§ 6-61. Transfer from county to city; terms, conditions.

Whenever an officer or employee of any county in which such a city is located is transferred to such city from such county, he shall have all the rights, privileges and benefits of any officer or employee of such city set forth in this Act, as amended, upon the following terms and conditions:

(1)

There shall be paid into the pension fund of any such city an amount equal to the amount paid into the county pension fund by such county officer or employee and the matching fund required to be paid into such county pension fund by the county authorities;

(2)

Such transferred officer or employee shall receive the same credit for service that he would have received under the pension plan applicable to such employee at the time of transfer from the county to the city. Every such officer and employee may, as a matter of right, retire from active service provided his service to the city, when added to his accumulated county credit, would have authorized him to retire under the county pension plan;

(3)

Such transferred officer or employee, however, shall not have the privilege of retiring as a matter of right under the terms of this Act, as amended, until he shall have reached the age of 55 years; and

(4)

Such transferred officer or employee shall have all other rights, privileges and benefits provided in this Act, as amended, and shall be required to contribute to the pension fund the same amounts required of other members of such cities.

(1951 Ga. Laws, page 3014, § 1; 1952 Ga. Laws, page 2765, § 1)

Editor's note

The provisions compiled in the above section were repealed by 1978 Ga. Laws, page 4546 but have been retained at the request of the city due to their applicability to certain individuals.