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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 4 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 47-2-200 — 47-2-204) › Section 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

(a)
On and after July 1, 1990, the following shall be members of the retirement system:
(1)
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
(2)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 4 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 47-2-200 — 47-2-204) › Section 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:
(1)
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
(2)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 5 - CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (§§ 47-2-220 — 47-2-226) › Section 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.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 64, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 83,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 5 - CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (§§ 47-2-220 — 47-2-226) › Section 47-2-223 - Retirement benefits for those in service in Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety

(a)
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.
(b)
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
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 5 - CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (§§ 47-2-220 — 47-2-226) › Section 47-2-224 - [Repealed] 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

Repealed and reserved by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 28, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 5 - CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (§§ 47-2-220 — 47-2-226) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 5 - CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (§§ 47-2-220 — 47-2-226) › Section 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

(a)
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.
(b)
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:
(1)
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
(2)
The member has been a member of the retirement system for at least ten years.
(c)
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:
(1)
Make application to the board of trustees in such manner and provide such documentation as the board deems appropriate; and
(2)
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.
(d)
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.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 264,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 303,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018 .
Added by 2016 Ga. Laws 432,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 6 - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-240 — 47-2-245) › Section 47-2-240 - Membership in retirement system of Justices of Supreme Court; appointment to Justice Emeritus of Supreme Court; contributions; creditable service; survivors benefits

For purposes of this Code section, the terms "Justice Emeritus of the Supreme Court" and "Justice Emeritus" mean both Chief Justice Emeritus and Associate Justice Emeritus, and the term "Justice" means both Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The provisions of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who becomes a Justice of the Supreme Court after April 1, 1964, shall be a member of the retirement system and shall not be eligible for appointment as Justice Emeritus of the Supreme Court. The prohibition against appointment as Justice Emeritus shall not apply to any person holding either the office of Justice of the Supreme Court or Judge of the Court of Appeals on April 1, 1964. Any person serving as Justice of the Supreme Court on that date must notify the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on or before March 31, 1965, if he desires to become a member of the retirement system and shall otherwise be ineligible for membership. No Justice of the Supreme Court shall be allowed to rescind notification nor shall he be allowed to give notification after March 31, 1965. Any Justice of the Supreme Court who becomes a member of the retirement system shall, upon the effective date of his membership, begin making regular employee contributions under this chapter and shall be entitled to all the retirement allowances and credits under this chapter in the same manner as if he had become a member of the retirement system on January 1, 1950, which credits shall include credit for prior service and any services performed by him as an employee subsequent to that date. All employer contributions which would have been reported for the Justices of the Supreme Court between January 1, 1950, and April 1, 1964, shall be paid by the employer into the pension accumulation fund in such manner and over such period of time as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the employer. Eligibility for survivors benefits under Code Section
47-2-128
for a present Justice of the Supreme Court shall be determined on the same basis as that applicable to all other members who were in state employment on or after January 1, 1953, and benefit amounts shall be based upon the age of the Justice on the effective date of his membership. Eligibility for survivors benefits for any person who enters on duty as a Justice after April 1, 1964, shall be determined in the same manner as for any other new member of the retirement system.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 6 - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-240 — 47-2-245) › Section 47-2-241 - Membership in retirement system of Judges of Court of Appeals; appointment to Judge Emeritus of Court of Appeals; contributions; creditable service; survivors benefits

The provisions of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who becomes a Judge of the Court of Appeals after April 1, 1964, shall be a member of the retirement system and shall not be eligible for appointment as Judge Emeritus of the Court of Appeals. The prohibition against such appointment shall not apply to any person holding the office of Judge of the Court of Appeals on April 1, 1964. Any person serving as Judge of the Court of Appeals on that date must notify the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia on or before March 31, 1965, if he desires to become a member of the retirement system and shall otherwise be ineligible for membership. No Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be allowed to rescind notification nor shall he be allowed to give notification after March 31, 1965. Any Judge of the Court of Appeals who becomes a member of the retirement system shall, upon the effective date of his membership, begin making regular employee contributions under this chapter and shall be entitled to all retirement allowances and credits under this chapter in the same manner as if he had become a member of the retirement system on January 1, 1950, which credits shall include credit for prior service and any services performed by him as an employee subsequent to that date. All employer contributions which would have been reported for the Judges of the Court of Appeals between January 1, 1950, and April 1, 1964, shall be paid by the employer into the pension accumulation fund in such manner and over such period of time as shall be agreed upon between the board of trustees and the employer. Eligibility for survivors benefits under Code Section
47-2-128
shall be determined on the same basis as that applicable to all other members who were in state employment on or after January 1, 1953. The amounts of any survivors benefits payable shall be based upon the age of the Judge of the Court of Appeals on the effective date of his membership with the retirement system. Eligibility for survivors benefits for any person who enters on duty as a Judge of the Court of Appeals after April 1, 1964, shall be determined in the same manner as for any other new member of the retirement system.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 6 - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-240 — 47-2-245) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 6 - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-240 — 47-2-245) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 6 - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-240 — 47-2-245) › Section 47-2-245 - Creditable service for secretaries of appellate court judges, superior court judges and district attorneys for certain prior services

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 7 - SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL (§§ 47-2-260 — 47-2-267) › Section 47-2-260 - Continuation of membership, rights, and benefits of judges of superior courts and district attorneys; notice of election to continue membership; contributions

(a)
The provisions of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, on and after April 1, 1969, any person appointed or elected as a judge of the superior court or as a district attorney who at the time of such appointment or election is a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be entitled to elect to continue as a member of the retirement system while holding office as a judge of the superior court or district attorney. All rights, credits, and funds in the retirement system which are possessed by any such member at the time of the member's appointment or election shall be continued in force and the member shall be entitled to all rights and benefits under the retirement system to which the member was entitled at the time of the member's appointment or election and to all rights subsequently acquired.
(b)
Within 30 days after appointment or election as a judge of the superior court or as a district attorney, any such person who elects to continue as a member of the retirement system shall notify the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia or the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, as appropriate, of that decision. Upon making such election and giving the required notice, a member who is subject to the provisions of this Code section shall not be required to become a member of or make contributions to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System created by Chapter 23 of this title.
(c)
Employee contributions, including contributions for retirement allowances, survivors benefits under Code Section
47-2-128
, and social security coverage, of members referred to in this Code section shall be deducted by The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia or the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, as appropriate, from the compensation paid by the state to such members and remitted to the retirement system.
(d)
The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia and the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia are authorized and directed to pay from the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the operation of the judicial branch of government of this state the required employer contributions, including contributions for retirement allowances, survivors benefits under Code Section
47-2-128
, and social security coverage, and to remit those contributions to the retirement system.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 64, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 157,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 7 - SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL (§§ 47-2-260 — 47-2-267) › Section 47-2-261 - [Repealed] Transfer of credits and funds from the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia upon employment by an agency subject to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia

Repealed and reserved by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 29, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 7 - SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL (§§ 47-2-260 — 47-2-267) › Section 47-2-262 - Membership in retirement system of assistant district attorneys and employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council; notice of election to become a member; contributions

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"Assistant district attorneys" means assistant district attorneys who are compensated from state funds pursuant to Code Section
15-18-14
.
(2)
"Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia" means the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia created by Article 2 of Chapter 18 of Title 15.
(b)
Each assistant district attorney and each employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, hereinafter in this Code section collectively referred to as "employee" or "employees," who becomes an employee on or after July 1, 1979, shall become a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia as a condition of his or her employment, unless he or she is eligible for membership in another publicly supported retirement or pension system or fund which provides retirement benefits based wholly or partially on compensation of such employee paid from state funds. An employee who is eligible for membership in any such other publicly supported retirement or pension system or fund may elect to become a member of the retirement system in lieu of membership in such other publicly supported retirement or pension system or fund by notifying the board of trustees of such election within 90 days after becoming employed with the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia. Any such employee who fails to notify the board of trustees within such time shall not at any time thereafter be eligible for membership in the retirement system. The state salary paid to employees who become members of the retirement system shall be the basis for employee and employer contributions for such employees. All employer contributions required by this chapter for such members shall be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available. The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia shall deduct from the state salaries payable to such members the employee contributions required by this chapter.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 30, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 157,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 546, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 7 - SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL (§§ 47-2-260 — 47-2-267) › Section 47-2-263 - Credit for certain past service as an assistant district attorney or employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council; payment of employee contributions; credit for service as full-time law assistant

(a)
As used in this Code section, "past service as an assistant district attorney" shall include service rendered in that position pursuant to an Act authorizing assistant district attorneys in certain judicial circuits, Ga. L. 1970, p. 716, as amended, notwithstanding its subsequent repeal.
(b)
Any member who is subject to Code Section
47-2-262
may receive creditable service under this chapter for past service as an assistant district attorney or as an employee of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia upon payment to the board of trustees of the employee contributions which he would have paid had he been a member of the retirement system at the time such past service was rendered. The basis for employee contributions to obtain creditable service under this Code section shall be the state salary paid to the members claiming such past service at the time the service was rendered.
(c)
Any member who is subject to Code Section
47-2-262
may receive up to four years of creditable service under this chapter for past service as a full-time law assistant for a judicial circuit employed pursuant to the provisions of Code Section
15-6-28
upon payment to the board of trustees of such amount as determined by the actuary as necessary to grant such benefit without creating any accrued actuarial liability as to this retirement system. The basis for employee contributions to obtain creditable service under this Code section shall be the state salary paid to the member claiming such past service at the time the service was rendered. Such payment must be made not later than July 1, 2003, or within six months of first or again becoming a member, whichever is later.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 994, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
See 2002 Ga. Laws 994, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 7 - SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL (§§ 47-2-260 — 47-2-267) › Section 47-2-267 - Membership of employees of district attorneys; contributions

Except as provided in Code Section
47-2-265
, each full-time employee of a district attorney, which employee is compensated through funds appropriated by the General Assembly, shall be a member of this retirement system as a condition of employment. Any such employee who is already a member of this retirement system by virtue of service with another employer shall be entitled to credit for all service rendered while an employee under the retirement system. All contributions required under this chapter shall be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available. The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia shall deduct from the state salaries paid to such members the employee contributions required by this chapter.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 157,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 8 - EMPLOYEES OF THE PEACE OFFICERS' ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND (§ 47-2-280) › Section 47-2-280 - Credit for previous service as an employee of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; contributions

Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any member with prior service credits who previously was employed by the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund shall be eligible to receive credit for such service with the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund by paying the regular employer and employee's contribution, including regular interest that would have accumulated on those contributions during such period of employment. In the computation of such contributions and interest, the compensation of such member shall be deemed to have been the same as the compensation such member received on the date of first becoming a member.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-290 - Judges, solicitors, and other employees of state courts subject to merit system; membership in retirement system; contributions; exemptions

(a)
The state courts of this state are declared to be adjuncts of the superior courts, the state courts having concurrent jurisdiction in all civil and criminal matters except those exclusively vested in the superior courts. All judges, solicitors, and other employees of any state court in this state shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by each state court under which all such officers and employees shall perform services on the basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees are authorized to become members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia in accordance with this chapter. The governing authority of each county of this state shall deduct or collect from each member the employee contributions required by this chapter and shall remit those contributions to the retirement system on a monthly basis. The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia is authorized and directed to pay from the funds appropriated or otherwise available the employer contribution required by this chapter for judges and employees of the state courts, which contribution shall be paid by The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, upon receipt of an invoice from the retirement system. The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia is authorized and directed to pay from the funds appropriated or otherwise available the employer contribution required by this chapter for solicitors-general of the state courts, which contribution shall be paid by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, upon receipt of an invoice from the retirement system.
(b)
All judges, solicitors, and other employees of any state court who were in service on December 1, 1952, shall be entitled to all benefits authorized under this chapter in the same manner as if they had been members of the retirement system on that date.
(c)
Reserved.
(d)
Code Section
47-2-291
shall not apply to judges and solicitors of the state courts who participate in the retirement system in their capacity as judges and solicitors; but all judges and solicitors so participating shall be entitled to credit for all their prior years of service rendered as judge or solicitor, or both.
Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 510,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2021.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 64, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 157,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-291 - Prior service as a judge or solicitor of a court of record

Prior service performed by a member as a judge or solicitor of a court of record shall be creditable year for year, not to exceed five years for each type of service, notwithstanding that such service may have been for longer periods.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-292.1 - Tax commissioners, tax collectors, and tax receivers and all employees in their offices employed on or after July 1, 2012, ineligible for membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia by operation of law

(a)
The provisions of this Code section shall apply to tax commissioners, tax collectors, and tax receivers and employees in their offices who first or again take office or become employed on or after July 1, 2012.
(b)
On and after July 1, 2012, the governing authority of each county shall have the option of including the county tax commissioner, tax collector, or tax receiver and all employees of such person's office as members of the retirement system. Such option shall be made by adopting a resolution and forwarding such resolution to the board of trustees.
(c)
The official in charge of such office, if he or she is responsible for the payment of the employees in that office, or the governing authority of the county, if the official and the employees are paid by it, shall deduct or collect from each member the employee contributions required by this chapter and shall remit the same to the retirement system as required by regulations. The governing authority of the county shall pay to the board of trustees the employer contributions required by this chapter, upon receipt of an invoice from the retirement system.
(d)
An election by a county governing authority made pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section may be revoked in the same manner as the election was made, but the county's obligations as to any officer or employee who became a member of the retirement system as a result of such election shall continue, and the rights and benefits of any such officer or employee shall be unaffected by such revocation.
(e)
All persons subject to the provisions of this Code section shall be members of the retirement system under the provisions of Article 10 of this chapter as a condition of holding office.
(f)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code section, no tax commissioner, tax collector, tax receiver, or any employee of any such official shall be eligible for membership in the retirement system if such officer or employee is covered or becomes covered by any other public retirement or pension system, excluding social security coverage.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 728,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-293 - Effect of failure of state court to provide means by which its officials or employees can become members of the retirement system

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any state court which has not provided means by which its employees can become members of the retirement system shall, on and after February 13, 1962, no longer be deemed to be adjuncts of the superior courts. No employee of such state court shall be deemed to be a state employee or otherwise eligible for membership in the retirement system.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-294 - Limitation on benefits available to persons who transferred to this retirement system or who became members under Code Section 47-2-290 or 47-2-292

Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, only voluntary service retirement, death, and disability allowances shall apply to individuals who transferred to this retirement system from another such system or who became members under Code Section
47-2-290
or
47-2-292
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 9 - JUDGES AND OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES; CERTAIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-290 — 47-2-299) › Section 47-2-299 - [Repealed] Creditable service for service as employee of private nonprofit hospital

Repealed by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 34, eff. 7/1/2010.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 958, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 10 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (§§ 47-2-310 — 47-2-327) › Section 47-2-311 - [Repealed] Credit for service by persons formerly employed by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation; payments required in order to obtain credit

Repealed and reserved by 2010 Ga. Laws 681,§ 35, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 10 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (§§ 47-2-310 — 47-2-327) › Section 47-2-313 - Merit system of personnel administration for officers and employees of Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; membership in retirement system; creditable service; contributions

All eligible officers and employees of the Jekyll Island-State Park Authority shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by that authority and under which all such officers and employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency. All such officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this Code section, are authorized to become members of the retirement system, provided that such membership shall become effective no earlier than April 1, 1958; provided, further, that any officer or employee of the authority who is already a member of the retirement system shall be entitled to credit for his total service with the authority. All specially classified maintenance and food service employees of the authority hired on or after July 1, 1987, and paid on an hourly basis shall not be members of the retirement system and shall not be included under the health insurance plan for state employees as provided for in Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the Jekyll Island-State Park Authority all contributions required by this chapter. All such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 10 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (§§ 47-2-310 — 47-2-327) › Section 47-2-314 - Membership in the retirement system of officers and employees of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority; creditable service; contributions

All officers and employees of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority, established by Code Section
10-9-3
, who are not already members of the retirement system may elect to become members on or after April 1, 1977. Any officer or employee of the authority who is already a member of the retirement system by virtue of services with another employer shall be entitled to credit for his services and shall not suffer any loss of such credit to which he is otherwise entitled. There shall be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the operation of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority all employer contributions required under this chapter, including employer social security contributions. The commencement date shall be April 1, 1977.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 47 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-25-101) › Chapter 2 - EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (§§ 47-2-1 — 47-2-360) › Article 8 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 47-2-140 — 47-2-327) › Part 10 - EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (§§ 47-2-310 — 47-2-327) › Section 47-2-315 - Merit system of personnel administration for officers and employees of the Georgia Building Authority; membership in the retirement system; contributions

All eligible officers and employees of the Georgia Building Authority shall be subject to a merit system of personnel administration as promulgated by the Georgia Building Authority 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. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the Georgia Building Authority all contributions required by the retirement system. All such payments shall be in addition to the regular compensation allowed to such officers and employees, provided that membership shall not become effective before March 1, 1956.