O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 47-1-1 (2019)

Intent of codification and enactment of this title

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The enactment of Title 47 of this Code is intended only as a recodification of the existing laws of this state relating to retirement and pensions. The codification and enactment of this title are not intended to nor shall they be construed to increase, diminish, grant, destroy, impair, alter, or otherwise affect any pension, retirement benefit or allowance, survivors benefit, membership or right to membership, creditable service or right thereto, prior service or right thereto, membership service or right thereto, or any option, election, or right of any kind which is in existence on November 1, 1982.

History

(Code 1981, § 47-1-1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)

Annotations

Editor's notes. - This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR. - Construction and application of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 USCA § 1001 et seq.) by United States Supreme Court, 150 A.L.R. Fed. 441.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Belk v. Westbrooks, 469 S.E.2d 149 (Ga. 1996).
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Belk v. Westbrooks, 469 S.E.2d 149 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 2× “"Fire suppression facility(ies)", as used hereinafter, refers to a fire department (in the generic sense), whether or not it is a fire department for purposes of OCGA § 47-1-1 (2). The ISO is a rating organization which is required to be and is licensed as such by the…”
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