Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the board is authorized to determine the eligibility for membership in and retirement under the fund of any volunteer firefighter who, for cause beyond his control, is or was unable to attend, during any calendar year, the annual percentage of all drills, meetings, and fires prescribed by the board pursuant to Code Section 47-7-81.
(Ga. L. 1961, p. 417, § 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 377, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 755, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1376, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Volunteer firefighters receive no credit for calendar years when unexcused absences more than 50 percent.
- Volunteer firefighters may not receive credit under the fund for calendar years of service in which the firefighters did not attend 75 percent (now 50 percent) of all drills, meetings, and fires; however, the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to excuse volunteer firefighters from the required attendance percentage at drills, meetings, and fires of their respective departments so long as the attendance is prevented by causes beyond the control of the volunteer firefighters. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-8.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 316 et seq.