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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-23-124. Legislative intent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-23-124. Legislative intent.

It is the intention of the General Assembly that except as is expressly provided in an Act approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 513), creating this retirement system, the benefits and conditions precedent to receiving benefits as provided by this chapter shall apply to all covered positions equally, and no legislation shall be enacted modifying or repealing any provision of this chapter which would create a contrary result.

## History

Code 1981, § 47-23-124, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 20, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 64/SB 436.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘The intent of this Act is to repeal obsolete and inoperative provisions and to make certain stylistic corrections in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Nothing in this Act shall deny, abridge, increase, renew, revive, or on any way affect any right, benefit, option, credit, or election to which any person was entitled pursuant to such title on June 30, 2010, and the board of trustees of each public retirement system is authorized and directed to provide by regulation for the continuation of any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election not otherwise covered in this Act; provided, however, that any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election shall be subject to the statutory provisions in effect on June 30, 2010.’’

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 67, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision of Sections 62 through 64 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2010 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over this Act to the extent of the conflict.’’

## Other Notes

The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, deleted a comma following ‘‘an Act’’ near the beginning.