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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-17-24. Duty of the board to keep permanent records of annuities and benefits granted; contents, preservation, and transfer of records, papers, and other data.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-17-24. Duty of the board to keep permanent records of annuities and benefits granted; contents, preservation, and transfer of records, papers, and other data.

It shall be the duty of the board to keep permanent records of all its actions in granting annuities or benefits. Such records shall give the name of the recipient, the date of the beginning of the membership service of the involved peace officer, the date of such officer’s incapacity, retirement, or death, the reason therefor, and such other information as the board shall desire. All records, papers, and other data shall be carefully preserved and turned over to the succeeding members of the board.

## History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 50, § 6; Ga. L. 1956, p. 280, § 6; Ga. L. 2024, p. 623, § 1/SB 328, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, inserted “membership” in the second sentence.