Any person employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31 who was subject to the former provisions of this Code section as such existed on June 30, 2005, shall retain all rights and obligations as existed on that day. Such persons shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to solicitors-general of the state courts. Employer contributions shall be paid by the respective employers under such Code sections.
(Code 1981, §47-23-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 57, § 1/HB 492; Ga. L. 2009, p. 315, § 1/HB 210; Ga. L. 2011, p. 504, § 1/HB 144.)
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, inserted "employed pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 or 45-15-31" near the beginning of the first sentence and added the last sentence.
The 2011 amendment, effective May 11, 2011, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct this title, in the first sentence, inserted "who was", inserted "former" near the beginning, inserted "as such existed" near the middle, and substituted "existed" for "exist" near the end.
Editor's notes.- The persons subject to provisions of this Code section as it existed on June 30, 2005, included certain attorneys employed by the Office of Legislative Counsel pursuant to Code Section 28-4-3 and by the Department of Law pursuant to Code Section 45-15-31. For provisions of this Code section that were in effect on June 30, 2005, see Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 1, as amended by Ga. L. 2000, p. 131, § 1.