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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-1-8. Restrictions on ability of members of the General Assembly to receive pension plan credit for service in the General Assembly.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-1-8. Restrictions on ability of members of the General Assembly to receive pension plan credit for service in the General Assembly.

No person becoming a member of the General Assembly for the first time on or after July 1, 1984, shall be entitled to receive or shall receive any creditable service under any local retirement or pension system for service as a member of the General Assembly unless the law, ordinance, or resolution which is the source of authority for such local retirement or pension system specifically authorizes creditable service to be obtained under such local retirement or pension system for service in the General Assembly.

## History

Code 1981, § 47-1-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 758, § 1.

## Cross References

Crediting of time served in General Assembly to pension plan of political subdivision, § 28-1-9.