Georgia Code
Article 5 - Retirement Benefits, Disability Benefits, and Spouses’ Benefits
§ 47-14-70. Eligibility for Retirement Benefits; Additional or Partial Retirement Benefits; Election of Spousal Benefits

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Years of Service at Retirement Benefits Received 13 Thirteen-twelfths of the benefits provided in subsection (e) of this Code section 14 Fourteen-twelfths of the benefits provided in subsection (e) of this Code section 15 Fifteen-twelfths of the benefits provided in subsection (e) of this Code section 17 Seventeen-sixteenths of the benefits provided in subsection (d) of this Code section 18 Eighteen-sixteenths of the benefits provided in subsection (d) of this Code section 19 Nineteen-sixteenths of the benefits provided in subsection (d) of this Code section
History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 230, § 9; Ga. L. 1964, p. 202, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1968, p. 420, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 228, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 352, § 2; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 729, §§ 2, 4, 5, 8; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2069, §§ 1, 3, 4; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1547, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 857, §§ 2, 4, 5; Ga. L. 1981, p. 921, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1983, p. 555, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 30, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1252, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 626, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1270, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1811, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 158, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 470, § 6; Ga. L. 2014, p. 178, § 1/HB 580.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted the present provisions of subsection (c) for the former provisions, which read: “In lieu of the retirement benefits provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, a member, upon retirement, may elect to receive 90 percent of the benefits the member is entitled to receive under subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section during the remainder of the member’s life; and, after the member’s death, the member’s surviving spouse shall receive a monthly sum during the lifetime of the surviving spouse equal to 50 percent of the amount which the member would have received had the member elected the full benefits provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section. In order to be eligible for such benefits, the surviving spouse must have been married to the member for at least six years immediately preceding the member’s death. Such benefits shall not commence until after the surviving spouse reaches 55 years of age.”
Cross references.
Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11 .

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