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GA Code § 47-2-200 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 4 - Employees of Certain State Departments|§ 47-2-200. Membership of Heads of State Departments or Agencies Who Are Constitutional Officers; Contributions; Service Credits; Retirement Allowances; Survivors Benefits

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 26, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1964, p. 115, § 3.   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 § 47-2-201 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 4 - Employees of Certain State Departments|§ 47-2-201. Director Status Inhibiting Eligibility for Corresponding Emeritus Positions

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 27, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1964, p. 115, § 4; Ga. L. 1986, p. 999, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 92, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3.   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 § 47-2-202 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 4 - Employees of Certain State Departments|§ 47-2-202. Eligibility for Membership of Officials and Employees of the Department of Audits and Accounts; Contributions

 The officials and employees of the Department of Audits and Accounts who are subject to the merit system of employment promulgated by the department are authorized to become members of the retirement system; and that department is authorized to pay all required contributions from funds appropriated for the operation of that department. Such payment shall be part of and in addition to the regular compensation allowed to the officials and employees of that department.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1195, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182, 1197 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-203 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 4 - Employees of Certain State Departments|§ 47-2-203. Membership of Certain Employees of the Administrative Office of the Courts of the Judicial Council of Georgia and the Council of Juvenile Court Judges; Contributions

  On and after July 1, 1990, the following shall be members of the retirement system:   The director of the Administrative Office of the Courts of the Judicial Council of Georgia and any other person employed by the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Judicial Council of Georgia who is in a position which normally requires actual performance of duties during the full 12 months of the calendar year; and   The director of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges and any other person employed by the Council of Juvenile Court Judges who is in a position which normally requires actual performance of duties during the full 12 months of the calendar year.     Membership under this Code section shall be subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-2-334, relating to persons becoming members of the retirement system on or after July 1, 1982.   Employee contributions from members under this Code section for service on and after July 1, 1990, shall be deducted and remitted to the board of trustees by the appropriate employing authority.Employer contributions under this Code section for service on and after July 1, 1990, shall be payable from funds appropriated for the operation of the judicial branch of government; and such employer contributions shall be in addition to the regular compensation otherwise payable to such members.     (Code 1981, §47-2-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 514, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-204 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 4 - Employees of Certain State Departments|§ 47-2-204. Members Subject to Provisions of Code Section 47-2-203 May Receive Credit for Prior Service

 Any member subject to the provisions of Code Section 47-2-203 may receive service credit for all prior service rendered as an employee of the Judicial Council of Georgia or its predecessor agency, the Governor's Commission on Judicial Processes, or the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, provided that:    Such members shall pay a contribution of 1 1/2 percent per year on compensation received for each such year plus 4 1/2 percent interest on such employee contributions, compounded annually to the date of payment; and   An amount shall be paid to the retirement system from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the operation of the judicial branch of state government in an amount equal to the normal employer contribution which would have been paid on behalf of the member if the member had been a member of the retirement system during the period for which service is granted plus 4 1/2 percent interest on such employer contributions, compounded annually to the date of payment;  and provided, further, that no such service shall be deemed as creditable under any provisions of this chapter if such service has or will be used in the determination of any member's eligibility for his retirement benefits or allowances for any other retirement system, excluding social security and those retirement programs covered under Public Law 810, 80th Congress, as amended. Any member claiming creditable service under this subsection shall make application to the board not later than June 30, 1993.      (Code 1981, §47-2-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1151, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-222 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 5 - Certain Law Enforcement Personnel|§ 47-2-222. Power to Increase Liability Contribution Rates for Certain Departments or Agencies; Transfer of Employees

 Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of trustees may increase the normal and accrued liability employer contribution rates of the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Revenue, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Corrections, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and any other agency or authority to an amount set by the board of trustees as actuarially sufficient to fund the employer's cost of the benefits provided in this chapter for groups of employees of such departments or agencies. In the event any group of employees of any of such departments or agencies is transferred to the administration of any other department or agency, that department or agency shall continue to pay the normal and accrued liability contributions on behalf of such employees at the rate set by the board of trustees.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 900, § 10; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1210, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 358, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 322, § 3/HB 476; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 64/SB 436.)    The 2009 amendment,  effective July 1, 2009, in the first sentence, deleted "and" following "Resources," and inserted ", the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Corrections, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and any other agency or authority" in the middle.    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "such departments or agencies" for "such departments" twice.   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 § 47-2-223 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 5 - Certain Law Enforcement Personnel|§ 47-2-223. Retirement Benefits for Those in Service in Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety

  For purposes of this Code section, the term "highest average compensation" means the member's highest average monthly earnable compensation during a period of 24 consecutive calendar months while a member of the retirement system.   Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, every person who is in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety as an officer, noncommissioned officer, or trooper, or as an officer or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on June 30, 1970, and every person who enters or reenters such service on or after July 1, 1970, may retire at any time after attaining the age of 55 and upon retirement such retiree shall receive the regular retirement benefits under this chapter, provided that he or she shall in any case receive a minimum monthly retirement benefit equal to 2 percent of his or her highest average compensation for each year of creditable service by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that provided in Code Section 47-2-110.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 15; Ga. L. 1970, p. 26, § 3; Ga. L. 1971, p. 685, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1440, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 555, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1104, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Mandatory retirement age may not be waived.   - An agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who has completed 25 years of creditable service towards retirement and who has reached the mandatory age limitation may not have the mandatory age restriction waived by the commissioner of public safety. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-155.    Effect of § 47-2-111. - O.C.G.A. § 47-2-111, enacted in 1993, will allow an agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who is eligible for involuntary separation retirement benefits to elect retirement or to continue the agent's employment past the age of 55 and be entitled to the same projection in age and service which would have been available when that agent was required to retire at age 55 by operation of law. 1993 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 93-12.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Mandatory retirement of public officer or employee based on age, 81 A.L.R.3d 811.
GA Code § 47-2-224 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 5 - Certain Law Enforcement Personnel|§ 47-2-224. Mandatory Retirement Age and Monthly Retirement Benefits for Certain Members of the Department of Natural Resources and of the Department of Revenue; Waiver of Mandatory Retirement Age

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 28, effective July 1, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1974, p. 1210, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1407, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1459, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1463, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.   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 § 47-2-225 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 5 - Certain Law Enforcement Personnel|§ 47-2-225. Creditable Service for Members With Prior Service as Narcotics Agents; Membership in Retirement System of Members Who Were Employed as Narcotics Agents

 Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any member who was employed as a narcotics agent pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 35-3-9 prior to becoming a member of the retirement system shall be entitled to obtain creditable service for all such prior service subject to the conditions contained in this Code section. In order to be eligible for such creditable service, the member must make application as prescribed by the board not later than July 1, 1997, or one year after becoming a member of the retirement system, whichever date is later, provide proof of such prior service, and pay the employee contributions which he or she would have paid if he or she had been a member of the retirement system, together with regular interest thereon. Within 30 days after the retirement system gives notice that the foregoing conditions have been met, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shall pay the employer contributions which would have been paid for the member if he or she had been a member of the retirement system, together with regular interest thereon.    (Code 1981, §47-2-225, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 722, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-2-226 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 5 - Certain Law Enforcement Personnel|§ 47-2-226. Certain Law Enforcement Officers Permitted to Obtain Creditable Service in Retirement System Under Certain Conditions; "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined; Payment of Full Actuarial Value to Applicant

  As used in this Code section, the term "law enforcement officer" means any member in service of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, any game warden of the Department of Natural Resources, any officer or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, any district attorney investigator who is compensated from state funds pursuant to Code Section 15-18-14.1, any alcohol and tobacco officer or agent of the Department of Revenue, any investigator of the Department of Driver Services, and any criminal investigators or K9 handlers of the Department of Corrections.   Any law enforcement officer who, prior to becoming a member of this retirement system, was employed by a local government in this state as a full-time employee, in a position in which he or she was vested with authority to enforce the criminal or traffic laws and with the power of arrest and whose duties include the preservation of public order, the protection of life and property, or the prevention, detection, or investigation of crime, shall be eligible to obtain creditable service under this Code section for his or her years of service in such capacity if:   The member is not eligible to receive a present or future benefit from a defined benefit or defined contribution retirement or pension plan in which said member participated while employed by the local governing authority other than membership in the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; and   The member has been a member of the retirement system for at least ten years.     Any member eligible as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section may obtain up to an additional five years of creditable service, not to exceed the actual number of years of service described in subsection (b) of this Code section. In order to obtain such additional creditable service, the member shall:   Make application to the board of trustees in such manner and provide such documentation as the board deems appropriate; 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 (c) of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §47-2-226, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 365, § 1/HB 690; Ga. L. 2018, p. 150, § 1/HB 135; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.)
GA Code § 47-2-242 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 6 - Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, and Their Employees|§ 47-2-242. Merit System of Personnel Administration for Officers and Employees of the Supreme Court; Membership in Retirement System; Contributions

 All eligible officers and employees of the Supreme Court, except the Justices, shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by the Supreme Court, under which all such officers and employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees are authorized to become members of the retirement system. All contributions required by this chapter shall be paid from funds appropriated for the operation of the Supreme Court and all such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 229, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182, 1197 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 161, 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-243 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 6 - Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, and Their Employees|§ 47-2-243. Merit System of Personnel Administration for Officers and Employees of the Court of Appeals; Membership in Retirement System; Contributions

 All eligible officers and employees of the Court of Appeals, except the judges of that court, shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by the Court of Appeals, under which all such officers and employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees are authorized to become members of the retirement system. All contributions required by this chapter shall be paid from funds appropriated for the operation of the Court of Appeals and all such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 248, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182, 1197 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 161, 316 et seq.
GA Code § 47-2-245 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia|Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees|Part 6 - Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, and Their Employees|§ 47-2-245. Creditable Service for Secretaries of Appellate Court Judges, Superior Court Judges and District Attorneys for Certain Prior Services

  Any member who became a member by operation of Code Section 47-2-242 or 47-2-243 shall be eligible to obtain creditable service for all prior service as an officer or employee of a state court judge or a superior court judge while covered by a retirement or pension system operated by a county for county employees if such person has not yet begun receiving a retirement or disability benefit from such retirement or pension system.   To obtain creditable service under this Code section, the member must apply to the board of trustees not later than December 31, 2000, or within six months after becoming a member, whichever date is later, and must provide such evidence of such prior service as the board deems necessary. Upon notification in writing by the board of trustees of this retirement system, the board of trustees or other managing body of the local retirement or pension system shall transfer to this retirement system accumulated employer contributions and accumulated interest thereon which have been credited by the local retirement or pension system to each employee, and thereafter such person shall not be entitled to receive a benefit from such local retirement or pension system.   Upon receipt of the funds provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, the trustees shall grant to the member such creditable service as such amount will provide without creating any accrued liability, as a result of granting such creditable service, against this retirement system. If the amount of creditable service so obtained is less than the actual number of years of eligible service, the member is authorized, but not required, to obtain the difference by paying to the board of trustees an amount sufficient to grant such creditable service without creating any accrued liability, as a result of granting such creditable service, against this retirement system.     (Code 1981, §47-2-245, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1109, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1271, § 1.)