Georgia Code
Article 3 - Membership in and Contributions to the Fund
§ 47-17-44. Amount of Dues; Deadline and Minimum Period for Payments; Dues Required for Credit for Service After March 1, 1951; Dues Required for Prior Service Credit

History. Ga. L. 1950, p. 50, § 9; Ga. L. 1951, p. 472, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 574, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 280, §§ 5, 7, 8; Ga. L. 1958, p. 341, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 1962, p. 39, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 1965, p. 593, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 536, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 74, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 63, § 2; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1201, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1921, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 996, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 320, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 776, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 27, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 603, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 581, § 2/SB 249.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, rewrote subsection (a), which read: “Each member shall pay into the fund as dues the sum of $20.00 per month. Each month’s dues shall be paid not later than the tenth day of that month. Each member shall be required to pay such dues for a minimum period of ten years before being eligible to receive the retirement benefits under this chapter, provided that, if such member is eligible to retire under this chapter and so desires, such member may retire, and the board shall deduct such monthly amount from his or her retirement benefits until he or she has paid dues into the fund for a period of ten years.” See Editor’s notes for comment.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2020, p. 581, § 5/SB 249, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2020, only if it is determined to have been concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the ‘Public Retirement Systems Standards Law’; otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall be automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2020, as required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.” However, the Act was not signed by the Governor until August 3, 2020. The State Auditor’s determination letter on concurrent funding of fiscal retirement bills provided: “[I]t is unclear as to the effective date of this bill. Based on the information received by the Fund’s actuary, Senate Bill 249 met the provisions for concurrent funding had it become effective on July 1, 2020.” See the state auditor’s report at Ga. L. 2020, p. 380A.

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