--- title: Title 47, Chapter 16. Sheriffs’ Retirement Fund of Georgia collection: code id: code:chapter:47-16 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/47/chapter/16 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-15.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-17.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: SHERIFFS’ RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA title_heading: RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS section_count: 31 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16.md?full=1 --- # Title 47, Chapter 16. Sheriffs’ Retirement Fund of Georgia Title 47. Retirement and Pensions 31 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 47-16-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-1.md - 47-16-20, Creation of the fund and the board of commissioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-20.md - 47-16-21, Membership of the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-21.md - 47-16-22, Quorum for conduct of business by the board; records of meetings of the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-22.md - 47-16-23, Compensation and expenses of members of the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-23.md - 47-16-24, Creation of the office of secretary-treasurer; periodic reports of moneys in hand, receipts, and expenditures; performance bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-24.md - 47-16-25, Powers and duties of the board generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-25.md - 47-16-26, Power of board to control, invest, and expend funds; gifts, grants, or bequests; deposit of funds received by the board; payment of benefits and administrative expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-26.md - 47-16-27, Duty of board to keep records of accounts and operations; presentation of annual financial statement to Georgia Sheriffs’ Association, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-27.md - 47-16-28, Duty of state auditor to make an annual audit and report of the operations of the board; right of state auditor to audit the affairs of the board; contents of annual report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-28.md - 47-16-29, Increases in maximum monthly benefit payable under Article 6 of this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-29.md - 47-16-40, Application for membership in the fund; contents of application; claim for credit for prior service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-40.md - 47-16-41, Delayed application for membership in the fund; credit for prior service as a sheriff, member of the armed forces of the United States, or peace officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-41.md - 47-16-42, Effect of membership or participation in other retirement programs on membership and benefits under this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-42.md - 47-16-43, Requirements for continued active membership in the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-43.md - 47-16-44, Removal from active membership roll; requirements for reinstatement to active membership; claim for credit for service during period of inactive membership, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-44.md - 47-16-60, Payments to fund from fines and bonds collected in criminal and quasi-criminal cases; duty of collecting authority to record and remit; penalty for late payment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-60.md - 47-16-61, Payments to fund from fees collected in civil actions; duty to record and remit sums collected; penalties on delinquent amounts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-61.md - 47-16-80, Credit for prior service in the armed forces of the United States or as a peace officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-80.md - 47-16-81, Credit for prior service as sheriff, member of armed forces of United States, or peace officer; notice; amendment of application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-81.md - 47-16-82, Credit for prior service as a warden of a county correctional institution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-82.md - 47-16-83, Payment of dues as prerequisite to credit for service on and after January 1, 1961, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-83.md - 47-16-84, Members appointed to fill anticipated vacancies in office of sheriff prior to becoming members, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-84.md - 47-16-100, Eligibility for retirement benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-100.md - 47-16-101, Retirement benefit options; failure of member to select an option; effect of changes in retirement benefits and options; change of option after receipt of payments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-101.md - 47-16-102, Death benefits; beneficiaries; procedure for designation of beneficiary to receive such benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-102.md - 47-16-103, Right to withdraw dues; effect of withdrawal on membership and benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-103.md - 47-16-120, Vesting of rights to benefits under this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-120.md - 47-16-121, Reduction of benefits when available funds are actuarially insufficient; resumption of payments; personal liability of board for such reductions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-121.md - 47-16-122, Exemption of funds from attachment, garnishment, or judgment; assignability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-122.md - 47-16-123, Exemptions of moneys and rights accruing under this chapter from taxation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-16-123.md