TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Section 23. Georgia Judicial Retirement System, 47-23-1 through 47-23-124.

ARTICLE 3 MEMBERSHIP IN THE SYSTEM

47-23-43. Preservation of prior rights under this Code section by certain attorneys employed by Legislative Counsel or Department of Law.

Any person employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31 who was subject to the former provisions of this Code section as such existed on June 30, 2005, shall retain all rights and obligations as existed on that day. Such persons shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to solicitors-general of the state courts. Employer contributions shall be paid by the respective employers under such Code sections.

(Code 1981, §47-23-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 57, § 1/HB 492; Ga. L. 2009, p. 315, § 1/HB 210; Ga. L. 2011, p. 504, § 1/HB 144.)

The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, inserted "employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31" near the beginning of the first sentence and added the last sentence.

The 2011 amendment, effective May 11, 2011, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct this title, in the first sentence, inserted "who was", inserted "former" near the beginning, inserted "as such existed" near the middle, and substituted "existed" for "exist" near the end.