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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Article 1. IN GENERAL

47-1-6. Effect of World War II armed forces service on retirement benefits; payments to retirement systems for such periods.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    No veteran of World War II who was discharged other than dishonorably and who was furloughed from a position of employment with a county or municipal government which has a retirement or pension plan for the position occupied shall suffer or otherwise lose any seniority toward his retirement or pension by virtue of such service in the armed forces of the United States.#

  2. (b)

    No such veteran shall be required to make any payments to any such retirement or pension fund for and during his period of service with the armed forces of the United States.#

  3. (c)

    This Code section shall apply to a political subdivision of any county or municipality where such a retirement or pension plan is in effect.#

Reading note: a word broken across two lines in the printed volume was joined by rule and could not be checked against the volume's own vocabulary. The official page linked below settles any doubt.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 858, §§ 1-3.

Cross references

Rights of public officers and employees absent on military duty as members of organized militia or reserve forces, as such rights relate to retirement systems, § 38-2-279(f).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t47-(v35)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V35, 2010 edition, page 10; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 670b44b1738a.