| 34 | 20 | | (A) In of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety,; 16 |
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| 37 | 23 | | (B) As a any game warden of the Department of Natural Resources,;17 |
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| 38 | 24 | | (C) As an any officer or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and;18 |
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| 39 | 25 | | (D) As an any alcohol and tobacco officer or agent of the Department of Revenue; or19 |
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| 40 | 26 | | (E) As a sworn law enforcement officer, the commissioner, or the deputy20 |
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| 41 | 27 | | commissioner in the Motor Carrier Compliance Division or the Capitol Police Division21 |
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| 42 | 28 | | of the Department of Public Safety on or after July 1, 2024,22 |
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| 43 | 29 | | who, while a contributing member of this retirement system and upon becoming23 |
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| 44 | 30 | | permanently disabled due to an act of external violence or injury incurred in the line of24 |
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| 45 | 31 | | duty, becomes eligible for disability retirement allowances shall, upon making written25 |
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| 46 | 32 | | application to the board of trustees either personally or through his or her employer and26 |
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| 47 | 33 | | after a medical examination and upon certification by the medical board that such27 |
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| 48 | 34 | | member is, in their opinion, permanently disabled, be entitled to a monthly allowance as28 |
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| 49 | 35 | | computed on the member's life expectancy without option. Such monthly allowance as29 |
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| 50 | 36 | | shall be payable to the member only, during his or her life or length of disability, shall30 |
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| 51 | 37 | | not exceed 80 percent of the service allowance that would have been payable to the31 |
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| 52 | 38 | | member had he or she accumulated not more than 30 years of creditable service and had32 |
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| 53 | 39 | | retired at age 65. Such allowance shall be computed on the basis of the member's33 |
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| 54 | 40 | | monthly earnable compensation for the month in which his or her permanent disability34 |
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| 55 | 41 | | occurred. Such permanent disability retirement shall apply regardless of the length of35 |
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| 56 | 42 | | service of any such member; and such member shall be deemed to have acquired 30 or36 |
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| 57 | 43 | | more years of creditable service. In addition, a member so disabled in the line of duty37 |
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| 58 | 44 | | shall receive a monthly supplemental benefit which shall be in the amount of $5.00 per38 |
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| 59 | 45 | | month for each year of creditable service as a member of the Uniform Division of the39 |
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| 60 | 46 | | Department of Public Safety, game warden of the Department of Natural Resources,40 |
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| 61 | 47 | | alcohol and tobacco officer or agent of the Department of Revenue, or as an officer or41 |
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| 62 | 48 | | agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation described in subparagraphs (A) through (E)42 |
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| 63 | 49 | | of this paragraph. Such additional monthly supplemental benefit shall in no event exceed43 |
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| 66 | 52 | | $150.00 per month. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any44 |
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| 67 | 53 | | member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety who retired prior to45 |
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| 68 | 54 | | July 1, 1970, as a result of becoming permanently disabled due to an act of external46 |
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| 69 | 55 | | violence or injury incurred in the line of duty and who was a member of the retirement47 |
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| 70 | 56 | | system on the date of the injury or act of violence shall be entitled to and shall receive the48 |
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| 71 | 57 | | monthly supplemental benefit provided for in this subsection.49 |
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| 72 | 58 | | (2) In lieu of the foregoing benefits provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, any50 |
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| 73 | 59 | | member so described and so disabled in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive a51 |
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| 74 | 60 | | minimum monthly disability retirement benefit equal to 2 percent of his or her monthly52 |
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| 75 | 61 | | earnable compensation for the month in which his or her permanent disability occurred53 |
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| 76 | 62 | | for each year of creditable service determined as though he or she had continued in54 |
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| 77 | 63 | | service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, as a game warden55 |
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| 78 | 64 | | of the Department of Natural Resources, as an alcohol and tobacco officer or agent of the56 |
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| 79 | 65 | | Department of Revenue, or as an officer or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation57 |
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| 80 | 66 | | as a member described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1) of this58 |
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| 81 | 67 | | subsection until his or her mandatory retirement age.59 |
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| 82 | 68 | | (b)(1) Notwithstanding the disability allowance provided for in Code Section 47-2-123,60 |
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| 83 | 69 | | any employee of the Department of Natural Resources appointed as a deputy game61 |
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| 84 | 70 | | warden under Code Section 27-1-17, any parole officer employed by the State Board of62 |
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| 85 | 71 | | Pardons and Paroles, any probation officer employed by the Department of Corrections,63 |
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| 86 | 72 | | and any community supervision officer employed by the Department of Community64 |
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| 87 | 73 | | Supervision who, while a contributing member of this retirement system and upon65 |
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| 88 | 74 | | becoming permanently disabled due to an act of external violence or injury incurred in66 |
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| 89 | 75 | | the line of law enforcement duty, becomes eligible for disability retirement allowances67 |
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| 90 | 76 | | shall, after a medical examination and upon certification by the medical board that such68 |
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| 91 | 77 | | member is, in their opinion, permanently disabled, be entitled to a monthly allowance as69 |
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| 92 | 78 | | computed on the member's life expectancy without option. Such monthly allowance as70 |
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| 93 | 79 | | H. B. 472 (SUB) |
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| 110 | 94 | | employed by the Department of Community Supervision. Such additional monthly84 |
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| 111 | 95 | | supplemental benefit shall in no event exceed $150.00 per month.85 |
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| 112 | 96 | | (2) In lieu of the foregoing, any member so disabled in the line of law enforcement duty86 |
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| 113 | 97 | | shall be entitled to receive a minimum monthly disability retirement benefit equal to 287 |
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| 114 | 98 | | percent of his or her monthly earnable compensation for the month in which his or her88 |
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| 115 | 99 | | permanent disability occurred for each year of creditable service determined as though89 |
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| 116 | 100 | | he or she had continued in service as a deputy game warden, probation officer, parole90 |
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| 117 | 101 | | officer, or a community supervision officer until his or her mandatory retirement age."91 |
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| 118 | 102 | | SECTION 2.92 |
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| 119 | 103 | | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2024, only if it is determined to have been93 |
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| 120 | 104 | | concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia94 |
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| 121 | 105 | | Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; otherwise, this Act shall not95 |
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| 122 | 106 | | H. B. 472 (SUB) |
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