O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 47-14-79 (2019)
Death benefit paid to designated beneficiary of member who dies in service
✓ 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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A death benefit in the amount of $5,000.00 shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of any member who dies in service. In the absence of a designated beneficiary, such amount shall be paid to the deceased member’s estate. For members eligible for a surviving spouse’s benefit, such amount shall be in addition to the benefit provided pursuant to Code Section 47-14-72.
History
(Code 1981, § 47-14-79, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 421, § 2/HB 486.)
Annotations
Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2010.
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