Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS · Chapter 25. MAGISTRATES RETIREMENT FUND · Article 5. BENEFITS

47-25-80. Requirements for receiving benefits.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

In order for a member to be eligible to receive retirement benefits under this chapter, he or she must have:
(1)
Served as a regularly qualified and commissioned chief magistrate or as the secretary-treasurer for at least eight years;#
(2)
Fully complied with this chapter;#
(3)
Terminated his or her official capacity as a chief magistrate or as the secretary-treasurer;#
(4)
Attained the age of 60 years;#
(5)
Filed with the board his or her application for such retirement, on a form to be furnished by the board, within a period of 90 days, or as soon thereafter as possible, after reaching the age of 60 years or after termination of his or her official capacity as a chief magistrate or as the secretary-treasurer, whichever may occur last in point of time; and#
(6)
Had his or her application for retirement approved by the board.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 47-25-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 246, § 1/SB 244; Ga. L. 2014, p. 835, § 5/HB 646.

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, deleted “full-time” preceding “chief magistrate” in paragraphs (1), (3), and (5).

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Text read from t47-(v35)-pdf.pdf, Volume V35, 2010 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 249 to 250; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b2fa8236f7f1.