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House Bill 895
By: Representative Stinson of the 150
th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
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Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to increase the retirement benefit amounts2
payable to certain legislators upon retirement; to provide for related matters; to provide3
conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other4
purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia8
Legislative Retirement System, is amended in Code Section 47-6-80, relating to eligibility9
and application for a retirement allowance, early retirement, monthly retirement allowance,10
amount of retirement allowance, compliance with federal tax laws, and increases in11
retirement allowance, by revising subsection (c.1) and by adding a new subsection to read12
as follows:13
"(c.1) In lieu of the monthly service retirement allowance provided in subsection (c.2)
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or (d) of this Code section, for any person who was a contributing member on January 1,15
2022, or who first becomes a contributing member after January 1, 2022, upon retirement16
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under subsection (a) of this Code section such member shall receive a monthly service
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retirement allowance equal to the sum of $50.00 for each year of such member's creditable18
service and an additional $200.00 for each year of such member's presiding creditable19
service. Any inactive or retired member who was not a contributing member on January 1,20
2022, and who becomes a contributing member again after January 1, 2022, shall be21
eligible for the monthly service retirement allowance provided in this subsection for his or22
her membership service earned after January 1, 2022.23
(c.2) In lieu of the monthly service retirement allowance provided in subsection (c.1) or (d)
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of this Code section, for any person who was a contributing member on January 1, 2026,25
or who first becomes a contributing member after January 1, 2026, upon retirement under26
subsection (a) of this Code section such member shall receive a monthly service retirement27
allowance equal to the sum of $75.00 for each year of such member's creditable service and28
an additional $300.00 for each year of such member's presiding creditable service. Any29
inactive or retired member who was not a contributing member on January 1, 2026, and30
who becomes a contributing member again after January 1, 2026, shall be eligible for the31
monthly service retirement allowance provided in this subsection for his or her membership32
service earned after January 1, 2026."33
SECTION 2.34
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026, only if it is determined to have been35
concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia36
Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; otherwise, this Act shall not37
become effective and shall be automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2026, as38
required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.39
SECTION 3.40
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.41
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