O.C.G.A. § 45-12-72 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-72
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-72
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the office of the Governor the Office of Planning and Budget as a separate budget unit for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the fiscal management of the state government. The Governor shall be ex officio director of the budget.

(a) There is established in the office of the Governor the Office of Planning and Budget as a separate budget unit for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the fiscal management of the state government. The Governor shall be ex officio director of the budget.

(b) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall have such supervision of every public department, agency, and institution as shall be necessary to secure uniformity and accuracy of accounts and efficient conduct of its fiscal affairs. He may inquire into the methods of conducting the affairs of any public body; he may prescribe and direct the use of such forms of accounts, records, and reports as may be necessary to further efficiency and an adequate system of records for budget-making purposes; and he may prescribe and direct the use of standards of efficiency for public employees, including the establishment of working hours.

(b) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall have such supervision of every public department, agency, and institution as shall be necessary to secure uniformity and accuracy of accounts and efficient conduct of its fiscal affairs. He may inquire into the methods of conducting the affairs of any public body; he may prescribe and direct the use of such forms of accounts, records, and reports as may be necessary to further efficiency and an adequate system of records for budget-making purposes; and he may prescribe and direct the use of standards of efficiency for public employees, including the establishment of working hours.

(c) The administrative head of the Office of Planning and Budget is the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure. The director shall be responsible for management of the office and shall exercise supervision and control over the office. The director of the Office of Planning and Budget is authorized to employ such other professional, technical, and clerical personnel as the director may deem necessary to carry out the duties prescribed in this part. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the employees of the Office of Planning and Budget shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, under Article 1 of Chapter 20 of this title. The Office of Planning and Budget shall pay its share of the administrative cost of operating the state system of personnel management in the manner prescribed in Code Section 45-20-4 . All employees in the position classification policy coordinator shall be in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2 . Any and all salary increases for such employees shall be based, in part, on each individual employee's job performance as measured by a standard operative appraisal system and, in part, on general increases given to all state employees. The Governor is authorized to delegate to the director of the Office of Planning and Budget such powers, duties, and authority under this part as the Governor deems advisable; and the Governor shall have the right to retract any such delegation at any time.

(c) The administrative head of the Office of Planning and Budget is the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure. The director shall be responsible for management of the office and shall exercise supervision and control over the office. The director of the Office of Planning and Budget is authorized to employ such other professional, technical, and clerical personnel as the director may deem necessary to carry out the duties prescribed in this part. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the employees of the Office of Planning and Budget shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, under Article 1 of Chapter 20 of this title. The Office of Planning and Budget shall pay its share of the administrative cost of operating the state system of personnel management in the manner prescribed in Code Section 45-20-4 . All employees in the position classification policy coordinator shall be in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2 . Any and all salary increases for such employees shall be based, in part, on each individual employee's job performance as measured by a standard operative appraisal system and, in part, on general increases given to all state employees. The Governor is authorized to delegate to the director of the Office of Planning and Budget such powers, duties, and authority under this part as the Governor deems advisable; and the Governor shall have the right to retract any such delegation at any time.

(d) The Attorney General, the state treasurer, the comptroller general, the state revenue commissioner, and the state auditor shall render such advice and assistance and furnish such information to the Office of Planning and Budget as may be requested and needed.

(d) The Attorney General, the state treasurer, the comptroller general, the state revenue commissioner, and the state auditor shall render such advice and assistance and furnish such information to the Office of Planning and Budget as may be requested and needed.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-52 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-52
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-52
Status: in_force

(a) Any department or agency of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its employees for the purpose of payment of deposits or indebtedness to a department or agency credit union if such department or agency credit union is a corporation and existing under the laws of this state. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the department or agency. No such deductions shall be made without the written request of the employee, which request shall designate the exact amount which is to be deducted. Any employee who has consented to a deduction is authorized to withdraw from such plan upon two weeks' written notice.

(a) Any department or agency of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its employees for the purpose of payment of deposits or indebtedness to a department or agency credit union if such department or agency credit union is a corporation and existing under the laws of this state. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the department or agency. No such deductions shall be made without the written request of the employee, which request shall designate the exact amount which is to be deducted. Any employee who has consented to a deduction is authorized to withdraw from such plan upon two weeks' written notice.

(b) The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments or agencies will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the agreement between the department or agency and the employee.

(b) The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments or agencies will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the agreement between the department or agency and the employee.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-30 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-30
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-30
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term “ employee ” means any person, whether appointed or elected, who provides services for the state, including any state authority authorized to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia under Chapter 2 of Title 47, or for a county, municipality, or other political subdivision and who is paid for providing such services.
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-8
Status: in_force

No officer or deputy required by law to take and file the oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 shall enter upon the duties of his office without first taking and filing the same in the proper office.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-5-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-5-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-5.2
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to contract with public and private nonprofit sheltered employment centers which contract with or employ persons within the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for the inclusion of employees working in the sheltered employment centers within any health insurance plan or plans established under this part. The board is authorized to adopt regulations for entering into any contract. In the event any contract is entered into, it shall be the duty of the sheltered employment center to remit any funds that may be deducted from the earnings or other compensation of such sheltered employees for inclusion in the health insurance fund. In addition, it shall be the duty of the sheltered employment center to make the employer contributions required for the operation of such plan or plans. Should the sheltered employment center fail to remit such deductions or such employer contributions to the board, the commissioner may, upon written notice to the sheltered employment center, terminate the coverage for such employees as of the day following the last day for which such deductions or such employer contributions were remitted to the board. Coverage may be reinstated upon the tender of any such deductions or employer contributions not previously remitted.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-70 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-70
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-70
Status: in_force

No rules or regulations of any state agency, department, or authority shall prohibit nonelective officers or employees of this state from offering for or holding any elective or appointive office of a political subdivision of this state or any elective or appointive office of a political party or political organization of this state, provided that the office is not full time and does not conflict with the performance of the official duties of the person as a state employee.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-7
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is a resident of a state bordering on the State of Georgia and who carries on a business or profession in the State of Georgia or who is regularly employed in the State of Georgia may be commissioned as a notary public by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the person carries on said profession, business, or employment.

(a) Any person who is a resident of a state bordering on the State of Georgia and who carries on a business or profession in the State of Georgia or who is regularly employed in the State of Georgia may be commissioned as a notary public by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the person carries on said profession, business, or employment.

(b) Such person wishing to be commissioned as a notary public must meet all the requirements of Code Section 45-17-2 , as it applies to this Code section.

(b) Such person wishing to be commissioned as a notary public must meet all the requirements of Code Section 45-17-2 , as it applies to this Code section.

(c) Such person shall submit the application, endorsements, and declaration of applicant as required by Code Section 45-17-2.1 to the clerk of superior court in the county in which such person carries on such profession, business, or employment. The clerk of superior court shall approve or deny such application based on the provisions of Code Section 45-17-2.3 . Upon approval and payment of the usual fees to the clerk, the applicant shall be issued a certificate as a notary public of this state and shall be authorized to perform all of the duties and exercise all of the powers and authorities relating to notaries public who are residents of this state.

(c) Such person shall submit the application, endorsements, and declaration of applicant as required by Code Section 45-17-2.1 to the clerk of superior court in the county in which such person carries on such profession, business, or employment. The clerk of superior court shall approve or deny such application based on the provisions of Code Section 45-17-2.3 . Upon approval and payment of the usual fees to the clerk, the applicant shall be issued a certificate as a notary public of this state and shall be authorized to perform all of the duties and exercise all of the powers and authorities relating to notaries public who are residents of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-6
Status: in_force

During every calendar year they are in office, every coroner and deputy coroner shall be required, as a condition of continuing to serve as coroner, to take a training course approved by the Georgia Coroner's Training Council pursuant to Code Section 45-16-66 . Any coroner or deputy coroner taking the approved training course provided by the Georgia Police Academy shall receive the same expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly, plus reimbursement of actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier or the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile and registration fees for such training course. Such expense allowance and reimbursements shall be paid by the county governing authority from county funds. In the event, however, that a coroner or deputy is prevented in any calendar year from taking such training by sickness or other providential cause, the requirement of training for that year may be waived by the Georgia Coroner's Training Council.
O.C.G.A. § 45-23-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-23-8
Status: in_force

Administrative procedures for the implementation of this chapter shall be promulgated by the State Personnel Board for departments or agencies subject to the board's rules and regulations, as such terms are defined in Code Section 45-20-2 , and by other public employers for other public employees under their management and control. Such procedures shall include those elements of due process of law required by the Constitution of Georgia and the United States Constitution.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-42 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-42
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-42
Status: in_force

In all inquests the results of the medical examiner's inquiry performed shall be offered in evidence either by oral testimony of the medical examiner or by introduction of a copy of the report filed with the director of the division, as verified in the cases requiring verification. The jury shall be free to reach a verdict in accord or discord with such evidence but in all cases such evidence must be presented to them for their consideration.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-26
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser for the administrator.
O.C.G.A. § 45-1-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-1-3
Status: in_force

(a) Without the written permission of the Governor, it shall be unlawful to display in any manner upon any motor vehicle a sign, tag, or emblem of any fashion purporting to convey the impression that the owner thereof is a member of the Governor's staff.

(a) Without the written permission of the Governor, it shall be unlawful to display in any manner upon any motor vehicle a sign, tag, or emblem of any fashion purporting to convey the impression that the owner thereof is a member of the Governor's staff.

(b) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer to sell any such sign, tag, or emblem.

(b) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer to sell any such sign, tag, or emblem.

(c) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-105 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-105
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-105
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who shall knowingly give false information or false testimony causing or intending to cause the payment of compensation which would not otherwise be justified under this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) Any person who shall knowingly give false information or false testimony causing or intending to cause the payment of compensation which would not otherwise be justified under this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any such person convicted under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be liable to the state for any funds paid as a result of such false information or testimony.

(b) Any such person convicted under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be liable to the state for any funds paid as a result of such false information or testimony.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-5
Status: in_force

The Lieutenant Governor shall be compensated in the amount and manner provided in Code Sections 45-7-3 and 45-7-4 . He shall also be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier and the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile while on official business, together with the actual cost of meals and lodging while on official state business, as provided in Code Section 45-7-20 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-72 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-72
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-72
Status: in_force

A copy of each statement or report, referred to in Code Section 45-7-71 , of any authority or state agency in which a fee or expense paid to a consultant or member of a profession is identified and reported shall be provided to the Attorney General and the state auditor unless such statement or report is otherwise required by law to be provided to the Attorney General or the state auditor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-44 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-44
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-44
Status: in_force

The commission shall secure directly from any state department or agency such information as the commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Upon the request of the chairperson of the commission, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the commission.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-151 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-151
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-151
Status: in_force

(a) No later than September 1, 2019, the office shall establish an operational Georgia Data Analytic Center capable of securely receiving, maintaining, and transmitting data in accordance with this part and with the HIPAA privacy and security standards applicable to this part. The office may employ staff to assist with carrying out the functions associated with the establishment and maintenance of the GDAC Project.

(a) No later than September 1, 2019, the office shall establish an operational Georgia Data Analytic Center capable of securely receiving, maintaining, and transmitting data in accordance with this part and with the HIPAA privacy and security standards applicable to this part. The office may employ staff to assist with carrying out the functions associated with the establishment and maintenance of the GDAC Project.

(b) The office shall ensure the procurement of hardware, software, and a data base system capable of performing analytics at scale and capable of evaluating all data to the extent required to carry out the purposes of the GDAC Project pursuant to this part. Further, the office shall procure sufficient management services to develop and maintain the system.

(b) The office shall ensure the procurement of hardware, software, and a data base system capable of performing analytics at scale and capable of evaluating all data to the extent required to carry out the purposes of the GDAC Project pursuant to this part. Further, the office shall procure sufficient management services to develop and maintain the system.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, the GDAC Project shall seek to receive and maintain individually identifiable data but transmit de-identified data wherever possible and shall only receive, maintain, and transmit individually identifiable information if permitted by this Code section and other applicable law and if the information is in a form and format that are secured to prevent disclosure of individually identifiable information.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, the GDAC Project shall seek to receive and maintain individually identifiable data but transmit de-identified data wherever possible and shall only receive, maintain, and transmit individually identifiable information if permitted by this Code section and other applicable law and if the information is in a form and format that are secured to prevent disclosure of individually identifiable information.
O.C.G.A. § 45-1-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-1-6
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “ Commission ” means the State Ethics Commission created under Code Section 21-5-4 . (2) “Gift” means a gratuity, subscription, membership, trip, meal, loan, extension of credit, forgiveness of debt, advance or deposit of money, or anything of value. (3) “Person” means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons. (4) “Public employee” means every person employed by the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, commission, or authority thereof. This shall not include elected officials. (5) “Vendor” means any person who sells to or contracts with any branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, or commission thereof for the provision of any goods or services.

(a) As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “ Commission ” means the State Ethics Commission created under Code Section 21-5-4 .

(1) “ Commission ” means the State Ethics Commission created under Code Section 21-5-4 .

(2) “Gift” means a gratuity, subscription, membership, trip, meal, loan, extension of credit, forgiveness of debt, advance or deposit of money, or anything of value.

(2) “Gift” means a gratuity, subscription, membership, trip, meal, loan, extension of credit, forgiveness of debt, advance or deposit of money, or anything of value.

(3) “Person” means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons.

(3) “Person” means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons.

(4) “Public employee” means every person employed by the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, commission, or authority thereof. This shall not include elected officials.

(4) “Public employee” means every person employed by the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, commission, or authority thereof. This shall not include elected officials.

(5) “Vendor” means any person who sells to or contracts with any branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, or commission thereof for the provision of any goods or services.

(5) “Vendor” means any person who sells to or contracts with any branch of state government or any department, board, bureau, agency, or commission thereof for the provision of any goods or services.

(b) Any vendor who, either directly or through another person, makes a gift or gifts to one or more public employees exceeding in the aggregate $250.00 in value during any calendar year shall file a disclosure report with the commission in the form specified by the commission listing the amount and date of receipt, the name and mailing address of any vendor making the gift, and the name, address, and position of each public employee receiving such a gift.

(b) Any vendor who, either directly or through another person, makes a gift or gifts to one or more public employees exceeding in the aggregate $250.00 in value during any calendar year shall file a disclosure report with the commission in the form specified by the commission listing the amount and date of receipt, the name and mailing address of any vendor making the gift, and the name, address, and position of each public employee receiving such a gift.

(c) Each disclosure report required by subsection (b) of this Code section shall be filed with the commission not later than February 1 of each year and shall cover the preceding calendar year.

(c) Each disclosure report required by subsection (b) of this Code section shall be filed with the commission not later than February 1 of each year and shall cover the preceding calendar year.

(d) A report required by this Code section shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person filing such report or statement taken before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Each report required in a calendar year shall contain cumulative totals of all gifts which have been made or received and which are required to be reported.

(d) A report required by this Code section shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person filing such report or statement taken before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Each report required in a calendar year shall contain cumulative totals of all gifts which have been made or received and which are required to be reported.

(e) In addition to other penalties provided under this Code section, a filing fee of $50.00 shall be imposed for each report that is filed late. In addition, a filing fee of $25.00 shall be imposed on the fifteenth day after the due date if the report has still not been filed.

(e) In addition to other penalties provided under this Code section, a filing fee of $50.00 shall be imposed for each report that is filed late. In addition, a filing fee of $25.00 shall be imposed on the fifteenth day after the due date if the report has still not been filed.

(f) The commission is vested with the same powers with respect to this Code section as enumerated in Code Section 21-5-6 .

(f) The commission is vested with the same powers with respect to this Code section as enumerated in Code Section 21-5-6 .

(g) Venue for prosecution of civil violations of this Code section or for any other action by or on behalf of the commission shall be in the county of residence of the accused person at the time of the alleged violation or action.

(g) Venue for prosecution of civil violations of this Code section or for any other action by or on behalf of the commission shall be in the county of residence of the accused person at the time of the alleged violation or action.

(h) Any person who knowingly fails to comply with or knowingly violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(h) Any person who knowingly fails to comply with or knowingly violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5-3-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-3-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5-3.2
Status: in_force

(a) In those instances where the Governor fills a vacancy in the office of district attorney pursuant to Article VI, Section VIII, Paragraph I(a) of the Constitution , the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor appointing a qualified individual to the office of district attorney who shall serve until January 1 of the year following the next state-wide general election which is more than six months after the date of the appointment of such individual, even if such period of time extends beyond the unexpired term of the prior district attorney.

(a) In those instances where the Governor fills a vacancy in the office of district attorney pursuant to Article VI, Section VIII, Paragraph I(a) of the Constitution , the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor appointing a qualified individual to the office of district attorney who shall serve until January 1 of the year following the next state-wide general election which is more than six months after the date of the appointment of such individual, even if such period of time extends beyond the unexpired term of the prior district attorney.

(b) A special election shall be held on the same date as the state-wide November general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy which is more than six months after the appointment of an individual to fill the vacancy and shall be held in conjunction with such general election.

(b) A special election shall be held on the same date as the state-wide November general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy which is more than six months after the appointment of an individual to fill the vacancy and shall be held in conjunction with such general election.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to call and conduct the special election required by subsection (b) of this Code section in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, the “Georgia Election Code.” Any individual elected at such special election pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to seek and hold such office as provided by law.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to call and conduct the special election required by subsection (b) of this Code section in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, the “Georgia Election Code.” Any individual elected at such special election pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to seek and hold such office as provided by law.

(d) The individual elected in the special election conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall begin a new four-year term of office on January 1 immediately following such special election.

(d) The individual elected in the special election conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall begin a new four-year term of office on January 1 immediately following such special election.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-71 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-71
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-71
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Act of violence” means a willful act of violence committed by a person other than a fellow public school teacher or public school employee.

(1) “Act of violence” means a willful act of violence committed by a person other than a fellow public school teacher or public school employee.

(2) “Commission” means the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Commission.

(2) “Commission” means the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Commission.

(3) “In the line of duty” means while on duty and performing services for and receiving compensation from the public school district which employs such public school teacher or public school employee.

(3) “In the line of duty” means while on duty and performing services for and receiving compensation from the public school district which employs such public school teacher or public school employee.

(4) “Permanent disability” means disability due to: (A) Loss of both eyes or blindness in both eyes with only light perception; (B) Loss or loss of use of both hands; (C) Loss or loss of use of both legs; (D) Loss of a lower extremity or residuals of organic disease or injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without resort to a wheelchair; or (E) Organic brain damage resulting from direct physical trauma incurred after July 1, 2001, which so affects the mental capacity as to preclude ability to function productively in any employment.

(4) “Permanent disability” means disability due to:

(A) Loss of both eyes or blindness in both eyes with only light perception;

(A) Loss of both eyes or blindness in both eyes with only light perception;

(B) Loss or loss of use of both hands;

(B) Loss or loss of use of both hands;

(C) Loss or loss of use of both legs;

(C) Loss or loss of use of both legs;

(D) Loss of a lower extremity or residuals of organic disease or injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without resort to a wheelchair; or

(D) Loss of a lower extremity or residuals of organic disease or injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without resort to a wheelchair; or

(E) Organic brain damage resulting from direct physical trauma incurred after July 1, 2001, which so affects the mental capacity as to preclude ability to function productively in any employment.

(E) Organic brain damage resulting from direct physical trauma incurred after July 1, 2001, which so affects the mental capacity as to preclude ability to function productively in any employment.

(5) “Public school employee” has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-910 .

(5) “Public school employee” has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-910 .

(6) “Public school teacher” has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-880 .

(6) “Public school teacher” has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-880 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-5-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5-7
Status: in_force

Upon information being received that any individual employed by the state government is guilty or is alleged to be guilty of irregularities, misconduct, malpractice, malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, incapability, or inefficiency in the conduct of his or her official duties, the head of the budget unit, department, or agency employing said person shall be notified of such charges; and if the head of the budget unit, department, or agency takes the position that the charges are unfounded and fails or refuses to discharge the individual against whom the complaint is lodged, it shall be the duty of the Governor to hear the complaint and if, in his opinion, the facts sustain the truth of the accusation, the individual shall stand discharged from state service. Nothing in this Code section shall affect the tenure of office of the elected officials of this state, nor the tenure of office of appointed officials of this state who have been confirmed by the Senate as required by law, nor the tenure of office of those employees who are subject to merit system laws and rules and regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-70 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-70
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-70
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the commissioner of administrative services in conjunction with the Georgia Building Authority is authorized by contract or otherwise to establish, equip, and operate a child care learning center as a capitol hill pilot program for the purpose of serving children who are members of households of employees of state government in and around the state capitol. The commissioner of administrative services in conjunction with the Georgia Building Authority is authorized to establish or provide for the establishment of appropriate fees and charges to be chargeable against the state employees who are beneficiaries of services provided by such facility to pay for the cost of their operation and to accept money, equipment, or other property donated for use in connection with the facility.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-92-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-92-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-92.1
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that certain fees imposed or authorized by law are not “ revenue measures ” within the meaning of Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution but only incidentally create revenue pursuant to the facilitation of another primary purpose.

(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that certain fees imposed or authorized by law are not “ revenue measures ” within the meaning of Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution but only incidentally create revenue pursuant to the facilitation of another primary purpose.

(b) When any other provision of law imposes or authorizes the imposition of a fee and recites that such fee is subject to this Code section: (1) The agency or other entity imposing and collecting the fee shall not pay the proceeds of the fee into the general fund of the state treasury but shall rather retain and expend the proceeds for purposes of defraying the costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated; and (2) If the amount of the fee is fixed by the agency or other entity pursuant to the law authorizing the fee, the fee shall be fixed in a reasonable amount such that the proceeds of the fee do not exceed the total direct and indirect costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated.

(b) When any other provision of law imposes or authorizes the imposition of a fee and recites that such fee is subject to this Code section:

(1) The agency or other entity imposing and collecting the fee shall not pay the proceeds of the fee into the general fund of the state treasury but shall rather retain and expend the proceeds for purposes of defraying the costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated; and

(1) The agency or other entity imposing and collecting the fee shall not pay the proceeds of the fee into the general fund of the state treasury but shall rather retain and expend the proceeds for purposes of defraying the costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated; and

(2) If the amount of the fee is fixed by the agency or other entity pursuant to the law authorizing the fee, the fee shall be fixed in a reasonable amount such that the proceeds of the fee do not exceed the total direct and indirect costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated.

(2) If the amount of the fee is fixed by the agency or other entity pursuant to the law authorizing the fee, the fee shall be fixed in a reasonable amount such that the proceeds of the fee do not exceed the total direct and indirect costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-6
Status: in_force

The executive office of the Governor shall be in the capitol. If from any cause there is no capitol or if it is abandoned, then the executive office shall be at such place at the seat of government as the Governor may direct, and not elsewhere, unless made necessary by invasion, insurrection, pestilence, or rebellion. The Governor shall reside at the state capital during his term of office.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-66 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-66
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-66
Status: in_force

(a) In order to maintain the status of a certified coroner, each person certified as such shall complete such additional training per annum during each year in which he or she serves as coroner as provided by the Georgia Coroner's Training Council in its rules and regulations, but such training course shall not be less than 16 hours per year. Each coroner and deputy coroner shall file a certificate of additional training with such council.

(a) In order to maintain the status of a certified coroner, each person certified as such shall complete such additional training per annum during each year in which he or she serves as coroner as provided by the Georgia Coroner's Training Council in its rules and regulations, but such training course shall not be less than 16 hours per year. Each coroner and deputy coroner shall file a certificate of additional training with such council.

(b) No person serving as a coroner shall charge or collect any fee, charge, or cost of any kind for his services, including those fees specified in this article, unless such person is a certified coroner.

(b) No person serving as a coroner shall charge or collect any fee, charge, or cost of any kind for his services, including those fees specified in this article, unless such person is a certified coroner.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5a-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5A / Section 45-5a-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5A-1
Status: in_force

If, after hearing the evidence on the disability of an elected constitutional executive officer pursuant to Article V, Section IV of the Constitution of Georgia , the Supreme Court determines that such officer has a temporary disability, such court shall certify to the elected constitutional executive officers filing the petition that such executive officer has a temporary disability which prevents such officer from performing the duties of office.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-26
Status: in_force

When there is no coroner or deputy coroner in a county in which the office of coroner has not been replaced by a county medical examiner or when both are absent from the county when needed or will not or cannot perform the duties required under this article, the medical examiner shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the coroner. When the medical examiner is performing the duties of the coroner in such cases, such medical examiner may sign the death certificate except when an inquest is held.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-9 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-9
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-9
Status: in_force

The Governor shall require a new surety and bond for the performance of any public duty by any officer under this chapter when, in the Governor's discretion:

(1) The surety gives written notice to the Governor of his desire to be relieved from future liability for good cause stated and sworn to; or

(1) The surety gives written notice to the Governor of his desire to be relieved from future liability for good cause stated and sworn to; or

(2) The surety becomes insufficient, based upon satisfactory evidence.

(2) The surety becomes insufficient, based upon satisfactory evidence.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-30 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-30
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-30
Status: in_force

It is an unlawful practice for an employer controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining including on-the-job training programs to discriminate against an individual because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in admission to or employment in any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training or to discriminate by allowing admission or promotion to an apprenticeship or training program solely because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-111 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-111
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-111
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after receiving a notification provided for in Code Section 45-12-110 , it shall be the duty of the legislative budget analyst to analyze the short-term and long-term impact the proposed federal assistance project would have on state budgetary and fiscal matters if the application for federal assistance were approved. Upon completion of said analysis, the legislative budget analyst shall forward a copy of same to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each member of the appropriations committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, and to any member of the General Assembly requesting a copy of said analysis.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-59 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-59
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-59
Status: in_force

Where there is no messenger or where the duty cannot be performed by the person acting as messenger, the Governor, if necessary, may employ some person, for a reasonable compensation, to perform any service which is the duty of a messenger.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-91 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-91
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-91
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging improper conduct involving a member of the General Assembly. Any employee may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging sexual harassment by a member of the General Assembly. The clerical officer shall designate the place where such complaints may be filed, provide instruction necessary to properly submit a complaint, and prescribe forms for such complainants. Complaints shall be submitted in writing and verified under oath to the best information, knowledge, and belief of such person. The complaint shall include a statement by the complainant as to whether or not in filing the complaint he or she is acting as an agent, paid or otherwise, for any other person. Any person who knowingly provides false information in executing a complaint under this Code section commits the offense of false swearing within the meaning of Code Section 16-10-71 .

(a) Any person may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging improper conduct involving a member of the General Assembly. Any employee may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging sexual harassment by a member of the General Assembly. The clerical officer shall designate the place where such complaints may be filed, provide instruction necessary to properly submit a complaint, and prescribe forms for such complainants. Complaints shall be submitted in writing and verified under oath to the best information, knowledge, and belief of such person. The complaint shall include a statement by the complainant as to whether or not in filing the complaint he or she is acting as an agent, paid or otherwise, for any other person. Any person who knowingly provides false information in executing a complaint under this Code section commits the offense of false swearing within the meaning of Code Section 16-10-71 .

(b) The clerical officer shall forward, within one business day of receipt, the original complaint and all materials appended to such complaint in a confidential report to the presiding officer of the appropriate chamber and to the chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics or the chairperson of the Senate Ethics Committee, as appropriate.

(b) The clerical officer shall forward, within one business day of receipt, the original complaint and all materials appended to such complaint in a confidential report to the presiding officer of the appropriate chamber and to the chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics or the chairperson of the Senate Ethics Committee, as appropriate.
O.C.G.A. § 45-21-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-21-3
Status: in_force

(a) With the approval of the board, the commissioner shall prepare rules necessary and appropriate for the proper administration of meritorious award programs, incentive compensation plans, and goal based compensation plans including rules governing the: (1) Operation of the meritorious awards programs, incentive compensation plans and goal based compensation plans; (2) Eligibility of employees to participate in the programs and plans; (3) Documentation of goal based plan criteria and evaluation metrics; (4) Method and schedule of incentive payment; (5) Type of suggestions or extraordinary service; (6) Method of submission of nominations or applications; (7) Procedure for review and approval; (8) Procedure for verifying qualification; and (9) Procedure for determining awards amounts.

(a) With the approval of the board, the commissioner shall prepare rules necessary and appropriate for the proper administration of meritorious award programs, incentive compensation plans, and goal based compensation plans including rules governing the:

(1) Operation of the meritorious awards programs, incentive compensation plans and goal based compensation plans;

(1) Operation of the meritorious awards programs, incentive compensation plans and goal based compensation plans;

(2) Eligibility of employees to participate in the programs and plans;

(2) Eligibility of employees to participate in the programs and plans;

(3) Documentation of goal based plan criteria and evaluation metrics;

(3) Documentation of goal based plan criteria and evaluation metrics;

(4) Method and schedule of incentive payment;

(4) Method and schedule of incentive payment;

(5) Type of suggestions or extraordinary service;

(5) Type of suggestions or extraordinary service;

(6) Method of submission of nominations or applications;

(6) Method of submission of nominations or applications;

(7) Procedure for review and approval;

(7) Procedure for review and approval;

(8) Procedure for verifying qualification; and

(8) Procedure for verifying qualification; and

(9) Procedure for determining awards amounts.

(9) Procedure for determining awards amounts.

(b) The rules for meritorious awards for extraordinary service under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 45-21-2 shall provide for evaluation and award by the appointing authority. The rules for meritorious awards for suggestions and ideas shall comply with Code Sections 45-21-4 through 45-21-8 .

(b) The rules for meritorious awards for extraordinary service under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 45-21-2 shall provide for evaluation and award by the appointing authority. The rules for meritorious awards for suggestions and ideas shall comply with Code Sections 45-21-4 through 45-21-8 .

(c) The commissioner shall submit the rules or any amendments thereto to the Governor. Such rules or amendments shall become effective when approved by the Governor or 15 days after they are submitted, if the Governor has not rejected them prior to that time.

(c) The commissioner shall submit the rules or any amendments thereto to the Governor. Such rules or amendments shall become effective when approved by the Governor or 15 days after they are submitted, if the Governor has not rejected them prior to that time.

(d) For appointing authorities of agencies subject to the rules of the board, meritorious awards programs, incentive compensation plans, and goal based plans shall become effective upon certification of an agency's program or plan by the commissioner and upon certification by the director of the Office of Planning and Budget that funding is available.

(d) For appointing authorities of agencies subject to the rules of the board, meritorious awards programs, incentive compensation plans, and goal based plans shall become effective upon certification of an agency's program or plan by the commissioner and upon certification by the director of the Office of Planning and Budget that funding is available.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-2
Status: in_force

No public employee shall promote, encourage, or participate in any strike; provided, however, that no right to collective bargaining currently recognized by law is abridged by this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-82 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-82
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-82
Status: in_force

The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall require each budget unit, other than those of the legislative branch and the judicial branch, to file periodic work programs with the Office of Planning and Budget at such time as the Office of Planning and Budget shall direct. As provided in Code Section 45-12-83 , no allotment of funds shall be approved for any budget unit until such budget unit has filed a periodic work program with the Office of Planning and Budget and the periodic work program has been approved by the Governor. The work program shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Office of Planning and Budget and shall contain such information as the Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, may require. The work program shall include the amount of the portion of the appropriation required for the period's expenditures based on the budget prepared as provided in this part. Periodic work programs may be amended from time to time in such manner as the Office of Planning and Budget may require. A duplicate copy of all of the periodic work programs and any amendments thereto shall be filed simultaneously with the Office of Planning and Budget, the state treasurer, the state auditor, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the House Budget and Research Office.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-8
Status: in_force

If any person makes an affidavit stating (1) that a sheriff is disqualified from acting in any proceeding, which disqualification was not apparent at the outset of the proceeding, or (2) that a sheriff or his deputy refuses to serve a writ or other process, then the clerk of the court from which the process issues shall place the process in the hands of the coroner for execution. The clerk may compel the sheriff to return the writ or other process to the clerk's office in order to allow for execution by the coroner.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-4
Status: in_force

The Attorney General, upon the request of any department, office, officer, institution, commission, committee, board, or other agency of any branch of the government of the state or any instrumentality thereof, is authorized to select and employ private counsel to perform legal services for such department, office, officer, institution, commission, committee, board, or other agency of any branch of the government of the state or any instrumentality thereof.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5a-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5A / Section 45-5a-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5A-4
Status: in_force

(a) In case of the temporary disability of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the State School Superintendent, the Commissioner of Insurance, the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the Commissioner of Labor, the Governor shall appoint a person to perform the duties of such elected constitutional executive officer until such time as the temporary disability of such officer ends.

(a) In case of the temporary disability of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the State School Superintendent, the Commissioner of Insurance, the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the Commissioner of Labor, the Governor shall appoint a person to perform the duties of such elected constitutional executive officer until such time as the temporary disability of such officer ends.

(b) The person appointed to perform the duties of an elected constitutional executive officer as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall have the qualifications to hold such office, shall give bond with good security if required of a person elected to such office, and shall take the oath of office. The person appointed to serve in the office of an incapacitated elected constitutional executive officer named in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the confirmation of the Senate if the Senate is in session at the time of his appointment or convenes in session prior to the expiration of his appointment. Any such appointment made at times when the Senate is not in session shall be effective ad interim. The person appointed to perform the duties of an elected constitutional executive officer shall be authorized to perform every act and exercise every prerogative and discretion that a person holding such office is authorized to perform or exercise under existing law. Such person shall be entitled to receive the compensation as may be provided by law for such office during the period of incapacity of the elected constitutional executive officer.

(b) The person appointed to perform the duties of an elected constitutional executive officer as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall have the qualifications to hold such office, shall give bond with good security if required of a person elected to such office, and shall take the oath of office. The person appointed to serve in the office of an incapacitated elected constitutional executive officer named in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the confirmation of the Senate if the Senate is in session at the time of his appointment or convenes in session prior to the expiration of his appointment. Any such appointment made at times when the Senate is not in session shall be effective ad interim. The person appointed to perform the duties of an elected constitutional executive officer shall be authorized to perform every act and exercise every prerogative and discretion that a person holding such office is authorized to perform or exercise under existing law. Such person shall be entitled to receive the compensation as may be provided by law for such office during the period of incapacity of the elected constitutional executive officer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-84-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-84-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-84.2
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly is authorized to appropriate funds to be placed in the Georgia State Indemnification Fund for the purpose of providing for indemnification with respect to: (1) The death or disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973; (2) The death or disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977; (3) The death or disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and (4) The death or disability of any state highway employee who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1990.

(a) The General Assembly is authorized to appropriate funds to be placed in the Georgia State Indemnification Fund for the purpose of providing for indemnification with respect to:

(1) The death or disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(1) The death or disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(2) The death or disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977;

(2) The death or disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977;

(3) The death or disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and

(3) The death or disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and

(4) The death or disability of any state highway employee who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1990.

(4) The death or disability of any state highway employee who is or has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1990.

(b) Funds appropriated to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund shall also be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses and costs incurred by the department in the administration of this part. In addition, the department is authorized to accept for deposit in the Georgia State Indemnification Fund any other funds from any other source. All funds appropriated to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund shall be presumptively concluded to have been committed to the purpose for which they have been appropriated and shall not lapse.

(b) Funds appropriated to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund shall also be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses and costs incurred by the department in the administration of this part. In addition, the department is authorized to accept for deposit in the Georgia State Indemnification Fund any other funds from any other source. All funds appropriated to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund shall be presumptively concluded to have been committed to the purpose for which they have been appropriated and shall not lapse.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-11 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-11
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-11
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the several counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of this state, including independent school districts, are authorized to purchase blanket bonds in lieu of individual bonds. Blanket bonds may cover any two or more officers, officials, agents, and any other employees of such political subdivisions where they are required by law to be bonded.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the several counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of this state, including independent school districts, are authorized to purchase blanket bonds in lieu of individual bonds. Blanket bonds may cover any two or more officers, officials, agents, and any other employees of such political subdivisions where they are required by law to be bonded.

(b) A blanket bond shall be in an amount sufficient to cover all or certain specified individual bonds otherwise required by law to be purchased by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision. The blanket bond shall specify the dates of coverage, the positions or persons covered by the bond, and the persons or entities to whom or to which the bond is payable.

(b) A blanket bond shall be in an amount sufficient to cover all or certain specified individual bonds otherwise required by law to be purchased by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision. The blanket bond shall specify the dates of coverage, the positions or persons covered by the bond, and the persons or entities to whom or to which the bond is payable.

(c) A blanket bond shall be signed by the judge of the probate court of the county wherein the county, municipality, or school district purchasing the blanket bond is located. The bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the probate court. Such signing, filing, and recording shall be in lieu of any other endorsement, signing, filing, approval, or recording otherwise required by law for individual bonds. Where a municipality or school district is located in more than one county, the bond shall be signed, filed, and recorded by the probate judge of the county within which the municipality or school district is predominately located based upon population.

(c) A blanket bond shall be signed by the judge of the probate court of the county wherein the county, municipality, or school district purchasing the blanket bond is located. The bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the probate court. Such signing, filing, and recording shall be in lieu of any other endorsement, signing, filing, approval, or recording otherwise required by law for individual bonds. Where a municipality or school district is located in more than one county, the bond shall be signed, filed, and recorded by the probate judge of the county within which the municipality or school district is predominately located based upon population.

(d) In addition to any other guaranty or surety companies authorized by this chapter, a blanket bond may be offered by an interlocal risk management agency created pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 36 or Article 29 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and may be in the form of a copy of an original annual coverage agreement providing the blanket bond.

(d) In addition to any other guaranty or surety companies authorized by this chapter, a blanket bond may be offered by an interlocal risk management agency created pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 36 or Article 29 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and may be in the form of a copy of an original annual coverage agreement providing the blanket bond.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-23 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-23
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-23
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any coroner or county medical examiner may delegate to a local medical examiner, forensic consultant, or medical examiner's investigator the power to perform those duties of such coroner or medical examiner specified in this Code section if the person to whom such power is thus delegated meets the applicable requirements of this Code section for the performance of such duties, but the performance of those delegated duties shall not in any manner infringe upon or diminish the authority of the peace officer in charge at the scene of the crime.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any coroner or county medical examiner may delegate to a local medical examiner, forensic consultant, or medical examiner's investigator the power to perform those duties of such coroner or medical examiner specified in this Code section if the person to whom such power is thus delegated meets the applicable requirements of this Code section for the performance of such duties, but the performance of those delegated duties shall not in any manner infringe upon or diminish the authority of the peace officer in charge at the scene of the crime.

(b) A local medical examiner shall be a licensed physician appointed by the state medical examiner to perform scene investigations, external examinations, limited dissections, autopsies, or any combination of such duties.

(b) A local medical examiner shall be a licensed physician appointed by the state medical examiner to perform scene investigations, external examinations, limited dissections, autopsies, or any combination of such duties.

(c) A forensic consultant shall be an expert in a field of forensic science, including but not limited to odontology or anthropology, appointed and authorized by the state medical examiner to examine human remains and evidence under the medical examiner's jurisdiction.

(c) A forensic consultant shall be an expert in a field of forensic science, including but not limited to odontology or anthropology, appointed and authorized by the state medical examiner to examine human remains and evidence under the medical examiner's jurisdiction.

(d) A medical examiner's investigator shall be a person employed by a medical examiner to perform duties of such medical examiner with the same authority as the medical examiner while at the scene of death and during subsequent investigation, except that no medical examiner's investigator is authorized to make any arrest or perform official external examinations, limited dissections, or autopsies.

(d) A medical examiner's investigator shall be a person employed by a medical examiner to perform duties of such medical examiner with the same authority as the medical examiner while at the scene of death and during subsequent investigation, except that no medical examiner's investigator is authorized to make any arrest or perform official external examinations, limited dissections, or autopsies.
O.C.G.A. § 45-24-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-24-7
Status: in_force

If the commission by majority vote of those members present approves the involuntary separation, the employer is authorized, but not required, to proceed with the separation. If the employer proceeds with such separation, the employer shall not be eligible to have any increase in the number of employees in that employing unit for the next two fiscal years. If the commission rejects the involuntary separation, the employee shall not be separated, shall continue to be employed and compensated by the employer, and shall not be the subject of a proposed involuntary separation more than once every two years. As used in this Code section, the term “number of employees” means the total number of employees immediately prior to the involuntary separation, not counting any employee to be involuntarily separated.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-200 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-200
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-200
Status: in_force

Coordinated and comprehensive planning by all levels of government within the State of Georgia is of vital importance to the state and its citizens. The state has an essential public interest in promoting, developing, sustaining, and assisting coordinated and comprehensive planning by all levels of government. This article is intended to provide for the coordination of planning, at the direction of the Governor, by departments, agencies, commissions, and other institutions of the state, and this article shall be liberally construed to achieve that end.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-29 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-29
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-29
Status: in_force

The measure of damages recoverable in actions upon all official bonds for the misconduct of the officer, unless otherwise specially enacted, shall be the amount of injury actually sustained, including the reasonable expenses of the action to the plaintiff and the costs of court. In all cases when little or no damage is actually sustained and the officer has not acted in good faith, the jury may find for the plaintiff an amount as exemplary damages which, taking all the circumstances together, shall not be excessive or oppressive.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-34 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-34
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-34
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have emergency power to call upon the military forces of the state or any other state or county law enforcement agency to enforce the rules and regulations authorized by Code Sections 45-12-29 through 45-12-33 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-30 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-30
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-30
Status: in_force

The judge of the probate court, sitting for county purposes, or the board of county commissioners, or such other county governing authority in this state has the discretionary power and authority to release a given portion of the property of a municipal or county treasurer, tax collector, or tax commissioner from the lien of the state or county or municipality in question against the property of such officers on their respective bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 45-23-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-23-5
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has been convicted for the first time, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any criminal offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug shall be ineligible for any public employment for a period of three months from the date of conviction.

(a) Any person who has been convicted for the first time, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any criminal offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug shall be ineligible for any public employment for a period of three months from the date of conviction.

(b) Any person who has been convicted two or more times, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any criminal offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug shall be ineligible for any public employment for a period of five years from the most recent date of conviction.

(b) Any person who has been convicted two or more times, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any criminal offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug shall be ineligible for any public employment for a period of five years from the most recent date of conviction.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-52 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-52
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-52
Status: in_force

(a) In case of a vacancy from any cause in any office, the full term of which, by the Constitution of Georgia, is to be filled by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint and commission some qualified person to fill the vacancy until the next meeting of the General Assembly, when said vacancy shall be filled in the manner described in the Constitution of Georgia for filling the full term of such office. All existing vacancies and all vacancies which may occur during the session of the General Assembly shall be filled pursuant to this Code section.

(a) In case of a vacancy from any cause in any office, the full term of which, by the Constitution of Georgia, is to be filled by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint and commission some qualified person to fill the vacancy until the next meeting of the General Assembly, when said vacancy shall be filled in the manner described in the Constitution of Georgia for filling the full term of such office. All existing vacancies and all vacancies which may occur during the session of the General Assembly shall be filled pursuant to this Code section.

(b) Where it shall be incumbent upon the Governor to appoint a public officer subject to confirmation of or by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the office shall be deemed vacant at the expiration of the term of such officer, and he shall not hold over until his successor shall have been appointed and confirmed. The Governor may make an appointment to fill such vacancy ad interim; and the appointee shall hold office until the Senate shall next convene, at which time the Governor shall submit an appointment to fill such vacancy to the Senate for confirmation. The appointee, if confirmed, shall hold over until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed; provided, however, that the Governor shall not appoint ad interim any person previously rejected by the Senate. Whenever the Senate is in session, the Governor shall submit the names of appointees to fill all vacancies which will occur within eight months after the date fixed for the convening of the Senate.

(b) Where it shall be incumbent upon the Governor to appoint a public officer subject to confirmation of or by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the office shall be deemed vacant at the expiration of the term of such officer, and he shall not hold over until his successor shall have been appointed and confirmed. The Governor may make an appointment to fill such vacancy ad interim; and the appointee shall hold office until the Senate shall next convene, at which time the Governor shall submit an appointment to fill such vacancy to the Senate for confirmation. The appointee, if confirmed, shall hold over until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed; provided, however, that the Governor shall not appoint ad interim any person previously rejected by the Senate. Whenever the Senate is in session, the Governor shall submit the names of appointees to fill all vacancies which will occur within eight months after the date fixed for the convening of the Senate.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-41 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-41
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-41
Status: in_force

Any member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or of the Board of Human Services or any trustee or other officer of any institution supported wholly or in part by state funds who violates Code Section 45-10-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in Code Section 17-10-3 . If any member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or of the Board of Human Services is found guilty of violating Code Section 45-10-40 , his office shall become vacant; and it is the duty of the Governor, where the power to fill the vacancy is lodged in the Governor, to appoint some other person to fill the vacancy. If any trustee or other officer of such institution is found guilty of violating Code Section 45-10-40 , he shall be discharged from his office in such institution and shall not be eligible to be reelected or reappointed to such office; and the vacancy shall be filled by the board or the authority which, under the law, has the right to fill such vacancy.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-79-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-79-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-79.1
Status: in_force

(a) An application for indemnification with respect to a claim filed under this article for permanent disability of a public school teacher or public school employee shall be submitted by that person unless the person is mentally incompetent, in which case the application may be made on such person's behalf by the parent, spouse, guardian, or other authorized individual. An application for indemnification with respect to a claim filed under this article for the death of a public school teacher or public school employee shall be submitted by the individual authorized to administer the estate.

(a) An application for indemnification with respect to a claim filed under this article for permanent disability of a public school teacher or public school employee shall be submitted by that person unless the person is mentally incompetent, in which case the application may be made on such person's behalf by the parent, spouse, guardian, or other authorized individual. An application for indemnification with respect to a claim filed under this article for the death of a public school teacher or public school employee shall be submitted by the individual authorized to administer the estate.

(b) An application for indemnification with respect to the death or permanent disability of a public school teacher or public school employee who is killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2001, must be made within 24 months after the date of the death or disability.

(b) An application for indemnification with respect to the death or permanent disability of a public school teacher or public school employee who is killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2001, must be made within 24 months after the date of the death or disability.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-21 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-21
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-21
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the board shall deposit into the Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund created by Code Section 45-18-101 the individual contributions by retirees and the employer contributions respecting retirees provided for by this part.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-205 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-205
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-205
Status: in_force

The council shall be attached to the Department of Community Affairs for administrative purposes. The Department of Community Affairs and the Office of Planning and Budget shall provide technical support to the council as directed by the chair and approved by the Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-24
Status: in_force

There is created the Commission on Equal Opportunity. The Governor shall appoint an administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Commission on Equal Opportunity shall be attached to the office of the Governor for administrative purposes only. The Commission on Equal Opportunity shall have an Equal Employment Division to assist the administrator in carrying out the provisions of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-192 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-192
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-192
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term “Governor-elect” means the apparent successful candidate for the office of Governor who is declared duly elected by the State Election Board.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-7-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-7-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-7.1
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia Development Authority for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established under this part of the employees and retiring employees of the Georgia Development Authority and their spouses and dependent children, as defined by the regulations of the board. It shall be the duty of the Georgia Development Authority to deduct from the salary or other remuneration of its employees such payment as may be required under the board's regulations. In addition, it shall be the duty of the Georgia Development Authority to make the employer contributions required for the operation of such plan or plans. Should the Georgia Development Authority fail to remit such deductions or such employer contributions to the board, the commissioner may, upon written notice to the Georgia Development Authority, terminate the coverage for such employees as of the day following the last day for which such deductions or such employer contributions were remitted to the board. Coverage may be reinstated upon the tender of any such deductions or employer contributions not previously remitted.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-22 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-22
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-22
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a state department may reimburse an employee of state government for expenses incurred for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence from one part of the state to another as a result of an action of the state department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of the department; provided, however, that the Department of Economic Development may also reimburse an employee of that department for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence to a foreign country as a result of an action of that department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of that department.
O.C.G.A. § 45-21-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-21-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “ Agency ” means any agency as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 , any authority, or any public corporation, but shall not include the board of regents and units of the University System of Georgia.

(1) “ Agency ” means any agency as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 , any authority, or any public corporation, but shall not include the board of regents and units of the University System of Georgia.

(2) “ Appointing authority ” means a person or group of persons authorized by law or delegated authority to make appointments to fill employee positions in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of state government.

(2) “ Appointing authority ” means a person or group of persons authorized by law or delegated authority to make appointments to fill employee positions in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of state government.

(3) “ Board ” means the State Personnel Board.

(3) “ Board ” means the State Personnel Board.

(4) “ Commissioner ” means the commissioner of administrative services or his or her designee.

(4) “ Commissioner ” means the commissioner of administrative services or his or her designee.

(5) “ Goal based plan ” means a plan developed by the board or other appointing authority under subsection (d) of Code Section 45-21-2 designed to measure performance against business objectives or performance targets.

(5) “ Goal based plan ” means a plan developed by the board or other appointing authority under subsection (d) of Code Section 45-21-2 designed to measure performance against business objectives or performance targets.

(6) “ Incentive compensation plan ” means a plan developed by the board under Chapter 20 of this title and subsection (c) of Code Section 45-21-2 or other appointing authority under subsection (c) of Code Section 45-21-2 .

(6) “ Incentive compensation plan ” means a plan developed by the board under Chapter 20 of this title and subsection (c) of Code Section 45-21-2 or other appointing authority under subsection (c) of Code Section 45-21-2 .

(7) “ Incentive payment ” means a one-time lump sum payment or a predetermined quarterly payment that does not become a part of base salary.

(7) “ Incentive payment ” means a one-time lump sum payment or a predetermined quarterly payment that does not become a part of base salary.

(8) “ Meritorious award program ” means a program developed by the board or other appointing authority under subsection (b) of Code Section 45-21-2 .

(8) “ Meritorious award program ” means a program developed by the board or other appointing authority under subsection (b) of Code Section 45-21-2 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-67 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-67
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-67
Status: in_force

On its own initiative or on the verified complaint of any person that a person has performed or is performing the duties of coroner in violation of this article, the council may file an action seeking equitable relief in its own name in the superior court of any county in this state having jurisdiction of such person. Such action shall allege the facts and pray for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against such person restraining him from violating this article. Upon proof thereof, the court shall issue a restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction without requiring allegation or proof that the plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law. The right of injunction provided for in this Code section shall be in addition to any other remedy which the council has.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-7
Status: in_force

(a) The compensation or allowances of the officials listed in subsection (b) of this Code section shall not be changed by the governing board or body having the authority to do so unless public notice of such proposed action and amount shall have been given at least 30 days prior to the date such board or body shall consider such action and unless notice of such proposed change shall have likewise been given to the Governor by the board or body at least 30 days prior to the date of such proposed change.

(a) The compensation or allowances of the officials listed in subsection (b) of this Code section shall not be changed by the governing board or body having the authority to do so unless public notice of such proposed action and amount shall have been given at least 30 days prior to the date such board or body shall consider such action and unless notice of such proposed change shall have likewise been given to the Governor by the board or body at least 30 days prior to the date of such proposed change.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall apply to the compensation and allowances of the commissioner of community affairs, the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, the director of the State Forestry Commission, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the executive director of the Georgia Franchise Practices Commission, the commissioner of human services, the commissioner of economic development, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of public safety, the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, the president or executive director of the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the executive director of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, the commissioner of transportation, and the executive director of the State Ethics Commission.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall apply to the compensation and allowances of the commissioner of community affairs, the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, the director of the State Forestry Commission, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the executive director of the Georgia Franchise Practices Commission, the commissioner of human services, the commissioner of economic development, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of public safety, the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, the president or executive director of the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the executive director of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, the commissioner of transportation, and the executive director of the State Ethics Commission.
O.C.G.A. § 45-2-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-2-2
Status: in_force

No person shall hold, in any manner whatever, or be commissioned to hold more than one county office at one time, except by special enactment of the General Assembly; nor shall any commissioned officer be deputy for any other commissioned officer, except by such special enactment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-5
Status: in_force

When a coroner is required to act in the place of a sheriff, generally or specially, the judge of the probate court may require of him an additional bond in such sum and with such sureties as the judge, in his discretion, may think sufficient to meet the contingency.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-14 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-14
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-14
Status: in_force

Within ten days of the loss or theft of an official notarial seal, the notary public shall send to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, a written notice of the loss or theft.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-41 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-41
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-41
Status: in_force

The administrator shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim of any unlawful practice under this article. A final determination of a claim alleging an unlawful practice under this article shall exclude any other action or proceeding brought by the same person based on the same complaint, except for any remedies which may be available under the United States Constitution and federal laws.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-22 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-22
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-22
Status: in_force

(a) No public officer required by law to give bond shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required.

(a) No public officer required by law to give bond shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required.

(b) Any such public officer who shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any such public officer who shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-2
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to have the code of ethics for government service established in Code Section 45-10-1 printed upon an appropriately designed card which would be suitable for framing and exhibiting to the public and employees of the state and all governments therein.

(a) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to have the code of ethics for government service established in Code Section 45-10-1 printed upon an appropriately designed card which would be suitable for framing and exhibiting to the public and employees of the state and all governments therein.

(b) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to have such number of said code of ethics for government service printed as, in his discretion, will be sufficient for distribution to the various departments, boards, bureaus, and other agencies of the state and all governments therein.

(b) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to have such number of said code of ethics for government service printed as, in his discretion, will be sufficient for distribution to the various departments, boards, bureaus, and other agencies of the state and all governments therein.

(c) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to furnish said printed code of ethics for government service to the various departments, boards, bureaus, and other agencies of the state and all governments therein without cost.

(c) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to furnish said printed code of ethics for government service to the various departments, boards, bureaus, and other agencies of the state and all governments therein without cost.

(d) The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying out this Code section shall be paid from the funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the legislative branch of government.

(d) The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying out this Code section shall be paid from the funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the legislative branch of government.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-80 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-80
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-80
Status: in_force

Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, those state employees with at least 34 years of creditable service who retired from state government prior to July 1, 1962, who are entitled to full medical and dental services from a state hospital, as established by the State Board of Health in its March 1, 1962, meeting, shall be exempt from any and all personal liabilities for services at state hospitals. Such services shall include full medical, dental, psychiatric, skilled and intermediate nursing care, and custodial care as available at state hospitals and shall be considered as part of retirement benefits to such retirees. Such retired employees shall be required to cooperate in the application and claims process for any and all benefits, plans, or programs available for payment of cost of care at state hospitals, but such employees shall be exempt from personal liability for any cost after application of such benefits, plans, or programs.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-190 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-190
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-190
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as “The Gubernatorial Transition Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-36 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-36
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-36
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “respondent” means an employer charged with an alleged unlawful practice.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “respondent” means an employer charged with an alleged unlawful practice.

(b) An individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice or another person on behalf of an individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice may file with the administrator a written, sworn complaint stating that an unlawful practice has been committed setting forth the facts upon which the complaint is based and setting forth facts sufficient to enable the administrator to identify the employer charged. The administrator's staff shall promptly investigate the allegations of unlawful practice set forth in the complaint and, within 15 days of filing, shall serve the respondent with a copy of the complaint. The complaint shall be barred unless filed within 180 days after the alleged unlawful practice occurs.

(b) An individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice or another person on behalf of an individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice may file with the administrator a written, sworn complaint stating that an unlawful practice has been committed setting forth the facts upon which the complaint is based and setting forth facts sufficient to enable the administrator to identify the employer charged. The administrator's staff shall promptly investigate the allegations of unlawful practice set forth in the complaint and, within 15 days of filing, shall serve the respondent with a copy of the complaint. The complaint shall be barred unless filed within 180 days after the alleged unlawful practice occurs.

(c) Within 90 days after the complaint has been filed, the administrator shall determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice. If it is determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, the administrator shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.

(c) Within 90 days after the complaint has been filed, the administrator shall determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice. If it is determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, the administrator shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.

(d) Within ten days after receiving a copy of the order dismissing the complaint, the complainant may file with the administrator an application for reconsideration of the order. Upon such application, the administrator shall determine within 15 days whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice. If it is again determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, the administrator shall issue an order dismissing the complaint and notifying the complainant that such complainant has the right to request a right to bring an action letter from the appropriate federal agency or petition for review in the appropriate superior court as provided for in Code Section 45-19-39 .

(d) Within ten days after receiving a copy of the order dismissing the complaint, the complainant may file with the administrator an application for reconsideration of the order. Upon such application, the administrator shall determine within 15 days whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice. If it is again determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, the administrator shall issue an order dismissing the complaint and notifying the complainant that such complainant has the right to request a right to bring an action letter from the appropriate federal agency or petition for review in the appropriate superior court as provided for in Code Section 45-19-39 .

(e) After investigation or after the review provided for in subsection (d) of this Code section, if the administrator determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, then the administrator's staff shall first endeavor to eliminate the alleged unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, and persuasion. The terms of a conciliation agreement reached with a respondent may require the respondent to refrain from the commission of unlawful discriminatory practices in the future and make such further provisions as may be agreed upon between the administrator and the respondent. If a conciliation agreement is entered into, the administrator shall issue and serve on the complainant a final order stating its terms. Except for the terms of the conciliation agreement, neither the administrator nor any agent thereof shall make public without the written consent of the complainant and the respondent information concerning efforts in the particular case to eliminate an unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, or persuasion, whether or not there is a determination of reasonable cause or a conciliation agreement.

(e) After investigation or after the review provided for in subsection (d) of this Code section, if the administrator determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice, then the administrator's staff shall first endeavor to eliminate the alleged unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, and persuasion. The terms of a conciliation agreement reached with a respondent may require the respondent to refrain from the commission of unlawful discriminatory practices in the future and make such further provisions as may be agreed upon between the administrator and the respondent. If a conciliation agreement is entered into, the administrator shall issue and serve on the complainant a final order stating its terms. Except for the terms of the conciliation agreement, neither the administrator nor any agent thereof shall make public without the written consent of the complainant and the respondent information concerning efforts in the particular case to eliminate an unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, or persuasion, whether or not there is a determination of reasonable cause or a conciliation agreement.

(f) In the event the administrator determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that an agency or authority has engaged in an unlawful practice as defined in this article and the administrator's staff is unable to eliminate the alleged unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, and persuasion, the administrator shall refer the complaint to a special master as provided for in Code Section 45-19-37 .

(f) In the event the administrator determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that an agency or authority has engaged in an unlawful practice as defined in this article and the administrator's staff is unable to eliminate the alleged unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, and persuasion, the administrator shall refer the complaint to a special master as provided for in Code Section 45-19-37 .

(g) At the expiration of one year from the date of a conciliation agreement and at other times in its reasonable discretion, the administrator's staff may investigate whether the terms of the agreement have been and are being complied with by the respondent. The administrator shall report the findings to the complainant and respondent. If the administrator finds reasonable cause to believe that the agreement has been breached, the complainant may seek enforcement of the agreement in the superior court of the county in which the alleged violation took place or in the county of the respondent's residence.

(g) At the expiration of one year from the date of a conciliation agreement and at other times in its reasonable discretion, the administrator's staff may investigate whether the terms of the agreement have been and are being complied with by the respondent. The administrator shall report the findings to the complainant and respondent. If the administrator finds reasonable cause to believe that the agreement has been breached, the complainant may seek enforcement of the agreement in the superior court of the county in which the alleged violation took place or in the county of the respondent's residence.

(h) The administrator shall issue to the complainant and the respondent, 90 days from the date the complaint was filed and every 30 days thereafter, a status report summarizing any action taken with respect to the complaint. The status reports required by this subsection shall be issued until final resolution of the complaint.

(h) The administrator shall issue to the complainant and the respondent, 90 days from the date the complaint was filed and every 30 days thereafter, a status report summarizing any action taken with respect to the complaint. The status reports required by this subsection shall be issued until final resolution of the complaint.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-50 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-50
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-50
Status: in_force

The disbursing or fiscal officer of any state department, board, bureau, commission, agency, municipality, county, or other political subdivision thereof may deduct from the salary of any employee of this state, county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof such amount as the employee shall authorize in writing for the purchase of United States savings bonds for the employee. The written authorization shall be filed with the disbursing or fiscal officer of such state department, board, bureau, commission, agency, municipality, or county, and he shall make such rules and regulations governing the purchase of the bonds as he may deem necessary, which rules and regulations shall be incorporated in the employee's written authorization. The authorization of the employee may be withdrawn by the employee at any time upon filing written notice of withdrawal with said disbursing or fiscal officer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-28 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-28
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-28
Status: in_force

In the case of death of any person under such circumstances as would not require a medical examiner's inquiry under Code Section 45-16-24 , any physician who is duly licensed under the laws of this state or any other state having licensing requirements equal to or greater than those imposed by this state shall be deemed to have been legally authorized to perform an autopsy upon the body of a deceased person when such autopsy has been consented to by the person assuming custody of the body for the purposes of burial, such as the husband, wife, father, mother, child, guardian, next of kin, or, in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend of such deceased person charged by law with the responsibility of burial. If two or more of such persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient legal authorization for the performance of the autopsy.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-29 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-29
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-29
Status: in_force

It is an unlawful practice for an employer:

(1) To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to the individual's compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age;

(1) To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to the individual's compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age;

(2) To limit, segregate, or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect an individual's status as an employee because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age; or

(2) To limit, segregate, or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect an individual's status as an employee because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age; or

(3) To hire, promote, advance, segregate, or affirmatively hire an individual solely because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age, but this paragraph shall not prohibit an employer from voluntarily adopting and carrying out a plan to fill vacancies or hire new employees in a manner to eliminate or reduce imbalance in employment with respect to race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age if the plan has first been filed with the administrator for review and comment for a period of not less than 30 days.

(3) To hire, promote, advance, segregate, or affirmatively hire an individual solely because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age, but this paragraph shall not prohibit an employer from voluntarily adopting and carrying out a plan to fill vacancies or hire new employees in a manner to eliminate or reduce imbalance in employment with respect to race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age if the plan has first been filed with the administrator for review and comment for a period of not less than 30 days.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-3
Status: in_force

Before entering on the duties of his office, each notary public shall take and subscribe before the clerk of the superior court the following oath, which shall be entered on his minutes:

“I, _____, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will well and truly perform the duties of a notary public to the best of my ability; and I further swear or affirm that I am not the holder of any public money belonging to the state and unaccounted for, so help me God.”
O.C.G.A. § 45-6-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-6-5
Status: in_force

Powers of all public officers are defined by law and all persons must take notice thereof. The public may not be estopped by the acts of any officer done in the exercise of an unconferred power.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-34 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-34
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-34
Status: in_force

It is not an unlawful practice for an employer to hire and employ employees or to select an individual in any training program on the basis of religion or national origin in those certain instances where religion or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal functions of that particular employer's responsibilities.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-204 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-204
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-204
Status: in_force

The council, at the direction of the Governor and subject to this article, shall perform the following functions:

(1) Advise the Governor on the state's economic development policy;

(1) Advise the Governor on the state's economic development policy;

(2) Coordinate, supervise, and review planning by state agencies. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, coordination of long-range planning and coordination of the location and construction of public facilities on the basis of state, regional, and local considerations identified in the comprehensive state-wide plan developed by the Governor with the assistance of the Department of Community Affairs; and

(2) Coordinate, supervise, and review planning by state agencies. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, coordination of long-range planning and coordination of the location and construction of public facilities on the basis of state, regional, and local considerations identified in the comprehensive state-wide plan developed by the Governor with the assistance of the Department of Community Affairs; and

(3) Establish procedures for, and take action to require, communication and coordination among state agencies in any respect which the council deems necessary or appropriate in order to further the coordination of planning by state agencies.

(3) Establish procedures for, and take action to require, communication and coordination among state agencies in any respect which the council deems necessary or appropriate in order to further the coordination of planning by state agencies.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-91 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-91
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-91
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article, the term “ commission ” means the State Commission on Compensation.

(a) As used in this article, the term “ commission ” means the State Commission on Compensation.

(b) The commission shall be composed of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. No person shall be qualified for appointment to office as a member of the commission if he or she is an officer or employee of the state at the time of his or her selection for appointment nor shall such officer's or employee's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or the spouse of such individuals be qualified for such appointment. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be regularly engaged in the field of business finance or business management. Two members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(b) The commission shall be composed of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. No person shall be qualified for appointment to office as a member of the commission if he or she is an officer or employee of the state at the time of his or her selection for appointment nor shall such officer's or employee's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or the spouse of such individuals be qualified for such appointment. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be regularly engaged in the field of business finance or business management. Two members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(c) Should any vacancy on the commission occur from death, resignation, or otherwise, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor member to serve during the unexpired term.

(c) Should any vacancy on the commission occur from death, resignation, or otherwise, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor member to serve during the unexpired term.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5-2
Status: in_force

Upon final conviction of a felony, the office of any state officer shall be vacated immediately without further action. Said vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in such office caused by death or resignation.
O.C.G.A. § 45-24-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-24-8
Status: in_force

(a) No employer shall institute a reorganization of that employer or any component thereof if the reorganization will result in the involuntary separation of any official or employee thereof who is eligible for involuntary separation unless, prior to that reorganization becoming effective, that employer effects a transfer of each such official or employee to another component of the employer not subject to such reorganization or obtains a transfer of each such official or employee to another employer, which transfer shall meet the following requirements: (1) The annual compensation for the new employment position is the same or greater than the current annual compensation of the official or employee being transferred; (2) The duties and responsibilities for such position shall be reasonably compatible with the previous work experience and educational qualifications of the official or employee being transferred and the availability of an unclassified position for a person in a classified position shall be deemed a comparable position if the duties, responsibilities, and compensation of the unclassified position are otherwise comparable to the classified position; and (3) The position is one which includes the holder thereof as a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.

(a) No employer shall institute a reorganization of that employer or any component thereof if the reorganization will result in the involuntary separation of any official or employee thereof who is eligible for involuntary separation unless, prior to that reorganization becoming effective, that employer effects a transfer of each such official or employee to another component of the employer not subject to such reorganization or obtains a transfer of each such official or employee to another employer, which transfer shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The annual compensation for the new employment position is the same or greater than the current annual compensation of the official or employee being transferred;

(1) The annual compensation for the new employment position is the same or greater than the current annual compensation of the official or employee being transferred;

(2) The duties and responsibilities for such position shall be reasonably compatible with the previous work experience and educational qualifications of the official or employee being transferred and the availability of an unclassified position for a person in a classified position shall be deemed a comparable position if the duties, responsibilities, and compensation of the unclassified position are otherwise comparable to the classified position; and

(2) The duties and responsibilities for such position shall be reasonably compatible with the previous work experience and educational qualifications of the official or employee being transferred and the availability of an unclassified position for a person in a classified position shall be deemed a comparable position if the duties, responsibilities, and compensation of the unclassified position are otherwise comparable to the classified position; and

(3) The position is one which includes the holder thereof as a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.

(3) The position is one which includes the holder thereof as a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.

(b) An official or employee transferred to an employer pursuant to this Code section shall be deemed to have resigned from service at his or her own choice upon the failure of such person to accept the transfer and shall therefor not qualify for retirement benefits based upon involuntary separation from employment without prejudice.

(b) An official or employee transferred to an employer pursuant to this Code section shall be deemed to have resigned from service at his or her own choice upon the failure of such person to accept the transfer and shall therefor not qualify for retirement benefits based upon involuntary separation from employment without prejudice.

(c) A reorganization by an employer in violation of this Code section is void, and no official or employee shall be separated from employment as a result of such void reorganization, whether or not that person is eligible for involuntary separation.

(c) A reorganization by an employer in violation of this Code section is void, and no official or employee shall be separated from employment as a result of such void reorganization, whether or not that person is eligible for involuntary separation.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-57 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-57
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-57
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, in his discretion, may appoint a messenger for the office of the Governor or may have that duty performed by some other state employee engaged by him under the general authority granted to him.

(a) The Governor, in his discretion, may appoint a messenger for the office of the Governor or may have that duty performed by some other state employee engaged by him under the general authority granted to him.

(b) The salary of a messenger appointed by the Governor shall be $ 950.00 per annum. If the duty is performed by some other state employee engaged by the Governor, it shall be done without additional compensation.

(b) The salary of a messenger appointed by the Governor shall be $ 950.00 per annum. If the duty is performed by some other state employee engaged by the Governor, it shall be done without additional compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-5-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-5-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-5.1
Status: in_force

The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency is authorized to contract with the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., a nominee agent designated by the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, for the inclusion of licensed blind persons or other persons with disabilities operating a vending facility in accordance with Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Chapter 49 within any health insurance plan or plans established under this part. In the event any contract is entered into, it shall be the duty of the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., to deduct the payment required under the plan from the earnings or other compensation of licensed blind persons or other persons with disabilities and remit it to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency for inclusion in the health insurance fund. In addition, it shall be the duty of the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., to make the employer contributions required for the operation of such plan or plans. Should the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., fail to remit such deductions or such employer contributions through the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, the board may, upon written notice to the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., terminate the coverage for such employees as of the day following the last day for which such deductions or such employer contributions were remitted to the board. Coverage may be reinstated upon the tender of any such deductions or employer contributions not previously remitted.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-131 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-131
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-131
Status: in_force

The Office of Planning and Budget shall review and, if such contract is authorized by the appropriations Act, approve all contracts provided for by Code Section 45-12-130 and not otherwise approved by the Department of Administrative Services or the State Properties Commission. The Office of Planning and Budget is authorized to exempt, by rule or regulation, certain contracts and classes of contracts, and such exempt contracts shall be binding.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-55 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-55
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-55
Status: in_force

The state shall be reimbursed by participating charitable organizations, in direct proportion to their receipts, for its additional direct cost of making deductions and remitting the proceeds. To minimize time and administrative expense, activities related to the management of the funds such as preparation of materials, solicitor training, fiscal agent duties, and similar activities may be delegated by the board to a participating party.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-74 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-74
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-74
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations relative to the program of indemnification. Such rules and regulations may provide for initial investigation of claims and the issuance of subpoenas to facilitate such investigation, special masters, hearings, procedures for applications for indemnification, and all other matters so as to enable the commission to carry out its duties fairly, properly, and equitably. The chairperson of the commission shall be authorized to contact other state agencies for the purpose of using the personnel and resources of such agencies to assist the commission in carrying out its duties.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-24
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time public official who has state-wide powers, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such public official or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with any agency. (2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time employee, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such employee or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with the agency by which such employee is employed.

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time public official who has state-wide powers, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such public official or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with any agency.

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time public official who has state-wide powers, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such public official or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with any agency.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time employee, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such employee or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with the agency by which such employee is employed.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any part-time employee, for himself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such employee or member of his family has a substantial interest to transact any business with the agency by which such employee is employed.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to: (1) Any transaction made pursuant to sealed competitive bids; (2) Any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $ 250.00 and when the aggregate of all such transactions does not exceed $ 9,000.00 per calendar year; (3) Any transaction involving the lease of real property to or from any agency if such transaction has been approved by the State Properties Commission or the Space Management Division of the Department of Administrative Services; and (4) Any transaction involving the purchase of surplus state property at a public auction.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to:

(1) Any transaction made pursuant to sealed competitive bids;

(1) Any transaction made pursuant to sealed competitive bids;

(2) Any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $ 250.00 and when the aggregate of all such transactions does not exceed $ 9,000.00 per calendar year;

(2) Any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $ 250.00 and when the aggregate of all such transactions does not exceed $ 9,000.00 per calendar year;

(3) Any transaction involving the lease of real property to or from any agency if such transaction has been approved by the State Properties Commission or the Space Management Division of the Department of Administrative Services; and

(3) Any transaction involving the lease of real property to or from any agency if such transaction has been approved by the State Properties Commission or the Space Management Division of the Department of Administrative Services; and

(4) Any transaction involving the purchase of surplus state property at a public auction.

(4) Any transaction involving the purchase of surplus state property at a public auction.

(c) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28 .

(c) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-10 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-10
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-10
Status: in_force

The official acts of an officer shall be valid regardless of his omission to take and file the oath, except in cases where so specially declared.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-23 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-23
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-23
Status: in_force

All bonds taken from public officers shall be kept in the places specified by law and copies thereof shall be furnished to any person desiring them.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-30 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-30
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-30
Status: in_force

Each state, county, and municipal officer and employee in this state shall be allowed a leave of absence, without loss of pay, of not more than eight hours in each calendar year for the purpose of donating blood. This absence shall be computed at two hours per donation, up to four times per year. However, any such officer or employee who donates blood platelets or granulocytes through the plasmapheresis process shall be allowed a leave of absence, without loss of pay, of not more than 16 hours in each calendar year which shall be computed at four hours per donation, up to four times per year.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-22 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-22
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-22
Status: in_force

The Department of Administrative Services shall:

(1) Regularly assess the educational, experiential, and training requirements necessary for each job within each department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, or authority;

(1) Regularly assess the educational, experiential, and training requirements necessary for each job within each department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, or authority;

(2) Identify jobs for which the educational, experiential, and training requirements could be reduced from their present level; and

(2) Identify jobs for which the educational, experiential, and training requirements could be reduced from their present level; and

(3) Insofar as practicable, reduce the number of jobs for which a four-year college degree is required as a condition of employment.

(3) Insofar as practicable, reduce the number of jobs for which a four-year college degree is required as a condition of employment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-14-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-14-3
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall be the Safety Fire Commissioner.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-36 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-36
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-36
Status: in_force

(a) When the Attorney General shall undertake the trial or preparation for trial of any action on behalf of any state department, agency, commission, board, authority, bureau, or any other legislative, judicial, or executive body of the state, such state agency involved is authorized and directed to reimburse the Department of Law for actual expenses incurred for court costs, filing costs, witness fees, costs of reporting and preparing transcripts of records, costs for depositions, interrogatories, and other methods of discovery, and any other expenses incurred for such services, except salaries, expenses, and subsistence allowances paid regular employees of the Department of Law.

(a) When the Attorney General shall undertake the trial or preparation for trial of any action on behalf of any state department, agency, commission, board, authority, bureau, or any other legislative, judicial, or executive body of the state, such state agency involved is authorized and directed to reimburse the Department of Law for actual expenses incurred for court costs, filing costs, witness fees, costs of reporting and preparing transcripts of records, costs for depositions, interrogatories, and other methods of discovery, and any other expenses incurred for such services, except salaries, expenses, and subsistence allowances paid regular employees of the Department of Law.

(b) From time to time the Attorney General shall submit to the state agency involved a statement of the expenses of such trial or trial preparation incurred by the Department of Law, such statements to include detailed, itemized statements of the costs thereof as contemplated by this Code section; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state agency involved is authorized and directed to reimburse the Department of Law for such expenses from funds appropriated to or available to such state agency.

(b) From time to time the Attorney General shall submit to the state agency involved a statement of the expenses of such trial or trial preparation incurred by the Department of Law, such statements to include detailed, itemized statements of the costs thereof as contemplated by this Code section; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state agency involved is authorized and directed to reimburse the Department of Law for such expenses from funds appropriated to or available to such state agency.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-26
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the obligee in any bond of any collecting officer, officer to hold public funds, or any bank or depository in which public funds have been deposited from maintaining an action at law or in equity thereon when the official or county or municipal authority having jurisdiction to issue a citation has not begun a proceeding thereon by ordering a citation or execution to issue.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-55 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-55
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-55
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be authorized to appoint attorneys to serve as his or her executive counsel for such periods of time as he or she deems advisable. The salaries, expenses, and all other remunerations of the attorneys appointed by the Governor as his or her executive counsel shall be determined by the Governor and paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the office of the Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-7-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-7-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-7.5
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established under this part of the employees and retiring employees of the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority and their spouses and dependent children, as defined by the regulations of the board. It shall be the duty of the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to deduct from the salary or other remuneration or otherwise collect such payment from its qualified employees, retired employees, or dependents as may be required under the board's regulations. In addition, it shall be the duty of the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority to make the employer contributions required for the operation of such plan or plans. Should the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority fail to remit such deductions or such employer contributions to the board, the commissioner may, upon written notice to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, terminate the coverage for such employees as of the day following the last day for which such deductions or such employer contributions were remitted to the board. Coverage may be reinstated upon the tender of any such deductions or employer contributions not previously remitted.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-20 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-20
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-20
Status: in_force

In addition to any other compensation which may be paid to members of the governing bodies of municipalities, counties, and other public bodies, and to supervisors, administrators, employees, or other elected or appointed public officers, each municipality, county, and other public body of this state is authorized, in its discretion, to purchase policies of liability insurance or contracts of indemnity insuring or indemnifying the members of such governing bodies and such supervisors, administrators, employees, or other elected or appointed officers against personal liability for damages arising out of the performance of their duties or in any way connected therewith, whether based upon negligence, violation of contract rights, or violation of civil, constitutional, common law, or other statutory rights, whether state, federal, or local. Such municipalities, counties, and other public bodies may expend state, federal, and local funds for such purposes. The amount of such insurance or indemnity shall also be in the discretion of the governing body of such municipality, county, or other public body. No action shall be maintained against the person or company issuing such insurance or contracting for such indemnity until final judgment has first been entered against the individual covered by such policy or contract.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-84-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-84-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-84.1
Status: in_force

There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia State Indemnification Fund. The custodian of the Georgia State Indemnification Fund shall be the department. The department shall administer the Georgia State Indemnification Fund and shall approve or deny claims for compensation filed pursuant to this article; provided, however, that any decision of the department shall be subject to review by the commissioner or his or her designee as provided in Code Section 45-9-84 . Any amounts held by the Georgia State Indemnification Fund which are available for investment shall be paid over to the Office of the State Treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit such funds in a trust account for credit only to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund. The state treasurer shall invest such funds subject to the limitations of Code Section 50-5A-7 and Chapter 17 of Title 50. All income derived from such investments shall accrue to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund. When moneys are paid over to the Office of the State Treasurer, as provided in this Code section, the commissioner or his or her designee shall submit an estimate of the date such funds shall no longer be available for investment. When the commissioner or his or her designee wishes to withdraw funds from the trust account provided for in this Code section, he or she shall submit a request for such withdrawal, in writing, to the state treasurer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-2
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall be compensated in the amount and manner provided in Code Sections 45-7-3 and 45-7-4 . He shall also be reimbursed for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier, the legal mileage rate for use of a personal automobile, and the actual cost of lodging and meals while away from his office on official state business as provided in Code Section 45-7-20 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-34 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-34
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-34
Status: in_force

(a) The coroner shall issue subpoenas to or otherwise compel the attendance of witnesses; and he shall administer to such witnesses the following oath: “The evidence that you shall give this inquest on behalf of the state concerning the death of _____ (or a person unknown, as the case may be) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.”

(a) The coroner shall issue subpoenas to or otherwise compel the attendance of witnesses; and he shall administer to such witnesses the following oath:

“The evidence that you shall give this inquest on behalf of the state concerning the death of _____ (or a person unknown, as the case may be) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.”

(b) When a coroner conducts an inquest into the death of an individual, he shall be authorized to issue subpoenas to compel production of any books, records, or papers relevant to the cause of death. Any books, records, or papers received by the coroner pursuant to the subpoena must be regarded as confidential information and privileged and not subject to disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50. The actual costs of copying any books, records, or papers for the purpose of responding to a coroner's subpoena under this subsection shall be paid out of county funds to the person or entity required to respond to that subpoena, and the governing authority of the county of which that coroner is a public officer shall pay those costs within 30 days after a bill therefor is submitted to the county; provided, however, that the county shall not be responsible for duplication costs under $ 25.00.

(b) When a coroner conducts an inquest into the death of an individual, he shall be authorized to issue subpoenas to compel production of any books, records, or papers relevant to the cause of death. Any books, records, or papers received by the coroner pursuant to the subpoena must be regarded as confidential information and privileged and not subject to disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50. The actual costs of copying any books, records, or papers for the purpose of responding to a coroner's subpoena under this subsection shall be paid out of county funds to the person or entity required to respond to that subpoena, and the governing authority of the county of which that coroner is a public officer shall pay those costs within 30 days after a bill therefor is submitted to the county; provided, however, that the county shall not be responsible for duplication costs under $ 25.00.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-9 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-9
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-9
Status: in_force

Notarial acts may be exercised in any county in the state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-82 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-82
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-82
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a program to provide for indemnification with respect to the: (1) Death of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973; (2) Permanent disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973; (3) Death or permanent disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or who has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977; (4) Death or permanent disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and (5) Death or permanent disability of any state highway employee who is killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1990.

(a) There is established a program to provide for indemnification with respect to the:

(1) Death of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(1) Death of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(2) Permanent disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(2) Permanent disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(3) Death or permanent disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or who has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977;

(3) Death or permanent disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or who has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977;

(4) Death or permanent disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and

(4) Death or permanent disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and

(5) Death or permanent disability of any state highway employee who is killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1990.

(5) Death or permanent disability of any state highway employee who is killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1990.

(b) Such program shall be administered by the department.

(b) Such program shall be administered by the department.
O.C.G.A. § 45-2-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-2-3
Status: in_force

Persons who, after an election, fail to comply with all the prerequisites of the law in order to obtain commissions or certificates to discharge the duties of their office shall, by reason of such failure, be ineligible for reelection to the same office at the next election.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-15 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-15
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-15
Status: in_force

Upon any deposit of public funds being made in any bank, whether designated as a depository or not, there shall arise in favor of the public body to which such fund belongs a lien on all the assets of said bank, superior to all other liens, for the amount of such funds. Upon being deposited in any bank, all funds of any public body shall be deemed to be held as a trust fund.
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-6
Status: in_force

The officer in whose office the oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 are filed must endorse thereon the day and year of filing.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-2
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever an election fails to fill the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the coroner until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of office.

(a) Whenever an election fails to fill the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the coroner until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of office.

(b) In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve out the unexpired term of office and until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

(b) In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve out the unexpired term of office and until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

(c) No appointment or election under subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section shall be of any effect until proper bond and security is given and the oath of office is taken.

(c) No appointment or election under subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section shall be of any effect until proper bond and security is given and the oath of office is taken.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-11-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-11-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-11.1
Status: in_force

In addition to the minimum salary provided for in Code Section 45-16-11 , in any county which is the site of more than one state correctional institution or prison for adults or juveniles and which compensates the county coroner by salary, the state shall compensate the county coroner in the amount of $ 110.00 for each state inmate death in such county. The county coroner of such a county is authorized to accept the compensation provided in accordance with this Code section despite any local Act which requires such a coroner to send fees to the county treasury or the county governing authority.
O.C.G.A. § 45-2-9 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-9
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-2-9
Status: in_force

(a) No department, agency, or board of the state shall deny employment with such department, agency, or board to a wife whose husband is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, merely because she is a wife of a member of the armed forces.

(a) No department, agency, or board of the state shall deny employment with such department, agency, or board to a wife whose husband is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, merely because she is a wife of a member of the armed forces.

(b) This Code section shall not be construed to require a department, agency, or board of the state to employ any person who is not qualified for such employment or to employ any person if no opening is available for the position applied for by such person. This Code section is intended only to prevent departments, agencies, and boards of the state from discriminating against wives of servicemen in the opportunity of securing employment with such departments, agencies, and boards.

(b) This Code section shall not be construed to require a department, agency, or board of the state to employ any person who is not qualified for such employment or to employ any person if no opening is available for the position applied for by such person. This Code section is intended only to prevent departments, agencies, and boards of the state from discriminating against wives of servicemen in the opportunity of securing employment with such departments, agencies, and boards.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-75 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-75
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-75
Status: in_force

There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund. The custodian of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund shall be the Department of Administrative Services. The Department of Administrative Services shall administer the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund and may invest the resources of the fund in the same manner and fashion that an insurer authorized to issue contracts of life insurance is authorized to invest its resources. The Department of Administrative Services shall be further authorized to intermingle the resources of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund with the resources of any other funds or accounts which have similar restrictions on the investments which may be made with such funds; provided, however, that separate bookkeeping accounts on each such fund shall be maintained.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-57 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-57
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-57
Status: in_force

(a) Any department, agency, authority, commission, or other instrumentality of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the wages or salaries of its employees and remit such moneys to one or more savings trust accounts established under Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20.

(a) Any department, agency, authority, commission, or other instrumentality of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the wages or salaries of its employees and remit such moneys to one or more savings trust accounts established under Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20.

(b) No payroll deduction shall be made under this Code section without the employee's written and voluntary consent designating the exact amount to be deducted.

(b) No payroll deduction shall be made under this Code section without the employee's written and voluntary consent designating the exact amount to be deducted.

(c) Any employee who has authorized a deduction under this Code section is authorized to end such salary deduction upon written notice to the employer.

(c) Any employee who has authorized a deduction under this Code section is authorized to end such salary deduction upon written notice to the employer.

(d) The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments, agencies, authorities, commissions, or other instrumentalities of this state shall incur no liability for errors or omissions made in the administration of payroll deductions authorized under this Code section.

(d) The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments, agencies, authorities, commissions, or other instrumentalities of this state shall incur no liability for errors or omissions made in the administration of payroll deductions authorized under this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-32 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-32
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-32
Status: in_force

In the event the release is granted, it is not incumbent upon the person named in the application as the purchaser or lender on the security of the property in question to inquire into the merits of the application; but the proposed sale or loan must be consummated within 60 days from the date of the authorization of the release, otherwise on the expiration of the sixtieth day it shall become void and ineffectual.
O.C.G.A. § 45-22-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-22-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know Act of 1988.”
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-21 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-21
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-21
Status: in_force

Any citizen or taxpayer or any public body interested in the fund in question may appear and be heard before the official or authority at the time and place of hearing.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-25 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-25
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-25
Status: in_force

The function of the administrator shall be to encourage fair treatment for public employees and to discourage unlawful discrimination in public employment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-79-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-79-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-79.2
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly that indemnification paid pursuant to this article shall not be taxable within this state for any purpose.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-93 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-93
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-93
Status: in_force

(a) Any employee conducting high-risk work found to have used an illegal drug shall be terminated from his or her employment.

(a) Any employee conducting high-risk work found to have used an illegal drug shall be terminated from his or her employment.

(b) Any employee who refuses to provide body fluid specimens, when requested to do so in accordance with the random drug testing conducted pursuant to this article and administrative rules and regulations promulgated under this article, shall be terminated from his or her employment.

(b) Any employee who refuses to provide body fluid specimens, when requested to do so in accordance with the random drug testing conducted pursuant to this article and administrative rules and regulations promulgated under this article, shall be terminated from his or her employment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-50 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-50
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-50
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this article to permit voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia for the benefit of eligible charitable health and human care organizations and to provide for the distribution of funds collected through a process which involves minimal disruption of work time and provides reasonable assurance to the employees that their contributions are well used.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-73 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-73
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-73
Status: in_force

There is created the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Commission which shall be composed of the Governor, the State School Superintendent, the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of Insurance, the chairperson of the State Board of Education, the commissioner of public health, and one public school teacher and one public school employee to be appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure thereof. The Governor shall be the chairperson of the commission and the commission shall be assigned to the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-17 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-17
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-17
Status: in_force

No proper authority, including the state treasurer, nor any member of a board or tribunal constituting such a proper authority shall, where acting in good faith, incur any liability by reason of designating any depository, permitting deposits of public funds to be collateralized by the direct method or the pooled method, administering or regulating the pooled method, or taking any other official action required of such proper authority under this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-32 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-32
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-32
Status: in_force

The Attorney General as the head of the Department of Law is authorized and directed to employ such clerical assistants as may from time to time be needed.
O.C.G.A. § 45-1-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-1-1
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Code Sections 45-10-20 through 45-10-25 , employees of hospitals, educational institutions, eleemosynary institutions, penal institutions, and correctional institutions which are under the control and jurisdiction of a state department or the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall be entitled to obtain goods and services in the same manner and under the same procedure used in obtaining such goods and services through such hospitals and institutions and the laws of this state relating to purchasing contrary thereto shall not apply to such employees; provided, however, that no employee shall be permitted to make any single purchase of goods or services in excess of $50.00, except medical and dental services only; and in no event shall any employee obtain goods or services for any person except for himself or members of his immediate family.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-33 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-33
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-33
Status: in_force

This chapter is not intended to affect any liability which any of the officers to whom this chapter is applicable may incur to any private person.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-25 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-25
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-25
Status: in_force

The official or county or municipal authority having jurisdiction to cite for accounting may, without issuing or serving a citation or notice, issue or cause to be issued an execution against any defaulting collecting officer, officer to hold public funds, or any bank or depository in which public funds have been deposited and the sureties on the bonds of any of them for default as to any of the matters as to which such officer, bank, depository, or surety might be cited, and for the amount of the loss sustained by the public body or public bodies alleged in such execution to be sustained through such default. Such execution shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts therein recited, including the amount of loss sustained, and shall be enforceable as an execution for said amount; provided, however, that the enforcement of such execution may be arrested by proceedings in equity, or, after levy, by affidavit of illegality in which the defendant in fi. fa. whose property has been levied on shall deny liability for the amount set out in such execution or some part thereof. The affidavit of illegality shall be returned by the levying officer to the superior court of the county in which the alleged defaulting officer resides. On the trial of the case, whether in equity or on affidavit of illegality, the burden of proof shall be on the official or authority issuing the execution. Any other person, corporation, or public body at interest may on his or its own motion or on motion of either party to the cause be made a party thereto and be bound by the final judgment. Such an execution shall become final process against any defendant in execution named therein who shall endorse thereon in writing his admission of the correctness of the same and an agreement that the same shall proceed against him as final process, but such admission shall not be binding on anyone except the person or corporation signing the same.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-94 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-94
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-94
Status: in_force

Neither the Governor nor the Office of Planning and Budget shall have the power to strike arbitrarily the name of any individual employed by the state from a requisition for allotment of funds or from the budget of any budget unit, department, or agency of the state government.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-44 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-44
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-44
Status: in_force

After the medical examiner's inquiry and inquest have been completed, the dead body shall be delivered to the person legally entitled thereto for burial. If no person claims the body, it shall be turned over to the coroner of the county where death occurred for disposition as provided by law. If the deceased has an estate out of which burial expenses can be paid, either in whole or in part, such estate shall be taken for such purpose before any expense under this Code section is imposed upon any county.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-51 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-51
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-51
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have the power to engage the services of any competent person for the discharge of any duty required by the laws and essential to the interests of the state or necessary, in an emergency, to preserve the property or funds of the state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-4
Status: in_force

Before a certificate shall be issued to a notary public, he or she shall pay to the clerk of the superior court the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77 , relating to fees of clerks of the superior courts, from which amount the clerk shall be entitled to cover his or her services in issuing the certificate of appointment as notary public, administering the oath, and recording the same. The amount by which the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77 exceeds the amount which the clerk is required by this Code section to forward to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority is what the clerk shall use to cover his or her services. The clerk shall immediately send a copy of the certificate of appointment, under his or her seal of office, and $ 2.00 to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority which shall keep a record showing the names of the notaries public appointed with their addresses, signatures, ages, sex, and the terms for which their commissions run; and such amount shall cover the cost of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority in keeping such records. On reappointment as notaries public, the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77 shall be paid to the clerk of the superior court and disbursed in the same manner as the fee for the original appointment is disbursed under this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-38 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-38
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-38
Status: in_force

(a) Effective July 1, 2005, the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be the successor to the State Personnel Board for the purpose of administering any deferred compensation plan provided to employees as referenced in Code Sections 45-18-32 and 45-18-33 . The State Personnel Board shall transfer individual accounts, associated funds, and any other applicable information in a manner prescribed by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia no later than September 30, 2005.

(a) Effective July 1, 2005, the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be the successor to the State Personnel Board for the purpose of administering any deferred compensation plan provided to employees as referenced in Code Sections 45-18-32 and 45-18-33 . The State Personnel Board shall transfer individual accounts, associated funds, and any other applicable information in a manner prescribed by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia no later than September 30, 2005.

(b) The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be the successor to the Employee Benefit Council for the purpose of administering any deferred compensation plan provided to employees as referenced in Code Section 45-18-32 . The Employee Benefit Council shall transfer individual accounts, associated funds, and any other applicable information in a manner prescribed by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.

(b) The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be the successor to the Employee Benefit Council for the purpose of administering any deferred compensation plan provided to employees as referenced in Code Section 45-18-32 . The Employee Benefit Council shall transfer individual accounts, associated funds, and any other applicable information in a manner prescribed by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.

(c) The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia is authorized to employ agents and to contract with such agents for their services as investment advisors and counselors who will make recommendations for investments and make investments as the board of trustees so authorizes.

(c) The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia is authorized to employ agents and to contract with such agents for their services as investment advisors and counselors who will make recommendations for investments and make investments as the board of trustees so authorizes.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-17 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-17
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-17
Status: in_force

(a) All persons who become state employees as defined in this part and who are eligible as specified in the rules and regulations of the board shall become members of this health insurance program unless the employee rejects or waives such coverage in writing.

(a) All persons who become state employees as defined in this part and who are eligible as specified in the rules and regulations of the board shall become members of this health insurance program unless the employee rejects or waives such coverage in writing.

(b) Any annuitant or person appointed to an emeritus position or any person eligible to be covered by the medical care for the aged program of the Social Security Administration, which person is included in the coverage of any health insurance plan established as provided in this part, may withdraw from such plan and discontinue his coverage thereunder in such manner as may be provided by rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the board. In the event any such annuitant or person appointed to an emeritus position withdraws from such plan and discontinues his coverage thereunder, coverage of his spouse and dependent child or children shall likewise be withdrawn and coverage thereunder discontinued.

(b) Any annuitant or person appointed to an emeritus position or any person eligible to be covered by the medical care for the aged program of the Social Security Administration, which person is included in the coverage of any health insurance plan established as provided in this part, may withdraw from such plan and discontinue his coverage thereunder in such manner as may be provided by rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the board. In the event any such annuitant or person appointed to an emeritus position withdraws from such plan and discontinues his coverage thereunder, coverage of his spouse and dependent child or children shall likewise be withdrawn and coverage thereunder discontinued.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-29 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-29
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-29
Status: in_force

Any judgment or execution issued in pursuance of this chapter or in any action against the principal or surety upon any bond of any of the officers, banks, or depositories dealt with in this chapter shall have the effect of preserving and shall be a means of enforcing the liens created by the laws of this state, including this chapter, upon the property and assets of the principal and sureties on the bonds of officers and depositories and the assets of banks. Upon the payment of the amount of such judgment or execution by any surety or other person, either the official or county or municipal authority issuing the same or any officer authorized to levy the execution shall, at the request of the person or corporation making the payment, transfer the judgment or execution to such person or corporation or his or its order, and the transferee shall be entitled to enforce the same and the lien therein represented, provided that, in order to preserve the lien as against subsequent bona fide purchasers for value, the judgment or execution shall be entered on the general execution docket as if it were a common law execution. Any sale or transfer of any part of its assets by a bank to an innocent purchaser for value in the ordinary course of business prior to the institution of a proceeding against said bank, through which the lien may be preserved or enforced, shall pass to the purchaser or transferee such assets free from the lien created in this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-4
Status: in_force

Official bonds of all officers who are entitled to commissions from the Governor and who are required to give bonds shall be prepared and furnished by the office of the Governor at the time of forwarding the dedimus potestatem.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-8
Status: in_force

No attorney at law or county officer shall be accepted as surety on the bond of any county officer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-22-10 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-10
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-22-10
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or otherwise discipline or in any manner discriminate against any employee for any of the following reasons: (1) The employee has requested information regarding hazardous chemicals, filed any complaint or action, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under this chapter; (2) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding in his own behalf or on behalf of others; or (3) The employee has exercised any other right afforded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or otherwise discipline or in any manner discriminate against any employee for any of the following reasons:

(1) The employee has requested information regarding hazardous chemicals, filed any complaint or action, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under this chapter;

(1) The employee has requested information regarding hazardous chemicals, filed any complaint or action, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under this chapter;

(2) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding in his own behalf or on behalf of others; or

(2) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding in his own behalf or on behalf of others; or

(3) The employee has exercised any other right afforded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(3) The employee has exercised any other right afforded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) No pay, position, seniority, or other benefits shall be lost for exercise of any right provided by this chapter.

(b) No pay, position, seniority, or other benefits shall be lost for exercise of any right provided by this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-28 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-28
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-28
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually determine the minimum annual required contributions sufficient to maintain the fund in an actuarially sound manner in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 43 or any subsequent Governmental Accounting Standards Board statements that may be applicable to the fund.

(a) The board shall annually determine the minimum annual required contributions sufficient to maintain the fund in an actuarially sound manner in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 43 or any subsequent Governmental Accounting Standards Board statements that may be applicable to the fund.

(b) The board may annually establish required employer contributions to the fund which are supplemental to required employer contributions to the health plans as set forth in Part 1 of this article.

(b) The board may annually establish required employer contributions to the fund which are supplemental to required employer contributions to the health plans as set forth in Part 1 of this article.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of state agencies to make contributions to the fund, subject to appropriations, in accordance with the employer contribution rate established by the board.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of state agencies to make contributions to the fund, subject to appropriations, in accordance with the employer contribution rate established by the board.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of all other employers to make contributions to the fund in accordance with the employer contribution rates established by the board.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of all other employers to make contributions to the fund in accordance with the employer contribution rates established by the board.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-5
Status: in_force

Any department, office, officer, institution, commission, committee, board, or other agency of any branch of the government of the state or any instrumentality thereof is authorized and directed to pay for the legal services requested pursuant to Code Section 45-15-4 , upon approval by the Attorney General of the charge for such services.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-71 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-71
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-71
Status: in_force

In the fiscal and financial records of any state agency which are submitted for audit to the state auditor, any fees for services or reimbursable expenses charged to any authority created, authorized, or otherwise provided for by state law or charged to any board, bureau, commission, committee, department, institution, office, retirement system, or any other agency of the state by any consultant, architect, or attorney at law shall be identified by type of fee or expense and the purpose for which paid, to whom paid, and the dates when such payment or payments of fees and expenses were made. Salaries paid and reimbursement of expenses made to professional persons employed on a full-time basis by the authorities or state agencies are not included within the reporting requirement set forth in this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-25 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-25
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-25
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may employ such assistants as may be necessary to discharge the functions imposed on him relative to Chapter 5 of Title 10, the “Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,” provided that an appropriation therefor shall have been made in accordance with law.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-63 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-63
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-63
Status: in_force

Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the members of the council shall take the oath of office and shall file the same with the Board of Public Safety, which, upon receiving the oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-54 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-54
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-54
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall disclose to any other person names of contributors or the amounts or designations of authorized charitable deductions of another, except as is necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article or as otherwise authorized in writing by the person whose contributions are sought to be disclosed. This prohibition against disclosure shall not, however, bar appropriate state or federal tax authorities from access necessary to establish the tax status of charitable organizations receiving these funds.

(a) No person shall disclose to any other person names of contributors or the amounts or designations of authorized charitable deductions of another, except as is necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article or as otherwise authorized in writing by the person whose contributions are sought to be disclosed. This prohibition against disclosure shall not, however, bar appropriate state or federal tax authorities from access necessary to establish the tax status of charitable organizations receiving these funds.

(b) No person shall pressure, coerce, or in any way intimidate any employee to have charitable deductions made from the employee's salary or with reference to the amount of deductions to be made. Each agency shall review any violations or alleged violations of this subsection and assure that appropriate action is taken. Such action may include, without being limited to, discharge from employment, consistent with policies of the agency and with the rules and regulations of the board.

(b) No person shall pressure, coerce, or in any way intimidate any employee to have charitable deductions made from the employee's salary or with reference to the amount of deductions to be made. Each agency shall review any violations or alleged violations of this subsection and assure that appropriate action is taken. Such action may include, without being limited to, discharge from employment, consistent with policies of the agency and with the rules and regulations of the board.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-2
Status: in_force

No state official who receives, as a part of his compensation, pay for service on an ex officio office or position held by such officer shall receive any compensation for such service in any such ex officio office created subsequent to May 1, 1963, unless the statute creating the ex officio office shall specifically provide for compensation for the ex officio officer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-112 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-112
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-112
Status: in_force

The director of the Office of Planning and Budget shall perform such duties in connection with receiving the notifications provided for in Code Section 45-12-110 as may be required by the Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-26
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any public official or employee, whether for himself, herself, or on behalf of any business, or any business in which such public official or employee or any member of his or her family has a substantial interest who transacts business with the state or any agency thereof shall disclose such transactions. Such disclosure shall be submitted prior to January 31 each year to the State Ethics Commission on such forms as it shall prescribe and shall include an itemized list of the previous year's transactions with the dollar amount of each transaction reported and totaled. Such disclosure statements shall be public records.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any public official or employee, whether for himself, herself, or on behalf of any business, or any business in which such public official or employee or any member of his or her family has a substantial interest who transacts business with the state or any agency thereof shall disclose such transactions. Such disclosure shall be submitted prior to January 31 each year to the State Ethics Commission on such forms as it shall prescribe and shall include an itemized list of the previous year's transactions with the dollar amount of each transaction reported and totaled. Such disclosure statements shall be public records.

(b) The requirement to disclose certain transactions as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $ 250.00 and when the aggregate of all transactions does not exceed $ 9,000.00 per calendar year.

(b) The requirement to disclose certain transactions as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $ 250.00 and when the aggregate of all transactions does not exceed $ 9,000.00 per calendar year.

(c) Any person who fails to file a disclosure statement as required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28 .

(c) Any person who fails to file a disclosure statement as required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-84 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-84
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-84
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the periodic work programs submitted by the budget units for conformity to the budget approved by the General Assembly.

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the periodic work programs submitted by the budget units for conformity to the budget approved by the General Assembly.

(b) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the requests for allotment of funds for conformity to the approved periodic work program.

(b) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the requests for allotment of funds for conformity to the approved periodic work program.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-28 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-28
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-28
Status: in_force

Should any employee granted a travel advance under this Code section and Code Sections 45-7-25 through 45-7-27 fail to file an accounting and reimbursement as provided by the rules and regulations adopted by the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the head of each agency shall file with the director of the Office of Planning and Budget a certification of the amount so advanced, which shall then become a lien against any and all funds or moneys due the employee from the state or from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia or the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-24
Status: in_force

(a) Within one calendar week after any local Act or general Act of local application which requires a special election is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide a copy of the Act, with a certificate showing the date it became law, to the election superintendent and the governing authority of each county or municipality in which it has application.

(a) Within one calendar week after any local Act or general Act of local application which requires a special election is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide a copy of the Act, with a certificate showing the date it became law, to the election superintendent and the governing authority of each county or municipality in which it has application.

(b) Within 60 calendar days after any local Act or general Act of local application which requires a local referendum is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide a copy of the Act, with a certificate showing the date it became law, to the election superintendent and the governing authority of each county or municipality in which it has application.

(b) Within 60 calendar days after any local Act or general Act of local application which requires a local referendum is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide a copy of the Act, with a certificate showing the date it became law, to the election superintendent and the governing authority of each county or municipality in which it has application.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-26
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of State is authorized to designate one or more of his employees as an agent for accepting service of summons or other process under any statute providing for service of summons or other process upon the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Securities. Such designation shall be in writing, and all acts relative to such service by any such designee shall be as valid and binding as though performed in person by the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Securities, as the case may be. The power and authority of any such designee shall cease immediately upon such designee's ceasing to be an employee of the Secretary of State.

(a) The Secretary of State is authorized to designate one or more of his employees as an agent for accepting service of summons or other process under any statute providing for service of summons or other process upon the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Securities. Such designation shall be in writing, and all acts relative to such service by any such designee shall be as valid and binding as though performed in person by the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Securities, as the case may be. The power and authority of any such designee shall cease immediately upon such designee's ceasing to be an employee of the Secretary of State.

(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of $ 10.00 for accepting any service of summons or other process under any statute providing for such service upon the Secretary of State.

(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of $ 10.00 for accepting any service of summons or other process under any statute providing for such service upon the Secretary of State.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-24
Status: in_force

The Office of Planning and Budget shall establish such rules, regulations, and policies as are necessary to administer such a program of reimbursement for all state employees.