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Article 2 Administration and Management of the Assets of the Fund 47-17-20. 47-17-21. 47-17-22. 47-17-23. 47-17-24. 47-17-25. 47-17-26. 47-17-43. Membership of the board; manner of appointment; filling of vacancies; reimbursement of expenses; election of officers; quorum. Creation of the office of secretary-treasurer; duties and compensation; quarterly report and accounting to the board; performance bond. Powers and duties of the board generally. Special account for funds; investment powers of board; gifts, grants, and bequests. Duty of the board to keep permanent records of annuities and benefits granted; contents, preservation, and transfer of records, papers, and other data. Duty of the state auditor to make an annual audit and report; audit upon request of the board; contents of annual report. Methods of providing increases in maximum benefit payable under Article 6 of this chapter. 47-17-44. Article 4 Revenues Collected from Fines and Fees 47-17-60. 47-17-61. 47-17-40. Service Creditable Toward Retirement 47-17-70. 47-17-71. 47-17-41. Application for membership in the fund; credit for prior service. Retention of membership during absence from employment as a peace officer; credit for such period; payments due Payments to the fund from fines and bonds collected in criminal and quasi-criminal cases; duty of collecting authority to record and remit sums collected; penalty. Employer contributions by Georgia Composite Medical Board. Article 5 Article 3 Membership in and Contributions to the Fund from the member for such period. Membership of peace officers blinded in the line of duty before creation of the fund; payments required of such peace officers; disability benefits available. Participation of members in other retirement, annuity, or benefit systems. Amount of dues; deadline and minimum period for payments; dues required for credit for service after March 1, 1951; dues required for prior service credit. Prior service credit for members who first apply for membership on or after May 1, 1968; credit for service in the armed forces of the United States. Grant of creditable service for active members previously denied membership in fund because of race or ethnicity. Article 6 Retirement Benefits and Disability Benefits 47-17-80. 584 Retirement benefit options; T.47, C.17 PEACE OFFICERS’ ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND T.47, C.17 Sec. Sec. payment to surviving spouse; requirements; effect of reemployment; effect of changes in retirement benefits; payment on death of member. Eligibility for disability benefits; periodic medical examination; termination of disability benefits; application; hearings; powers of hearing officer; appeal. Designation of beneficiary to receive survivors benefits; amount of survivors benefits; provisions for payment of survivors benefits. Refunds of membership dues; eligibility for reinstatement; eligibility to rejoin as a new member; refunds of overpaid dues. 47-17-81. 47-17-82. 47-17-83. 47-17-101. 47-17-102. 47-17-103. 47-17-104. Article 7 Miscellaneous Provisions 47-17-100. for benefits and annuities; coverage of claims before funds available; credit for service after February 1, 1950, but before this effective date. Vesting of rights under this chapter. Reduction of benefits upon determination that available funds are insufficient; liability of members of the board for such reductions. Exemption of rights and benefits under this chapter from taxation; exemption from garnishment, attachment, or other process; assignability. Attempts to defraud the fund by false information; failure to remit sums provided for in Code Section 47-17-60. Effect of funding on provisions