Georgia § 47-2-59 - Effective date of chapter; effect of budget appropriations on obligation of state agency or other employer to make contributions.
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§ 47-2-59. Effective date of chapter; effect of budget appropriations on obligation of state agency or other employer to make contributions.
This chapter shall become effective on February 3, 1949, but neither a state agency nor any other employer or member shall be obligated to make contributions for the pensions and annuities under this chapter until after that agency or other employer has made provision in its annual budget for funds for the contribution of its part of such pensions and annuities. (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138, § 16.)
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