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GA HB1150
Bill
Status
Passed
5/24/2010
Primary Sponsor
Tommy Benton
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AI Summary
- Amends the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund definitions to explicitly include "combination full-time and volunteer fire departments" as eligible fire departments and updates the certifying authority from the Georgia Fire Academy to the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council
- Changes the minimum fire suppression rating requirement from class eight to class nine, aligning eligibility standards across the fund's provisions
- Replaces all references to "secretary-treasurer" of the fund with "executive director" throughout the relevant code sections
- Removes the one-year waiting period (or birth of a child) requirement for remarried members to elect joint and survivor benefits (Option A) for a new spouse, and clarifies that death benefits under Code Section 47-7-103 do not apply when a member has elected survivor benefits under Option A or B
- Repeals Chapter 7A of Title 47 in its entirety, eliminating the separate Georgia Class Nine Fire Department Pension Fund, effectively consolidating class nine fire department pension provisions into the main Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund
Legislative Description
Retirement and pensions; Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; define terms
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2010
Committee Referrals
Retirement3/26/2010
Retirement2/10/2010
Full Bill Text
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