Georgia CommonsTitle 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS · Chapter 7. GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND · Article 6. RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES, DISABILITY BENEFITS, AND DEATH BENEFITS
47-7-103. Benefits payable upon death; failure to designate beneficiary.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
In the event of the death of an active member who has not commenced receiving any benefits under this chapter, up to five selected beneficiaries of such deceased member shall be entitled to be paid the amount of $10,000.00 split equally among the selected beneficiaries, upon any selected beneficiary making proper application to the executive director of the fund. Such application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the death certificate of the deceased member and such other information as may be required by the board.#
- (b)
In the event of the death of a retired member of the fund who has not elected survivor benefits under Option A or B as provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 47-7-100 and who has commenced receiving benefits under this chapter, but who has not received total benefits in an amount equal to $10,000.00, up to five beneficiaries selected by the member shall be entitled to receive an equally apportioned amount from the difference between $10,000.00 and the amount of benefits received by such deceased member, upon making application as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.#
- (c)
In the event of the death of an active member or a retired member who failed to designate a beneficiary, or if all named beneficiaries have predeceased such member, any benefits otherwise payable under subsections (a) or (b) of this Code section shall be payable to such member’s estate.#
History
Ga. L. 1956, p. 368, § 6; Ga. L. 1962, p. 550, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 562, § 9; Ga. L. 2010, p. 438, § 6/HB 1150; Ga. L. 2015, p. 898, § 11/HB 266; Ga. L. 2019, p. 760, § 1/HB 319; Ga. L. 2020, p. 13, § 1/HB 195.
Amendments
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: “(a) In the event of the death of a member of the fund who is in good standing and who has not commenced receiving any benefits under this chapter, the designated beneficiary of such deceased member shall be entitled to be paid the amount of $5,000.00, upon making proper application to the executive director of the fund. Such application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the death certificate of the deceased member and such other information as may be required by the board. “(b) In the event of the death of a member of the fund who is in good standing, who has not elected survivor benefits under Option A or B as provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 47-7-100, and who has commenced receiving benefits under this chapter, but who has not received total benefits in an amount equal to $5,000.00, the member’s named beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the difference between $5,000.00 and the amount of benefits received by such deceased member, upon making application as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.” The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added subsection (c). The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, substituted “$10,000.00” for “$5,000.00” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (a) and twice in subsection (b).
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2020, p. 13, § 1/HB 195 purported to amend the entire Code section but only amended subsections (a) and (b).
Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).
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, pages 134 to 135; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b2fa8236f7f1.
Ask about this section
The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.