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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

47-25-86. Suspension of benefits if retired member becomes employed as a chief magistrate.

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

  1. (a)

    If a retired member becomes employed as a chief magistrate, his or her retirement benefits shall be suspended during the period of time he or she holds such position, and upon cessation of such service, his or her prior retirement allowance shall be resumed.#

  2. (b)

    If a retired member becomes employed as a chief magistrate, he or she may elect again to become a contributing member of the retirement system and be governed by the retirement provisions of this chapter.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 47-25-86, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 246, § 1/SB 244; Ga. L. 2014, p. 835, § 9/HB 646; Ga. L. 2018, p. 196, § 3/HB 571.

Amendments

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, deleted “full-time” preceding “chief magistrate” near the beginning of subsection (b). The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, deleted “full-time or part-time magistrate or” following “employed as a” near the middle of subsection (a).

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

Text read from t47-(v35)-pdf.pdf, Volume V35, 2010 edition, 2025 supplement, page 255; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b2fa8236f7f1.