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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-12-100. Effect of sufficiency of the fund on payments to persons who are eligible for retirement benefits; order of liability for such payments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-12-100. Effect of sufficiency of the fund on payments to persons who are eligible for retirement benefits; order of liability for such payments.

The state shall pay benefits under this chapter to all district attorneys who are eligible for retirement under this chapter without regard to the sufficiency of the fund to pay such benefits, provided that prior to any withdrawal against general funds of the state for payment of benefits, all interest and moneys earned and accumulated by investment pursuant to Code Section 47-12-23 shall first be disbursed as benefits.

## History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 780, § 13; Ga. L. 1964, p. 214, § 1.