2020 Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 47-2-330. Application of Other State Funded Pension or Retirement Programs to Members or Beneficiaries, Their Surviving Spouses, or Dependents
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, no program of pensions or retirement benefits for employees, their surviving spouses, or dependents, which program is funded wholly or partially by the state, shall apply to members or beneficiaries of this retirement system, their surviving spouses, or dependents.
(Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 12; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1447, § 2.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Other retirement provisions cannot vary this chapter's provisions.
- Prohibition evidenced by Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 12 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-330) should be read to prevent the operation of other retirement laws to vary the provisions of Ga. L. 1949, p. 138 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 2, T. 47) as applicable to members or beneficiaries, or their widows or dependents. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-15.
Cessation of benefits to retired teacher not required.
- Statute does not require the cessation of retirement benefits from the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to a retiree who was subsequently employed by an agency covered under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-15 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-330).
