{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-20-51","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 47-20-51","heading":"Accrued retirement benefits are not created, enhanced, or diminished by this chapter.","body":"No provision of this chapter generally and no provision of Code Section 47-20-50 in particular shall:\n(1) Create or be construed to create a contractual right to a retirement benefit or a contractual right in the provisions of a retirement system law which does not exist independently of the provisions of this chapter; and\n(2) Impair, alter, or diminish or be construed to impair, alter, or diminish a contractual right to a retirement benefit or a contractual right in the provisions of a retirement system law which exists independently of the provisions of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 47 Retirement and Pensions","CHAPTER 20 Public Retirement Systems Standards","Article 5 Administration"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.47.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"69f045d97419b453ccb5b38b54302057fd26534231b738bfa52473d49cd10f85","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-20-50.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-20-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}