§ 2.307. Group insurance for city officers and employees, authorized; deductions, etc.

The mayor and council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to make deductions periodically from the wages and salaries of its employees and officers, including the mayor and council themselves, with which to pay the premium for life, health, accident, hospitalization or annuity of such officers or employees, upon a group insurance plan, and to that end to enter into agreements with insurance companies whereby the kind of group insurance desired by the employees may be furnished to them and the premiums therefor remitted periodically by said city.

The participation in such group insurance by such officers or employees shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such persons at all times. Any officer or employee, upon any pay day, may withdraw or retire from such group plan upon giving notice in writing to his employer directing the discontinuance of deductions from his wages or salary in payment of such plan.

The mayor and council of said city in carrying out any provision of this section shall have the right to contribute or pay any part of the premium due on the coverage afforded its officers or employees in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount of said premium being charged for the plan of protection afforded out of the general funds of said city.

(1963 Ga. Laws, page 2030, § 71)