leave of absence from the fund.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, a member may continue membership and may continue to earn credit for service rendered following the member's appointment to an administrative position with a state, county, or municipal public safety unit, provided that a significant responsibility of such administrative position involves direct administrative oversight of the operation of a fire department under the jurisdiction of such public safety unit; and provided, further, that at the time of such appointment the member has acquired by service as a firefighter not less than 15 years of creditable service in the fund. As used in this subsection, the term "direct administrative oversight" means responsibility in a position having authority over the chief of a fire department for budget, personnel, operations, or purchasing functions relating to the fire-fighting functions of the fire department.Any member who was appointed to such an administrative position prior to July 1, 1992, shall receive credit for service rendered from the date of such appointment if such member pays all dues owing for such period, and the provisions of subsection (b) of Code Section 47-7-60 shall not apply to such period.     (Code 1981, §47-7-82, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1310, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 8; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2525, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-7-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-83. Service Credit of Member Who Is Also Member of Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund

 No credit shall be given for service rendered after April 1, 1989, by a member who is also a member of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund if such service is creditable under the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund to which such member belongs.    (Code 1981, §47-7-83, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 339, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 476, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 264, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 54/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted the subsection (a) designation and deleted former subsection (b), which read: "(b)(1) Any member who first became a member of the fund on or after July 1, 1993, and who is also a member of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund shall not be eligible for creditable service in the fund for any period after that date with respect to which such member is also entitled to any creditable service in the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund.   "(2) Any person who was a member of the fund on July 1, 1993, and who subsequent to that date was placed on a leave of absence from the fund by action of the board of trustees and who from that date to July 1, 1996, was continuously employed as a firefighter or who was continuously enrolled as a volunteer firefighter may, upon again becoming a regular, active member of the fund, obtain creditable service for 36 months of service by paying the regular dues which would have been made for each month of service if such leave of absence had not been imposed, provided that such member otherwise satisfied the requirements for creditable service during such period. Such payment must be made to the board of trustees not later than December 31, 1996."   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 47-7-83, concerning credit for prior service, was based on Ga. L. 1984, p. 990, § 4 and was repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1040, § 6 effective April 14, 1987.   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 § 47-7-84 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-84. Credit for Prior Eligible Service by Persons Who Are Members as of September 1, 1992, or Who Applied for Membership on or Before That Date

  As used in this Code section, the term "prior eligible service" means service:   Rendered by a member of the fund as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter;   Rendered without interruption prior to the date such member becomes a member of the fund;   Rendered after the member reached the age of 30 years; and   For which the member would otherwise have been eligible for credit if such member had been a member of the fund at the time such service was rendered;  provided, however, that such term shall not include a period of more than ten years of such service.      Any person who is a member of the fund on September 1, 1992, or who applies for membership on or before September 1, 1992, and is thereafter accepted for membership shall be entitled to credit for prior eligible service, provided that such person satisfies the following requirements:   The member or applicant for membership files with the board on or before September 1, 1992, an application for such credit in the form prescribed by the board;   At the time of application for credit, the member or applicant for membership pays to the fund for each month of prior eligible service credit sought an amount equal to the contributions that would have been made had the member or applicant been a member and entitled to credit during the period of prior eligible service, at the monthly contribution rate in effect at the time the application for credit is made, together with interest on such monthly amount from the date on which such contribution would have been made until the date of application for credit at a rate rounded to the nearest one-fourth of 1 percent which is equal to two and one-half percentage points plus the monthly index, expressed in terms of percentage interest per annum, of the monthly average of the daily yields on all outstanding United States Treasury Bonds issued, except such bonds as are redeemable at par for payment of federal estate taxes, with 30 years remaining to final maturity as compiled by the United States Treasury Department and as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the monthly Federal Reserve Bulletin for the month of July, 1992, but not in any event less than 8 percent per annum; and   At the time of application for credit, the member or applicant for membership is at least 35 years of age but not greater than 45 years of age.     Nothing in this Code section shall alter the requirements for membership in the fund or the limitations on membership or benefits of membership which would otherwise apply absent the benefit of prior eligible service credits under this Code section.     (Code 1981, §47-7-84, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2358, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-7-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-85. Credit for Prior Eligible Service by Persons Who Are Members as of July 1, 1998, or Become Members After That Date

  As used in this Code section, the term "prior eligible service" means service:   Rendered by a member of the fund as a fireman or volunteer fireman; and   For which the member would otherwise have been eligible for credit if such member had been a member of the fund at the time such service was rendered.     Any person who is a member of the fund on July 1, 1998, or who becomes a member after that date shall be entitled to credit for up to ten years of prior eligible service, provided that such person satisfies the following requirements:   The member or applicant for membership files with the board an application for such credit in the form prescribed by the board; and   At the time of application for credit, the member or applicant for membership pays to the fund an amount sufficient to grant the creditable service authorized by this Code section without creating any actuarially determined accrued liability, as a result of granting such creditable service, against the fund, such determination to be made by the board after consultation with an actuary retained by the board.     Nothing in this Code section shall alter the requirements for membership in the fund or the limitations on membership or benefits of membership which would otherwise apply absent the benefit of prior eligible service credits under this Code section.     (Code 1981, §47-7-85, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 148, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-7-86 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-86. Creditable Service for Other Pension Fund Participation for Members of Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 120, § 42/HB 749, effective July 1, 2006.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 47-7-86, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 562, § 5.
GA Code § 47-7-88 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-88. Impact of Active Duty Military Service Upon Receipt of Creditable Service Time

  The provisions of this Code section apply solely to any member of the fund who left active employment as a firefighter as a result of being called to active duty as a member of the Army or Air Force National Guard or the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps Reserve and who returned to employment as a firefighter upon being released from such active duty.   Any member of the fund shall be entitled to receive creditable service for a period of break in service due to being called to active military duty. To receive such creditable service, a member must make application to the board and pay the normal monthly dues for each month of such period of break in service not later than one year following the member's release from active duty and return to employment.     (Code 1981, §47-7-88, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 426, § 1/HB 660.)   Cross references.   - Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11.
GA Code § 47-7-89 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-89. Calculating Creditable Service Time

 The board is authorized to calculate creditable service on a monthly basis, expressed as a fraction of a year, for periods of time less than a year.    (Code 1981, §47-7-89, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 426, § 1/HB 660.)
GA Code § 47-7-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement|§ 47-7-90. Impact of Sentence of Confinement on Accrual of Creditable Service

 A member shall not earn creditable service for any service rendered during the time period in which the member is incarcerated under a sentence of confinement.    (Code 1981, §47-7-90, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 168, § 2/HB 460.)
GA Code § 47-7-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Death Benefits|§ 47-7-101. Eligibility for Retirement Benefits; Withdrawal of Application for Benefits Before Approval; Reemployment

  Any member who applies for retirement benefits may withdraw such application at any time prior to its approval by the board.   Any person who again becomes a paid employee of a fire department or of a volunteer fire department after having been placed on retirement or disability under Code Section 47-7-100 or 47-7-102 shall immediately notify the executive director of such reemployment. Retirement benefits being paid to such person shall be suspended as of the date of such reemployment and shall remain suspended until such reemployment terminates at which time the payment of retirement benefits shall be resumed in the amount to which the person was eligible at the time of reemployment. Disability benefits being paid to any such person shall be terminated as of the date of such reemployment. Within six months of the commencement of reemployment, any such person who at the time of application otherwise meets the requirements for membership may, by application in the manner provided by this chapter, become a member of the fund. In the event the application is granted, such member, upon meeting the requirements provided by law, shall be entitled to all benefits provided for in Code Section 47-7-100, but the amount of monthly retirement or disability benefits payable to such member shall not exceed the amount of the monthly benefit which would be payable to such member had such subsequent retirement become effective at the time of the member's prior retirement, unless after such reemployment the member shall have acquired not less than seven years'creditable service as a member of the fund.   A member who is eligible to receive a benefit under Code Section 47-7-100 shall not be entitled to benefits under Code Section 47-7-102.    (Ga. L. 1960, p. 991, § 3; Ga. L. 1976, p. 241, § 6; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1310, § 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 10; Ga. L. 1993, p. 476, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 54, § 3/HB 355.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Entitled to benefits provided by law when applications approved.   - Members of the fund who have attained the requisite age and creditable service for retirement are entitled to be paid the monthly benefits provided by law at the time their retirement applications are approved by the board of trustees; these firefighters should be paid monthly benefits beginning at the time of the approval of the firefighters' applications. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-65.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 573 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-7-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 6 - Retirement, Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Death Benefits|§ 47-7-104. Benefits Payable to Volunteer Firefighters Erroneously Found to Be Eligible for Such Benefits

 Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding:    Any person who served as a volunteer firefighter prior to March 3, 1955, and who began receiving retirement benefits at a later date from the fund, based on the board of trustees' belief that such person was eligible for such benefits, but whose retirement benefits were ceased or canceled by the board of trustees based upon its subsequent realization that such person was not in fact eligible for such benefits; or   Any person who left service as a volunteer firefighter after receiving written notice from the executive director of the fund that such person was eligible for retirement benefits except for not having reached the age of 60 years, which written notice was later determined by the board to be erroneous,  shall be eligible to receive the retirement benefits under this chapter in the same manner as if such service had been rendered in a class nine or better fire department, regardless of the fact that such service was not rendered in a class nine or better fire department.     (Ga. L. 1976, p. 973, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 438, § 7/HB 1150.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "executive director of the fund that such person" for "secretary-treasurer of the fund that he" near the beginning of paragraph (2) and substituted "nine" for "eight" twice in the ending undesignated paragraph.