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Title 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS · Chapter 16. SHERIFFS’ RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA · Article 3. MEMBERSHIP IN AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND

47-16-43. Requirements for continued active membership in the fund.

Active

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

  1. In order to retain active membership in the fund, each member must:

  2. (1)

    Continue serving as a sheriff;#

  3. (2)

    Pay to the secretary-treasurer membership dues of $65.00 per month. Such payment shall be due on or before the tenth day of the following month until the member has made such payments for a total of 30 years; and#

  4. (3)

    Comply with all other mandatory provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations promulgated by the board.#

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. 1963, p. 630, § 13; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1203, § 8; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1889, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1185, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1566, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 315, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 325, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1167, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 653, § 2/SB 322, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “$65.00” for “$45.00” near the end of the first sentence of paragraph (2).

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

Text read from t47-(v35)-pdf.pdf, Volume V35, 2010 edition, 2025 supplement, page 155; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b2fa8236f7f1.