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# O.C.G.A. § 47-23-47. Transfer of members’ contributions.

The board of trustees shall transfer to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia all contributions made to the fund by a member who transfers to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; and The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia, as appropriate, are authorized and directed to pay from the funds appropriated or otherwise available an additional amount equal to the 5 percent contribution of such member plus an additional 20 percent of the contribution, so that the state contribution shall be in accordance with the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia.

## History

Code 1981, § 47-23-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 753, § 16/SB 109; 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 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in the middle, substituted ‘‘Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia, as appropriate, are’’ for ‘‘commissioner of administrative services is’’ and substituted ‘‘or otherwise available’’ for ‘‘for the operating expenses of the superior courts of this state’’.

The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted ‘‘The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia’’ for ‘‘the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia’’ in the middle.