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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS |
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Chapter 7. GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND |
| Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Article 2. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSETS OF THE FUND |
| Article 3. MEMBERSHIP IN THE FUND |
| Article 4. FINANCING THE FUND |
| Article 5. SERVICE CREDITABLE TOWARD RETIREMENT |
| Article 6. RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES, DISABILITY BENEFITS, AND DEATH BENEFITS |
| Article 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 47 Chapter 7 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Authorization of taxation for paying pensions and other benefits and costs under a firemen's pension system or systems, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. X, Para. IV.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Rules of General Applicability, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Fireman's Pension Fund, Chapter 513-7-1.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS MAY BELONG TO BOTH COUNTY AND STATE SYSTEM. --County firefighters are not prohibited from simultaneously belonging to both the county retirement system and the Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U75-77.
FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER'S MEMBERSHIP NOT LOST IF UTILIZED AS POLICE OFFICER. --A firefighter employed full time and in accordance with Ga. L. 1961, p. 417, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-7-1) would not lose the firefighter's right to membership in the fund if the employing city utilized the firefighter as a police officer. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-15.
FUND IS NOT STATE AGENCY OR BOARD within purview of the Georgia administrative procedure provisions. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-72.
REFUND OF DUES RETURNS MEMBER TO NEW MEMBER STATUS. --If a firefighter who requested and received a refund of dues paid into the fund fails to apply for reinstatement within six months, the firefighter may be entitled to membership, but the firefighter's status is that of a new member; the firefighter must forfeit the firefighter's credit for previous years' service. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-317.
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST AGREE on any action to be taken before that action is binding. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-103.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Statute of limitations in respect of action or proceeding to establish right to, or recovery of benefits of, pension, 136 ALR 809.
Reasonableness of classification, as regards beneficiaries, by statute providing for retirement fund or pension for public officers or employees, 163 ALR 870.
What constitutes "salary," "wages," "pay," or the like, within pension law basing benefits thereon, 14 ALR2d 634.
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.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Rules of General Applicability, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Fireman's Pension Fund, Chapter 513-7-1.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS MAY BELONG TO BOTH COUNTY AND STATE SYSTEM. --County firefighters are not prohibited from simultaneously belonging to both the county retirement system and the Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U75-77.
FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER'S MEMBERSHIP NOT LOST IF UTILIZED AS POLICE OFFICER. --A firefighter employed full time and in accordance with Ga. L. 1961, p. 417, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-7-1) would not lose the firefighter's right to membership in the fund if the employing city utilized the firefighter as a police officer. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-15.
FUND IS NOT STATE AGENCY OR BOARD within purview of the Georgia administrative procedure provisions. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-72.
REFUND OF DUES RETURNS MEMBER TO NEW MEMBER STATUS. --If a firefighter who requested and received a refund of dues paid into the fund fails to apply for reinstatement within six months, the firefighter may be entitled to membership, but the firefighter's status is that of a new member; the firefighter must forfeit the firefighter's credit for previous years' service. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-317.
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST AGREE on any action to be taken before that action is binding. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-103.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Statute of limitations in respect of action or proceeding to establish right to, or recovery of benefits of, pension, 136 ALR 809.
Reasonableness of classification, as regards beneficiaries, by statute providing for retirement fund or pension for public officers or employees, 163 ALR 870.
What constitutes "salary," "wages," "pay," or the like, within pension law basing benefits thereon, 14 ALR2d 634.
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.