Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB818: Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership for each judge employed full time in the Georgia Tax Court; provide
Status: Passed one chamber, March 25, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide for membership in the system for each judge employed full time in the Georgia Tax Court; to provide for creditable service; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for payments of full actuarial costs; to provide for all other individuals employed by the court; to provide for earnable monthly compensation for purposes of contributions and benefit amounts; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
DOAA Greg S. Griffin Georgia Department State Auditor of Audits & Accounts March 20, 2025 The Honorable Chuck Martin State Representative 417-A State Capitol Atlanta, GA 30334 SUBJECT: State Auditor's Certification House Bill (LC 56 0391) Dear Representative Martin: This bill would amend provisions relating to membership in the Judicial Retirement System of Georgia (JRS). Specifically, this bill would authorize individuals employed as full-time Georgia Tax Court judges to become members of the JRS. Currently, such persons participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia (ERS). If this legislation is enacted, all persons hired into this position on or after July 1, 2026 will automatically become members of the JRS. This bill would authorize any person in such role on the effective date to transfer from ERS into JRS. Under the provisions of this bill, the transferring member would be eligible to obtain creditable service in JRS equal to the amount of service time earned in ERS. The ERS would be required to transfer all employee and employer contributions, with interest, to the JRS. The transferring member would be required to pay any additional amount necessary to fund the full actuarial cost of the creditable service granted. This is to certify that this bill is a fiscal retirement bill as defined in the Public Retirement Systems Standards Law. Respectfully, Greg …