A firefighter’s or volunteer firefighter’s length of service may be transferable from one fire department to another by furnishing the board with a proper certificate. History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 339, § 11; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1. Cross references. Creditable service not allowed for military […]
The board is authorized to prescribe the minimum monthly and annual number of hours of drills and meetings required to be conducted by a volunteer fire department as a condition to qualification of service by a firefighter or volunteer firefighter with such department for credit toward retirement and other benefits under this chapter. Any volunteer […]
No person otherwise properly admitted to the fund shall be excluded from continuing membership therein solely because the member’s employment by or service with a fire department is not in the capacity of a firefighter or volunteer firefighter, but no credit shall be given for service rendered in any month by any member of the […]
No credit shall be given for service rendered after April 1, 1989, by a member who is also a member of the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund if such service is creditable under the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund to which such member belongs. History. Code 1981, § 47-7-83 , enacted by Ga. […]
As used in this Code section, the term “prior eligible service” means service: Rendered by a member of the fund as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter; Rendered without interruption prior to the date such member becomes a member of the fund; Rendered after the member reached the age of 30 years; and For which the […]
As used in this Code section, the term “prior eligible service” means service: Rendered by a member of the fund as a fireman or volunteer fireman; and For which the member would otherwise have been eligible for credit if such member had been a member of the fund at the time such service was rendered. […]
As used in this Code section, the term “prior eligible service” means service rendered between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2014, as a firefighter in part-time employment. Any member of the fund shall be entitled to credit for prior eligible service, provided that such person satisfies the following requirements: The member or applicant for […]
The provisions of this Code section apply solely to any member of the fund who left active employment as a firefighter as a result of being called to active duty as a member of the Army or Air Force National Guard or the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps Reserve and who returned to […]
The board is authorized to calculate creditable service on a monthly basis, expressed as a fraction of a year, for periods of time less than a year. History. Code 1981, § 47-7-89 , enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 426, § 1/HB 660.
A member shall not earn creditable service for any service rendered during the time period in which the member is incarcerated under a sentence of confinement. History. Code 1981, § 47-7-90 , enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 168, § 2/HB 460. Effective date. — This Code section became effective July 1, 2014.
