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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions (Chs. 1 — 25)
Chapter 1 - General Provisions (Arts. 1 — 6)
Article 2 - Membership in Public Retirement or Pension Systems (§§ 47-1-20 — 47-1-25)
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OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Forfeiture of benefits by employees convicted of crime. —General Assembly has the authority to enact a statute which proposes the forfeiture of earned retirement benefits of future public employees due to the conviction of a crime; however, an amendment to the Georgia Constitution proposing such a forfeiture by employees who are currently by law vested with rights under the public retirement system would, in all probability, be unconstitutional under the federal Impairment Clause contained in U. S. Const., art. I, sec. X. 1985 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U85-3.
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RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d.60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1054, 1088 et seq.
C.J.S.67 C. J. S., Officers and Public Employees, § 418 et seq.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 47
O. C. G. A. Title 47, Ch. 1
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O.C.G.A. Title 47, Ch. 1, Art. 2
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- § 47-1-20. Definitions
- § 47-1-21. Termination of membership in public retirement system for committing public employment related crimes
- § 47-1-22. Reduction and forfeiture of rights and benefits for committing public employment related crimes; reimbursement of contributions
- § 47-1-22.1. Rights and benefits of employees convicted of drug related crimes
- § 47-1-22.2. Notification to public retirement system of conviction for public employment related crime
- § 47-1-23. Rights of public employee charged with committing public employment related crime
- § 47-1-24. Benefits denied to beneficiary who murders or commits voluntary manslaughter of member of public retirement system
- § 47-1-25. Determination of economic impact of public employment related crime
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