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2018 Georgia Code 47-7-121 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Section 7. Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, 47-7-1 through 47-7-127.

ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

47-7-121. Vesting of rights to benefits.

Benefits under this chapter shall be subject to future legislative change and revision and no member of this fund or any other persons shall be deemed to have any vested right to any benefits, except as may be provided in Code Section 47-7-100.

(Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 10; Ga. L. 1976, p. 241, § 5.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1167 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 573 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 314 et seq.

ALR.

- Validity of legislation providing for additional retirement or disability allowances for public employees previously retired or disabled, 27 A.L.R.2d 1442.

Validity and effect of retroactive change in rate of employee's contribution to public pension fund, 78 A.L.R.2d 1197.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 47-7-121

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Pulliam v. Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund, 419 S.E.2d 918 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 11, 1992 | 262 Ga. 411

...ed to a hearing before the trustees of the Fund. The only issue he raised at that hearing was the legality of the statutory amendment. The suspension of his benefits was affirmed. That suspension was upheld by the superior court on the basis of OCGA § 47-7-121: Benefits under this chapter shall be subject to future legislative change and revision and no member of this fund or any other persons shall be deemed to have any vested right to any benefits, ......