Georgia Code
Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits
§ 47-2-91. Credit for Accumulations of Forfeited Annual and Sick Leave

History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 1451, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 393, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1022, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1624, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 752, § 1/SB 98; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 64/SB 436; Ga. L. 2012, p. 413, § 6/HB 805; Ga. L. 2022, p. 392, § 1/SB 343.
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, substituted “State Personnel Administration” for “State Merit System of Personnel Administration” in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(5) and in the first sentence of subsection (f).
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted “the State Personnel Administration” for “the state merit system” at the end of the third sentence of subsection (f).
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted “as defined in Code Section 45-20-2” for “of the State Personnel Administration provided for by Chapter 20 of Title 45” in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(5); substituted “administrative services provided for by Code Section 50-5-1” for “personnel administration provided for in Code Section 45-20-4” in paragraph (a)(2); deleted “paragraph (2) of” following “defined in” in subsection (c); and substituted “as defined by Code Section 45-20-2” for “of the State Personnel Administration” in the first and third sentences of subsection (f).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, inserted “retirements that become effective prior to July 1, 2022, for” in paragraph (b)(2).
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.”
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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