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GA Code § 47-2-330 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-2-330. Application of Other State Funded Pension or Retirement Programs to Members or Beneficiaries, Their Surviving Spouses, or Dependents

 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, no program of pensions or retirement benefits for employees, their surviving spouses, or dependents, which program is funded wholly or partially by the state, shall apply to members or beneficiaries of this retirement system, their surviving spouses, or dependents.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 12; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1447, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Other retirement provisions cannot vary this chapter's provisions.    - Prohibition evidenced by Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 12 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-330) should be read to prevent the operation of other retirement laws to vary the provisions of Ga. L. 1949, p. 138 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 2, T. 47) as applicable to members or beneficiaries, or their widows or dependents. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-15.   Cessation of benefits to retired teacher not required.    - Statute does not require the cessation of retirement benefits from the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to a retiree who was subsequently employed by an agency covered under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-15 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-330).
GA Code § 47-2-331 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-2-331. Reporting of Employee Contributions for Federal and State Income Tax Purposes

 Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all employee contributions toward retirement allowances, social security benefits, and group term life insurance shall be included in each employee's gross income reported for federal and state income tax purposes. This Code section shall not pertain to employer contributions or to employee contributions made by employers on behalf of employees.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 546, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 925, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 444 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-333 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-2-333. Attempts to Defraud the Retirement System by False Statements or Falsified Records; Adjustments of Erroneous Payments

  Any person who shall knowingly make any false statements or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any records of the retirement system in an attempt to defraud the system shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00, imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both.   If any change or error in the records of the retirement system results in any member or beneficiary receiving from it more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and to adjust the payments as far as practicable and in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 10.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Former member cannot claim increase by law authorizing additional benefits.    - Primary "object" or purpose of the language in Ga. L. 1951, pp. 394 and 396 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-70(c)) is to prevent a former member presently receiving a retirement benefit from claiming increased benefits as a result of an amendment to the law authorizing such additional benefits to existing members; this was not intended to prevent a former member from obtaining service credits or benefits which the member was rightfully entitled to prior to the member's retirement, but which the member never received by virtue of an honest mistake or error in the member's records. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-58.   Correct records for claimed creditable armed forces' service.   - Board of trustees has the statutory authority to correct the board's records and extend to a former member the appropriate amount of claimed creditable service for service in the armed forces of the United States. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-24.
GA Code § 47-2-350 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-350. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan."    (Code 1981, §47-2-350, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328.)
GA Code § 47-2-351 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-351. "Member" Defined; Membership Optional; Calculation

  Except where indicated clearly to the contrary by the context, the word "member" as used in this article shall mean any employee who first or again becomes a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on or after January 1, 2009. From and after January 1, 2009, every person first or again becoming an employee entitled to a new membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall become a member subject to this article. Any provision of this chapter providing that a class of employees shall be subject to Code Section 47-2-334 shall be deemed to have been amended by this subsection.   Membership under this article shall be optional for any persons who are within the membership of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on December 31, 2008. Any such persons may elect in writing on a form to be provided by the board of trustees to become a member subject to this article at any time on or after January 1, 2009. This written election shall become effective upon the approval of the application by the board of trustees as provided in rules and regulations promulgated by the board of trustees and shall be final and cannot be later changed or rescinded. Upon such election, a member shall be subject to all the provisions, terms, and conditions of this article; provided, however, that the calculation to determine retirement allowances for any person exercising such option shall be made as follows:   The retirement allowance shall be computed fully as if all creditable service of the member were acquired and calculated under the provisions of this article;   Then the retirement allowance shall also be computed fully as if all creditable service of the member were acquired and calculated under the provisions of this chapter contained other than in this article and the rules and regulations of the board of trustees;   Then a benefit amount shall be determined based upon a fractional part of each retirement allowance computed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, which fractional part shall be computed by using the actual years of creditable service established under either this article, for paragraph (1) of this subsection, or the provisions of this chapter contained other than in this article, for paragraph (2) of this subsection, which number of years shall be the numerator of the fraction, over the total actual years of creditable service established under both this article and the provisions of this chapter contained other than in this article, which number shall be the denominator of the fraction;   The two benefit amounts so determined shall then be added together to produce the actual retirement allowance; and   Projected years of service shall not be used in the computation of the retirement allowances under this subsection.       (Code 1981, §47-2-351, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328.)
GA Code § 47-2-352 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-352. Employee and Employer Contributions

  Every member subject to this article shall contribute employee membership contributions in an amount equal to 1 1/4 percent of earnable compensation which shall be deducted by each employer from the earnable compensation of each member for each and every payroll period and paid monthly to the board of trustees. Such amount shall be credited to the individual accounts of the members in the annuity savings fund.   From and after January 1, 2009, each employer shall pay monthly to the board of trustees, on behalf of each member subject to this article, the aggregate of employer and employee contributions required by this chapter. With respect to members subject to this article, no employer contributions shall be considered as accumulated contributions of the member and none shall be eligible for withdrawal by the member upon cessation of state service. Such amount shall be credited to the pension accumulation fund.     (Code 1981, §47-2-352, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 64/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, deleted the comma following "of earnable compensation" in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (a).   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. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 67, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision of Sections 62 through 64 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2010 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over this Act to the extent of the conflict."
GA Code § 47-2-353 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-353. Service Retirement Allowance

 Every member subject to this article shall, upon becoming eligible under the provisions of this chapter, be entitled to a service retirement allowance, which shall consist of:    An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and   A monthly pension which, together with the annuity, shall provide a total retirement allowance equal to 1 percent, or such future amount up to 2 percent to be set by the board of trustees in direct relation to any increased appropriations provided by the General Assembly expressly for such increase, of the member's highest average monthly earnable compensation during a period of 24 consecutive calendar months while a member of the retirement system, multiplied by the number of the member's years of creditable service; provided, however, that for members employed on or after July 1, 2009, no salary increase by adjustment in compensation in any manner during the last 12 months, which increase is in excess of 5 percent, shall be included in such computation.     (Code 1981, §47-2-353, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328; Ga. L. 2009, p. 322, § 5/HB 476.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective July 1, 2009, in paragraph (2), substituted "1 percent" for "1.0 percent" near the beginning and added the proviso at the end.
GA Code § 47-2-356 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-356. Death Allowances and Benefits

  For purposes of calculating a survivor's benefit, any member who has at least 15 years of creditable service and who dies in service before becoming eligible for a service retirement shall be deemed to be eligible to retire forthwith without regard to age and to receive the equivalent of a service retirement allowance calculated upon the number of years of creditable service attained to the date of retirement and based upon his or her highest average monthly compensation during a period of 24 consecutive calendar months while a member of the retirement system. Any member who dies in service after becoming eligible for a service retirement shall be deemed to be eligible to retire forthwith to receive a service retirement allowance.   In the application of this subsection to death allowances, computations of retirement allowances shall be made on the same basis as though option two had been in effect. In lieu of the amount of death allowance otherwise payable to the beneficiary under option two, the member, upon written request, may at any time elect a reduced level death allowance of equivalent actuarial value, which allowance is payable to the beneficiary during a period of years certain or to the estate of the beneficiary and during the lifetime of such named beneficiary thereafter. At the election of the member, in case of death of the beneficiary during a term of years certain, the balance of the years certain payments may be paid to the estate of the member; but if such beneficiary predeceases the member, the total amount of the member's contributions to the date of his or her death shall be payable to the member's estate. The method of determining the equivalent actuarial value shall be consistent with the actuarial method of determining the beneficiary's death allowance under option two.     (Code 1981, §47-2-356, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328; Ga. L. 2009, p. 322, § 6/HB 476.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective July 1, 2009, in subsection (a), substituted "For purposes of calculating a survivor's benefit, any" for "Any" at the beginning and inserted "deemed to be" twice.
GA Code § 47-2-358 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-358. Impact on Members of Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on December 31, 2008

 This article shall not be construed and is not intended to have any effect whatsoever on persons within the membership of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on December 31, 2008, who do not elect in writing to become members subject to this article.    (Code 1981, §47-2-358, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328.)
GA Code § 47-2-359 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-359. Conflicting Provisions

 The provisions of this article shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions of this chapter or any other law of this state. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article has not been and may not be repealed, superseded, or modified by implication through the enactment of any other law or through the amendment of any other provision of this chapter or any other existing law, and any modification or repeal of any provision of this article may be accomplished only by reference or amendment to or repeal of this specific article.    (Code 1981, §47-2-359, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328.)
GA Code § 47-2-360 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 10 - Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan|§ 47-2-360. Administration

 The board of trustees shall have the responsibility of administering the provisions of this article and shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.    (Code 1981, §47-2-360, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1005, § 1/SB 328.)
GA Code § 47-3-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-3-20. Creation and Management of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; Its Powers and Privileges; Name Under Which Business Transacted

 A retirement system is established for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under this chapter for teachers of this state and is placed under the management of the board of trustees. It shall have the power and privileges of a corporation, the right to bring and defend actions, to implead and be impleaded, and shall be known as the "Teachers Retirement System of Georgia," in which name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 481 et seq.   ALR.    - Re-employment or reinstatement of public officer or employee as restoration of original status as regards incidental rights or privileges, 89 A.L.R. 684.
GA Code § 47-3-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-3-22. Election of Chairman and Executive Director of the Board of Trustees; Payments by Executive Director of Retirement System Funds; Surety Bond Required of Executive Director

  The board of trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman and shall elect an executive director, who shall not be one of its members.   The executive director shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the board of trustees and shall be the treasurer of the assets of the retirement system.All payments of the funds of the retirement system shall be made by the executive director and only upon vouchers signed by him and countersigned by one other person designated by the board of trustees. The executive director shall furnish the board of trustees with a surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state and in such an amount as shall be required by the board of trustees.The premium on such bond shall be paid from the expense fund provided for in Code Section 47-3-47.    (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, §§ 6, 7; Ga. L. 1990, p. 536, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Executive secretary-treasurer may perform investment duties.   - Executive secretary-treasurer of the retirement system is a proper and qualified member of the investment committee of the retirement system and may be delegated the authority, following a proper investment decision, to perform mechanical or ministerial duties effectuating the investment decision or transaction. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-66.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 91, 130, 247, 276.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 47, 61, 236, 259 et seq., 266, 270 et seq., 313. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 485.
GA Code § 47-3-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-3-24. Legal Adviser of the Board of Trustees

 The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the board of trustees.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 6; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 65/SB 436.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "adviser" for "advisor" in this Code section.   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."   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, § 10.   C.J.S.   - 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, § 26 et seq.
GA Code § 47-3-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-3-25. Medical Board; Designation; Duties Regarding Medical Examinations Required Under This Chapter

 The board of trustees shall designate a medical board of three physicians who are not eligible to participate in the retirement system. Other physicians may be employed to report on special cases, as necessary. The medical board shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required under this chapter and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 313. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 485.
GA Code § 47-3-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia|Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System|§ 47-3-29. Deduction of Membership Dues of Nonprofit Organizations From Benefit Payments

  The board of trustees is authorized, but not required, to deduct from benefit payments the membership dues of any nonprofit organization domiciled in Georgia which requests such deductions, provided that at least 30 percent of the retired members of this retirement system belong to such organization and members of the organization request that such deduction be made as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section.   Any retired member desiring the deduction provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section must so notify the board of trustees in writing in the manner specified by the board of trustees.Once begun, any such deduction may be canceled only by a request to the board of trustees in writing in a manner specified by the board of trustees.   Any organization for which membership dues deductions are made as provided in this Code section shall reimburse this retirement system for the actual cost of making such deductions.   Any organization requesting the deductions provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall reimburse this retirement system for the actual cost of determining if such organization is eligible as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section.   In the event a dispute arises regarding deductions provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, this retirement system shall not be liable to any party in any manner, and the matter shall be settled between the retired member and the organization involved.     (Code 1981, §47-3-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 432, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 92, § 1.)