2020 Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 7A - Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund
§ 47-7A-1. Through 47-7a-127

Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 438, § 9 and Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 55, effective July 1, 2010.

- This chapter consisted of Code Sections 47-7A-1 (Article 1), 47-7A-20 through 47-7A-25 (Article 2), 47-7A-40 and 47-7A-41 (Article 3), 47-7A-60 and 47-7A-61 (Article 4), 47-7A-80 through 47-7A-84 (Article 5), 47-7A-100 through 47-7A-103 (Article 6), and 47-7A-120 through 47-7A-127 (Article 7), relating to Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund, and was based on Ga. L. 2000, p. 562, § 10; Ga. L. 2001, p. 21, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 589, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 54, §§ 4-6/HB 355; Ga. L. 2006, p. 426, § 2/HB 660.

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1207, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "The intent of this Act is to repeal obsolete and inoperative provisions and to make certain stylistic corrections in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Nothing in this Act shall deny, abridge, increase, renew, revive, or on any way affect any right, benefit, option, credit, or election to which any person was entitled pursuant to such title on June 30, 2010, and the board of trustees of each public retirement system is authorized and directed to provide by regulation for the continuation of any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election not otherwise covered in this Act; provided, however, that any such right, benefit, option, credit, or election shall be subject to the statutory provisions in effect on June 30, 2010."

• 47-8-1. Creation of the office of senior judge of the superior courts.
• 47-8-2. Creation of the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; trustees of the fund; payment to the fund.
• 47-8-3. Power of trustees to make rules and regulations for administration of the fund.
• 47-8-4. Power of trustees to invest moneys of the fund.
• 47-8-5. Annual audit of the fund.
• 47-8-6. Administration of the fund.

• 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.
• 47-8-21. When payments shall be made to the fund.

• 47-8-40. Eligibility for appointment to the office of senior judge; salary; creditable service.
• 47-8-41. Eligibility for appointment as a senior judge or retirement; salary or benefits; creditable service.
• 47-8-42. Eligibility for retirement; benefits.
• 47-8-43. Payments by superior court judges to the fund.
• 47-8-44. Payment of contributions on behalf of superior court judges.
• 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.

• 47-8-60. Appointment to the office of senior judge; resignation from the office of superior court judge.
• 47-8-61. Term of office as senior judge; power of Governor to call upon senior judges to serve as superior court judges.
• 47-8-62. Salaries paid to senior judges.
• 47-8-63. Duties of senior judges generally.
• 47-8-64. Service as superior court judge; compensation.
• 47-8-65. Retention of office as a senior judge despite nonresidency; power to preside as a judge during the period of nonresidence.
• 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].
• 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.
• 47-8-68. Withdrawal of payments to the fund; effect on right to participate in the fund.
• 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.

• 47-8-80. Effect of sufficiency of the fund on payment of retirement benefits; order of liability for payment of benefits.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Former O.C.G.A.

§ 47-9-90 does not apply to judge not member of this fund. - Judge who has never been a member of either the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund under former Ch. 10 of this title (O.C.G.A. § 47-10-1 et seq.) or the Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia under Ch. 8 of this title (O.C.G.A. § 47-8-1 et seq.), and has not performed any service under nor made contributions pursuant to either of these chapters, cannot be vested with any rights, benefits, or elections granted and contained in them, and accordingly O.C.G.A. § 47-9-90 [repealed] has no application to such judge. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-101.

- Superior court judge who retires under either of the two superior court judges retirement systems may be appointed to serve as a juvenile court judge; however, with one limited exception, his or her eligibility for senior judge status under either system will be suspended or delayed while appointed to that office. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-9.

- Provisions of the 1976 Superior Court Judges Retirement System, including the mandatory retirement provisions of O.C.G.A. § 47-9-70 [repealed], are not applicable to any person retiring under the 1945 Superior Court Judges Retirement Fund. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U92-2.