2021 Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 2 - Employees' Retirement System of Georgia
Article 5 - Service Creditable Toward Retirement Benefits
§ 47-2-93. Credit for Service Rendered After December 31, 1953, by Persons Who Were Not Members at the Time; Payments Required to Obtain Credit
Any other provisions of this law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of this retirement system who received compensation from the state for services rendered by him after December 31, 1953, but who did not become a member until a later date, may receive credit for any service rendered after December 31, 1953, and before the date he became a member of this retirement system by paying the employee contributions that would have been paid by him if he had been a member during that time. No such credit shall be given except for full-time state employment. The board of trustees is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this Code section.
(Ga. L. 1971, p. 93, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Previously obtained credit entitled to be used.
- Member of the retirement system who previously obtained prior service credit under Ga. L. 1971, p. 93, § 1 and Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93) was entitled to use that credit for all the purposes which were authorized by the retirement provisions when those provisions were approved, notwithstanding the fact that Ga. L. 1971, p. 96, § 2 (see former O.C.G.A. § 47-2-97) attempted to restrict the provisions of the earlier law. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-122.
Authorization to receive credit for services rendered before becoming member.
- O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93 authorizes a member of the Employees' Retirement System who received compensation from the State of Georgia for services rendered after December 31, 1953, but who did not become a member until a later date, to receive credit for such service by paying the employee contributions that would have been paid by the employee if the employee had been a member during such service. Any service on the superior court bench after December 31, 1953, may be purchased and established within the Employees' Retirement System. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-22.
Legislative service is not considered full-time state employment within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-22.
Credit for former service as narcotics agent.
- Employees of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who are members of the Employees Retirement System, may purchase prior service credit under O.C.G.A. § 47-2-93 for former service as a narcotics agent pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-3-9. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-17.
