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GA Code § 45-10-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 2 - Contracts of Officers of State Institutions With State Institutions|§ 45-10-41. Penalty for Profiting From Contracts With State Institutions Generally; Discharge From Office

 Any member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or of the Board of Human Services or any trustee or other officer of any institution supported wholly or in part by state funds who violates Code Section 45-10-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in Code Section 17-10-3. If any member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or of the Board of Human Services is found guilty of violating Code Section 45-10-40, his office shall become vacant; and it is the duty of the Governor, where the power to fill the vacancy is lodged in the Governor, to appoint some other person to fill the vacancy. If any trustee or other officer of such institution is found guilty of violating Code Section 45-10-40, he shall be discharged from his office in such institution and shall not be eligible to be reelected or reappointed to such office; and the vacancy shall be filled by the board or the authority which, under the law, has the right to fill such vacancy.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 266, § 2; Code 1933, § 89-9915; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-3/HB 228.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 375.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 450, 452, 453.   ALR.    - Relation as creditor of contracting party as constituting interest within statute or rule of common law against public officer being interested in contract with the public, 73 A.L.R. 1352.    Public officer's relation to corporation as officer or stockholder as constituting interest within statute or rule of common law against public officer being interested in contract public, 140 A.L.R. 344.   Removal of public officers for misconduct during previous term, 42 A.L.R.3d 691.
GA Code § 45-10-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 2 - Contracts of Officers of State Institutions With State Institutions|§ 45-10-42. Reporters for State Board of Workers' Compensation May Sell Transcripts to State Agencies

 Notwithstanding any other provision of Part 1 of this article or any other provision of this Code, public officers and employees who are reporters for the State Board of Workers' Compensation may, for themselves or on behalf of any business entity, when providing transcripts of records to parties under subsection (g) of Code Section 34-9-102, sell such transcripts to any agency of the state and receive compensation therefor.    (Code 1981, §45-10-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 719, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Transcripts as state property.   - Inasmuch as the court reporters are full-time employees of the State Board of Workers' Compensation, the transcripts which are produced by those court reporters are property of the State Board of Workers' Compensation. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 86-47.   Sale of transcripts.   - Court reporters for the State Board of Workers' Compensation may sell workers' compensation transcripts to state agencies at any time when providing such transcripts to a party to the case, but court reporters may not sell transcripts of workers' compensation hearings to third parties which are not state agencies. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 86-47.
GA Code § 45-10-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 3 - Contracts of County Commissioners With County|§ 45-10-60. Requirements for Sales of Real Property by County Commissioner to County

 Notwithstanding any other provision of general or local law, a county commissioner or member of a board of county commissioners may sell real property to the county if all of the following conditions are met:    The real property which is the subject of the sale is adjacent to a landfill owned and operated by the county;   The real property which is the subject of the sale is to be used by the county in connection with the operation of the landfill;   The sale price of the real property does not exceed the lowest of three appraisals of the fair market value of the property made by three appraisers appointed by the probate judge of the county; and   Disclosure of the sale is made as required by Code Section 16-10-6.     (Code 1981, §45-10-60, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 619, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-10-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 4 - Holding of Additional Offices by Nonelective State Officers or Employees|§ 45-10-70. Holding Office in Political Subdivision, Political Party, or Political Organization by Nonelective State Officers or Employees

 No rules or regulations of any state agency, department, or authority shall prohibit nonelective officers or employees of this state from offering for or holding any elective or appointive office of a political subdivision of this state or any elective or appointive office of a political party or political organization of this state, provided that the office is not full time and does not conflict with the performance of the official duties of the person as a state employee.    (Code 1981, §45-10-70, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 427, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    No effect on O.C.G.A. § 42-9-15. - O.C.G.A. § 45-10-70 does not repeal, supersede, or otherwise modify O.C.G.A. § 42-9-15 as it applies to the political activities of a full-time employee of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles since § 45-10-70 only prohibits the promulgation of rules and regulations affecting an employee's ability to engage in certain political activity. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-16.   Rule consistent with section.    - State Personnel Board Rules and Regulations, Section 3.500, Political Activity, as amended, are consistent with O.C.G.A. § 45-10-70. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-16.   Prohibited employment.   - An individual may not be employed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences at the same time that the individual is a county deputy coroner. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 97-21.   Board of Regents may prohibit employees from seeking or holding state or elective office while actively employed by the University System. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-5.   Service as mayor and assistant district attorney.    - Because there exists a conflict between the performance of the official duties as an assistant district attorney in the Northern Judicial Circuit of Georgia and those of the mayor of Comer, Georgia, offering for or holding that elective office while employed as an assistant district attorney in the Northern Judicial Circuit of Georgia would be prohibited by O.C.G.A. § 45-10-70. 2002 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U2002-7.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity, construction, and effect of state statutes restricting political activities of public officers or employees, 51 A.L.R.4th 702.
GA Code § 45-10-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 5 - Family Members of Public Employees|§ 45-10-80. Public Officers Prohibited From Advancing, Employing, or Advocating the Employment of Family Members

  A public officer, as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (22) of Code Section 21-5-3, is prohibited from advocating for or causing the advancement, appointment, employment, promotion, or transfer of a member of his or her family, as such term is defined in Code Section 21-5-3, to an office or position to become a public employee, as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-1-4, that pays an annual salary of $10,000.00 or more or its equivalent.   Any person advanced, appointed, employed, promoted, or transferred in violation of this Code section shall not be entitled to any payment, salary, or benefits received for any position so illegally obtained; and any person who receives payment, salary, or benefits for a position obtained in violation of this Code section shall be required to reimburse the state for all amounts so received.     (Code 1981, §45-10-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 25/HB 48; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 45/SB 465.)   Law reviews.   - For article on 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 119 (2005).
GA Code § 45-10-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 6 - Legislative Ethics|§ 45-10-90. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Abuse of official power" means threatening to use the powers or personnel of a state entity for personal purposes of coercion, retaliation, or punishment.   "Clerical officer" means the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate.   "Committee" means the House Committee on Ethics or the Senate Ethics Committee.   "Conflict of interest" means an individual has multiple interests and uses his or her official position to exploit, in some way, his or her position for his or her own direct, unique, pecuniary, and personal benefit.   "Employee" means any person who is employed by the legislative branch of state government.   "Improper conduct" means a member of the General Assembly:   Engages in conduct that is a conflict of interest;   Engages in conduct that is an abuse of official power; or   Illegally uses an employee in a political campaign.     "Member of the General Assembly" means any person elected and certified as a member of the General Assembly.   "Sexual harassment" means making sexual advances, requesting sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:   Submission to such conduct is made explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment;   Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting the employee; or   Such conduct interferes with the employee's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.       (Code 1981, §45-10-90, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 29/SB 17.)
GA Code § 45-10-91 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 6 - Legislative Ethics|§ 45-10-91. Method of Addressing Improper Conduct

  Any person may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging improper conduct involving a member of the General Assembly. Any employee may file a complaint with the clerical officer of the appropriate chamber alleging sexual harassment by a member of the General Assembly. The clerical officer shall designate the place where such complaints may be filed, provide instruction necessary to properly submit a complaint, and prescribe forms for such complainants. Complaints shall be submitted in writing and verified under oath to the best information, knowledge, and belief of such person. The complaint shall include a statement by the complainant as to whether or not in filing the complaint he or she is acting as an agent, paid or otherwise, for any other person. Any person who knowingly provides false information in executing a complaint under this Code section commits the offense of false swearing within the meaning of Code Section 16-10-71.   The clerical officer shall forward, within one business day of receipt, the original complaint and all materials appended to such complaint in a confidential report to the presiding officer of the appropriate chamber and to the chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics or the chairperson of the Senate Ethics Committee, as appropriate.     (Code 1981, §45-10-91, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 29/SB 17; Ga. L. 2013, p. 540, § 8/HB 142.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 129 (2013).
GA Code § 45-10-92 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics and Conflicts of Interest|Article 2 - Conflicts of Interest|Part 6 - Legislative Ethics|§ 45-10-92. Abuse of Power and Improper Use of State Employees by General Assembly Members

  The committee shall serve the person against whom any complaint is made a copy of the complaint by hand delivery or statutory overnight delivery or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, within five business days of the committee's receipt of such complaint.   The committee shall conduct a preliminary investigation of the merits of such complaint. If a complaint alleges a violation by one of the members of the committee, such member shall recuse himself or herself. If there are found no reasonable grounds to believe that improper conduct or sexual harassment has occurred, the complaint shall be dismissed, subject to being reopened upon discovery of additional evidence or relevant material. The committee shall not be required to conduct a hearing if there are no reasonable grounds to believe that improper conduct or sexual harassment has occurred. If the committee determines that there are such reasonable grounds to believe that improper conduct or sexual harassment has occurred, it shall give notice by summoning the persons believed to have committed the violation to a hearing. The rules of the committee shall be invoked if a hearing occurs. The committee may report suspected violations of law to the appropriate law enforcement authority.   Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to limit or encumber the right of the committee to initiate on probable cause an investigation on its own cognizance as it deems necessary to fulfill its obligations to investigate improper conduct or sexual harassment.   The committee shall adopt a retention standard for complaints and documents attached thereto.     (Code 1981, §45-10-92, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 29/SB 17.)
GA Code § 45-12-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-70. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Budget Act."   (Code 1933, § 40-401, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-12-74 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-74. Budget Report - Preparation and Submission to General Assembly

 The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall prepare and submit a budget report to the General Assembly within five days after its organization for consideration either with or without amendments and modifications by the General Assembly.   (Code 1933, § 40-405, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Estimating receipts from existing revenue sources.   - The Governor possesses the initial responsibility and authority to establish the estimate of treasury receipts from existing state revenue sources which are anticipated to be collected in the fiscal year which will be used for the purpose of providing appropriations for that fiscal year. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-18.   Proposed new revenue sources.    - The Governor, in preparing a revenue estimate, can delineate proposed new sources of income, a matter contemplated by O.C.G.A. § 45-12-75(2) and (6), so long as the estimate for the proposed new source is separated from the estimate of income from existing sources. Also, the General Assembly can appropriate up to the estimate of existing and proposed new sources if it first enacts the proposed new revenue measure. This type of action, that is, the adoption of "such revenue and other Acts as are necessary," is a clearly proper method of altering the budget report. These actions are legislative in nature, not executive. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-18.    Contemplated method by which the "amendments and modifications" may be effected is clearly delineated by O.C.G.A. § 45-12-80. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-18.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Governor, § 4.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers, § 198. 81A C.J.S., States, § 206.
GA Code § 45-12-75.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-75.1. Zero-Base Budgeting; Intent; Departmental Priority Lists

 Repealed pursuant to its own terms effective June 30, 2020.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 2012, p. 987, § 1/SB 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 45/SB 340.    This Code section formerly pertained to annual continuation budget report. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 45-12-75.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 30/SB 49 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. VO1, § 2-2, effective January 28, 2008.
GA Code § 45-12-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-76. Limitations on Appropriations by General Assembly; Supplementary Appropriations

 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.   (Code 1933, § 40-407, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 61.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Governor, as director of the budget, is authorized to restrict and curtail legislative appropriations  when the anticipated income of the state would otherwise be exceeded. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 276.    General Assembly may not make appropriations up to a budget amount which includes  an estimated lapse from appropriations for the current fiscal year. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-11.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 80.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 340, 414, 417.
GA Code § 45-12-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-79. Governor to Examine Estimates and Make Revisions; Budget Report Printing and Transmission to General Assembly; Examination of Report by Governor-Elect and His Designated Budget Representatives

  The Governor shall examine the statements and estimates before their submission to the General Assembly and shall make or cause to be made such further investigations by the Office of Planning and Budget, with such hearings before him as he deems advisable, and shall direct such changes or revisions in policy and program and in specific details as he finds warranted.   The Governor shall have the budget report printed and copies thereof shall be transmitted to each member of the General Assembly within five days of the organization of the General Assembly.   The Governor-elect and his designated budget representatives shall be entitled to examine the budget report in process and the Office of Planning and Budget shall provide him with every practicable facility for familiarizing himself with its contents.    (Code 1933, § 40-410, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Governor, § 4. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 80.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 254, 414.
GA Code § 45-12-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Governor|Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget|Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs|§ 45-12-81. Procedure and Restriction for Expenditures by State and Budget Units Thereof

 All expenditures by the state and its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury shall be made under the authority of appropriations Acts, which shall be based upon a budget provided in this part; and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia.   (Code 1933, § 40-413, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 61.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Acquisition of license fees only by appropriation.    - Because license fees are remitted to the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) as required by Ga. L. 1967, p. 294, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 43-1-3), the only method by which an examining board may acquire the use of these funds is pursuant to an appropriation by the General Assembly. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-112.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 80.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 236, 237.