{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-23-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 47-23-40","heading":"Eligibility.","body":"Any person who on June 30, 1998, was an active, inactive, or retired member of a predecessor retirement system shall be transferred to this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998. Any person who on June 30, 1998, was a beneficiary of a predecessor retirement system shall become a beneficiary of this retirement system in the same status effective July 1, 1998; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided, the benefits of any beneficiary so transferred shall continue to be calculated as such benefits were calculated on June 30, 1998.","path":["TITLE 47 Retirement and Pensions","CHAPTER 23 Georgia Judicial Retirement System","Article 3 Membership in the System"],"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":"d489fd2c5bb5d071f9e3ebe6a51b5b079369a45a7761889c45b8084579ff9706","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-23-31","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-23-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}