The Governor is empowered to authorize a referendum in accordance with the requirements of Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act on the question of whether services in positions covered by the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia, Chapter 8 of this title, shall be excluded from or included under an agreement under this chapter with an effective date of July 1, 1956. If the referendum results in an affirmative vote, employee contributions required for social security coverage shall be deducted by The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia and remitted to the state agency, together with the required employer contributions. The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia is authorized and directed to pay the required employer contribution from the funds appropriated for the operation of the superior courts of the state.
History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 172, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 19; Ga. L. 1994, p. 92, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 753, § 14/SB 109; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 64/SB 436.
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in the first sentence, deleted a comma following “Social Security Act” and substituted “Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia” for “commissioner of administrative services” in the second and third sentences.
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted “The Council” for “the Council” in the second sentence.
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.”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 67, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision of Sections 62 through 64 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2010 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over this Act to the extent of the conflict.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Article 3 - Plans, Agreements, and Referendums Regarding Social Security Coverage
§ 47-18-42. Referendum on the Question of Coverage of Certain Groups of Employees
§ 47-18-43. Referendum on the Question of Coverage of Positions Covered by Chapter 12 of This Title
§ 47-18-44. Referendum on the Question of Coverage of Positions Covered by Chapter 8 of This Title