O.C.G.A. § 47-6-70.2 (2019)
Reestablishment of creditable service by current members who ceased being members of General Assembly and who withdrew retirement contributions
Article 6 Retirement, Retirement Allowances, and Death Benefits Membership in the Retirement System Qualifications for membership; membership of persons who cease to become members of the General Assembly before age 60; termination of membership. Transition of membership from Georgia Legislative Retirement System to Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; current beneficiaries; state contributions; rules and regulations [Repealed]. State contributions.
Article 4 Article 7 Employee and Employer Contributions to the Retirement System Eligibility and application for a retirement allowance; early retirement; amount of retirement allowance; increases in retirement allowance. Optional retirement allowances. Manner in which retirement allowances to be paid; termination of payments upon death. Payments made upon the death of a member, upon death of a beneficiary who has not elected an optional retirement allowance, or upon death of a member before retirement. Termination of retirement allowance upon return to service; retirement benefits for retired members returning to service in the General Assembly. Refund of accumulated contributions upon termination of membership.
Miscellaneous Provisions Employee contributions to the Exemption of rights and benefits Sec.
statements or falsified records; adjustment of erroneous payments.
from taxation; exemption from legal process; assignability. Attempts to defraud the retirement system by means of false
Annotations
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Credit as membership service in determining involuntary separation benefit eligibility. - Service as a member of the General Assembly after January 1, 1954, paid for as membership service in the Legislative Retirement System and transferred to the Employees’ Retirement System is creditable as
membership service for determination of eligibility for the involuntary separation benefits provided by Ga. L. 1972, p. 360, § 3 and Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 160, § 2 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 47-2-123 and 47-2-124). 1973 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U73-17.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1166 et seq. C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 311 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 211 et seq. ALR. - Reasonableness of classification, as regards beneficiaries, by statute providing for retirement fund or pension for public officers or employees, 163 ALR 870.
Gift to or for employees’ pension fund as valid charitable gift or trust, 28 ALR2d 428. Unemployment compensation: eligibility of employee laid off according to employer’s mandatory retirement plan, 50 ALR3d 880. Mandatory retirement of public officer or employee based on age, 81 ALR3d 811.
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS