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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 47-3-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: (8.1) “Certified professional...
Article 2 - Creation, Administration, and Management of the Assets of the Retirement System
§ 47-3-20. Creation and Management of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; Its Powers and Privileges; Name Under Which Business Transacted - A retirement system is established for the purpose of providing...
§ 47-3-21. Creation and Membership of Board of Trustees; Filling of Vacancies; per Diem, Expenses, and Oath of Office; Quorum; Creation, Membership, and Duties of Teachers Retirement System Nomination Committee - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-22. Election of Chairman and Executive Director of the Board of Trustees; Payments by Executive Director of Retirement System Funds; Surety Bond Required of Executive Director - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, §§ 6, 7; Ga....
§ 47-3-23. Designation and Duties of an Actuary for the Board of Trustees; Periodic Actuarial Investigation and Recommendations; Calculation Tables and Regular Interest Rate; Annual Valuation - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-24. Legal Adviser of the Board of Trustees - The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the...
§ 47-3-25. Medical Board; Designation; Duties Regarding Medical Examinations Required Under This Chapter - The board of trustees shall designate a medical board of...
§ 47-3-26. Powers and Duties of the Board of Trustees Generally - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 6.
§ 47-3-27. Investment Powers; Power to Maintain Cash on Deposit for Payments Under the Retirement System; Personal Interests in Investments Prohibited - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 7; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-28. Rights Exempted From Levy and Sale, Garnishment, and Other Process; Assignability; Exemptions for Other Retirement Systems; Assets and Investments and Their Transfer or Sale Exempted - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 10; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-29. Deduction of Membership Dues of Nonprofit Organizations From Benefit Payments - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-29 , enacted by Ga. L....
Article 3 - Employee and Employer Contributions; Creation of Funds for Contributions, Benefits, and Administrative Expenses
§ 47-3-40. Funds in Which Assets of the Retirement System Are to Be Held - All of the assets of the retirement system shall be...
§ 47-3-41. Annuity Savings Fund Generally - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 8; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-41.1. Payment of Employee Contributions by Employers; Mandatory Nature; Vesting - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-41.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-42. Employer’s Duty to Deduct, Collect, and Remit Employee Contributions; Effect of Failure to Deduct, Collect, and Remit Such Contributions - History. Ga. L. 1947, p. 1155, §§ 1, 2; Ga....
§ 47-3-43. Pension Accumulation Fund Generally - The pension accumulation fund shall be the fund in which...
§ 47-3-44. Crediting to Pension Accumulation Fund; Annual Transfer From Pension Accumulation Fund to Provide Regular Interest - All interest and dividends earned on the funds of the...
§ 47-3-45. Obligations of the Pension Accumulation Fund; Permissible Uses of the Assets of the Pension Accumulation Fund and of Income, Interest, and Dividends - The maintenance of annuity reserves and pension reserves of the...
§ 47-3-46. Date on Which Contributions to the Retirement System Are to Commence - No contributions to the retirement system shall be made by...
§ 47-3-47. Purpose of the Expense Fund - The expense fund shall be the fund to which shall...
§ 47-3-48. Certification to Employers of Normal and Accrued Liability Contribution Rates; Estimates by Employers of Contributions for Coming Year; Requests for Appropriations - Thirty days prior to the time the State Board of...
§ 47-3-49. Effective Date of Chapter; Effect of Appropriation of Funds on the Obligation to Make Employee and Employer Contributions to the Retirement System - This chapter shall become effective on March 19, 1943, but...
Article 4 - Membership in the Retirement System
§ 47-3-60. Eligibility; Termination; Leaves of Absence; Service Credit for Postgraduate Study; Transfer of Service Credit - (e.1) A member who has not withdrawn the member’s contributions...
§ 47-3-62. Membership of Visiting Teachers and Attendance Officers Employed in Lieu of Visiting Teachers - History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 8; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-63. Membership of Full-Time Public School Support Personnel; Employee and Employer Contributions; Creditable Service - History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 577, § 4; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-65. Membership, Rights, and Benefits in Local Retirement Funds - Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (5) of subsection (e)...
§ 47-3-66. Membership of Teachers Who Are Employed by Independent School Systems; Creditable Service - History. Ga. L. 1979, p. 1196, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-67. Membership of Teachers Who Are Employed by Certain County School Systems; Transfer From Local Retirement Fund; Creditable Service; Contributions - (d.1) Until such time as the rate of employee contribution...
§ 47-3-68. Membership of Eligible University System Employees - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-68 , enacted by Ga. L....
Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits
§ 47-3-80. Power of the Board of Trustees to Determine Which Service Is Creditable Service - The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate...
§ 47-3-81. Transfer of Service Credits From Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; Limitations; Additional Contributions or Adjustments Required - History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 723, § 16; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-82. Reestablishment of Creditable Service by Persons Who Have Withdrawn Their Contributions - History. Ga. L. 1980, p. 828, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-83. Service Credit for Active Duty Service in the Armed Forces of the United States; Limitations on Credit for Such Service if Used to Obtain Other State or Federal Retirement Benefits - History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 723, § 14; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-84. Credit for Service Rendered by Members Who Have Breaks in Membership; Payments Required to Obtain Such Credit - Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any...
§ 47-3-84.1. Certain Former Members of the System Who Have Not Withdrawn Contributions - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-84.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-85. Credit for Service by Former Member of Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia Who Withdrew Contributions; Credit for Service Before That Retirement System Established - History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 1405, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-86. Issuance of a Prior Service Certificate; Evidentiary Effect of Such Certificate; Credit for Prior Service Rendered by Members Who Previously Elected Nonmembership - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 4; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-87.1. Credit for Service Rendered in Independent School System Prior To, but Not Later Than, June 30, 1979 - History. Ga. L. 1982, p. 1192, § 1; Code 1981,...
§ 47-3-88. Credit for Service Rendered to a Local School System by Persons Who Became Members on or After April 1, 1966; Payments Required in Order to Obtain Such Credit - Any other provision of this or any other law to...
§ 47-3-89. Credit for Service Rendered in Governmentally Supported or Operated Schools Other Than Public Schools in Georgia; Payments Required to Obtain Credit for Such Service - History. Ga. L. 1957, p. 508, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-90. Absence From Employment Because of Pregnancy - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-90 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-91. Credit for Service for Visiting Scholars - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-91 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-92. Absence From Employment Because of Sick Leave; Creditable Service - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-92 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-93. Additional Creditable Service for Members With at Least 25 Years of Creditable Service - Such application and payment must be made in conjunction with...
§ 47-3-95. Credit for Service in Private Schools - A member who has completed at least five consecutive years...
Article 6 - Retirement and Eligibility for Retirement Allowances
§ 47-3-100. Service Which Is Creditable Toward a Retirement Allowance - The retirement allowance of a member shall be based on...
§ 47-3-101. Eligibility and Application for Retirement; Retirement Age; Duration of Benefits Paid to a Retired Member; Payment to Maintain Teachers Retirement System - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 5; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-102. Early Retirement After 30 Years’ Service; Time for Application; Payment by Member of Actuarial Cost - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-102 , enacted by Ga. L....
Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Spouses’ Benefits
§ 47-3-120. Allowance on Service Retirement; Minimum Retirement Allowance; Reduced Allowance; Increase; Computation of Average Compensation - (a.1) The minimum allowance to be received by any member...
§ 47-3-121. Optional Retirement Allowances; Election of Such Options; Revocation of Election; Effect of Divorce - (e.1) Option five shall consist of a reduced retirement allowance...
§ 47-3-122. Eligibility and Application for Disability Benefits; Amount of Disability Benefits; Reexamination of Recipients; Reduction - (a.1) If the board of trustees determines by clear and...
§ 47-3-123. Benefits Payable Upon the Death of a Member Before Retirement - The benefit to which the beneficiary is entitled shall depend...
§ 47-3-124. Application of Minimum Retirement Allowances to Persons Who Retired Pursuant to County, Municipal, or Local Board of Education Retirement or Pension Systems - History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-125. Application of Increases in Retirement Benefits to Persons Who Retired Pursuant to County, Municipal, or Local Board of Education Retirement or Pension Systems - On and after July 1, 1980, and to the extent...
§ 47-3-126. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments - The board of trustees is authorized to adopt a method...
§ 47-3-126.1. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1984 - Click to view Time of Retirement Percentage Increase Prior to...
§ 47-3-126.2. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1986 - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-126.2 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-126.3. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments - Click to view Time of Retirement Percentage Increase Prior to...
§ 47-3-126.4. Postretirement Benefit for Beneficiary - Click to view Time of Retirement Percentage Increase Prior to...
§ 47-3-127. Effect of Restoration to Service on Retirement Allowances; Creditable Service After Restoration to Service - If the returning beneficiary fails to elect either choice, his...
§ 47-3-127.1. Full-Time Employment of Beneficiaries Permitted Under Limited Conditions; Required Employer Contributions; Areas of Highest Need - History. Code 1981, § 47-3-127.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 47-3-128. Payment of Accumulated Contributions Upon Request After Termination of Membership; Payment of Taxable Portion to Eligible Retirement Plan - If a person’s membership ceases other than by death or...
§ 47-3-129. Rights When Retire Before 60 With Ten Years of Service or 20 Years Before 1954; Reestablishment of Credits Earned Before That Retirement - History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 690, § 1; Ga. L....
§ 47-3-130. Commencement of Benefits Under This Retirement System; Retirement After January 1, 1943, but Before the Commencement Date - No member shall retire or receive benefits under this retirement...
Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 47-3-140. Application of Other State Funded Pension or Retirement Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of This Retirement System - Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no other provision...
§ 47-3-141. Attempts to Defraud the Retirement System by Means of False Statements or Falsified Records; Adjustment of Erroneous Payments - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 11.
§ 47-3-142. Rights and Benefits of Persons Convicted of Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, or Conspiracy to Commit Either Upon a Member or Retiree - No person who commits or conspires to commit the murder...