Georgia Code, Title 47, Chapter 3, 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
  (a) Upon service retirement, a member shall receive an allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of...
• § 47-3-121 - Optional Retirement Allowances; Election of Such Options; Revocation of Election; Effect of Divorce
  (a) Until the first payment of any member's retirement allowance becomes normally due, he may elect to convert the retirement allowance, otherwise payable to...
• § 47-3-122 - Eligibility and Application for Disability Benefits; Amount of Disability Benefits; Reexamination of Recipients; Reduction
  (a) Any member who is in service or on authorized leave may retire on disability upon written application to the board of trustees if...
• § 47-3-123 - Benefits Payable Upon the Death of a Member Before Retirement
  (a) Upon death of any member in service, the beneficiary nominated by the member by means of a written designation duly executed and filed...
• § 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
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Local retirement allowance" means the retirement or pension allowance payable by a local retirement...
• § 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
  On and after July 1, 1980, and to the extent that the necessary funds are appropriated therefor by the General Assembly, whenever the retirement...
• § 47-3-126 - Postretirement Benefit Adjustments
  The board of trustees is authorized to adopt a method of providing postretirement benefit adjustments for a beneficiary in his postretirement years. Such method...
• § 47-3-126.1 - Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1984
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "beneficiary" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph (7) of Code Section 47-3-1 and shall...
• § 47-3-126.2 - Postretirement Benefit Adjustments Effective July 1, 1986
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "beneficiary" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph (7) of Code Section 47-3-1 and shall...
• § 47-3-126.3 - Postretirement Benefit Adjustments
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "beneficiary" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph (7) of Code Section 47-3-1 and shall...
• § 47-3-126.4 - Postretirement Benefit for Beneficiary
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "beneficiary" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph (7) of Code Section 47-3-1.(b) Subject to...
• § 47-3-127 - Effect of Restoration to Service on Retirement Allowances; Creditable Service After Restoration to Service
  (a) If, except as provided in Code Section 47-3-127.1, a beneficiary is restored to service as a teacher, he or she may elect: (1)...
• § 47-3-127.1 - Employment of Retired Teacher As Full-Time Teacher or in Other Capacities
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 667, § 1/HB 208, effective June 30, 2013.
• § 47-3-128 - Payment of Accumulated Contributions Upon Request After Termination of Membership; Payment of Taxable Portion to Eligible Retirement Plan
  If a person's membership ceases other than by death or retirement from this retirement system, the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to...
• § 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
  (a) Any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the right to the service retirement benefit under this chapter shall vest in...
• § 47-3-130 - Commencement of Benefits Under This Retirement System; Retirement After January 1, 1943, But Before the Commencement Date
  No member shall retire or receive benefits under this retirement system prior to the commencement date; but any person eligible for service retirement or...

Last modified: October 14, 2016