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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-219.1. Notice of social security withholdings and eligibility and pension or retirement plan eligibility.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-219.1. Notice of social security withholdings and eligibility and pension or retirement plan eligibility.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2025, and continuing thereafter, each local school system shall, upon hiring a new employee, provide such new employee the following:

(1) Notice of whether:

(A) Social security taxes will be withheld from his or her pay;

(B) He or she is eligible to be included in a plan with coverage for the benefits of Title II of the Social Security Act; and

(C) He or she is eligible to be included in any other pension or retirement plan; and

(2) If he or she is eligible to be included in one or more plans provided for in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, information regarding such plan or plans.

(b) No later than December 31, 2025, and at least once every five years thereafter, each local school system shall provide each current employee with the notice required in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2025, and continuing thereafter, each local school system shall notify each employee at or near the time of such employee’s separation whether social security taxes were withheld from his or her pay during any part of his or her employment.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-219.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 505, § 2/HB 37, effective July 1, 2025.

## Effective Date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.