O.C.G.A. § 47-3-29 (2019)
Deduction of membership dues of nonprofit organizations from benefit payments
(a) The board of trustees is authorized, but not required, to deduct from benefit payments the membership dues of any nonprofit organization domiciled in Georgia which requests such deductions, provided that at least 30 percent of the retired members of this retirement system belong to such organization and members of the organization request that such deduction be made as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section.
(b) Any retired member desiring the deduction provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section must so notify the board of trustees in writing in the manner specified by the board of trustees. Once begun, any such deduction may be canceled only by a request to the board of trustees in writing in a manner specified by the board of trustees.
(c) Any organization for which membership dues deductions are made as provided in this Code section shall reimburse this retirement system for the actual cost of making such deductions.
(d) Any organization requesting the deductions provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall reimburse this retirement system for the actual cost of determining if such organization is eligible as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section.
(e) In the event a dispute arises regarding deductions provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, this retirement system shall not be liable to any party in any manner, and the matter shall be settled between the retired member and the organization involved.
History
(Code 1981, § 47-3-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 432, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 92, § 1.)
Annotations
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ‘‘Employer’’ of teacher makes contribution to retirement system. - Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-3-1) defines an ‘‘employer’’ of a teacher as that agency ‘‘by which a teacher is paid’’; therefore, when a teacher is paid by the Department of Education, that department should make the contribution to the retirement system; when a teacher is paid by a local board of education, the local board should make the contribution. 1948-49 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 149. Pension from retirement system not based
on local retirement fund. - If a teacher includes previous service in a system under the retirement system toward retirement under a local retirement fund, and the retirement system pays the pension amounts on that service to the local fund, the teacher cannot be allowed pension benefits from the retirement system based on those same years for which payments are being made to the local fund as this would clearly amount to a double payment. 1974 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 74-21.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1169 et seq.
C.J.S. - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 486.