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title: O.C.G.A. § 47-23-40. Eligibility.
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# O.C.G.A. § 47-23-40. Eligibility.

Any person who on June 30, 1998, was an active, inactive, or retired member of a predecessor retirement system shall be transferred to this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998. Any person who on June 30, 1998, was a beneficiary of a predecessor retirement system shall become a beneficiary of this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided, the benefits of any beneficiary so transferred shall continue to be calculated as such benefits were calculated on June 30, 1998.

## History

Code 1981, § 47-23-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1.