History. Code 1981, § 47-2-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1296, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 209, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 752, § 1/SB 98; Ga. L. 2012, p. 413, § 3/HB 805.
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, substituted “State Personnel Administration” for “State Merit System of Personnel Administration” in the first sentence of subsection (b).
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted “state system of personnel administration” for “State Personnel Administration” in the first sentence of subsection (b).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1984, p. 1296, § 2, enacted this Code section. Section 5 of the 1984 Act provided that this Act would become effective on January 1, 1985, only if a proposed amendment (see Ga. L. 1984, p. 1726) to the Constitution (Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. X, Para. VI) authorizing the General Assembly to revise provisions of public retirement or pension systems relating to involuntary separation from employment were ratified at the 1984 general election. Such approval was given at that election.
Ga. L. 1984, p. 1296, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: “Pursuant to the authority of the proposed constitutional amendment described in Section 5 of this Act and being contingent for its effectiveness on January 1, 1985, upon the ratification of such proposed constitutional amendment, this Act is exempt from the provisions of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated known as the ‘Public Retirement Systems Standards Law.’ ”
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.
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