Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 47-18-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 294, § 2; Ga. L. 1956, p. 75, § 2; Ga. L. 1958, p. 198, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 445, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 150, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 9; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1248, § 1/HB 997; Ga. L. 2012, p. 413, § 10/HB 805.
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted “State Personnel Administration” for “Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia” at the end of paragraph (8).
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted “Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia” for “State Personnel Administration” in paragraph (8).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act is applicable to taxable years ending on or after March 11, 1987, and that a taxpayer with a taxable year ending on or after January 1, 1987, and before March 11, 1987, may elect to have the provisions of that Act apply.
Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that tax, penalty, and interest liabilities and refund eligibility for prior taxable years shall not be affected by that Act.
Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that provisions of the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 and of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which as of January 1, 1987, were not yet effective become effective for purposes of Georgia taxation on the same dates as they become effective for federal purposes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 413, § 1/HB 805, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The purpose of this Act is to make conforming amendments and correct references in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, relative to the abolition of the State Personnel Administration and the transfer of certain functions of such agency to the Department of Administrative Services as provided by a separate Act.” The separate Act referred to is Ga. L. 2012, p. 446/HB 642, which became effective July 1, 2012, and which provides for the abolition of the State Personnel Administration and the transfer of functions.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 413, § 13/HB 805, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012, only if an Act abolishing the State Personnel Administration and providing for the transfer of certain functions of such agency to the Department of Administrative Services is enacted and becomes effective on that same date; otherwise, this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2012.” Ga. L. 2012, p. 446/HB 642, effective July 1, 2012, provides for the abolition of the State Personnel Administration and the transfer of functions.