---
title: Title 47, Chapter 7. Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund
collection: code
id: code:chapter:47-7
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/47/chapter/7
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7.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/47-6.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7A.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
heading: GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND
title_heading: RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
section_count: 41
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7.md?full=1
---

# Title 47, Chapter 7. Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund

Title 47. Retirement and Pensions

41 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 47-7-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-1.md
- 47-7-2, Purpose of fund; legislative intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-2.md
- 47-7-20, Membership of the board; manner of election; compensation and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-20.md
- 47-7-21, Creation of the office of executive director of the board; appointment of the executive director; compensation; bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-21.md
- 47-7-22, Legal adviser to the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-22.md
- 47-7-23, Powers and duties of the board generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-23.md
- 47-7-24, Power of the board to accept and use any gift, grant, or bequest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-24.md
- 47-7-25, Annual audit of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-25.md
- 47-7-26, Power of board to determine eligibility for membership or retirement of any volunteer firefighter unable to attend the prescribed number of drills, meetings, and fires, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-26.md
- 47-7-27, Power of board to grant retirement benefit increases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-27.md
- 47-7-40, Eligibility to apply for membership; transfer of Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-40.md
- 47-7-41, Effect of withdrawal of contributions or termination of employment; inactive membership; eligibility for reinstatement; credit for time spent on leave of absence and resumption of payments to fund upon reinstatement as active member, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-41.md
- 47-7-42, Application for membership by firemen and volunteer firemen previously not members, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-42.md
- 47-7-43, Employees of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-43.md
- 47-7-60, Dues required of active members; effect of failure to pay dues in timely manner; suspended membership, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-60.md
- 47-7-61, Tax on premiums charged by fire insurance companies for certain classes of coverage; exclusions; penalty for failure to report and pay such tax, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-61.md
- 47-7-80, Transfer of service credits from one fire department to another, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-80.md
- 47-7-81, Effect of failure of volunteer fire department to hold required drills; effect of volunteer firefighter’s failure to meet attendance requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-81.md
- 47-7-82, Fire department employees other than firefighters or volunteer firefighters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-82.md
- 47-7-83, Service credit of member who is also member of Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-83.md
- 47-7-84, Credit for prior eligible service by persons who are members as of September 1, 1992, or who applied for membership on or before that date, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-84.md
- 47-7-85, Credit for prior eligible service by persons who are members as of July 1, 1998, or become members after that date, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-85.md
- 47-7-86, Creditable service for other pension fund participation for members of Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-86.md
- 47-7-87, Credit for prior eligible service; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-87.md
- 47-7-88, Impact of active duty military service upon receipt of creditable service time, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-88.md
- 47-7-89, Calculating creditable service time, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-89.md
- 47-7-90, Impact of sentence of confinement on accrual of creditable service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-90.md
- 47-7-100, Eligibility for full pension benefits; eligibility for partial benefits; optional pension benefits; vesting of rights to pension benefits; early retirement provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-100.md
- 47-7-101, Eligibility for retirement benefits; withdrawal of application for benefits before approval; reemployment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-101.md
- 47-7-102, Eligibility for disability benefits; notice of injury; application for benefits; periodic medical examinations; termination of benefits; action contesting determination of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-102.md
- 47-7-103, Benefits payable upon death; failure to designate beneficiary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-103.md
- 47-7-104, Benefits payable to volunteer firefighters erroneously found to be eligible for such benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-104.md
- 47-7-105, Refund of contributions upon withdrawal from the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-105.md
- 47-7-120, Reduction of benefits upon determination that available moneys are insufficient; liability of members of the board for such reductions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-120.md
- 47-7-121, Vesting of rights to benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-121.md
- 47-7-122, Exemption of benefits under this chapter from garnishment, attachment, or other process; exemption from taxation; assignment of such benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-122.md
- 47-7-123, Exemption of assets of the board from taxation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-123.md
- 47-7-124, Disposition of funds abandoned by members separated from the service; notice; limitation on asserting certain claims; venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-124.md
- 47-7-125, Availability of records of local departments to board; confidentiality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-125.md
- 47-7-126, Penalty for false statements or falsified records; correction of errors by the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-126.md
- 47-7-127, ‘‘Alternative investments’’ defined; code of ethics, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-7-127.md