History. Code 1981, § 47-2-298 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 993, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 130, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 738, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 305, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 33/SB 436.
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in subsection (c), in the first sentence, substituted “and who failed to” for “shall” in the middle and added “in a timely manner shall be forever barred from exercising such option” at the end, deleted the former second sentence, which read: “Such notification must be made by not later than December 31, 1996.”, and substituted “his or her” for “their” in the middle of the last 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.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 2 - Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia
Article 8 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Groups of Employees
Part 9 - Judges and Other Court Employees; Certain County Employees
§ 47-2-291. Prior Service as a Judge or Solicitor of a Court of Record
§ 47-2-295.1. Probation and Intake Officers of Department of Juvenile Justice
§ 47-2-295.2. County Juvenile Detention Employees Who Are Transferred Into Department
§ 47-2-296. County Probation System Employees
§ 47-2-298. Employees of County Departments of Family and Children Services