Georgia Code
Article 3 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund
§ 47-11-40. Eligibility to Participate; Credit for Service Rendered; Requirements for Judges to Participate

Before any person shall be eligible to participate in the fund he or she must:
History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 185, § 7; Ga. L. 1959, p. 354, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 57, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 548, §§ 3-5; Ga. L. 1976, p. 754, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 596, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1990, p. 543, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 130, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1037, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 342, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 166, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1278, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 66/SB 436; Ga. L. 2016, p. 354, § 1/HB 635.
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted “board of commissioners” for “board of trustees” three times in this Code section.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted “30 years” for “20 years” at the end of paragraph (7).
Cross references.
Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The intent of this Act is to repeal obsolete and inoperative provisions and to make certain stylistic corrections in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Nothing in this Act shall deny, abridge, increase, renew, revive, or on any way affect any right, benefit, option, credit, or election to which any person was entitled pursuant to such title on June 30, 2010, and the board of trustees of each public retirement system is authorized and directed to provide by regulation for the continuation of any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election not otherwise covered in this Act; provided, however, that any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election shall be subject to the statutory provisions in effect on June 30, 2010.