O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-29-5 (2019)

Contributions to retirement system where employee does not retire

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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In the event the employee is not eligible or does not elect to retire under the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, if eligible to do so after contracting tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis, the state institution, agency, or department by which he is employed shall continue to make contributions to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, based on the employee’s total or reduced compensation, for the duration of his illness, not to exceed a maximum of 350 weeks. The employee may elect to continue his contributions to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia based on his total compensation or on the reduced compensation received from the institution, agency, or department. The retirement credits and benefits of an employee receiving compensation under Code Section 31-29-1 shall be based upon the compensation elected and contributed on by the employee.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-2406,

enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Code section inapplicable to one not retired under Employee’s Retirement Act. - Employee not retired under Employee’s Retirement Act who con-

tracted infectious hepatitis prior to effective date of Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 1 et seq., would not be compensated. 1970 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U70-170.