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type: "Bill"
title: "Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-14-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits under the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund, additional or partial retirement benefits, and election to provide both retirement and survivors benefits, so as to provide for a spousal survivor's benefit; to provide for an actuarially reduced member's benefit; to provide for an increase in benefits in the event of the death of the spouse or entry of an order of divorce; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 580"
citation: "Georgia HB 580 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Maxwell", "Paul Battles", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e811418a-67d9-44e5-82c1-7b40e1d4b3d5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d2ed0efc131e5026864cf8261434be3cbeef78b81440955df328ec68570370d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 580 (2013_14) — Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-14-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits under the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund, additional or partial retirement benefits, and election to provide both retirement and survivors benefits, so as to provide for a spousal survivor's benefit; to provide for an actuarially reduced member's benefit; to provide for an increase in benefits in the event of the death of the spouse or entry of an order of divorce; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 580/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145054.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2190/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134121.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **169–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Paul Battles — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-03-11** House Hopper
- **2013-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 502 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e811418a-67d9-44e5-82c1-7b40e1d4b3d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).