O.C.G.A. § 45-1-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-1-7
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “ agency ” means a branch, department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, authority, county, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of this state.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “ agency ” means a branch, department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, authority, county, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of this state.

(b) Each agency shall provide paid break time of a reasonable duration to an employee who desires to express breast milk during work hours at the agency's worksite. Such break time shall be paid at the employee's regular rate of compensation. If the employee is paid on a salary basis, the agency shall neither require the salaried employee to use paid leave during any break nor reduce the employee's salary as a result of the salaried employee taking a break to express breast milk during the workday. No agency shall be required to provide paid break time to an employee on any day that the employee is working away from the agency's worksite.

(b) Each agency shall provide paid break time of a reasonable duration to an employee who desires to express breast milk during work hours at the agency's worksite. Such break time shall be paid at the employee's regular rate of compensation. If the employee is paid on a salary basis, the agency shall neither require the salaried employee to use paid leave during any break nor reduce the employee's salary as a result of the salaried employee taking a break to express breast milk during the workday. No agency shall be required to provide paid break time to an employee on any day that the employee is working away from the agency's worksite.

(c) Each agency shall provide a room or other location, other than a restroom, in close proximity to the employee's work area where an employee described in subsection (b) of this Code section can express breast milk in privacy at the agency's worksite.

(c) Each agency shall provide a room or other location, other than a restroom, in close proximity to the employee's work area where an employee described in subsection (b) of this Code section can express breast milk in privacy at the agency's worksite.

(d) No agency shall have liability under this Code section for making reasonable efforts to comply with this Code section.

(d) No agency shall have liability under this Code section for making reasonable efforts to comply with this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-21-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-21-8
Status: in_force

The board shall bear the costs of administration and of the certificates and emblems which it awards and appointing authorities shall bear the costs of administration and of the certificates, emblems, and meritorious awards and payments which they award.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-11 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-11
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-11
Status: in_force

(a) Every collecting officer and officer holding public funds shall be authorized to determine, from time to time, in respect to all public funds held by such officer, any and all of the following: (1) The maximum amount of public money which may be deposited in a particular depository; (2) The maximum and minimum proportion of public funds which may be maintained in a particular depository; and (3) The amount of public funds to be deposited in particular depositories as time deposits and the periods of such deposits.

(a) Every collecting officer and officer holding public funds shall be authorized to determine, from time to time, in respect to all public funds held by such officer, any and all of the following:

(1) The maximum amount of public money which may be deposited in a particular depository;

(1) The maximum amount of public money which may be deposited in a particular depository;

(2) The maximum and minimum proportion of public funds which may be maintained in a particular depository; and

(2) The maximum and minimum proportion of public funds which may be maintained in a particular depository; and

(3) The amount of public funds to be deposited in particular depositories as time deposits and the periods of such deposits.

(3) The amount of public funds to be deposited in particular depositories as time deposits and the periods of such deposits.

(b) All depositories shall give security for deposits of public funds. However, a collecting officer or officer holding public funds may, in his discretion, waive the requirement for security in the case of operating funds placed in demand deposit checking accounts.

(b) All depositories shall give security for deposits of public funds. However, a collecting officer or officer holding public funds may, in his discretion, waive the requirement for security in the case of operating funds placed in demand deposit checking accounts.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to collecting officers and officers holding public funds pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50, relating to state depositories.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to collecting officers and officers holding public funds pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50, relating to state depositories.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-2
Status: in_force

(a) The state authorities shall require all collecting officers and all officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to moneys or revenues of the state, to give bond, on or before entering on the duties of their office, appointment, or employment, with good security for the faithful performance of the duties of their office and faithfully to account for all moneys coming into their hands, together with such other conditions as the laws may require as to the official bond of the particular officer in question.

(a) The state authorities shall require all collecting officers and all officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to moneys or revenues of the state, to give bond, on or before entering on the duties of their office, appointment, or employment, with good security for the faithful performance of the duties of their office and faithfully to account for all moneys coming into their hands, together with such other conditions as the laws may require as to the official bond of the particular officer in question.

(b) If the state authority having supervision or control over the officer or the conduct of his office shall deem at any time that the bond given by such officer is insufficient in amount or is inadequate as to security, he shall notify such officer to give an additional bond or to increase the security. If within the time required by such state authority the officer fails to give the additional bond or to make adequate the security, the state authority shall, if the same be an office the incumbent of which such state authority has the jurisdiction or power to remove, declare the office vacant. If it is an office the incumbent of which such state authority does not have the power to remove, the state authority shall report the same to the Governor; and thereupon, if it be an office the incumbent of which the Governor has power to remove for cause, the Governor, after giving such officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant. If it relates to an officer who can be removed only by impeachment proceedings, the Governor shall report the same to the General Assembly. The Governor shall have concurrent jurisdiction with all other proper authorities to require any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds to give additional bond or security.

(b) If the state authority having supervision or control over the officer or the conduct of his office shall deem at any time that the bond given by such officer is insufficient in amount or is inadequate as to security, he shall notify such officer to give an additional bond or to increase the security. If within the time required by such state authority the officer fails to give the additional bond or to make adequate the security, the state authority shall, if the same be an office the incumbent of which such state authority has the jurisdiction or power to remove, declare the office vacant. If it is an office the incumbent of which such state authority does not have the power to remove, the state authority shall report the same to the Governor; and thereupon, if it be an office the incumbent of which the Governor has power to remove for cause, the Governor, after giving such officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant. If it relates to an officer who can be removed only by impeachment proceedings, the Governor shall report the same to the General Assembly. The Governor shall have concurrent jurisdiction with all other proper authorities to require any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds to give additional bond or security.

(c) The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds of the state to reduce his bond by an order discharging the existing bonds of such officer from future liability and the giving of a new bond by said officer in the reduced amount which shall not be below the amount required of such officer as a minimum by the laws of this state.

(c) The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds of the state to reduce his bond by an order discharging the existing bonds of such officer from future liability and the giving of a new bond by said officer in the reduced amount which shall not be below the amount required of such officer as a minimum by the laws of this state.

(d) The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any such officer to substitute a new bond for his existing bond or bonds and to discharge the existing bond or bonds as to future liability by an order to that effect.

(d) The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any such officer to substitute a new bond for his existing bond or bonds and to discharge the existing bond or bonds as to future liability by an order to that effect.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-89 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-89
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-89
Status: in_force

The department shall annually file a report of its activities regarding the Georgia State Indemnification Fund with the General Assembly, which report shall include the amount of funds paid under the program of indemnification. Such report shall also include a copy of each order providing for payment or a summary of each such order giving all pertinent details.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5-5
Status: in_force

(a) The resignations of all state and county officers and senators and representatives of the State of Georgia in the United States Congress shall be made to the Governor. If the resignation is from an office which may not be filled by executive appointment of the Governor, the Governor shall, upon receiving the resignation, promptly notify the appropriate official of the state or county to fill the vacancy or to initiate the process for filling the vacancy according to law.

(a) The resignations of all state and county officers and senators and representatives of the State of Georgia in the United States Congress shall be made to the Governor. If the resignation is from an office which may not be filled by executive appointment of the Governor, the Governor shall, upon receiving the resignation, promptly notify the appropriate official of the state or county to fill the vacancy or to initiate the process for filling the vacancy according to law.

(b) The resignations of municipal officers shall be made to the governing authority of the municipality who shall fill the vacancies in accordance with law.

(b) The resignations of municipal officers shall be made to the governing authority of the municipality who shall fill the vacancies in accordance with law.
O.C.G.A. § 45-11-9 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-9
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-11-9
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any state board, body, agency, or institution or any public official to discriminate against optometrists licensed under Chapter 30 of Title 43 or against physicians licensed under Chapter 34 of Title 43 in the suggestion or recommendation for visual care which is within the scope of the practice licensed by those chapters.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any state board, body, agency, or institution or any public official to discriminate against optometrists licensed under Chapter 30 of Title 43 or against physicians licensed under Chapter 34 of Title 43 in the suggestion or recommendation for visual care which is within the scope of the practice licensed by those chapters.

(b) Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to prevent a person having custodial care of another person from referring such person to the practitioner of his choice.

(b) Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to prevent a person having custodial care of another person from referring such person to the practitioner of his choice.

(c) Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to prevent a physician from referring patients to any practitioner of his choice.

(c) Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to prevent a physician from referring patients to any practitioner of his choice.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-10 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-10
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-10
Status: in_force

Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state shall be available to a coroner of another state if such person was injured in, a resident of, or buried in the county of such coroner in such other state or if such records, papers, or reports are the subject of a subpoena issued by the coroner of another state. The release of such records to the coroner of another state shall not be prohibited by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-9 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-9
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-9
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall represent the state in all actions before the Supreme Court of the United States and perform all other services required of him by law beyond the limits of the state without extra compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 45-14-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-14-2
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall give a bond for the sum of $ 20,000.00 subject to the same rules and regulations as the bond of the Secretary of State.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-20 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-20
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-20
Status: in_force

Whenever any officer required by law to give an official bond shall act under a bond which is not payable and conditioned or not approved and filed as prescribed by law, such bond shall not be void but shall stand in the place of the official bond, subject, on its condition being broken, to all the remedies, including actions, which the persons aggrieved might have maintained on the official bond.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-37 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-37
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-37
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, “conviction” means a final judgment of conviction entered upon a verdict of guilty or upon a plea of guilty. Such judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment when the remittitur from the appellate court of this state affirming the conviction is filed in the court below or, if the proceeding is before a federal court, when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction.

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, “conviction” means a final judgment of conviction entered upon a verdict of guilty or upon a plea of guilty. Such judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment when the remittitur from the appellate court of this state affirming the conviction is filed in the court below or, if the proceeding is before a federal court, when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction.

(b) Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling dangerous drugs in violation of Code Section 16-13-72 may receive a reward of up to $ 500.00. Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling a controlled substance in violation of Code Section 16-13-30 or 16-13-31 , may receive a reward of $ 1,000.00.

(b) Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling dangerous drugs in violation of Code Section 16-13-72 may receive a reward of up to $ 500.00. Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling a controlled substance in violation of Code Section 16-13-30 or 16-13-31 , may receive a reward of $ 1,000.00.

(c) The Governor, at his discretion, may pay any reward authorized by this Code section after conviction.

(c) The Governor, at his discretion, may pay any reward authorized by this Code section after conviction.

(d) The Governor, at his discretion, may pay such reward to any such person from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the executive branch of the state government.

(d) The Governor, at his discretion, may pay such reward to any such person from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the executive branch of the state government.

(e) Counties and municipalities wherein the crime was committed are authorized, but not required, to supplement or make rewards to persons entitled to receive a reward, as provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, in an amount not to exceed $ 200.00 paid from county funds and $ 200.00 paid from municipal funds for each such person. Any rewards paid pursuant to this subsection shall be paid at the time the conviction becomes final, as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, from the funds of any such county or municipality, as the case may be. It is declared that any funds expended pursuant to this subsection are expended for a public purpose.

(e) Counties and municipalities wherein the crime was committed are authorized, but not required, to supplement or make rewards to persons entitled to receive a reward, as provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, in an amount not to exceed $ 200.00 paid from county funds and $ 200.00 paid from municipal funds for each such person. Any rewards paid pursuant to this subsection shall be paid at the time the conviction becomes final, as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, from the funds of any such county or municipality, as the case may be. It is declared that any funds expended pursuant to this subsection are expended for a public purpose.

(f) When more than one person furnishes information which would entitle them to receive the rewards pursuant to subsections (b) through (e) of this Code section, such rewards shall be paid to the first person furnishing such information; and, if more than one person furnishes such information at the same time, such rewards shall be prorated among all persons furnishing such information.

(f) When more than one person furnishes information which would entitle them to receive the rewards pursuant to subsections (b) through (e) of this Code section, such rewards shall be paid to the first person furnishing such information; and, if more than one person furnishes such information at the same time, such rewards shall be prorated among all persons furnishing such information.
O.C.G.A. § 45-2-21 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-21
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-2-21
Status: in_force

(a) Any veteran who has served on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States for a period of more than 180 days, not counting service under an initial period of active duty for training under the six-months' reserve or National Guard programs, any portion of which service occurred during a period of armed conflict in which any branch of the armed forces of the United States engaged, whether under United States command or otherwise, and who was honorably discharged therefrom shall be entitled to and shall have five points added to his passing score on any competitive civil service examination for employment with the state government or any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that such veteran is not already eligible for veterans preference under Article IV, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution of Georgia .

(a) Any veteran who has served on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States for a period of more than 180 days, not counting service under an initial period of active duty for training under the six-months' reserve or National Guard programs, any portion of which service occurred during a period of armed conflict in which any branch of the armed forces of the United States engaged, whether under United States command or otherwise, and who was honorably discharged therefrom shall be entitled to and shall have five points added to his passing score on any competitive civil service examination for employment with the state government or any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that such veteran is not already eligible for veterans preference under Article IV, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution of Georgia .

(b) Notwithstanding the 180 day minimum active duty requirement of subsection (a) of this Code section, the five-point preference granted to veterans under said subsection shall apply to any member of the National Guard or armed forces reserve who served on active duty for any length of time during any portion of the time the armed forces of the United States were engaged in Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm if such service occurred in an area of imminent danger as defined by the United States Department of Defense as follows: “Area of imminent danger” means: (1) The Persian Gulf; (2) The Red Sea; (3) The Gulf of Oman; (4) The portion of the Arabian Sea that lies north of 10 degrees north latitude and west of 68 degrees east longitude; (5) The Gulf of Aden; and (6) The total land area of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

(b) Notwithstanding the 180 day minimum active duty requirement of subsection (a) of this Code section, the five-point preference granted to veterans under said subsection shall apply to any member of the National Guard or armed forces reserve who served on active duty for any length of time during any portion of the time the armed forces of the United States were engaged in Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm if such service occurred in an area of imminent danger as defined by the United States Department of Defense as follows:

“Area of imminent danger” means:

(1) The Persian Gulf;

(1) The Persian Gulf;

(2) The Red Sea;

(2) The Red Sea;

(3) The Gulf of Oman;

(3) The Gulf of Oman;

(4) The portion of the Arabian Sea that lies north of 10 degrees north latitude and west of 68 degrees east longitude;

(4) The portion of the Arabian Sea that lies north of 10 degrees north latitude and west of 68 degrees east longitude;

(5) The Gulf of Aden; and

(5) The Gulf of Aden; and

(6) The total land area of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

(6) The total land area of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-1
Status: in_force

The director of the Office of Planning and Budget is authorized, in his discretion, to require any department of state government to calculate and to make payment for personal services on the basis of 26 pay periods per year.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-19 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-19
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-19
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction to cite defaulting collecting officers, officers to hold public funds, depositories, or the sureties on their bonds for an accounting and to issue executions against them is conferred and vested as follows:

(1) As to state officials and their sureties, assistants, and employees of any state office and their sureties, and depositories of the funds of the state or any of its bureaus, commissions, boards, or departments, and their sureties, in the Governor;

(1) As to state officials and their sureties, assistants, and employees of any state office and their sureties, and depositories of the funds of the state or any of its bureaus, commissions, boards, or departments, and their sureties, in the Governor;

(2) As to other collecting officers and officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to taxes, revenues, or funds of the state or any of its bureaus, commissions, boards, or departments, in the state revenue commissioner;

(2) As to other collecting officers and officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to taxes, revenues, or funds of the state or any of its bureaus, commissions, boards, or departments, in the state revenue commissioner;

(3) As to collecting officers and officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to revenues or funds of a municipality or county, or any board, bureau, or other tribunal or body exercising jurisdiction solely in such county, or of any school district, drainage district, or any other district in such county, and as to banks or depositories in which the revenues or other funds or any of these have been deposited, and as to the sureties on the bonds of any of said officers, banks, or depositories, in the county authority of said county or the governing body of the municipality;

(3) As to collecting officers and officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to revenues or funds of a municipality or county, or any board, bureau, or other tribunal or body exercising jurisdiction solely in such county, or of any school district, drainage district, or any other district in such county, and as to banks or depositories in which the revenues or other funds or any of these have been deposited, and as to the sureties on the bonds of any of said officers, banks, or depositories, in the county authority of said county or the governing body of the municipality;

(4) In any case not covered by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Code section, in the comptroller general.

(4) In any case not covered by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Code section, in the comptroller general.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-33 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-33
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-33
Status: in_force

It is not an unlawful practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, or to employees who work in different locations, provided that such differences are not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age; nor is it an unlawful practice for an employer to give and to act upon the results of any professionally developed ability test, provided that such test, its administration, or action upon the results thereof is not designed, intended, or used to discriminate because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-27 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-27
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to publish in print or electronically in each odd-numbered year an official directory of state and county officials and officers. Such directory shall also contain the names of the members of the Georgia delegation to the Congress of the United States. The directory shall contain the name, political party affiliation, independent status, or nonpartisan status of each person elected to a state or county office or to the Congress of the United States from this state. The directory shall contain such additional information as the Secretary of State shall prescribe in order to make the directory a useful and convenient reference work.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-75 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-75
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-75
Status: in_force

The budget report shall contain and include the following information:

(1) Summary statements of the financial condition of the state, accompanied by such detailed schedules of assets and liabilities as the Governor deems desirable, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (A) A comparative consolidated balance sheet showing all the assets and liabilities of the state and the surplus or deficit, as the case may be, at the close of each of the two fiscal years last concluded; (B) Summary statements of fund balances showing in detail for each fund the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the two fiscal years last concluded, the actual income of that year, the total appropriation of that year, and the total expenditures of that year; and (C) Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year;

(1) Summary statements of the financial condition of the state, accompanied by such detailed schedules of assets and liabilities as the Governor deems desirable, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(A) A comparative consolidated balance sheet showing all the assets and liabilities of the state and the surplus or deficit, as the case may be, at the close of each of the two fiscal years last concluded;

(A) A comparative consolidated balance sheet showing all the assets and liabilities of the state and the surplus or deficit, as the case may be, at the close of each of the two fiscal years last concluded;

(B) Summary statements of fund balances showing in detail for each fund the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the two fiscal years last concluded, the actual income of that year, the total appropriation of that year, and the total expenditures of that year; and

(B) Summary statements of fund balances showing in detail for each fund the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the two fiscal years last concluded, the actual income of that year, the total appropriation of that year, and the total expenditures of that year; and

(C) Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year;

(C) Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year;

(2) Statements of income and receipts for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, and the estimated income and receipts of the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year, and a statement of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the state treasury at the beginning of the next fiscal year. The statements of income and estimated income shall be itemized by sources and by the budget unit collecting the same. The statements of receipts and estimated receipts shall be itemized by sources and by the budget unit receiving the same. Existing sources of income and receipts shall be analyzed as to their equity, productivity, and need for revision, and any proposed new sources of income or receipts shall be explained;

(2) Statements of income and receipts for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, and the estimated income and receipts of the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year, and a statement of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the state treasury at the beginning of the next fiscal year. The statements of income and estimated income shall be itemized by sources and by the budget unit collecting the same. The statements of receipts and estimated receipts shall be itemized by sources and by the budget unit receiving the same. Existing sources of income and receipts shall be analyzed as to their equity, productivity, and need for revision, and any proposed new sources of income or receipts shall be explained;

(3) Summary statements of expenditures and disbursements for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, itemized by budget units under functional heads and showing the amounts expended for each major function of the government;

(3) Summary statements of expenditures and disbursements for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, itemized by budget units under functional heads and showing the amounts expended for each major function of the government;

(4) A statement of the surplus account, showing the excess of all current assets over all current liabilities as of the end of each of the two fiscal years last concluded and all changes in surplus account during each of such two fiscal years;

(4) A statement of the surplus account, showing the excess of all current assets over all current liabilities as of the end of each of the two fiscal years last concluded and all changes in surplus account during each of such two fiscal years;

(5) Detailed comparative statements of expenditures and requests for appropriations by funds, budget units, and budget classes, showing the expenditures for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, the budget of the current year, and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each budget unit for the next fiscal year. Following the lists of actual and proposed expenditures of each budget unit there shall be a brief explanation of the functions of the unit and comments on its policies and plans and on any considerable differences among the amounts expended and the amounts recommended, with such descriptive, quantitative, comparative, and other data as to work done, unit costs, and like information as is considered necessary or desirable. In connection with each budget class of capital outlays involving construction projects to be completed in two or more fiscal years, there shall be shown the total estimated cost of each such project and the amount thereof recommended to be appropriated and expended in each ensuing fiscal year until completion of the project. Capital outlay needs shall be projected for a period that is consistent with each organization's approved strategic plan as summarized in the budget;

(5) Detailed comparative statements of expenditures and requests for appropriations by funds, budget units, and budget classes, showing the expenditures for each of the two fiscal years last concluded, the budget of the current year, and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each budget unit for the next fiscal year. Following the lists of actual and proposed expenditures of each budget unit there shall be a brief explanation of the functions of the unit and comments on its policies and plans and on any considerable differences among the amounts expended and the amounts recommended, with such descriptive, quantitative, comparative, and other data as to work done, unit costs, and like information as is considered necessary or desirable. In connection with each budget class of capital outlays involving construction projects to be completed in two or more fiscal years, there shall be shown the total estimated cost of each such project and the amount thereof recommended to be appropriated and expended in each ensuing fiscal year until completion of the project. Capital outlay needs shall be projected for a period that is consistent with each organization's approved strategic plan as summarized in the budget;

(6) A summary statement of the cash resources estimated to be available at the beginning of the next fiscal year and the estimated cash receipts of the fiscal year as compared with the total recommended amounts of appropriation for all budget classes for the year and, if the total of the recommended expenditures exceeds the total of the estimated resources, recommendations as to how the deficiency is to be met and estimates of receipts from any proposed additional revenues;

(6) A summary statement of the cash resources estimated to be available at the beginning of the next fiscal year and the estimated cash receipts of the fiscal year as compared with the total recommended amounts of appropriation for all budget classes for the year and, if the total of the recommended expenditures exceeds the total of the estimated resources, recommendations as to how the deficiency is to be met and estimates of receipts from any proposed additional revenues;

(7) A draft of a proposed General Appropriations Act or Acts embodying the Governor's budget report and recommendations for appropriations for the next fiscal year and drafts of such revenue and other Acts as may be recommended for putting into effect the proposed financial plan. The recommended appropriation for each budget unit shall be specified in a separate section of the General Appropriations Act. The total amount of appropriations recommended shall not exceed the cash resources available to meet expenditures under such appropriations;

(7) A draft of a proposed General Appropriations Act or Acts embodying the Governor's budget report and recommendations for appropriations for the next fiscal year and drafts of such revenue and other Acts as may be recommended for putting into effect the proposed financial plan. The recommended appropriation for each budget unit shall be specified in a separate section of the General Appropriations Act. The total amount of appropriations recommended shall not exceed the cash resources available to meet expenditures under such appropriations;

(8) A tax expenditure review for the state. Such review shall be prepared by the Department of Audits and Accounts and provided to the Office of Planning and Budget in a timely manner for inclusion as part of the budget report. Such review shall detail for each tax expenditure item that amount of tax revenue forgone for at least a three-year period, including the period covered in the Governor's budget submitted the preceding January, the current budget, and an estimate of one future year; a citation of the statutory or other legal authority for the expenditure; the year in which it was enacted; and the tax year in which it became effective. The tax expenditure review may also include a regularly produced annex to include analysis of specific tax expenditures. Such analysis shall include, when possible: a description of the objective of the tax expenditure taken from original legislation; information relevant to determining whether the expenditure is meeting its stated purpose; an analysis of the tax expenditure's effect on the administration of the tax system; and an analysis of the persons, corporations, or other entities that are directly benefited by the expenditure. The tax expenditure information required under this paragraph shall be tracked and compiled by the Department of Revenue and provided in a timely manner to the Department of Audits and Accounts. Taxes included in this report shall cover all state taxes collected by the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall be authorized to provide estimations in the event the required tax expenditure information cannot be actually determined from available information. The Department of Revenue shall not be authorized to impose additional reporting requirements on any person or entity in order to track and compile any tax expenditure information. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Department of Audits and Accounts from contracting out the preparation and analysis associated with the development of such report to any member institution of the University System of Georgia; and

(8) A tax expenditure review for the state. Such review shall be prepared by the Department of Audits and Accounts and provided to the Office of Planning and Budget in a timely manner for inclusion as part of the budget report. Such review shall detail for each tax expenditure item that amount of tax revenue forgone for at least a three-year period, including the period covered in the Governor's budget submitted the preceding January, the current budget, and an estimate of one future year; a citation of the statutory or other legal authority for the expenditure; the year in which it was enacted; and the tax year in which it became effective. The tax expenditure review may also include a regularly produced annex to include analysis of specific tax expenditures. Such analysis shall include, when possible: a description of the objective of the tax expenditure taken from original legislation; information relevant to determining whether the expenditure is meeting its stated purpose; an analysis of the tax expenditure's effect on the administration of the tax system; and an analysis of the persons, corporations, or other entities that are directly benefited by the expenditure. The tax expenditure information required under this paragraph shall be tracked and compiled by the Department of Revenue and provided in a timely manner to the Department of Audits and Accounts. Taxes included in this report shall cover all state taxes collected by the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall be authorized to provide estimations in the event the required tax expenditure information cannot be actually determined from available information. The Department of Revenue shall not be authorized to impose additional reporting requirements on any person or entity in order to track and compile any tax expenditure information. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Department of Audits and Accounts from contracting out the preparation and analysis associated with the development of such report to any member institution of the University System of Georgia; and

(9) Such other information as the Governor deems desirable or as is required by law.

(9) Such other information as the Governor deems desirable or as is required by law.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-28 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-28
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-28
Status: in_force

When the penalty of the bond is exhausted, the officer himself shall still be liable for the same measure of damages as upon his bond; and he shall likewise be liable for any damage he may do in undertaking to discharge the duties of an office without having given the necessary bond or having given one that is invalid in whole or in part.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-46 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-46
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-46
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Overtime hours” means hours worked by a public employee for which payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq. (2) “Public employee” or “applicant” means a public employee or applicant for public employment who is, or if hired would be, entitled to payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time for overtime hours, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Overtime hours” means hours worked by a public employee for which payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq.

(1) “Overtime hours” means hours worked by a public employee for which payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq.

(2) “Public employee” or “applicant” means a public employee or applicant for public employment who is, or if hired would be, entitled to payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time for overtime hours, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq.

(2) “Public employee” or “applicant” means a public employee or applicant for public employment who is, or if hired would be, entitled to payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time for overtime hours, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq.

(b) No public employer shall require that a public employee or applicant agree, as a term and condition of employment, to receive neither time and one-half overtime compensation nor time and one-half compensatory time for overtime hours.

(b) No public employer shall require that a public employee or applicant agree, as a term and condition of employment, to receive neither time and one-half overtime compensation nor time and one-half compensatory time for overtime hours.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit a public employer from providing time and one-half compensatory time in lieu of cash overtime payment, or from exercising any other optional payment plan or method authorized by the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq., including, but not limited to, the fluctuating work week method of overtime payment.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit a public employer from providing time and one-half compensatory time in lieu of cash overtime payment, or from exercising any other optional payment plan or method authorized by the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et seq., including, but not limited to, the fluctuating work week method of overtime payment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-5
Status: in_force

When taken by the judges of the probate courts and the clerks of the superior courts, official oaths shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court and also entered on the minutes of the court. When taken by sheriffs, the oaths shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate court and shall be entered on the minutes of the superior courts; and when taken by coroners, tax collectors, tax receivers, county treasurers, magistrates, constables, or any other county officers, they shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate court, who shall enter them on the minutes of his court.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-56 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-56
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-56
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have power to appoint his own secretaries and to provide such other clerical personnel as may be required in his office. The salaries and compensation of secretaries and clerical personnel so appointed shall be paid from funds appropriated for such purposes.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-13 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-13
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-13
Status: in_force

(a) Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court and provide a copy of such notice to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority of any change in the notary's residence or business address, whichever was used for the purpose of appointment, and of any change in the notary's telephone number. The notice shall contain both the old and new addresses and must be received by the clerk of superior court within 30 days of the change.

(a) Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court and provide a copy of such notice to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority of any change in the notary's residence or business address, whichever was used for the purpose of appointment, and of any change in the notary's telephone number. The notice shall contain both the old and new addresses and must be received by the clerk of superior court within 30 days of the change.

(b)(1) Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, of any change in the notary's name. The notice shall contain both the old and new names, the new signature, and any new address and must be received by the clerk of superior court within 30 days of the change. (2) A notary with a new name may begin to officially sign the new name on notarial certificates when the following steps have been completed: (A) The notice described in paragraph (1) of this subsection has been received by the appointing clerk of superior court; (B) A confirmation of the notary's name change has been received from the appointing clerk of superior court; and (C) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as indicated in the confirmation has been obtained.

(b)(1) Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, of any change in the notary's name. The notice shall contain both the old and new names, the new signature, and any new address and must be received by the clerk of superior court within 30 days of the change.

(b)(1) Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, of any change in the notary's name. The notice shall contain both the old and new names, the new signature, and any new address and must be received by the clerk of superior court within 30 days of the change.

(2) A notary with a new name may begin to officially sign the new name on notarial certificates when the following steps have been completed: (A) The notice described in paragraph (1) of this subsection has been received by the appointing clerk of superior court; (B) A confirmation of the notary's name change has been received from the appointing clerk of superior court; and (C) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as indicated in the confirmation has been obtained.

(2) A notary with a new name may begin to officially sign the new name on notarial certificates when the following steps have been completed:

(A) The notice described in paragraph (1) of this subsection has been received by the appointing clerk of superior court;

(A) The notice described in paragraph (1) of this subsection has been received by the appointing clerk of superior court;

(B) A confirmation of the notary's name change has been received from the appointing clerk of superior court; and

(B) A confirmation of the notary's name change has been received from the appointing clerk of superior court; and

(C) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as indicated in the confirmation has been obtained.

(C) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as indicated in the confirmation has been obtained.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-130 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-130
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-130
Status: in_force

Any contract, contractual obligation, contractual undertaking, contractual arrangement, or agreement by which the state or any of its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities, or other agencies is obligated to, or may become obligated to, expend more than $ 5,000.00 shall be voidable by the state unless:

(1) The same is approved by one of the following: (A) The Department of Administrative Services pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50; (B) The State Properties Commission created by Articles 2 through 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 50; or (C) The Office of Planning and Budget, as provided in Code Section 45-12-131 ; or

(1) The same is approved by one of the following:

(A) The Department of Administrative Services pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50;

(A) The Department of Administrative Services pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50;

(B) The State Properties Commission created by Articles 2 through 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 50; or

(B) The State Properties Commission created by Articles 2 through 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 50; or

(C) The Office of Planning and Budget, as provided in Code Section 45-12-131 ; or

(C) The Office of Planning and Budget, as provided in Code Section 45-12-131 ; or

(2) The same is exempt, as provided in Code Section 45-12-132 .

(2) The same is exempt, as provided in Code Section 45-12-132 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-7
Status: in_force

The Governor shall transmit his resignation to the General Assembly, if it is in session; and, if it is not in session, he shall transmit it to the Secretary of State, who shall on the same day notify the Lieutenant Governor. If the office becomes vacant because of death or any other cause when the General Assembly is not in session, the Secretary of State shall inform the Lieutenant Governor. In either case, the Lieutenant Governor shall take the oath of office within ten days after having been informed by the Secretary of State. Such oath shall be taken before any Justice of the Supreme Court or judge of any superior court and also before the General Assembly, if it is in session. Such facts shall be entered upon the minutes of the office of the Governor. If the Lieutenant Governor fails to take the oath of office within the prescribed time, he shall be considered as having resigned. In such case, or if there is no Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State shall inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the proceedings shall be the same.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-6
Status: in_force

(a) The board is authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the benefits under the plan of health insurance benefits determined upon in accordance with this part. Such contract or contracts may be executed with one or more corporations licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this state. All of the benefits to be provided under this part may be included in one or more similar contracts or the benefits may be classified into different types, with each type included under one or more similar contracts issued by the same or different companies. A reasonable time before entering into any insurance contract provided for in this Code section, the board shall invite proposals from such qualified insurers as in the opinion of the board would desire to accept any part of the insurance coverage authorized by this part.

(a) The board is authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the benefits under the plan of health insurance benefits determined upon in accordance with this part. Such contract or contracts may be executed with one or more corporations licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this state. All of the benefits to be provided under this part may be included in one or more similar contracts or the benefits may be classified into different types, with each type included under one or more similar contracts issued by the same or different companies. A reasonable time before entering into any insurance contract provided for in this Code section, the board shall invite proposals from such qualified insurers as in the opinion of the board would desire to accept any part of the insurance coverage authorized by this part.

(b) The board may arrange with any corporation licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this state, which corporation issued any such contract, to reinsure portions of such contract with any other such corporation which elected to be a reinsurer and is legally competent to enter into a reinsurance agreement. The board may designate one or more of such corporations as the administering corporation or corporations. Each employee who is covered under any such contract or contracts shall receive a certificate setting forth the benefits to which the employee and his dependents are entitled thereunder, stating to whom such benefits shall be payable, stating to whom claims should be submitted, and summarizing the provisions of the contract principally affecting the employee and his dependents. Such certificate shall be in lieu of the certificate which the corporation or corporations issuing such contract or contracts would otherwise issue. The corporations eligible to participate as reinsurers, and the amount of coverage under the contract or contracts to be allocated to each issuing corporation or reinsurer, may be redetermined by the board for and in advance of any contract year after the first year and with any modifications thereof it deems appropriate to carry out the intent of reinsuring portions of the coverage, subject to such limitations as set forth in this part. At the end of any contract year the board may discontinue any contract or contracts it has executed with any corporation or corporations and replace it or them with a contract or contracts with any other corporation or corporations meeting the requirements of this Code section; or the board may, at its discretion, establish a self-insured plan in whole or in part.

(b) The board may arrange with any corporation licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this state, which corporation issued any such contract, to reinsure portions of such contract with any other such corporation which elected to be a reinsurer and is legally competent to enter into a reinsurance agreement. The board may designate one or more of such corporations as the administering corporation or corporations. Each employee who is covered under any such contract or contracts shall receive a certificate setting forth the benefits to which the employee and his dependents are entitled thereunder, stating to whom such benefits shall be payable, stating to whom claims should be submitted, and summarizing the provisions of the contract principally affecting the employee and his dependents. Such certificate shall be in lieu of the certificate which the corporation or corporations issuing such contract or contracts would otherwise issue. The corporations eligible to participate as reinsurers, and the amount of coverage under the contract or contracts to be allocated to each issuing corporation or reinsurer, may be redetermined by the board for and in advance of any contract year after the first year and with any modifications thereof it deems appropriate to carry out the intent of reinsuring portions of the coverage, subject to such limitations as set forth in this part. At the end of any contract year the board may discontinue any contract or contracts it has executed with any corporation or corporations and replace it or them with a contract or contracts with any other corporation or corporations meeting the requirements of this Code section; or the board may, at its discretion, establish a self-insured plan in whole or in part.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, the board is authorized to execute a contract or contracts with one or more insurers authorized to transact accident and sickness insurance in this state or with one or more health care corporations or with one or more professional claim administrators authorized or licensed to transact business in this state or with one or more independent adjusting firms with employees who are licensed as independent adjusters pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 33 to provide administrative services in connection with a self-insured health insurance plan for state employees.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, the board is authorized to execute a contract or contracts with one or more insurers authorized to transact accident and sickness insurance in this state or with one or more health care corporations or with one or more professional claim administrators authorized or licensed to transact business in this state or with one or more independent adjusting firms with employees who are licensed as independent adjusters pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 33 to provide administrative services in connection with a self-insured health insurance plan for state employees.

(d) The board may contract with any health maintenance organization qualified to conduct business in this state pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 33, relating to health maintenance organizations, which organization provides evidence that it is qualified to operate as a health maintenance organization in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States; or the board may contract with any other corporation licensed under Title 33, which corporation is authorized by law to provide the same types of benefits which are provided by such health maintenance organizations.

(d) The board may contract with any health maintenance organization qualified to conduct business in this state pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 33, relating to health maintenance organizations, which organization provides evidence that it is qualified to operate as a health maintenance organization in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States; or the board may contract with any other corporation licensed under Title 33, which corporation is authorized by law to provide the same types of benefits which are provided by such health maintenance organizations.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-29 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-29
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-29
Status: in_force

The Governor is authorized to perform any action which, in his discretion, is necessary to prevent overt threats of violence or acts of violence to the personal property of citizens of the state and to maintain peace, tranquility, and good order in the state or in any area or political subdivision thereof.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-8
Status: in_force

Any public officer who shall charge or take fees not allowed by law or for service not performed shall, on conviction or proof thereof, be dismissed from office.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-16 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-16
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-16
Status: in_force

Money of any public body deposited in any bank by any collecting officer or officer to hold public funds, though deposited in his own name, shall, if the account stands in his name in his official capacity or is marked with words or abbreviations showing his official title or if the bank otherwise knows that it is public money, be deemed to be funds of a public body within the scope of this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-37 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-37
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-37
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the administrator has issued an order dismissing the complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement within 90 days after a complaint is filed, the administrator shall request that the Governor appoint, from the list provided for by subsection (e) of Code Section 45-19-23 , a special master to conduct a hearing in accordance with this article. Not more than 15 working days after such request, the Governor shall select and appoint a special master who must be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The special master shall have all of the power and authority granted to agencies in conducting hearings and rendering final orders under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,” including but not limited to subpoena power.

(a) Unless the administrator has issued an order dismissing the complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement within 90 days after a complaint is filed, the administrator shall request that the Governor appoint, from the list provided for by subsection (e) of Code Section 45-19-23 , a special master to conduct a hearing in accordance with this article. Not more than 15 working days after such request, the Governor shall select and appoint a special master who must be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The special master shall have all of the power and authority granted to agencies in conducting hearings and rendering final orders under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,” including but not limited to subpoena power.

(b) Not more than seven days after the appointment of the special master, the administrator shall serve on the respondent and on the complainant or the complainant's attorney by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery a written notice together with a copy of the complaint requiring the respondent to answer the charges contained therein at a hearing before the special master at a time and place specified in the notice. Such notice must contain all general and specific charges against the respondent.

(b) Not more than seven days after the appointment of the special master, the administrator shall serve on the respondent and on the complainant or the complainant's attorney by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery a written notice together with a copy of the complaint requiring the respondent to answer the charges contained therein at a hearing before the special master at a time and place specified in the notice. Such notice must contain all general and specific charges against the respondent.

(c) The respondent shall serve an answer with the special master by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery not more than 20 working days after receipt of the notice of hearing, which 20 working days may be extended by the special master in the special master's discretion for an additional time not to exceed ten working days. The respondent's answer must show by a certificate of service that the respondent has served a copy of the answer on the complainant or the complainant's attorney at the last known address of the complainant or the complainant's attorney where complainant is represented by an attorney. Upon leave of the special master, the complainant may amend the charges contained in the notice of hearing. The respondent may amend an answer at any time prior to the hearing or, upon leave of the special master, may amend thereafter. No final order shall be issued unless the respondent has had the opportunity of a hearing on the charges contained in the notice of hearing or amendment on which the final order is based. If the respondent fails to answer the complaint, the special master may enter the respondent's default. Unless the default is set aside for good cause shown, the hearing may proceed on the evidence in support of the complaint.

(c) The respondent shall serve an answer with the special master by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery not more than 20 working days after receipt of the notice of hearing, which 20 working days may be extended by the special master in the special master's discretion for an additional time not to exceed ten working days. The respondent's answer must show by a certificate of service that the respondent has served a copy of the answer on the complainant or the complainant's attorney at the last known address of the complainant or the complainant's attorney where complainant is represented by an attorney. Upon leave of the special master, the complainant may amend the charges contained in the notice of hearing. The respondent may amend an answer at any time prior to the hearing or, upon leave of the special master, may amend thereafter. No final order shall be issued unless the respondent has had the opportunity of a hearing on the charges contained in the notice of hearing or amendment on which the final order is based. If the respondent fails to answer the complaint, the special master may enter the respondent's default. Unless the default is set aside for good cause shown, the hearing may proceed on the evidence in support of the complaint.

(d) At any time after a notice of hearing is served upon a respondent, discovery shall be authorized in the same manner and fashion as discovery is permitted under Code Sections 9-11-26 through 9-11-37 . Any order contemplated in Code Sections 9-11-26 through 9-11-37 may be issued by the special master. Judicial enforcement of any such order may be obtained by the complainant or respondent in the same manner as is provided for the enforcement of final orders in Code Section 45-19-40 .

(d) At any time after a notice of hearing is served upon a respondent, discovery shall be authorized in the same manner and fashion as discovery is permitted under Code Sections 9-11-26 through 9-11-37 . Any order contemplated in Code Sections 9-11-26 through 9-11-37 may be issued by the special master. Judicial enforcement of any such order may be obtained by the complainant or respondent in the same manner as is provided for the enforcement of final orders in Code Section 45-19-40 .

(e) A respondent who has filed an answer or whose default in answering has been set aside for good cause shown may appear at the hearing, may examine and cross-examine witnesses and the complainant, and may offer evidence. The complainant and, at the discretion of the special master, any other person may intervene, examine and cross-examine witnesses, and present evidence.

(e) A respondent who has filed an answer or whose default in answering has been set aside for good cause shown may appear at the hearing, may examine and cross-examine witnesses and the complainant, and may offer evidence. The complainant and, at the discretion of the special master, any other person may intervene, examine and cross-examine witnesses, and present evidence.

(f) Efforts at conference, conciliation, and persuasion shall not be received in evidence.

(f) Efforts at conference, conciliation, and persuasion shall not be received in evidence.

(g) Testimony taken at the hearing shall be under oath and shall be stenographically or otherwise recorded by a certified court reporter. After the hearing, the special master at the special master's discretion may take further evidence or hear arguments upon notice to all parties with an opportunity to be present.

(g) Testimony taken at the hearing shall be under oath and shall be stenographically or otherwise recorded by a certified court reporter. After the hearing, the special master at the special master's discretion may take further evidence or hear arguments upon notice to all parties with an opportunity to be present.

(h) Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this article, all proceedings of the special master shall be conducted as provided for with respect to contested cases in Chapter 13 of Title 50.

(h) Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this article, all proceedings of the special master shall be conducted as provided for with respect to contested cases in Chapter 13 of Title 50.

(i) A complainant may retain at the complainant's own expense private counsel to represent the complainant in any proceeding provided for under this article; however, the complainant may utilize the services of an individual employed by the administrator pursuant to paragraph (3) of Code Section 45-19-27 in presenting the complainant's case before the special master.

(i) A complainant may retain at the complainant's own expense private counsel to represent the complainant in any proceeding provided for under this article; however, the complainant may utilize the services of an individual employed by the administrator pursuant to paragraph (3) of Code Section 45-19-27 in presenting the complainant's case before the special master.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-77 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-77
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-77
Status: in_force

In order to provide for the emergency needs of the state agencies, which needs were not ascertainable at the time of the submission of the budget report to the General Assembly or at the time of the enactment of the General Appropriations Act, the General Appropriations Act shall contain a specific sum as an emergency appropriation. The manner of allocation of such emergency appropriation shall be as follows: the head of the budget unit desiring an allotment of funds from the appropriation shall present such request to the Governor, in such form and with such explanation as he may require, and the Governor may allow or disallow the request at his discretion. No allotment shall be made from this appropriation to a purpose which creates a continuing obligation for the state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-37 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-37
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-37
Status: in_force

No coroner's jury shall be impaneled until the investigation is completed and copies of the reports of the medical examiner and the peace officer in charge are received by the coroner. The jury is not required to view the body.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-5
Status: in_force

Any person who is not a public employee and who shall knowingly incite, agitate, influence, coerce, persuade, or picket to urge a public employee to strike shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not less than $ 100.00 nor more than $ 1,000.00, or both.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-24
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the council composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, as provided in this Code section and Code Section 45-12-23 or a majority thereof, that the incapacity of the Commissioner of Insurance has been overcome and removed, a finding in writing to that effect shall be made and filed in the Governor's office; and thereupon the authority of the person designated to act for the Commissioner of Insurance shall come to an end and the Commissioner of Insurance shall assume and perform the duties of his office. During the period of the incapacity of the Commissioner of Insurance, the salaries due as provided by existing law shall continue to be paid.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-79-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-79-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-79.5
Status: in_force

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

(a) Any person who shall knowingly give false information or false testimony causing or intended to cause the payment of indemnification which would not otherwise be justified under this article 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. § 45-23-7 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-7
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-23-7
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1990, if, prior to an arrest for an offense involving a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug, a public employee notifies the employee's public employer that the employee illegally uses a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug and is receiving or agrees to receive treatment under a drug abuse treatment and education program licensed under Chapter 5 of Title 26 and approved by: (1) the State Personnel Board in the case of employees employed by departments or agencies subject to the board's rules and regulations, as such terms are defined in Code Section 45-20-2 ; or (2) the public employer having management and control of the employee in the case of other public employees, the public employee shall be entitled to maintain the employee's public employment for up to one year as long as the employee follows the treatment plan. During this period, the public employee shall not be separated from public employment solely on the basis of the employee's drug dependence, but the employee's work activities may be restructured if practicable to protect persons or property. No statement made by an employee to a supervisor of the public employee or other person in order to comply with this Code section shall be admissible in any civil, administrative, or criminal proceeding as evidence against the public employee. The rights granted by this Code section shall be available to a public employee only once during a five-year period and shall not apply to any public employee who has refused to be tested or who has tested positive for a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-212 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-212
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-212
Status: in_force

The inspector general shall have the following duties:

(1) Receive and investigate complaints from any source alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption that has been committed or is being committed against an agency of the state;

(1) Receive and investigate complaints from any source alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption that has been committed or is being committed against an agency of the state;

(2) Investigate acts that may constitute violations of Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 committed by officers, officials, or employees of agencies;

(2) Investigate acts that may constitute violations of Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 committed by officers, officials, or employees of agencies;

(3) Investigate acts that may constitute violations of Chapter 10 of Title 45 committed by officers, officials, or employees of agencies;

(3) Investigate acts that may constitute violations of Chapter 10 of Title 45 committed by officers, officials, or employees of agencies;

(4) Investigate retaliation claims regarding officers, officials, or employees of agencies submitted pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 45-1-4 ;

(4) Investigate retaliation claims regarding officers, officials, or employees of agencies submitted pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 45-1-4 ;

(5) Report suspected acts of fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption against or within an agency to the Governor and, as appropriate, other state or federal entities with jurisdiction over the matter;

(5) Report suspected acts of fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption against or within an agency to the Governor and, as appropriate, other state or federal entities with jurisdiction over the matter;

(6) Upon conclusion of an investigation that results in a finding of fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption, issue a report or letter to the office of the Governor as requested and, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Code Section 45-12-214 , release to the public any such report unless the public release of such report would compromise a pending criminal investigation known to the inspector general or otherwise be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Code Section 50-18-72 ;

(6) Upon conclusion of an investigation that results in a finding of fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption, issue a report or letter to the office of the Governor as requested and, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Code Section 45-12-214 , release to the public any such report unless the public release of such report would compromise a pending criminal investigation known to the inspector general or otherwise be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Code Section 50-18-72 ;

(7) Instruct and educate agencies on the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption; conduct evaluations and audits of relevant agency policies and procedures implicated by any investigation; and create a remedial action plan to prevent recurrences of fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption;

(7) Instruct and educate agencies on the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption; conduct evaluations and audits of relevant agency policies and procedures implicated by any investigation; and create a remedial action plan to prevent recurrences of fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption;

(8) Close an investigation when he or she concludes there is insufficient evidence that a violation has occurred. Closure by the inspector general shall not bar him or her from reopening the investigation if circumstances warrant;

(8) Close an investigation when he or she concludes there is insufficient evidence that a violation has occurred. Closure by the inspector general shall not bar him or her from reopening the investigation if circumstances warrant;

(9) Act as a liaison with outside agencies and agencies of the government of the United States to promote accountability, integrity, and efficiency in state government;

(9) Act as a liaison with outside agencies and agencies of the government of the United States to promote accountability, integrity, and efficiency in state government;

(10) Act as a liaison and monitor the activities of internal affairs units, inspectors general, and offices of professional standards within agencies; provided, however, that the inspector general shall not have supervisory authority over any such units, inspectors general, or offices;

(10) Act as a liaison and monitor the activities of internal affairs units, inspectors general, and offices of professional standards within agencies; provided, however, that the inspector general shall not have supervisory authority over any such units, inspectors general, or offices;

(11) Conduct special investigations and management reviews of agencies at the request of the Governor; and

(11) Conduct special investigations and management reviews of agencies at the request of the Governor; and

(12) Other duties assigned by the Governor that are consistent with this article and that involve or concern the management, operation, or personnel of agencies.

(12) Other duties assigned by the Governor that are consistent with this article and that involve or concern the management, operation, or personnel of agencies.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-74 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-74
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-74
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that this part constitutes a general law within the meaning of Article III, Section VI, Paragraph IV(a) of the Constitution. The General Assembly intends that there be no enactment of any bill or resolution proposing a special law with respect to capitol artwork.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-21 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-21
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-21
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Autopsy” means the dissection of a dead body and the examination of bone, tissue, organs, and foreign objects for the purpose of determining the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the same, which procedure shall include as a minimum an external examination and the examination of the brain, neck and thoracic organs, and abdominal organs.

(1) “Autopsy” means the dissection of a dead body and the examination of bone, tissue, organs, and foreign objects for the purpose of determining the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the same, which procedure shall include as a minimum an external examination and the examination of the brain, neck and thoracic organs, and abdominal organs.

(1.1) “Chief medical examiner” means the chief medical examiner appointed pursuant to Code Section 35-3-153 .

(1.1) “Chief medical examiner” means the chief medical examiner appointed pursuant to Code Section 35-3-153 .

(2) “County medical examiner” means that office established in lieu of the office of coroner pursuant to Code Section 45-16-80 or any amendment to the Constitution continued pursuant to the authority of Article XI, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution .

(2) “County medical examiner” means that office established in lieu of the office of coroner pursuant to Code Section 45-16-80 or any amendment to the Constitution continued pursuant to the authority of Article XI, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution .

(3) “Division” means the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

(3) “Division” means the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

(4) “External examination” means an external examination of a dead body but shall not include dissection of the body for any purpose except dissection which is necessary for and limited to procurement of blood or body fluids for toxicological or other analysis.

(4) “External examination” means an external examination of a dead body but shall not include dissection of the body for any purpose except dissection which is necessary for and limited to procurement of blood or body fluids for toxicological or other analysis.

(5) “Forensic consultant” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (c) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(5) “Forensic consultant” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (c) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(6) “Inquest” means an official judicial inquiry before a coroner and coroner's jury for the purpose of determining the cause of death.

(6) “Inquest” means an official judicial inquiry before a coroner and coroner's jury for the purpose of determining the cause of death.

(7) “Limited dissection” means the incision into or dissection of a dead body for diagnosis or evidence collection and the term includes without being limited to an external examination but does not include an individual examination of the: (A) Brain; (B) Neck organs; (C) Thoracic organs; and (D) Abdominal organs but may include an examination of any but not all of the categories of organs specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.

(7) “Limited dissection” means the incision into or dissection of a dead body for diagnosis or evidence collection and the term includes without being limited to an external examination but does not include an individual examination of the:

(A) Brain;

(A) Brain;

(B) Neck organs;

(B) Neck organs;

(C) Thoracic organs; and

(C) Thoracic organs; and

(D) Abdominal organs

(D) Abdominal organs

but may include an examination of any but not all of the categories of organs specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.

(8) “Local medical examiner” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(8) “Local medical examiner” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(9) “Medical examiner” means: (A) The chief medical examiner; (B) A regional medical examiner; (C) A county medical examiner; (D) A local medical examiner; or (E) Any person who is employed by the state and appointed as a medical examiner as of December 1, 1989, who continues to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a medical examiner under this article when such performance and exercise are within the scope of such employment.

(9) “Medical examiner” means:

(A) The chief medical examiner;

(A) The chief medical examiner;

(B) A regional medical examiner;

(B) A regional medical examiner;

(C) A county medical examiner;

(C) A county medical examiner;

(D) A local medical examiner; or

(D) A local medical examiner; or

(E) Any person who is employed by the state and appointed as a medical examiner as of December 1, 1989, who continues to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a medical examiner under this article when such performance and exercise are within the scope of such employment.

(E) Any person who is employed by the state and appointed as a medical examiner as of December 1, 1989, who continues to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a medical examiner under this article when such performance and exercise are within the scope of such employment.

(10) “Medical examiner's inquiry” means an inquiry made by a medical examiner into the circumstances surrounding a death which is required to be reported under the provisions of Code Section 45-16-24 , which inquiry may include, but is not required to include, a scene investigation, an external examination, a limited dissection, an autopsy, or any combination thereof.

(10) “Medical examiner's inquiry” means an inquiry made by a medical examiner into the circumstances surrounding a death which is required to be reported under the provisions of Code Section 45-16-24 , which inquiry may include, but is not required to include, a scene investigation, an external examination, a limited dissection, an autopsy, or any combination thereof.

(11) “Medical examiner's investigator” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(11) “Medical examiner's investigator” means a person meeting the requirements and authorized to perform the duties specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 45-16-23 .

(12) “Peace officer in charge” means any peace officer of the Georgia State Patrol or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, sheriff or sheriff's deputy, peace officer assigned to the coroner's office, county policeman, city policeman, or city detective who may be in charge of the investigation of any case involving a death covered by Code Sections 45-16-27 and 45-16-32 .

(12) “Peace officer in charge” means any peace officer of the Georgia State Patrol or agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, sheriff or sheriff's deputy, peace officer assigned to the coroner's office, county policeman, city policeman, or city detective who may be in charge of the investigation of any case involving a death covered by Code Sections 45-16-27 and 45-16-32 .

(13) “ Regional medical examiner ” means a medical examiner who is employed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and who is a pathologist appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to Code Section 35-3-153 .

(13) “ Regional medical examiner ” means a medical examiner who is employed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and who is a pathologist appointed by the chief medical examiner pursuant to Code Section 35-3-153 .

(14) “Scene investigation” means an examination by the medical examiner or medical examiner's investigator of the area surrounding a dead body or area where a death or agonal event occurred.

(14) “Scene investigation” means an examination by the medical examiner or medical examiner's investigator of the area surrounding a dead body or area where a death or agonal event occurred.

(15) “Unattended death,” “died unattended,” or “died unattended by a physician” means a death where a person dies of apparently natural causes and has no physician who can certify the death as being due to natural causes. If the suspected cause of death directly involves any trauma or complication of such trauma, the death must be reported to the coroner or county medical examiner. An unattended death also occurs when a person is admitted in an unresponsive state to a hospital and dies within 24 hours of admission.

(15) “Unattended death,” “died unattended,” or “died unattended by a physician” means a death where a person dies of apparently natural causes and has no physician who can certify the death as being due to natural causes. If the suspected cause of death directly involves any trauma or complication of such trauma, the death must be reported to the coroner or county medical examiner. An unattended death also occurs when a person is admitted in an unresponsive state to a hospital and dies within 24 hours of admission.
O.C.G.A. § 45-21-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-21-4
Status: in_force

Subject to Article 1 of Chapter 20 of this title, the commissioner shall employ the necessary staff required to carry out this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-4
Status: in_force

The health insurance plan shall not include expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan; expenses for services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan; expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan in which the state participates in the cost thereof; expenses for abortion services except to the extent permitted under the state health benefit plan approved by the board as such plan existed on January 1, 2014; and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board. For purposes of this Code section, the term “abortion” shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 31-9A-2 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-6
Status: in_force

No member of a public agency, board, bureau, commission, authority, or body who is paid on a per meeting basis shall be paid for more than one meeting in any one calendar day.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-83 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-83
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-83
Status: in_force

No funds may be made available for expenditure by any budget unit, other than the units of the legislative branch and the judicial branch, until such budget unit has filed a request for allotment of appropriations with the Office of Planning and Budget and the request for allotment has been approved by the Governor. Requests for allotment of appropriations for ordinary, recurring expenses shall be filed not later than five days before the beginning of each month. Requests for allotment of appropriations for extraordinary expenses or capital outlay may be filed at such times as the Office of Planning and Budget may prescribe. The request for allotment shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Office of Planning and Budget and shall be supplemented by such information as the Office of Planning and Budget may require.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-54 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-54
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-54
Status: in_force

All appointments made by the Governor to boards, commissions, and bureaus created and established by the laws of this state shall be made subject to confirmation by the Senate. It shall be the duty of the Governor to submit to the Senate the names of all such appointees appointed prior to the convening of the General Assembly or during the session, either regular or special, of the General Assembly. Unless such appointees are confirmed by the Senate, they shall cease to hold the office to which they have been appointed, and the name of another appointee to fill such office shall be immediately submitted by the Governor to the Senate.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-6
Status: in_force

Guaranty or surety companies incorporated under the laws of this state or which have complied with all requirements to transact business in this state may become sureties upon the bonds of all state or county officers; and the various officers of this state whose duty it is to approve the sureties upon such bonds are authorized to accept such company or companies as one of the sureties or the only surety upon such bond, as the solvency of such company may warrant.
O.C.G.A. § 45-8-24 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-24
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-8-24
Status: in_force

In any proceeding for accounting under this chapter, there may be joined originally or by amendment, either before or after appeal, all such officers, depositories, banks, and securities on bonds of any of them as shall be necessary or proper for the full determination of any matter in controversy, and especially, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for determining the respective liabilities as between an officer and some other officer, between an officer and a bank or depository, between them or any of them and the sureties of any of them, or between sureties of any of them. The proper authority or any court which shall have acquired jurisdiction in any proceeding for accounting by appeal or otherwise shall have the jurisdiction to determine completely the respective liabilities of the parties as among themselves, as well as the liability of any officer, bank, or depository and the sureties, to the public body or bodies involved. The jurisdiction given in this chapter shall extend not only to the compelling of an officer and his sureties to account for taxes or other public money which he has in fact collected, but for money which it was his duty to collect and which, in the exercise of good faith and ordinary diligence, he should have collected; and such jurisdiction may be exercised against any public officer who has received or collected the money of any public body, whether or not it was a part of his official duty to receive it or collect it.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-43 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-43
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-43
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with an investigation of a complaint of an unlawful practice filed under this article, the administrator or the administrator's designee shall have access at any reasonable time to premises, records, and documents relevant to the complaint and shall have the right to examine, photograph, and copy evidence.

(a) In connection with an investigation of a complaint of an unlawful practice filed under this article, the administrator or the administrator's designee shall have access at any reasonable time to premises, records, and documents relevant to the complaint and shall have the right to examine, photograph, and copy evidence.

(b) Any person subject to this article shall: (1) Make and keep such records as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the administrator which are necessary and relevant to the determination of whether an unlawful practice has been or is being committed; and (2) Make such reports therefrom as the administrator shall prescribe by rules and regulations which are reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this article or orders or regulations under this article.

(b) Any person subject to this article shall:

(1) Make and keep such records as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the administrator which are necessary and relevant to the determination of whether an unlawful practice has been or is being committed; and

(1) Make and keep such records as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the administrator which are necessary and relevant to the determination of whether an unlawful practice has been or is being committed; and

(2) Make such reports therefrom as the administrator shall prescribe by rules and regulations which are reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this article or orders or regulations under this article.

(2) Make such reports therefrom as the administrator shall prescribe by rules and regulations which are reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this article or orders or regulations under this article.

(c) If a person fails to permit access, examination, photographing, or copying or fails to make or keep records or reports as required by this Code section, the administrator may issue an order requiring compliance. Upon a failure to comply with the order of the administrator, the administrator may apply to the superior court for an order directing compliance.

(c) If a person fails to permit access, examination, photographing, or copying or fails to make or keep records or reports as required by this Code section, the administrator may issue an order requiring compliance. Upon a failure to comply with the order of the administrator, the administrator may apply to the superior court for an order directing compliance.

(d) The administrator, by regulation, shall require each person subject to this article who controls an apprenticeship or other training program to keep all records reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, including, but not limited to, a list of applicants who wish to participate in such program, including the chronological order in which such applications were received. Such records shall be furnished to the administrator upon the administrator's request. The administrator may also request and receive a detailed description of the manner in which persons are selected to participate in the apprenticeship or other training program.

(d) The administrator, by regulation, shall require each person subject to this article who controls an apprenticeship or other training program to keep all records reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, including, but not limited to, a list of applicants who wish to participate in such program, including the chronological order in which such applications were received. Such records shall be furnished to the administrator upon the administrator's request. The administrator may also request and receive a detailed description of the manner in which persons are selected to participate in the apprenticeship or other training program.

(e) Records and reports required by the administrator under this Code section shall conform as closely as practicable to similar records and reports required by federal law and to customary record-keeping practices.

(e) Records and reports required by the administrator under this Code section shall conform as closely as practicable to similar records and reports required by federal law and to customary record-keeping practices.

(f) An employer or other person who believes that the application to them of an order issued under this article would result in undue hardship may apply to the administrator for relief from the application of the order. If the administrator finds that the application of the regulation or order to the employer or person in question would impose an undue hardship, the administrator may grant appropriate relief.

(f) An employer or other person who believes that the application to them of an order issued under this article would result in undue hardship may apply to the administrator for relief from the application of the order. If the administrator finds that the application of the regulation or order to the employer or person in question would impose an undue hardship, the administrator may grant appropriate relief.

(g) With respect to a particular employer or person, it is unlawful without the employer's or the person's consent for the administrator or an employee of the administrator to make public information obtained by the administrator or the administrator's employees pursuant to the administrator's authority under this Code section, except such information as shall reasonably be necessary to the conduct of a proceeding under this article.

(g) With respect to a particular employer or person, it is unlawful without the employer's or the person's consent for the administrator or an employee of the administrator to make public information obtained by the administrator or the administrator's employees pursuant to the administrator's authority under this Code section, except such information as shall reasonably be necessary to the conduct of a proceeding under this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-31 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-31
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-31
Status: in_force

Upon the issuance of a proclamation as provided for in Code Section 45-12-30 , the Governor shall immediately file the same in the office of the Secretary of State for recording. The proclamation shall be effective upon issuance and shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the Governor; and he is authorized to take and exercise any or all of the following actions, powers, and prerogatives:

(1) Call out the military forces of the state (state militia) and order and direct said forces to take such action as in his judgment may be necessary to avert the threatened danger and to maintain peace and good order in the particular circumstances;

(1) Call out the military forces of the state (state militia) and order and direct said forces to take such action as in his judgment may be necessary to avert the threatened danger and to maintain peace and good order in the particular circumstances;

(2) Order any sheriff or sheriffs of this state to exercise fully the powers granted them (suppress tumults, riots, and unlawful assemblies in their counties with force and strength when necessary) and to do all things necessary to maintain peace and good order;

(2) Order any sheriff or sheriffs of this state to exercise fully the powers granted them (suppress tumults, riots, and unlawful assemblies in their counties with force and strength when necessary) and to do all things necessary to maintain peace and good order;

(3) Order and direct the Department of Public Safety and each and every officer thereof to do and perform such acts and services as he may direct and as in his judgment may be necessary to maintain peace and good order in the circumstances;

(3) Order and direct the Department of Public Safety and each and every officer thereof to do and perform such acts and services as he may direct and as in his judgment may be necessary to maintain peace and good order in the circumstances;

(4) Authorize, order, or direct any state, county, or city official to enforce such proclamation by injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate legal action in any and all courts of the state.

(4) Authorize, order, or direct any state, county, or city official to enforce such proclamation by injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate legal action in any and all courts of the state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-24-4 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-4
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-24-4
Status: in_force

From and after July 1, 1997, no employer shall cause the involuntary separation of a state officer or employee without the prior approval of the commission. An employer may proceed with a reorganization which might result in such involuntary separation without prior approval of the commission upon compliance with Code Section 45-24-8 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-3
Status: in_force

When not otherwise provided by law and when not directed in the dedimus potestatem, the oaths of office may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath. Such oaths shall be written and subscribed by the persons taking them and accompanied by the certificate of such officer, which shall specify the day and year taken.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-20 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-20
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-20
Status: in_force

If the Attorney General shall charge, demand, or receive any fee, perquisite, or compensation, other than his salary, in any case in which the state shall be a party or in any manner interested, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than 20 years, shall be removed from office, and shall be forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-15-6 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-6
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-15-6
Status: in_force

When the services of the Attorney General are needed in any court of competent jurisdiction, the presiding judge thereof shall notify the Governor 20 days before of the time, place, and cause; and the Governor may, in his discretion, order the Attorney General to represent the state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-71 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-71
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-71
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “ Annual operating budget ” means the operating budget for each budget unit which details the appropriations passed by the General Assembly for that budget unit.

(1) “ Annual operating budget ” means the operating budget for each budget unit which details the appropriations passed by the General Assembly for that budget unit.

(2) “ Appropriation ” means an authorization by the General Assembly to a budget unit to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure described in this part.

(2) “ Appropriation ” means an authorization by the General Assembly to a budget unit to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure described in this part.

(3) “ Appropriation Act ” means an Act of the General Assembly which authorizes the expenditure of state money.

(3) “ Appropriation Act ” means an Act of the General Assembly which authorizes the expenditure of state money.

(4) “ Budget ” means the complete financial plan for the fiscal year as proposed in the budget report and modified and adopted by appropriation and revenue Acts.

(4) “ Budget ” means the complete financial plan for the fiscal year as proposed in the budget report and modified and adopted by appropriation and revenue Acts.

(5) “ Budget allotment ” means a process of authorizing the withdrawal of state funds from the treasury based on a determination that the budget allotment request is consistent with an approved work program.

(5) “ Budget allotment ” means a process of authorizing the withdrawal of state funds from the treasury based on a determination that the budget allotment request is consistent with an approved work program.

(6) “ Budget class ” means one of the kinds of expenditures denoting a class of service or commodities purchased or properties acquired as specified in the classification of expenditures provided for in this part for use in expenditure accounting, in the making of budget estimates, and in the budget reports and budgets.

(6) “ Budget class ” means one of the kinds of expenditures denoting a class of service or commodities purchased or properties acquired as specified in the classification of expenditures provided for in this part for use in expenditure accounting, in the making of budget estimates, and in the budget reports and budgets.

(7) “ Budget estimate ” means the statement with accompanying explanations, as provided in this part, in which a budget unit states its financial requirements and requests appropriations.

(7) “ Budget estimate ” means the statement with accompanying explanations, as provided in this part, in which a budget unit states its financial requirements and requests appropriations.

(8) “ Budget message ” means the required statement by the Governor to the General Assembly after its convening which gives a summary description of the Governor's proposed financial policies and plans contained in the budget report, together with recommendations for additional revenues, if any.

(8) “ Budget message ” means the required statement by the Governor to the General Assembly after its convening which gives a summary description of the Governor's proposed financial policies and plans contained in the budget report, together with recommendations for additional revenues, if any.

(9) “ Budget report ” and “ program budget report ” mean recommendations of the Governor to the General Assembly as to financial plans and expenditures to be authorized and agency program information, with the accompanying statements and explanations provided for in this part.

(9) “ Budget report ” and “ program budget report ” mean recommendations of the Governor to the General Assembly as to financial plans and expenditures to be authorized and agency program information, with the accompanying statements and explanations provided for in this part.

(10) “ Budget unit ” means a department, institution, agency, or other unit of organization for which separate appropriations are made.

(10) “ Budget unit ” means a department, institution, agency, or other unit of organization for which separate appropriations are made.

(11) “Core businesses” means broad policy areas that a budget unit was created to address. These are fundamental activities or groups of activities critical to the organization's overall mission.

(11) “Core businesses” means broad policy areas that a budget unit was created to address. These are fundamental activities or groups of activities critical to the organization's overall mission.

(12) “Outcome measure” means quantitative and qualitative indicators by which the performance of a program can be assessed against adopted goals and objectives.

(12) “Outcome measure” means quantitative and qualitative indicators by which the performance of a program can be assessed against adopted goals and objectives.

(13) “ Program ” means a discrete set of activities undertaken to carry out an agency's core businesses.

(13) “ Program ” means a discrete set of activities undertaken to carry out an agency's core businesses.

(14) “ Strategic planning ” means the process through which a preferred future direction and organizational mission are established and periodically updated in light of changing trends and issues and goals, objectives, and strategies are adopted and implemented to guide an organization toward that preferred future direction.

(14) “ Strategic planning ” means the process through which a preferred future direction and organizational mission are established and periodically updated in light of changing trends and issues and goals, objectives, and strategies are adopted and implemented to guide an organization toward that preferred future direction.

(15) “ Tax expenditure ” means any statutory provision which exempts, in whole or in part, any specific class or classes of persons, income, goods, services, or property from the impact of established state taxes, including but not limited to tax deductions, tax allowances, tax exclusions, tax credits, preferential tax rates, and tax exemptions. Such term shall also include any expenditure of state tax proceeds to local governments for homeowner tax relief grants or local government assistance grants authorized by or required by any provision of Article VII of the Constitution .

(15) “ Tax expenditure ” means any statutory provision which exempts, in whole or in part, any specific class or classes of persons, income, goods, services, or property from the impact of established state taxes, including but not limited to tax deductions, tax allowances, tax exclusions, tax credits, preferential tax rates, and tax exemptions. Such term shall also include any expenditure of state tax proceeds to local governments for homeowner tax relief grants or local government assistance grants authorized by or required by any provision of Article VII of the Constitution .
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-15 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-15
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-15
Status: in_force

Every officer in whose office the official bond of any public officer is filed shall endorse on such bond the day and year when the same was filed and shall sign his name to such endorsement.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-38 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-38
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-38
Status: in_force

(a) At any time during the interim period between regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Governor may make a temporary transfer of any penal, correctional, educational, or eleemosynary institution of this state from one department or agency of state government to another when in his opinion the public interest so demands, except that no such temporary transfer shall be made to or from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

(a) At any time during the interim period between regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Governor may make a temporary transfer of any penal, correctional, educational, or eleemosynary institution of this state from one department or agency of state government to another when in his opinion the public interest so demands, except that no such temporary transfer shall be made to or from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

(b) Whenever a temporary transfer of a state institution is made by the Governor under this Code section, he shall submit to the next regular session of the General Assembly a special report detailing said transfer and stating the reasons therefor.

(b) Whenever a temporary transfer of a state institution is made by the Governor under this Code section, he shall submit to the next regular session of the General Assembly a special report detailing said transfer and stating the reasons therefor.

(c) Any temporary transfer of a state institution by the Governor pursuant to this Code section shall become permanent upon the expiration of the next regular session of the General Assembly following this transfer unless during that session a resolution disapproving said transfer shall have been adopted by both houses.

(c) Any temporary transfer of a state institution by the Governor pursuant to this Code section shall become permanent upon the expiration of the next regular session of the General Assembly following this transfer unless during that session a resolution disapproving said transfer shall have been adopted by both houses.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-41 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-41
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-41
Status: in_force

Any juror failing to attend and serve on a coroner's inquest after being duly summoned may be fined by the coroner in a sum not exceeding $ 100.00 to be levied and collected by execution issued by the coroner unless such defaulting juror shall file in the office of the judge of the probate court a good and sufficient excuse for the default to be judged by the next probate court held thereafter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-85 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-85
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-85
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor shall examine the periodic work programs and shall make or cause to have made such further investigations by the Office of Planning and Budget, with such hearings before the Governor as he or she deems advisable, and shall direct changes in such provisions of the periodic work program as the Governor finds do not conform to the budget approved by the General Assembly.

(a) The Governor shall examine the periodic work programs and shall make or cause to have made such further investigations by the Office of Planning and Budget, with such hearings before the Governor as he or she deems advisable, and shall direct changes in such provisions of the periodic work program as the Governor finds do not conform to the budget approved by the General Assembly.

(b) The Governor through the Office of Planning and Budget shall seek to effect economy, efficiency, decentralization of state government, and sound fiscal management in reviewing budget allotment requests and may make such changes to the budget allotment requests to meet these goals and objectives and which are consistent with and subject to the method and provisions contained in the General Appropriations Act. Upon determination that the requested budget allotment conforms with the approved work program and meets the above-mentioned goals and objectives, the Governor shall execute his or her warrant on the treasury for the funds included in the approved budget allotment. Notwithstanding any authorization for expenditure included in an appropriations Act, all appropriations in excess of the approved budget allotments for the budget year, as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, shall cease to be an obligation of the state. The Office of Planning and Budget shall notify the House Budget and Research Office and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office of any such action with appropriate supporting information.

(b) The Governor through the Office of Planning and Budget shall seek to effect economy, efficiency, decentralization of state government, and sound fiscal management in reviewing budget allotment requests and may make such changes to the budget allotment requests to meet these goals and objectives and which are consistent with and subject to the method and provisions contained in the General Appropriations Act. Upon determination that the requested budget allotment conforms with the approved work program and meets the above-mentioned goals and objectives, the Governor shall execute his or her warrant on the treasury for the funds included in the approved budget allotment. Notwithstanding any authorization for expenditure included in an appropriations Act, all appropriations in excess of the approved budget allotments for the budget year, as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, shall cease to be an obligation of the state. The Office of Planning and Budget shall notify the House Budget and Research Office and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office of any such action with appropriate supporting information.
O.C.G.A. § 45-1-8 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-8
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-1-8
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “ Correctional officer ” means any person who is authorized to exercise the power of arrest and who is employed or appointed by the Department of Corrections or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. (2) “ Emergency health worker ” means hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel. (3) “ ERISA ” means the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq. (4) “Firefighter” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 25-4-2 . (5) “ Highway emergency response operator ” means a person employed by the Department of Transportation who operates a towing or recovery vehicle or highway maintenance vehicle. (6) “ Jail officer ” means any person who is employed or appointed by a county or municipality and who has the responsibility of supervising inmates confined in a municipal or county detention facility. (7) “ Juvenile correctional officer ” means any person employed or appointed by the Department of Juvenile Justice whose primary responsibility is the supervision and control of youth confined in its programs and facilities. (8) “ Probation officer ” means a community supervision officer, county or Department of Juvenile Justice juvenile probation officer, or probation officer serving pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42. (9) “ Public safety employee ” means a peace officer, correctional officer, emergency health worker, firefighter, highway emergency response operator, jail officer, juvenile correctional officer, or probation officer.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “ Correctional officer ” means any person who is authorized to exercise the power of arrest and who is employed or appointed by the Department of Corrections or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(1) “ Correctional officer ” means any person who is authorized to exercise the power of arrest and who is employed or appointed by the Department of Corrections or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(2) “ Emergency health worker ” means hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel.

(2) “ Emergency health worker ” means hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel.

(3) “ ERISA ” means the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq.

(3) “ ERISA ” means the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq.

(4) “Firefighter” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 25-4-2 .

(4) “Firefighter” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 25-4-2 .

(5) “ Highway emergency response operator ” means a person employed by the Department of Transportation who operates a towing or recovery vehicle or highway maintenance vehicle.

(5) “ Highway emergency response operator ” means a person employed by the Department of Transportation who operates a towing or recovery vehicle or highway maintenance vehicle.

(6) “ Jail officer ” means any person who is employed or appointed by a county or municipality and who has the responsibility of supervising inmates confined in a municipal or county detention facility.

(6) “ Jail officer ” means any person who is employed or appointed by a county or municipality and who has the responsibility of supervising inmates confined in a municipal or county detention facility.

(7) “ Juvenile correctional officer ” means any person employed or appointed by the Department of Juvenile Justice whose primary responsibility is the supervision and control of youth confined in its programs and facilities.

(7) “ Juvenile correctional officer ” means any person employed or appointed by the Department of Juvenile Justice whose primary responsibility is the supervision and control of youth confined in its programs and facilities.

(8) “ Probation officer ” means a community supervision officer, county or Department of Juvenile Justice juvenile probation officer, or probation officer serving pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42.

(8) “ Probation officer ” means a community supervision officer, county or Department of Juvenile Justice juvenile probation officer, or probation officer serving pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42.

(9) “ Public safety employee ” means a peace officer, correctional officer, emergency health worker, firefighter, highway emergency response operator, jail officer, juvenile correctional officer, or probation officer.

(9) “ Public safety employee ” means a peace officer, correctional officer, emergency health worker, firefighter, highway emergency response operator, jail officer, juvenile correctional officer, or probation officer.

(b) The State of Georgia and the governing authority of each county and municipality that currently provides electronic payroll deposits to employees shall also provide payroll deductions to any full-time or part-time public safety employee who requests such a deduction for the purpose of purchasing insurance that provides such public safety employee with legal representation during all civil, administrative, or criminal actions caused as a result of his or her role or responsibilities as a public safety employee. Such deduction shall only be used to pay the premiums on insurance plans that are compliant within current ERISA standards and any dues or fees required by any professional organization that owns and provides such ERISA compliant product as a benefit of membership.

(b) The State of Georgia and the governing authority of each county and municipality that currently provides electronic payroll deposits to employees shall also provide payroll deductions to any full-time or part-time public safety employee who requests such a deduction for the purpose of purchasing insurance that provides such public safety employee with legal representation during all civil, administrative, or criminal actions caused as a result of his or her role or responsibilities as a public safety employee. Such deduction shall only be used to pay the premiums on insurance plans that are compliant within current ERISA standards and any dues or fees required by any professional organization that owns and provides such ERISA compliant product as a benefit of membership.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-110 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-110
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-110
Status: in_force

(a) Any state department, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other state agency, except the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and its employees, intending to apply for any new program of federal assistance under any federal program shall notify the House Budget and Research Office, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget of its intention to apply for such federal assistance at least 30 days prior to filing the application for such assistance. Such notification shall include a summary description of the proposed federal assistance project, the amount of federal funds to be requested, the amount of state matching funds, if any, to be required in connection with obtaining federal assistance, and the period of time to be covered by the proposed federal assistance project.

(a) Any state department, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other state agency, except the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and its employees, intending to apply for any new program of federal assistance under any federal program shall notify the House Budget and Research Office, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget of its intention to apply for such federal assistance at least 30 days prior to filing the application for such assistance. Such notification shall include a summary description of the proposed federal assistance project, the amount of federal funds to be requested, the amount of state matching funds, if any, to be required in connection with obtaining federal assistance, and the period of time to be covered by the proposed federal assistance project.

(b) The House Budget and Research Office, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, acting jointly or independently, are authorized and directed to devise and distribute such forms as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a) of this Code section and, in connection therewith, to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ensure compliance with said subsection.

(b) The House Budget and Research Office, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, acting jointly or independently, are authorized and directed to devise and distribute such forms as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a) of this Code section and, in connection therewith, to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ensure compliance with said subsection.
O.C.G.A. § 45-23-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-23-2
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that the manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession of controlled substances, marijuana, and other dangerous drugs in an unlawful manner is a serious threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. It is declared to be a primary purpose and goal of this state, of all of its agencies and instrumentalities, and of all of its public officials and employees to take all reasonable steps possible to eradicate the unlawful manufacture, distribution, sale, and possession of controlled substances, marijuana, and other dangerous drugs. With this purpose in mind, the General Assembly declares that its work force must be absolutely free of any person who would knowingly manufacture, distribute, sell, or possess a controlled substance, marijuana, or a dangerous drug in an unlawful manner. For this reason, the General Assembly enacts this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 45-5-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-5-3
Status: in_force

(a) In those instances where the law applicable to an elective public office does not provide for filling a vacancy in such office and the Governor fills such vacancy pursuant to the authority of Article V, Section II, Paragraph VIII(a) of the Constitution , the vacancy shall be filled as follows: (1) If the vacancy occurs during the final 27 months of a term of office, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office; or (2) If the vacancy occurs at any time prior to the time specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled for the unexpired term of office at a special election provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section.

(a) In those instances where the law applicable to an elective public office does not provide for filling a vacancy in such office and the Governor fills such vacancy pursuant to the authority of Article V, Section II, Paragraph VIII(a) of the Constitution , the vacancy shall be filled as follows:

(1) If the vacancy occurs during the final 27 months of a term of office, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office; or

(1) If the vacancy occurs during the final 27 months of a term of office, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office; or

(2) If the vacancy occurs at any time prior to the time specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled for the unexpired term of office at a special election provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section.

(2) If the vacancy occurs at any time prior to the time specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled for the unexpired term of office at a special election provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section.

(b) When a special election is required to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term of office as provided by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section, such special election shall be held on the same date as the general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy and in conjunction with such general election.

(b) When a special election is required to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term of office as provided by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section, such special election shall be held on the same date as the general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy and in conjunction with such general election.

(c) It shall be the duty of the appropriate state or local election officials to call and conduct the special elections required by subsection (b) of this Code section in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, known as the “Georgia Election Code.” Any person elected to fill a vacancy pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to seek and hold such office provided by law applicable to the office wherein the vacancy occurred.

(c) It shall be the duty of the appropriate state or local election officials to call and conduct the special elections required by subsection (b) of this Code section in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, known as the “Georgia Election Code.” Any person elected to fill a vacancy pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to seek and hold such office provided by law applicable to the office wherein the vacancy occurred.

(d) The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to a vacancy which occurs in any elective office of a municipality of this state.

(d) The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to a vacancy which occurs in any elective office of a municipality of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-77 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-77
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-77
Status: in_force

The Department of Administrative Services is authorized, subject to the limitations contained in this article:

(1) To pay the appropriate indemnification to the persons eligible for indemnification under this article or to the estate of such persons as provided in this article from the proceeds of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund;

(1) To pay the appropriate indemnification to the persons eligible for indemnification under this article or to the estate of such persons as provided in this article from the proceeds of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund;

(2) To make such payments as may be necessary to defray the expenses and costs incurred by the commission in administering this article; and

(2) To make such payments as may be necessary to defray the expenses and costs incurred by the commission in administering this article; and

(3) With the approval of the commission, to utilize the resources of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund to purchase insurance to provide for such indemnification.

(3) With the approval of the commission, to utilize the resources of the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund to purchase insurance to provide for such indemnification.
O.C.G.A. § 45-13-46 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-46
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-13-46
Status: in_force

Gifts, bequests, and devises of services or property, both real and personal, received by the commission provided under this article shall be the only source of funds to cover the costs incurred by the commission under this article. No state funds shall be appropriated for the commission's operation.
O.C.G.A. § 45-4-26 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-26
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-26
Status: in_force

Any person who claims damages of any principal officer for the act of his deputy may, at his option, bring an action on the deputy's bond instead of on that of the principal, in the same manner as an action may be brought on the principal's bond.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-48 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-48
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-48
Status: in_force

A coroner may be authorized to employ, at his discretion, a court reporter who is certified under Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 15, “The Georgia Court Reporting Act,” to record the proceedings of any inquest. The cost of acquiring the services of a certified court reporter shall be paid from the funds of the county where the inquest is held.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-76 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-76
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-76
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall not appropriate funds for any given fiscal year which, in aggregate, exceed a sum equal to the amount of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the state treasury at the beginning of the fiscal year, together with an amount not greater than the total treasury receipts from existing revenue sources anticipated to be collected in the fiscal year, less refunds, as estimated in the budget report and amendments thereto. Supplementary appropriations, if any, shall be made in the manner provided in Article III, Section IX, Paragraph V of the Constitution of Georgia , but in no event shall a supplementary appropriations Act continue in force and effect beyond the expiration of the General Appropriations Act in effect when such supplementary appropriations Act was adopted and approved.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-16 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-16
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-16
Status: repealed

(a) As a part of employee compensation, the board shall establish rules for the accrual and usage of leave and holidays and for compensation due to emergency closure of state offices or facilities for nontemporary employees. All agencies of the executive branch, exclusive of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, shall provide for the accrual and usage of leave and holidays and for compensation due to emergency closure of state offices or facilities for nontemporary employees in accordance with such rules.

(a) As a part of employee compensation, the board shall establish rules for the accrual and usage of leave and holidays and for compensation due to emergency closure of state offices or facilities for nontemporary employees. All agencies of the executive branch, exclusive of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, shall provide for the accrual and usage of leave and holidays and for compensation due to emergency closure of state offices or facilities for nontemporary employees in accordance with such rules.

(b) Any employee who has accumulated sick leave shall be authorized to utilize such sick leave in accordance with the criteria established in the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board; provided, however, that whenever an employee is sick and absent from work, the employee may be required to report each day by telephone to the appropriate authority. An employee shall not be required to provide documentation for the use of less than 17 hours of sick leave in any 30 day period, unless the employee has demonstrated excessive or abusive use of sick leave. The State Personnel Board shall establish rules and regulations that define excessive or abusive use.

(b) Any employee who has accumulated sick leave shall be authorized to utilize such sick leave in accordance with the criteria established in the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board; provided, however, that whenever an employee is sick and absent from work, the employee may be required to report each day by telephone to the appropriate authority. An employee shall not be required to provide documentation for the use of less than 17 hours of sick leave in any 30 day period, unless the employee has demonstrated excessive or abusive use of sick leave. The State Personnel Board shall establish rules and regulations that define excessive or abusive use.

(c) An employee who has accrued more than 15 days of sick leave as of November 30 of any year may, by written notification to the appointing authority by no later than December 31 of that year, convert up to three days of accrued sick leave in excess of 15 days to personal leave. Any personal leave not used by December 31 of the following year, or upon termination, shall be forfeited and not restored to the employee.

(c) An employee who has accrued more than 15 days of sick leave as of November 30 of any year may, by written notification to the appointing authority by no later than December 31 of that year, convert up to three days of accrued sick leave in excess of 15 days to personal leave. Any personal leave not used by December 31 of the following year, or upon termination, shall be forfeited and not restored to the employee.

(d) Personal leave may be used by the employee for personal reasons the same as annual leave upon approval by the employee's appointing authority. The employee shall normally be required to provide the appointing authority with a 24 hour advance notice for use of personal leave. Every reasonable effort shall be made by the appointing authority to accommodate employees on their requests for use of personal leave.

(d) Personal leave may be used by the employee for personal reasons the same as annual leave upon approval by the employee's appointing authority. The employee shall normally be required to provide the appointing authority with a 24 hour advance notice for use of personal leave. Every reasonable effort shall be made by the appointing authority to accommodate employees on their requests for use of personal leave.

(e) If the appointing authority disagrees with the claim of sickness or need to utilize sick leave made by the employee pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, the appointing authority may disapprove the use of such sick leave in accordance with the criteria established in the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The employee may contest the disapproval of the sick leave through the department's employee complaint procedure.

(e) If the appointing authority disagrees with the claim of sickness or need to utilize sick leave made by the employee pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, the appointing authority may disapprove the use of such sick leave in accordance with the criteria established in the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The employee may contest the disapproval of the sick leave through the department's employee complaint procedure.

(f) Any nontemporary employee in classified or unclassified service who forfeits accumulated sick leave as a result of withdrawal from employment with the state shall be entitled to regain such accumulated sick leave after such employee returns to state employment and remains in service for a period of two consecutive years.

(f) Any nontemporary employee in classified or unclassified service who forfeits accumulated sick leave as a result of withdrawal from employment with the state shall be entitled to regain such accumulated sick leave after such employee returns to state employment and remains in service for a period of two consecutive years.

(g) The State Personnel Board shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this Code section. The leave regulations of the board in effect on July 1, 1991, and not in conflict with this Code section shall remain in effect until amended, changed, modified, or repealed by the board.

(g) The State Personnel Board shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this Code section. The leave regulations of the board in effect on July 1, 1991, and not in conflict with this Code section shall remain in effect until amended, changed, modified, or repealed by the board.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-25 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-25
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-25
Status: in_force

Each department, agency, institution, and board of the state is authorized to establish employee trust accounts as are necessary to account for state funds which are advanced to employees for travel purposes in the conduct of official state business and as are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Code section and Code Sections 45-7-26 through 45-7-28 .
O.C.G.A. § 45-10-23 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-23
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-10-23
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any full-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; provided, however, that neither this Code section nor any other provision of law shall prevent full-time employees of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia from serving as members of the governing boards of private, nonprofit, educational, athletic, or research related foundations and associations which are organized for the purpose of supporting institutions of higher education in this state and which in furtherance of this purpose may transact business with such institutions or with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any full-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; provided, however, that neither this Code section nor any other provision of law shall prevent full-time employees of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia from serving as members of the governing boards of private, nonprofit, educational, athletic, or research related foundations and associations which are organized for the purpose of supporting institutions of higher education in this state and which in furtherance of this purpose may transact business with such institutions or with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

(b) 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 .

(b) 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. § 45-4-2 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-2
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-4-2
Status: in_force

Deputies shall give bonds with surety, payable to their principals, for their conduct as deputies, conditioned as and for the same amounts, unless otherwise provided by law, as their principals' bonds. Such bonds shall be recorded in the same office and in the same manner as the bonds of the principals.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-32 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-32
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-32
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any travel advance received from public funds for nongovernmental purposes or to submit or approve, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request to the state for reimbursement of expenses.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any travel advance received from public funds for nongovernmental purposes or to submit or approve, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request to the state for reimbursement of expenses.

(b) Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any travel advance for nongovernmental purposes or submits or approves, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses valued in the aggregate at less than $500.00 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature which shall be punishable by not more than 12 months' imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $5,000.00. In addition to the foregoing criminal penalties, any such person shall also be subject to immediate termination of state employment and shall owe restitution to the state equal to the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursements, plus interest to be assessed at a rate of 12 percent per annum to be calculated from the date each misappropriated travel advance or fraudulent reimbursement payment was made.

(b) Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any travel advance for nongovernmental purposes or submits or approves, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses valued in the aggregate at less than $500.00 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature which shall be punishable by not more than 12 months' imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $5,000.00. In addition to the foregoing criminal penalties, any such person shall also be subject to immediate termination of state employment and shall owe restitution to the state equal to the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursements, plus interest to be assessed at a rate of 12 percent per annum to be calculated from the date each misappropriated travel advance or fraudulent reimbursement payment was made.

(c) Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any travel advance for nongovernmental purposes or submits or approves knowingly, or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses valued in the aggregate at $500.00 or more shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by not less than one nor more than 20 years' imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or triple the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursement payments, whichever is greater. In addition to such criminal penalties, any such person shall also be subject to immediate termination of state employment and shall owe restitution to the state equal to the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursements, plus interest to be assessed at a rate of 12 percent per annum to be calculated from the date each misappropriated travel advance or fraudulent reimbursement payment was made.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-45 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-45
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-45
Status: in_force

It shall be an unlawful practice for a person or for two or more persons to conspire:

(1) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning an unlawful practice under this article;

(1) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning an unlawful practice under this article;

(2) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or practices declared unlawful by this article;

(2) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or practices declared unlawful by this article;

(3) To obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this article or any order issued under this article;

(3) To obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this article or any order issued under this article;

(4) To resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the administrator or any of his employees or a special master in the lawful performance of duty under this article; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this article for anyone to challenge or resist any action by the administrator or any of his employees or a special master when there is a good faith belief that the administrator or his employees or a special master is acting unlawfully or acting in excess of his statutory authority; or

(4) To resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the administrator or any of his employees or a special master in the lawful performance of duty under this article; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this article for anyone to challenge or resist any action by the administrator or any of his employees or a special master when there is a good faith belief that the administrator or his employees or a special master is acting unlawfully or acting in excess of his statutory authority; or

(5) To initiate willfully frivolous and unwarranted charges of discrimination against a public employer.

(5) To initiate willfully frivolous and unwarranted charges of discrimination against a public employer.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-103 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-103
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-103
Status: in_force

An application for compensation with respect to a claim filed on or after July 1, 2001, for the temporary disability of a law enforcement officer or firefighter shall be submitted by that person within 60 days from the date of the incident resulting in disability.
O.C.G.A. § 45-20-17 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-17
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-20-17
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “ Eligible employee ” means: (A) Any individual identified in subparagraph (A), (E), (F), (G), or (L) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 45-18-1 who is classified as full-time by the applicable state employing entity; or (B) Any individual identified in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-880 or paragraph (3) of Code Section 20-2-910 who is classified as full-time by the applicable local board of education. (2) “ Employing entity ” means: (A) The executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or (B) A local board of education. (3) “ Qualifying life event ” means: (A) The birth of a child of an eligible employee; (B) The placement of a minor child for adoption with an eligible employee; or (C) The placement of a minor child for foster care with an eligible employee.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “ Eligible employee ” means: (A) Any individual identified in subparagraph (A), (E), (F), (G), or (L) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 45-18-1 who is classified as full-time by the applicable state employing entity; or (B) Any individual identified in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-880 or paragraph (3) of Code Section 20-2-910 who is classified as full-time by the applicable local board of education.

(1) “ Eligible employee ” means:

(A) Any individual identified in subparagraph (A), (E), (F), (G), or (L) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 45-18-1 who is classified as full-time by the applicable state employing entity; or

(A) Any individual identified in subparagraph (A), (E), (F), (G), or (L) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 45-18-1 who is classified as full-time by the applicable state employing entity; or

(B) Any individual identified in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-880 or paragraph (3) of Code Section 20-2-910 who is classified as full-time by the applicable local board of education.

(B) Any individual identified in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-880 or paragraph (3) of Code Section 20-2-910 who is classified as full-time by the applicable local board of education.

(2) “ Employing entity ” means: (A) The executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or (B) A local board of education.

(2) “ Employing entity ” means:

(A) The executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or

(A) The executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or

(B) A local board of education.

(B) A local board of education.

(3) “ Qualifying life event ” means: (A) The birth of a child of an eligible employee; (B) The placement of a minor child for adoption with an eligible employee; or (C) The placement of a minor child for foster care with an eligible employee.

(3) “ Qualifying life event ” means:

(A) The birth of a child of an eligible employee;

(A) The birth of a child of an eligible employee;

(B) The placement of a minor child for adoption with an eligible employee; or

(B) The placement of a minor child for adoption with an eligible employee; or

(C) The placement of a minor child for foster care with an eligible employee.

(C) The placement of a minor child for foster care with an eligible employee.

(b) All eligible employees of an employing entity shall be eligible for paid parental leave for qualifying life events after six continuous months of employment with the employing entity regardless of whether the employee is eligible for paid or unpaid leave under federal law. Such paid parental leave shall be equally available to all eligible employees.

(b) All eligible employees of an employing entity shall be eligible for paid parental leave for qualifying life events after six continuous months of employment with the employing entity regardless of whether the employee is eligible for paid or unpaid leave under federal law. Such paid parental leave shall be equally available to all eligible employees.

(c) The maximum amount of paid parental leave that may be taken by an eligible employee during a rolling 12 month period is 120 hours, regardless of the number of qualifying life events that occur within such period. The rolling 12 month period shall be measured backward from the date an eligible employee first uses parental leave. Such leave may be used as needed and may be taken in increments of less than eight hours. Any such leave that remains 12 months after the qualifying life event shall not carry over for future use.

(c) The maximum amount of paid parental leave that may be taken by an eligible employee during a rolling 12 month period is 120 hours, regardless of the number of qualifying life events that occur within such period. The rolling 12 month period shall be measured backward from the date an eligible employee first uses parental leave. Such leave may be used as needed and may be taken in increments of less than eight hours. Any such leave that remains 12 months after the qualifying life event shall not carry over for future use.

(d) Unused paid parental leave shall have no cash value at the time of the eligible employee's separation from employment with the employing entity.

(d) Unused paid parental leave shall have no cash value at the time of the eligible employee's separation from employment with the employing entity.

(e) Each employing entity shall promulgate rules for the administration of paid parental leave under this Code section for eligible employees which are not in conflict with this Code section; provided, however, that the State Personnel Board shall promulgate such rules for any employing entity that is considered a department or agency as such terms are synonymously defined in paragraph (6) of Code Section 45-20-2 . At a minimum, such rules of the employing entity shall address: (1) Whether paid parental leave under this Code section shall run concurrently with any leave provided under federal law; and (2) The documentation, if any, that an eligible employee shall be required to provide to establish the existence of a qualifying life event.

(e) Each employing entity shall promulgate rules for the administration of paid parental leave under this Code section for eligible employees which are not in conflict with this Code section; provided, however, that the State Personnel Board shall promulgate such rules for any employing entity that is considered a department or agency as such terms are synonymously defined in paragraph (6) of Code Section 45-20-2 . At a minimum, such rules of the employing entity shall address:

(1) Whether paid parental leave under this Code section shall run concurrently with any leave provided under federal law; and

(1) Whether paid parental leave under this Code section shall run concurrently with any leave provided under federal law; and

(2) The documentation, if any, that an eligible employee shall be required to provide to establish the existence of a qualifying life event.

(2) The documentation, if any, that an eligible employee shall be required to provide to establish the existence of a qualifying life event.

(f) To implement paid parental leave under this Code section, the State Accounting Office shall make any and all necessary adjustments to its current and any future human capital management software, websites, and platforms used by participating employing entities to ensure that paid parental leave appears as a new benefit leave category not later than July 1, 2021.

(f) To implement paid parental leave under this Code section, the State Accounting Office shall make any and all necessary adjustments to its current and any future human capital management software, websites, and platforms used by participating employing entities to ensure that paid parental leave appears as a new benefit leave category not later than July 1, 2021.

(g) An eligible employee employed on an hourly basis shall be eligible for paid parental leave under this Code section if he or she has worked a minimum of 700 hours over the six-month period immediately preceding the requested paid parental leave date.

(g) An eligible employee employed on an hourly basis shall be eligible for paid parental leave under this Code section if he or she has worked a minimum of 700 hours over the six-month period immediately preceding the requested paid parental leave date.

(h) Provided that the use of paid parental leave is not likely to unduly disrupt the employing entity's operations, no employing entity shall interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise the provisions of this Code section by any eligible employee. No employing entity shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate or retaliate against any eligible employee for lawfully exercising the provisions of this Code section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section, nothing shall prevent an employing entity from taking an adverse employment action against an eligible employee who submits a false or fraudulent document or otherwise provides false or fraudulent information in an attempt to obtain paid parental leave under this Code section.

(h) Provided that the use of paid parental leave is not likely to unduly disrupt the employing entity's operations, no employing entity shall interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise the provisions of this Code section by any eligible employee. No employing entity shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate or retaliate against any eligible employee for lawfully exercising the provisions of this Code section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section, nothing shall prevent an employing entity from taking an adverse employment action against an eligible employee who submits a false or fraudulent document or otherwise provides false or fraudulent information in an attempt to obtain paid parental leave under this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-176 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-176
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-176
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall inventory and analyze the availability of all federal programs and projects involving state government and such other federal programs as may be available to local units of government and other public bodies. This inventory shall be maintained on a current basis.

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall inventory and analyze the availability of all federal programs and projects involving state government and such other federal programs as may be available to local units of government and other public bodies. This inventory shall be maintained on a current basis.

(b) Copies of existing programs and program plans prepared by state government for any federal agency in conjunction with any existing or proposed federal-aid program involving the state shall be filed as requested with the Office of Planning and Budget.

(b) Copies of existing programs and program plans prepared by state government for any federal agency in conjunction with any existing or proposed federal-aid program involving the state shall be filed as requested with the Office of Planning and Budget.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-27-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-27-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-27.1
Status: in_force

(a) Where a coroner or county medical examiner has been notified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-16-24 of the death of any person after birth but before seven years of age whose death is unexpected or unexplained, the medical examiner's inquiry required by Code Section 45-16-25 shall include an autopsy unless that inquiry shows that such death was expected or explainable with a reasonable degree of medical certainty.

(a) Where a coroner or county medical examiner has been notified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-16-24 of the death of any person after birth but before seven years of age whose death is unexpected or unexplained, the medical examiner's inquiry required by Code Section 45-16-25 shall include an autopsy unless that inquiry shows that such death was expected or explainable with a reasonable degree of medical certainty.

(b) The provisions of this Code section shall apply notwithstanding subsection (b) of Code Section 45-16-22 or any other provision of this article.

(b) The provisions of this Code section shall apply notwithstanding subsection (b) of Code Section 45-16-22 or any other provision of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-35 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-35
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-35
Status: in_force

(a) Quotas because of imbalances in employee ratios shall not be permitted.

(a) Quotas because of imbalances in employee ratios shall not be permitted.

(b) Nothing contained in this article requires an employer to grant preferential treatment to an individual or to a group because of the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age of the individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in the state or a community, section, or other area or in the available work force in the state or a community, section, or other area.

(b) Nothing contained in this article requires an employer to grant preferential treatment to an individual or to a group because of the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age of the individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in the state or a community, section, or other area or in the available work force in the state or a community, section, or other area.

(c) It is specifically provided that neither subsection (a) nor (b) of this Code section nor any other provision of this article shall prohibit an employer from adopting or 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 such plan is required by the Governor and filed with and approved by the administrator prior to its final adoption and implementation.

(c) It is specifically provided that neither subsection (a) nor (b) of this Code section nor any other provision of this article shall prohibit an employer from adopting or 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 such plan is required by the Governor and filed with and approved by the administrator prior to its final adoption and implementation.

(d) Nothing contained in this article prohibits: (1) Minimum hiring ages otherwise provided by law; (2) State compliance with federal regulations; (3) Termination of the employment of any person who is unable or incompetent or refuses to perform the person's duties; (4) Any physical or medical examinations of applicants or employees which an employer requires to determine fitness for the job or position sought or held; or (5) An employer from observing the terms of a bona fide seniority system or any bona fide employee benefit plan such as a retirement, pension, or insurance plan which is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this article.

(d) Nothing contained in this article prohibits:

(1) Minimum hiring ages otherwise provided by law;

(1) Minimum hiring ages otherwise provided by law;

(2) State compliance with federal regulations;

(2) State compliance with federal regulations;

(3) Termination of the employment of any person who is unable or incompetent or refuses to perform the person's duties;

(3) Termination of the employment of any person who is unable or incompetent or refuses to perform the person's duties;

(4) Any physical or medical examinations of applicants or employees which an employer requires to determine fitness for the job or position sought or held; or

(4) Any physical or medical examinations of applicants or employees which an employer requires to determine fitness for the job or position sought or held; or

(5) An employer from observing the terms of a bona fide seniority system or any bona fide employee benefit plan such as a retirement, pension, or insurance plan which is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this article.

(5) An employer from observing the terms of a bona fide seniority system or any bona fide employee benefit plan such as a retirement, pension, or insurance plan which is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-175 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-175
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-175
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall have in continuous process and revision a strategic plan for the state as a whole. This plan shall be updated at least on an annual basis and shall cover a minimum period of time as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, but not less than five years. It shall have as its primary goal the improved fiscal responsibility and responsiveness of state government and the effective and efficient delivery of services throughout the geographic area of the state with an emphasis on decentralizing state government. The goals and strategies contained in this state strategic plan shall be reflected by the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government, as respectively applies, in the development of their own strategic plans which specifically deal with their respective future directions and organizational missions. Each strategic plan developed by each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, authority, and other agency of state government shall contain a description of its future direction; a statement of its organizational mission; a description of the current and anticipated future needs being addressed by its preferred future direction and organizational mission; a description of planned actions designed to address these needs; a description of the goals for the program or services to be improved; a course of action for achieving the planned improvements, including an implementation timetable; a description of the evaluation system to be used to determine if the goals are being attained; an estimated annual cost for each planned improvement of a program or service; all efforts to decentralize its administrative and operational functions; and all other items as the Office of Planning and Budget may deem necessary. Each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, authority, and other agency of state government shall submit its own strategic plan to the Office of Planning and Budget as supporting information for the budget estimates required under Code Section 45-12-78 .

(a) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall have in continuous process and revision a strategic plan for the state as a whole. This plan shall be updated at least on an annual basis and shall cover a minimum period of time as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, but not less than five years. It shall have as its primary goal the improved fiscal responsibility and responsiveness of state government and the effective and efficient delivery of services throughout the geographic area of the state with an emphasis on decentralizing state government. The goals and strategies contained in this state strategic plan shall be reflected by the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government, as respectively applies, in the development of their own strategic plans which specifically deal with their respective future directions and organizational missions. Each strategic plan developed by each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, authority, and other agency of state government shall contain a description of its future direction; a statement of its organizational mission; a description of the current and anticipated future needs being addressed by its preferred future direction and organizational mission; a description of planned actions designed to address these needs; a description of the goals for the program or services to be improved; a course of action for achieving the planned improvements, including an implementation timetable; a description of the evaluation system to be used to determine if the goals are being attained; an estimated annual cost for each planned improvement of a program or service; all efforts to decentralize its administrative and operational functions; and all other items as the Office of Planning and Budget may deem necessary. Each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, authority, and other agency of state government shall submit its own strategic plan to the Office of Planning and Budget as supporting information for the budget estimates required under Code Section 45-12-78 .

(b) The Office of Planning and Budget shall cause to be prepared and coordinate the development of strategic plans by departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies to ensure that the state-wide directions are met. The Office of Planning and Budget shall: (1) Ensure that the focus of the various plans do not conflict with the general state goals; (2) Offer assistance to the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government in the design and execution of their programs and be the coordinating agency for the separate department or agency proposals; and (3) Phase in implementation by the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government.

(b) The Office of Planning and Budget shall cause to be prepared and coordinate the development of strategic plans by departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies to ensure that the state-wide directions are met. The Office of Planning and Budget shall:

(1) Ensure that the focus of the various plans do not conflict with the general state goals;

(1) Ensure that the focus of the various plans do not conflict with the general state goals;

(2) Offer assistance to the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government in the design and execution of their programs and be the coordinating agency for the separate department or agency proposals; and

(2) Offer assistance to the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government in the design and execution of their programs and be the coordinating agency for the separate department or agency proposals; and

(3) Phase in implementation by the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government.

(3) Phase in implementation by the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, and other agencies of state government.

(c) To assist in the development of plans and programs of state government, the Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, may request, as appropriate, that each department, agency, and institution of state government designate, from among its employees and officers, a planning officer or representative who shall be responsible for the planning and coordination of the activities and responsibilities of the department, agency, or institution. Such planning officer or representative shall coordinate program plans prepared for each area of program responsibility within his or her agency of the state government.

(c) To assist in the development of plans and programs of state government, the Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, may request, as appropriate, that each department, agency, and institution of state government designate, from among its employees and officers, a planning officer or representative who shall be responsible for the planning and coordination of the activities and responsibilities of the department, agency, or institution. Such planning officer or representative shall coordinate program plans prepared for each area of program responsibility within his or her agency of the state government.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-150 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-150
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-150
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “ Aggregated data ” means information that has been combined into groups showing averages or other summary statistics and that is not individually identifiable information.

(1) “ Aggregated data ” means information that has been combined into groups showing averages or other summary statistics and that is not individually identifiable information.

(2) “ De-identified data ” means information that does not identify an individual, for which there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual, and that meets the requirements for de-identification of protected health information as defined under HIPAA.

(2) “ De-identified data ” means information that does not identify an individual, for which there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual, and that meets the requirements for de-identification of protected health information as defined under HIPAA.

(3) “ GDAC Project ” means the Georgia Data Analytic Center established pursuant to this part.

(3) “ GDAC Project ” means the Georgia Data Analytic Center established pursuant to this part.

(4) “ Health data ” means information that is created or received by a state agency or department that relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care services to an individual.

(4) “ Health data ” means information that is created or received by a state agency or department that relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care services to an individual.

(5) “ HIPAA ” means the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191 , and any regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States secretary of health and human services.

(5) “ HIPAA ” means the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191 , and any regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States secretary of health and human services.

(6) “ Individually identifiable information ” means information that identifies an individual or for which there is a reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual.

(6) “ Individually identifiable information ” means information that identifies an individual or for which there is a reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual.

(7) “ IRB ” means an institutional review board designated by the office and established pursuant to federal regulations ( 45 C.F.R. Section 46 ) with a nation-wide assurance for the protection of human subjects approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protections, to review and monitor research involving human subjects to ensure that such subjects are protected from harm and that the rights of such subjects are adequately protected.

(7) “ IRB ” means an institutional review board designated by the office and established pursuant to federal regulations ( 45 C.F.R. Section 46 ) with a nation-wide assurance for the protection of human subjects approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protections, to review and monitor research involving human subjects to ensure that such subjects are protected from harm and that the rights of such subjects are adequately protected.

(8) “ Office ” means the Office of Planning and Budget.

(8) “ Office ” means the Office of Planning and Budget.

(9) “ Protected health information ” has the same meaning as provided for under HIPAA in effect as of July 1, 2019.

(9) “ Protected health information ” has the same meaning as provided for under HIPAA in effect as of July 1, 2019.

(10) “ Research ” means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, which is designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge as defined pursuant to 45 C.F.R. Section 46.102(d) .

(10) “ Research ” means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, which is designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge as defined pursuant to 45 C.F.R. Section 46.102(d) .

(11) “ Researcher ” means a public or private entity that conducts research under the review and monitoring of an IRB and has received approval from the data steward for the purpose of requested data elements.

(11) “ Researcher ” means a public or private entity that conducts research under the review and monitoring of an IRB and has received approval from the data steward for the purpose of requested data elements.
O.C.G.A. § 45-7-92 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-92
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-7-92
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall take an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Georgia and shall receive a daily expense allowance and reimbursement for transportation costs as provided for in Code Section 45-7-21 . All expenses incurred by the commission in the performance of its duties shall be paid from funds available to the General Assembly. The commission shall meet no more than 15 days in any year.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-202 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-202
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-202
Status: in_force

The Governor's Development Council is created in the office of the Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-9-3 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-3
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-9-3
Status: in_force

Personnel employed by the district attorneys of the state, irrespective of the source of the funds used to pay such personnel, may be covered by any liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs administered by the commissioner pursuant to this article and, for the purpose of this article, such personnel employed by a district attorney shall be considered to be state employees. The commissioner of administrative services shall prescribe the terms and conditions under which any liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs administered by the commissioner pursuant to this article shall be made available to personnel employed by a district attorney. The cost of such liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs shall be paid by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia out of such funds as may be appropriated to or otherwise available for the operations of district attorneys.
O.C.G.A. § 45-2-44 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-44
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-2-44
Status: in_force

The State Personnel Board, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this article. The board, through the commissioner of administrative services, is authorized to expend allocated funds for the necessary forms and other incidental administrative expenses in effectuating this article. All other expenses shall be borne by the prospective employee or the respective employing department in accordance with the rules of the board.
O.C.G.A. § 45-17-33 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-33
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-17-33
Status: in_force

In the taking of acknowledgments and the performing of other notarial acts requiring certification, a certificate endorsed upon or attached to the instrument or document, which certificate shows the date of the notarial act and which states, in substance, that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as his act or made or signed the instrument or document under oath, shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument or document shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-35 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-35
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-16-35
Status: in_force

If the inquest discloses facts which lead or may lead to the prosecution of any person for the homicide of the person for whom the inquest is held, the coroner shall require all witnesses who testify to facts material to the issues involved in such prosecution to enter into a recognizance to appear in the superior court of the county in which the inquest is held and to give evidence against the defendant in such prosecution; and he shall also petition for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person suspected of the homicide, which warrant shall be returnable as other warrants.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-172 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-172
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-172
Status: in_force

The Office of Planning and Budget shall be responsible, directly or in cooperation with other agencies, for planning the following activities:

(1) Reviewing and commenting upon the interrelationship with state planning of all applications for federal financial assistance by units of local government and local public agencies, regional commissions, and state agencies; and, where appropriate, reviewing and commenting to appropriate federal or state agencies that such proposed programs satisfy the requirements of or are not inconsistent with state law or with state and area forecasts and development programs or other state policies; and

(1) Reviewing and commenting upon the interrelationship with state planning of all applications for federal financial assistance by units of local government and local public agencies, regional commissions, and state agencies; and, where appropriate, reviewing and commenting to appropriate federal or state agencies that such proposed programs satisfy the requirements of or are not inconsistent with state law or with state and area forecasts and development programs or other state policies; and

(2) Serving in a liaison capacity with federal, state, and local levels of government.

(2) Serving in a liaison capacity with federal, state, and local levels of government.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-191 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-191
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-191
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this article to promote the orderly transfer of the executive power in connection with the expiration of the term of office of a Governor and the inauguration of a new Governor. The interest of the state requires that such transitions in the office of Governor be accomplished so as to assure continuity in the conduct of the affairs of the state government. Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the state and its people. Accordingly, it is the intent of the General Assembly that appropriate actions be authorized and taken to avoid or minimize any disruption. In addition to the specific provisions contained in this article directed toward that purpose, it is the intent of the General Assembly that all officers of the state government conduct the affairs of the state government for which they exercise responsibility and authority so as to:

(1) Be mindful of problems occasioned by transitions in the office of Governor;

(1) Be mindful of problems occasioned by transitions in the office of Governor;

(2) Take appropriate lawful steps to avoid or minimize disruptions that might be occasioned by the transfer of the executive power; and

(2) Take appropriate lawful steps to avoid or minimize disruptions that might be occasioned by the transfer of the executive power; and

(3) Otherwise promote orderly transitions in the office of Governor.

(3) Otherwise promote orderly transitions in the office of Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 45-3-1 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-1
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-3-1
Status: in_force

Every public officer shall:

(1) Take the oath of office;

(1) Take the oath of office;

(2) Take any oath prescribed by the Constitution of Georgia;

(2) Take any oath prescribed by the Constitution of Georgia;

(3) Swear that he or she is not the holder of any unaccounted for public money due this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof;

(3) Swear that he or she is not the holder of any unaccounted for public money due this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof;

(4) Swear that he or she is not the holder of any office of trust under the government of the United States, any other state, or any foreign state which he or she is by the laws of the State of Georgia prohibited from holding;

(4) Swear that he or she is not the holder of any office of trust under the government of the United States, any other state, or any foreign state which he or she is by the laws of the State of Georgia prohibited from holding;

(5) Swear that he or she is otherwise qualified to hold said office according to the Constitution and laws of Georgia;

(5) Swear that he or she is otherwise qualified to hold said office according to the Constitution and laws of Georgia;

(6) Swear that he or she will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state; and

(6) Swear that he or she will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state; and

(7) If elected by any circuit or district, swear that he or she has been a resident thereof for the time required by the Constitution and laws of this state.

(7) If elected by any circuit or district, swear that he or she has been a resident thereof for the time required by the Constitution and laws of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 45-12-5 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-5
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-12-5
Status: in_force

There shall be a seal of the office of the Governor. The design shall be the same as that now used and shall not be altered except by authority of the General Assembly.
O.C.G.A. § 45-18-55 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-55
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-18-55
Status: in_force

The commissioner of administrative services shall be the executive officer for the administration of this article and the custodian of such fund or funds as may be required in the implementation of this article. The commissioner of administrative services shall employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out his or her duties and responsibilities under this article.
O.C.G.A. § 45-6-11 — GA Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-11
Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-6-11
Status: in_force

If any person shall neglect or refuse to deliver books, papers, or other office property after demand has been made, the successor shall make complaint to the judge of the probate court of the county or to the judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the person refusing resides or, if neither can be had, to the judge of the superior court of an adjoining circuit; and if such officer is satisfied from the oath of complainant or otherwise that books, papers, or other office property are being withheld, he shall grant an order requiring the person so refusing to show cause, on a day and at a place named in such order, why he should not be compelled to deliver over such property.