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GA Code § 47-7-105 (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|§ 47-7-105. Refund of Contributions Upon Withdrawal From the Fund

 Upon proper application and approval of the board, any member who withdraws from the fund shall be paid all the moneys such individual contributed to the fund, less 5 percent.Any refunds granted under this Code section or any other provision of this chapter shall be without interest.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 11; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 11.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Five percent of contributions retainable by fund upon membership withdrawal.   - Upon the withdrawal of a firefighter or volunteer firefighter from membership in the fund, five percent of the dues contributed to the fund by such member may be retained in the fund. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-45.
GA Code § 47-7-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-120. Reduction of Benefits Upon Determination That Available Moneys Are Insufficient; Liability of Members of the Board for Such Reductions

 If the moneys provided by this chapter are not sufficient at any time to enable the board to pay each person his benefits in full under this chapter, then those persons entitled to benefits shall be paid an equal amount, which, in the opinion of the board, the fund may provide. In no such event shall the board or any member of the board be liable to any beneficiary for any deficiencies in payments under this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity and effect of retroactive change in rate of employee's contribution to public pension fund, 78 A.L.R.2d 1197.
GA Code § 47-7-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-121. Vesting of Rights to Benefits

 Benefits under this chapter shall be subject to future legislative change and revision and no member of this fund or any other persons shall be deemed to have any vested right to any benefits, except as may be provided in Code Section 47-7-100.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 10; Ga. L. 1976, p. 241, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1167 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 573 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 314 et seq.   ALR.   - Validity of legislation providing for additional retirement or disability allowances for public employees previously retired or disabled, 27 A.L.R.2d 1442.   Validity and effect of retroactive change in rate of employee's contribution to public pension fund, 78 A.L.R.2d 1197.
GA Code § 47-7-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-122. Exemption of Benefits Under This Chapter From Garnishment, Attachment, or Other Process; Exemption From Taxation; Assignment of Such Benefits

 Benefits under this chapter shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment, levy, or other legal process against the firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or a designated beneficiary entitled to receive such benefits; nor shall such benefits or rights be assignable unless specifically provided for in this chapter. Benefits under this chapter are expressly declared to be exempt from any and all taxation, whether imposed by any state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 12; Ga. L. 1962, p. 550, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Employee retirement pension benefits as exempt from garnishment, attachment, levy, execution, or similar proceedings, 93 A.L.R.3d 711.
GA Code § 47-7-123 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-123. Exemption of Assets of the Board From Taxation

 The assets of the board, whether in the form of cash, securities, or real property, shall be deemed to be public property and exempt from any and all taxation, whether imposed by the state, or by any county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 338, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Judicial review of decision, on merits, of claim upon public pension fund, 117 A.L.R. 1408.
GA Code § 47-7-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-125. Availability of Records of Local Departments to Board; Confidentiality

 Upon request, an authorized representative of the board shall have the power to inspect and copy or make extracts from the records of any fire department or volunteer fire department concerning any member of the fund or applicant for membership. It shall be the duty of the custodian of such records for the fire department or volunteer fire department to make such records available to an authorized representative of the board at the location at which such records are normally kept. Information so obtained by the board shall not be disclosed by the board except in connection with a matter involving the member or applicant for membership to whom the records relate.    (Code 1981, §47-7-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1310, § 5.)
GA Code § 47-7-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 47-7-126. Penalty for False Statements or Falsified Records; Correction of Errors by the Board

  Any person who knowingly makes any false statements or falsifies or permits to be falsified any records of the fund in an attempt to defraud the fund shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00, imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.   On and after July 1, 2015, if the board finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing conducted in accordance with the procedure for contested cases under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," that any person on or after July 1, 2015, has knowingly:   Made a material false statement or falsified or permitted to be falsified any records of the fund or documents of the fund in an attempt to defraud the fund;   Obtained or continued membership in the fund while not eligible to become or remain a member of the fund;   Obtained benefits that he or she is not entitled to receive; or   Obtained benefits in an amount greater than he or she is entitled to receive,  the board may order that such person shall forfeit all rights and benefits that he or she may be entitled to under the fund. Any person who is aggrieved or adversely affected by a final action of the board under this subsection shall have the right of judicial review in the superior courts.      If any change or error in the records of the fund results in any member or beneficiary receiving from it more or less than such member or beneficiary would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board shall have the power to correct such error and to adjust the payments as far as is practicable and in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of any additional benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid or in such manner that any excess payment shall be recovered.     (Code 1981, §47-7-126, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 12; Ga. L. 1992, p. 477, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 898, § 12/HB 266.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), inserted "of a high and aggravated nature" and substituted "$2,000.00" for "$500.00"; added present subsection (b); and redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c).
GA Code § 47-8-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-1. Creation of the Office of Senior Judge of the Superior Courts

 There is created the office of senior judge of the superior courts. Any judge of the superior court who was appointed judge of the superior courts, emeritus prior to December 31, 1976, is redesignated as senior judge of the superior courts effective December 31, 1976. Any judge of the superior courts who is eligible for appointment as judge of the superior courts, emeritus on December 31, 1976, or who becomes eligible after that date shall be designated as senior judge of the superior courts upon accepting such appointment.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 586, § 31; Ga. L. 1982, p. 497, §§ 2, 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Widow's benefits option not available.    - General Assembly did not intend to make available to senior judges the "widow's benefits" option available under Ga. L. 1970, p. 249, §§ 1-4 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-8-67) to judges of the superior courts. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-101.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 46 Am. Jur. 2d, Judges, § 3. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 26 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 15.
GA Code § 47-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-2. Creation of the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Trustees of the Fund; Payment to the Fund

 There is created the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia. The trustees of the fund shall be the Governor, the state treasurer, and an appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General. All payments to this fund shall be made to the board of trustees.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 8; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 12; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.)    The 2010 amendment,  effective July 1, 2010, substituted "state treasurer" for "director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services" in the middle of this Code section.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 182 et seq. 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 47-8-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-3. Power of Trustees to Make Rules and Regulations for Administration of the Fund

 The trustees of this fund are authorized to make such rules and regulations as are not inconsistent with this chapter for the proper administration of this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 17.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 10.
GA Code § 47-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-4. Power of Trustees to Invest Moneys of the Fund

 The trustees of this fund shall have authority to invest any of the moneys received under this chapter in such manner as funds of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia are invested and reinvested.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 18; Ga. L. 1995, p. 651, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.
GA Code § 47-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-5. Annual Audit of the Fund

 The state auditor is authorized to make an annual audit of the fund.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 19.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 77.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 388 et seq.
GA Code § 47-8-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 1 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Fund|§ 47-8-6. Administration of the Fund

 The trustees shall contract with the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for the administration of the fund.    (Code 1981, §47-8-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 787, § 1.)
GA Code § 47-8-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 2 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund|§ 47-8-20. Membership in the Fund; Effect of Contributions on Eligibility for Benefits and Participation in the Fund; Payment of Contributions for Service Rendered Before Becoming a Member

  All judges of the superior courts of this state who qualify under this chapter shall be eligible to participate in the fund. In order to be eligible to receive the benefits provided by this chapter, a judge of the superior court must begin making the contributions required by this chapter by December 31, 1964, or within 90 days after taking office as judge of the superior court, whichever date is later. Any judge who fails to begin making the contributions required by this chapter within the time required by this Code section shall be forever barred from participating in the fund.   Any judge of a superior court who desires to qualify under this chapter to participate in the fund shall, as a prerequisite to such participation, pay into the fund a sum of money equal to the contributions required by this chapter from the date of the beginning of his service as judge of a superior court until the date such sum of money is paid into the fund. At the same time he shall pay into the fund an amount of money equivalent to 6 percent simple interest on such sum of money for each year from the beginning of his service as a judge of a superior court until the date the contributions are paid into the fund.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 9; Ga. L. 1959, p. 301, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 720, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   No contribution required for service as city court solicitor.   - For participation in the superior court judge emeritus program (now Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund), there is no provision which requires a contribution for the years of service as a solicitor of the city court. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-8.   Benefits from separate retirement systems.   - Person may receive benefits from both the Judicial Retirement System and the appellate judge's option of the Employee's Retirement System, assuming the eligibility requirements of both statutes have been met. 2000 Op. Atty. Gen. No. U2000-8.   Person may not draw benefits from the Judicial Retirement System while simultaneously drawing compensation as an appellate court judge. 2000 Op. Atty. Gen. No. U2000-8.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1174 et seq., 1183, 1228, 1252.
GA Code § 47-8-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 2 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund|§ 47-8-21. When Payments Shall Be Made to the Fund

 Judges making payments to the fund shall make their payments at such time and at such regular intervals, at least every six months, as may be fixed by the trustees of the fund.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.
GA Code § 47-8-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 3 - Eligibility for Appointment as Senior Judge|§ 47-8-42. Eligibility for Retirement; Benefits

 No judge shall be eligible for benefits under this chapter unless he has qualified under one of the following provisions:    Retirement at two-thirds' the salary paid to superior court judges:   Any judge of a superior court of this state who is in at least his nineteenth year of service as a judge of the superior court computed as provided in this chapter; or   Any judge of a superior court already in service for 19 years on March 9, 1945, as a judge of a superior court and who is still in service as such officer.     Retirement at one-half of the salary paid to superior court judges:   Any judge of a superior court of this state who has attained the age of 65 years and who has completed ten years of actual service as a judge of a superior court; or   Any judge of a superior court who has been in service as a judge of a superior court for at least ten years and who becomes disabled from continuing his duties as judge of the superior court, who shall have attained the age of 62 years, satisfactory evidence of such disability having been presented to the board of trustees and a recommendation of appointment having been made by a majority of the board.      (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 12; Ga. L. 1946, p. 228, § 3; Ga. L. 1950, p. 283, § 4; Ga. L. 1952, p. 293, § 4; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 108, § 4; Ga. L. 1955, p. 152, § 4; Ga. L. 1976, p. 586, § 36; Ga. L. 1992, p. 477, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Judge, or widow, entitled to disability benefits.    - Superior court judge is entitled to disability benefits although the judge has not attained the required retirement age, provided the judge otherwise meets the requirements of Ga. L. 1945, p. 362 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 8, T. 47); if such a judge makes the election provided by these provisions, fully complies with the statutory terms, and dies after being entitled to disability benefits, the judge's widow thereby would be entitled to the benefits provided, instead of being forced to accept a return of contributions in accordance Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 15 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-8-69). 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-331.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, §§ 182 et seq., 204 et seq.
GA Code § 47-8-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 3 - Eligibility for Appointment as Senior Judge|§ 47-8-44. Payment of Contributions on Behalf of Superior Court Judges

  On and after July 1, 1980, the employer shall pay to the fund on each and every payroll period employee contributions on behalf and to the credit of such judges of the superior court in an amount equal to the amount which would be paid to the annuity savings fund pursuant to Code Section 47-2-54 if the judge of the superior court were a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. Such judges of the superior courts shall continue to have deducted from their state salaries the additional amount of employee contributions required by this chapter.   The monthly employee contributions made by the employer on behalf of a judge of the superior courts as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be used in the computation of the judge's state salary for the computation of retirement benefits.   With respect to any senior judges who have retired or who will retire in the future, the employee contributions paid by the employer on behalf of an active judge of the superior court as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be included in current salary and used for the purpose of computing the monthly retirement benefits provided by this chapter. The monthly retirement benefit of each heretofore retired senior judge shall be increased accordingly, effective July 1, 1980.   All members shall retain, have, and be subject to all other rights, privileges, obligations, and duties provided for by other provisions of this chapter; and all such other provisions shall remain of full force and effect with respect to any matter not specifically provided for in this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1980, p. 925, § 12.)
GA Code § 47-8-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 3 - Eligibility for Appointment as Senior Judge|§ 47-8-45. Credit for Service Rendered During the Year in Which a Superior Court Judge Would Become Eligible for Retirement and Appointment as a Senior Judge

 In computing the number of years of service, wherever necessary to become eligible for appointment and retirement under this chapter, the entire year in which a superior court judge would become eligible shall be computed as a part of the required number of years of service, although actually he served for only a part of that year.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 108, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1192 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, §§ 182, 204.
GA Code § 47-8-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions|Chapter 8 - Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (Emeritus)|Article 4 - Appointment as Senior Judge; Compensation and Duties|§ 47-8-60. Appointment to the Office of Senior Judge; Resignation From the Office of Superior Court Judge

 The Governor shall appoint to the position of senior judge anyone eligible under this chapter who advises the Governor in writing that he desires to resign from the office of judge of the superior courts and accept appointment as a senior judge. Upon such appointment by the Governor and issuance of the commission by the Governor, the resignation shall automatically become effective.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 362, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Must serve as superior court judge when appointed.   - Superior court judge must be serving as a judge at the time of appointment to the office of judge of the superior courts emeritus (now senior judge). 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-1.   Two exceptions when superior court judgeship not prerequisite.   - Superior court judge must be serving as such in order to apply for an appointment as judge of the superior courts emeritus (now senior judge); however, there are two exceptions to this rule: (1) a judge of the superior courts who is eligible for appointment as a judge of the superior courts emeritus (now senior judge), but who has not yet been so appointed, who is elected or appointed to, or qualifies for, an office of profit or trust under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Georgia, may assume such office of profit or trust, and the judge's right to appointment (the judge's eligibility) shall be suspended during the time the judge holds such office of profit or trust; and (2) any superior court judge who elects to extend retirement benefits to the judge's widow under the terms of the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund is eligible for an appointment as a judge emeritus (now senior judge), whether or not the judge is holding office at the time of the judge's appointment by the Governor, assuming, of course, the judge has the requisite service. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-23.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 46 Am. Jur. 2d, Judges, § 7. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 81.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 22 et seq.