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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-2-165. Effect on retirement allowances of compensation, per diem, allowances, and expenses received as a member of the General Assembly.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-2-165. Effect on retirement allowances of compensation, per diem, allowances, and expenses received as a member of the General Assembly.

Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the payment of a member’s retirement allowances shall not be suspended because of the compensation, per diem, allowances, and expenses received by him as an elected member of the General Assembly.

## History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 547, § 2.