Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no other provision of law which provides wholly or partly at the expense of this state for pensions or retirement benefits for teachers in the state, their surviving spouses, or their dependents shall apply to members or beneficiaries of this retirement system, their surviving spouses, or their dependents, provided that nothing in this chapter shall prevent the governing boards of the public school systems of the state and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia from making provision for supplementing the retirement and pension allowances of members of the retirement system.
(Ga. L. 1943, p. 640, § 13; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1197, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 698, § 1.)
Cross references.- Authority of governing boards of public school systems and board of regents to provide supplemental retirement and pension allowances, §§ 20-1-2,20-1-4.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
University system may enter into tax-sheltered annuity plans.
- Regents of the university system may authorize the units of the university system to enter into tax-sheltered annuity plans for its employees, and such annuities cannot be considered gratuities under the Constitution. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-69.
Supplemental retirement plan at Medical College of Georgia.- It is within the authority of the Board of Regents to establish a supplemental retirement plan at the Medical College of Georgia. 1999 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U99-10.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, §§ 1166 et seq., 1182, et seq., 1231.
C.J.S.- 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 481 et seq.
ALR.- Validity of legislation providing for additional retirement or disability allowances for public employees previously retired or disabled, 27 A.L.R.2d 1442.