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O.C.G.A. § 47-16-120 (2019)

Vesting of rights to benefits under this chapter

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All rights and benefits under this chapter shall be subject to future legislative change or revision, and no beneficiary shall be deemed to have any vested right to any benefits under this chapter, except for the right of withdrawal and payment to the surviving spouse or the member's estate of the difference between amounts paid and benefits received as set forth in Code Sections 47-16-102 and 47-16-103 and except for retirement benefits under Code Section 47-16-101, after approval of such benefits under Code Section 47-16-100, provided that benefits deemed vested under this Code section shall be subject to reduction under Code Section 47-16-121.

History

(Ga. L. 1963, p. 630, § 21; Ga. L. 1981, p. 694, § 2.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1174 et seq.

C.J.S. - 70 C.J.S., Pensions, § 8.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Pulliam v. Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund, 419 S.E.2d 918 (Ga. 1992).
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Pulliam v. Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund, 419 S.E.2d 918 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 2× “1 Similar provisions appear in OCGA § 47-16-120, pertaining to the Sheriffs’ Retirement *412 Fund of Georgia, and § 47-17-101, pertaining to the Peace Officers’ Annuity & Benefit Fund.”
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