2020 Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 3 - Teachers Retirement System of Georgia
Article 7 - Retirement Allowances, Disability Benefits, and Spouses' Benefits
- § 47-3-120. Allowance on Service Retirement; Minimum Retirement Allowance; Reduced Allowance; Increase; Computation of Average Compensation
- § 47-3-121. Optional Retirement Allowances; Election of Such Options; Revocation of Election; Effect of Divorce
- § 47-3-122. Eligibility and Application for Disability Benefits; Amount of Disability Benefits; Reexamination of Recipients; Reduction
- § 47-3-123. Benefits Payable Upon the Death of a Member Before Retirement
- § 47-3-124. Application of Minimum Retirement Allowances to Persons Who Retired Pursuant to County, Municipal, or Local Board of Education Retirement or Pension Systems
- § 47-3-125. Application of Increases in Retirement Benefits to Persons Who Retired Pursuant to County, Municipal, or Local Board of Education Retirement or Pension Systems
- § 47-3-126. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments
- § 47-3-126.1. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1984
- § 47-3-126.2. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1986
- § 47-3-126.3. Postretirement Benefit Adjustments
- § 47-3-126.4. Postretirement Benefit for Beneficiary
- § 47-3-127. Effect of Restoration to Service on Retirement Allowances; Creditable Service After Restoration to Service
- § 47-3-127.1. Employment of Retired Teacher as Full-Time Teacher or in Other Capacities
- § 47-3-128. Payment of Accumulated Contributions Upon Request After Termination of Membership; Payment of Taxable Portion to Eligible Retirement Plan
- § 47-3-129. Rights When Retire Before 60 With Ten Years of Service or 20 Years Before 1954; Reestablishment of Credits Earned Before That Retirement
- § 47-3-130. Commencement of Benefits Under This Retirement System; Retirement After January 1, 1943, but Before the Commencement Date
- For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Carr v. Sparks, 213 Ga. 606, 100 S.E.2d 583 (1957).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALPerson teaching in academy for blind would be entitled to same treatment under Ga. L. 1943, p. 640 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 3, T. 47) as other teachers in the public school system. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 210.
When teacher retires, the teacher withdraws from the retirement system. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 615.
In five-year average salary, "year" may mean 12-months.- For the purposes of awarding a year of creditable service and determining a member's five-year average salary for computing benefits, the board of trustees may, by rule or regulation, employ the word "year" to mean a continuous 12-month period of time. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-84.
Teacher not allowed pension based on local retirement fund years.- If a teacher includes previous service in a system under the retirement system toward retirement under a local retirement fund, and the retirement system pays the pension amounts on that service to the local fund, the teacher cannot be allowed pension benefits from the retirement system based on those same years for which payments are being made to the local fund as this would clearly amount to a double payment. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-21.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1174 et seq., 1187 et seq., 1207 et seq., 1226 et seq., 1231.
C.J.S.- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 311 et seq. 70 C.J.S., Pensions, §§ 5, 10. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 481 et seq.
ALR.
- Re-employment or reinstatement of public officer or employee as restoration of original status as regards incidental rights of privileges, 89 A.L.R. 684.
