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title: Title 47, Chapter 8. Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (emeritus)
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date: 2025
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heading: SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA; SENIOR JUDGES (EMERITUS)
title_heading: RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
section_count: 25
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# Title 47, Chapter 8. Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; Senior Judges (emeritus)

Title 47. Retirement and Pensions

25 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 47-8-1, Creation of the office of senior judge of the superior courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-1.md
- 47-8-2, Creation of the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; trustees of the fund; payment to the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-2.md
- 47-8-3, Power of trustees to make rules and regulations for administration of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-3.md
- 47-8-4, Power of trustees to invest moneys of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-4.md
- 47-8-5, Annual audit of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-5.md
- 47-8-6, Administration of the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-6.md
- 47-8-20, Membership in the fund; effect of contributions on eligibility for benefits and participation in the fund; payment of contributions for service rendered before becoming a member, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-20.md
- 47-8-21, When payments shall be made to the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-21.md
- 47-8-40, Eligibility for appointment to the office of senior judge; salary; creditable service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-40.md
- 47-8-41, Eligibility for appointment as a senior judge or retirement; salary or benefits; creditable service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-41.md
- 47-8-42, Eligibility for retirement; benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-42.md
- 47-8-43, Payments by superior court judges to the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-43.md
- 47-8-44, Payment of contributions on behalf of superior court judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-44.md
- 47-8-45, Credit for service rendered during the year in which a superior court judge would become eligible for retirement and appointment as a senior judge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-45.md
- 47-8-60, Appointment to the office of senior judge; resignation from the office of superior court judge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-60.md
- 47-8-61, Term of office as senior judge; power of Governor to call upon senior judges to serve as superior court judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-61.md
- 47-8-62, Salaries paid to senior judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-62.md
- 47-8-63, Duties of senior judges generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-63.md
- 47-8-64, Service as superior court judge; compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-64.md
- 47-8-65, Retention of office as a senior judge despite nonresidency; power to preside as a judge during the period of nonresidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-65.md
- 47-8-66, Suspension of appointment to the office of senior judge while eligible for or holding an office of profit or trust under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Georgia, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-66.md
- 47-8-67, Election of survivors benefits coverage; contributions required for such coverage; effect of such coverage on appointment to the office of senior judge; amount of survivors benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-67.md
- 47-8-68, Withdrawal of payments to the fund; effect on right to participate in the fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-68.md
- 47-8-69, Withdrawal of payments to the fund by superior court judges who have been disqualified or resigned from office; payments upon the death of a superior court judge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-69.md
- 47-8-80, Effect of sufficiency of the fund on payment of retirement benefits; order of liability for payment of benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/47-8-80.md