Effect of World War Ii Armed Forces Service on Retirement Benefits; Payments to Retirement Systems for Such Periods

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  1. No veteran of World War II who was discharged other than dishonorably and who was furloughed from a position of employment with a county or municipal government which has a retirement or pension plan for the position occupied shall suffer or otherwise lose any seniority toward his retirement or pension by virtue of such service in the armed forces of the United States.
  2. No such veteran shall be required to make any payments to any such retirement or pension fund for and during his period of service with the armed forces of the United States.
  3. This Code section shall apply to a political subdivision of any county or municipality where such a retirement or pension plan is in effect.

(Ga. L. 1947, p. 858, §§ 1-3.)

Cross references.

- Rights of public officers and employees absent on military duty as members of organized militia or reserve forces, as such rights relate to retirement systems, § 38-2-279(f).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement, § 44; 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 4, 87 et seq., 103 et seq., 149 et seq. 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Veterans and Veterans' Laws, §§ 3, 82, 85.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 46 et seq., 95 et seq.

ALR.

- Constitutionality of welfare Acts for veterans of World War, 22 A.L.R. 1542.

Re-employment or reinstatement of public officer or employee as restoration of original status as regards incidental rights privileges, 89 A.L.R. 684.

Constitutionality of statutes providing for bounty or pension for soldiers, 147 A.L.R. 1432; 156 A.L.R. 1458.

Re-employment of discharged servicemen, 29 A.L.R.2d 1279; 9 A.L.R. Fed. 225.

Applicability to fringe benefits of Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act provision establishing veterans' reemployment rights (38 USCS sec. 2021), 83 A.L.R. Fed. 908.


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