2025 Code of Georgia
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions (Chs. 1 — 25)
Chapter 7 - Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund (Arts. 1 — 7)

Annotations

Opinion Notes

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL County firefighters may belong to both county and state system. —

County firefighters are not prohibited from simultaneously belonging to both the county retirement system and the Georgia Firemen’s Pension Fund. 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U75-77.

Fund is not state agency or board

within purview of the Georgia administrative procedure provisions. 1974 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U74-72.

Refund of dues returns member to new member status. —

If a firefighter who requested and received a refund of dues paid into the fund fails to apply for reinstatement within six months, the firefighter may be entitled to membership, but the firefighter’s status is that of a new member; the firefighter must forfeit the firefighter’s credit for previous years’ service. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-317.

Majority of members of board of trustees must agree

on any action to be taken before that action is binding. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-103.

Research References & Practice Aids

Cross references.

Authorization of taxation for paying pensions and other benefits and costs under a firemen’s pension system or systems, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. X, Para. IV.

Volunteer firefighters may receive contributions as part of their limited compensation for services, § 36-60-23.

Participation in state employees' health insurance plans, § 45-18-7.3.

Administration of deferred compensation plans and provision of income tax deferral benefits, § 45-18-32.

Administrative rules and regulations.

Georgia Fireman's Pension Fund, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rule 513-7-1-.01 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.

Statute of limitations in respect of action or proceeding to establish right to, or recovery of benefits of, pension, 136 A. L. R. 809.

Reasonableness of classification, as regards beneficiaries, by statute providing for retirement fund or pension for public officers or employees, 163 A. L. R. 870.

What constitutes “salary,” “wages,” “pay,” or the like, within pension law basing benefits thereon, 14 A. L. R.2d 634.

Gift to or for employees’ pension fund as valid charitable gift or trust, 28 A. L. R.2d 428.

Unemployment compensation: eligibility of employee laid off according to employer’s mandatory retirement plan, 50 A. L. R.3d 880.

Hierarchy Notes:

O. C. G. A. Title 47