§ 6-237. Rights of county policemen transferred to city.

Whenever a member of any police department in 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 member of such police department 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 employee and an equal amount to represent the 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 county credit, would have authorized him to retire under the county pension plan;

(3)

Such transferred 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 the police departments of such cities;

(4)

Whenever a minor child or children of a policeman who transfers from the county to the city shall be entitled to be paid a pension, the same shall be paid for the same length of time such pension would have been payable under the county pension law, to-wit, until reaching the age of 18 years.

(1951 Ga. Laws, page 3057, § 1; 1952 Ga. Laws, page 2559, § 1; 1960 Ga. Laws, page 3205, § 1; 1962 Ga. Laws, page 3193, § 1)

Editor's note

The provisions compiled in the above section were repealed by 1978 Ga. Laws, page 4527 but have been retained at the request of the city due to their applicability to certain individuals.