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

O.C.G.A. § 47-17-40 (2019)

Application for membership in the fund; credit for prior 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) In order to obtain membership in the fund, a peace officer shall make application to the board upon an application form to be furnished by it for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the employing authority to notify the board within 30 days from the date a peace officer is employed, furnishing the name and mailing address of such peace officer. The board shall furnish an application form to such peace officer within 15 days after such notification. The application form shall be accompanied by such material and information as will enable the peace officer to determine the benefits to be derived by virtue of said peace officer’s membership in the fund. An applicant must furnish proof of the date of such applicant’s birth, and such proof shall be in such form as shall be required by the board.

(b) Reserved.

(c) In addition to the requirements stated in this Code section, an application for membership shall contain such other information as may be required by the board.

History

(Ga. L. 1950, p. 50, § 9; Ga. L. 1951, p. 472, §§ 3, 3A; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 574, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 280, §§ 3, 8; Ga. L. 1958, p. 341, § 4; Ga. L. 1962, p. 39, § 4; Ga. L. 1965, p. 593, § 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 536, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 74, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1067, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1491, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1000, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 320, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Vandiver v. Manning, 215 Ga. 874, 114 S.E.2d 121 (1960); Carter v. Haynes, 228 Ga. 462, 186 S.E.2d 115 (1971). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1618. C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 313, 321. ALR. - Validity, construction, and effect

of provisions, in insurance policies allowing disability or accident benefits, which require insured to submit to physical examination, 5 ALR3d 929.