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GA Code § 44-16-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 16 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|§ 44-16-11. Liability for Violation and Enforcement of Environmental Covenant

  A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:   A party to the covenant;   The agency;   Any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce;   Any owner in fee simple whose property abuts the property subject to the environmental covenant, if harm occurs or is reasonably likely to occur;   A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant; or   A municipality, county, consolidated government, or other unit of local government in which the real property subject to the covenant is located.     This chapter shall not limit the regulatory authority of the agency under law other than with respect to an environmental response project.   A person shall not be responsible for or subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because such person has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.     (Code 1981, §44-16-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1168, § 1/HB 1132.)
GA Code § 44-16-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 16 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|§ 44-16-12. Maintenance of Registry

 The agency may establish and maintain a registry that contains all environmental covenants and any amendment or termination of such covenants. The registry may also contain any other information concerning environmental covenants and the real property subject to them which the agency considers appropriate. The registry, if established, shall be a public record for purposes of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.    (Code 1981, §44-16-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1168, § 1/HB 1132.)
GA Code § 44-16-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 16 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|§ 44-16-13. Rules and Regulations; Fees

 The agency may establish rules and regulations for implementing this chapter and may provide for fees for utilizing this chapter.    (Code 1981, §44-16-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1168, § 1/HB 1132.)
GA Code § 44-16-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 16 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|§ 44-16-14. Electronic Signatures and Delivery

 This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but shall not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(a)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 of such Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).    (Code 1981, §44-16-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1168, § 1/HB 1132.)
GA Code § 45-1-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-1. Employees of State Hospitals and Certain State Institutions Authorized to Make Purchases of Goods and Services; Limitations

 Except as provided in Code Sections 45-10-20 through 45-10-25, employees of hospitals, educational institutions, eleemosynary institutions, penal institutions, and correctional institutions which are under the control and jurisdiction of a state department or the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall be entitled to obtain goods and services in the same manner and under the same procedure used in obtaining such goods and services through such hospitals and institutions and the laws of this state relating to purchasing contrary thereto shall not apply to such employees; provided, however, that no employee shall be permitted to make any single purchase of goods or services in excess of $50.00, except medical and dental services only; and in no event shall any employee obtain goods or services for any person except for himself or members of his immediate family.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 383, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-1-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-2. Actions by or Against Public Officers Who Have Left Office

  When an action has been commenced by or against a public officer of the state in his official capacity and such officer's successor in office has been substituted as a party pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section 9-11-25, such action shall proceed as if no change of parties had been made, provided that it shall be within the discretion of the court to allow the successor in office such time as it may deem necessary to appear, plead, or otherwise proceed with such action.   This Code section shall not apply to actions against officers for damages on account of tortious acts committed by such officer under color of office, which actions survive against such officer or his personal representatives, notwithstanding the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of such officer.   This Code section shall relate only to actions commenced by or against state officers in their official capacity and shall not relate or apply to actions commenced by or against municipal, district, or county officers.    (Ga. L. 1941, p. 516, §§ 2, 4, 5; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 400.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 356, 357.   ALR.    - Responsibility of public officer for negligence of subordinate in operation of vehicle, 3 A.L.R. 149.   Personal liability of public officer for killing or injuring animal while carrying out statutory duties with respect to it, 2 A.L.R.3d 822.
GA Code § 45-1-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-3. Display or Sale of Motor Vehicle Tag or Sign Purporting That Owner Serves on Governor's Staff

  Without the written permission of the Governor, it shall be unlawful to display in any manner upon any motor vehicle a sign, tag, or emblem of any fashion purporting to convey the impression that the owner thereof is a member of the Governor's staff.   It shall be unlawful to sell or offer to sell any such sign, tag, or emblem.   Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1964, p. 198, §§ 1-3.)
GA Code § 45-1-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-5. Purging Personnel Records of Terminated Employee

 When an employee of the state or of a county, municipality, or school district is terminated and, as a condition of a settlement agreement, the personnel file of the employee is to be partially or totally purged, the former employee's personnel records, including both the personnel file and any associated work history records, shall be clearly designated with a notation that such records have been purged as a condition of a settlement agreement. Such notation shall be disclosed to any subsequent governmental entity seeking information as to a former employee's work history for the sole purpose of making a hiring decision.    (Code 1981, §45-1-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1081, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-1-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-7. Paid Break Time and Private Location for Expression of Breast Milk

  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.   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.   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.   No agency shall have liability under this Code section for making reasonable efforts to comply with this Code section.     (Code 1981, §45-1-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 818, § 1-2/HB 1090.)
GA Code § 45-1-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-1-8. Payroll Deduction for Liability Insurance Protection

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "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.   "Emergency health worker” means hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel.   "ERISA” means the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq.   "Firefighter” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 25-4-2.   "Highway emergency response operator” means a person employed by the Department of Transportation who operates a towing or recovery vehicle or highway maintenance vehicle.   "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.   "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.   "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.   "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.     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.     (Code 1981, §45-1-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 620, § 3/HB 286.)
GA Code § 45-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-1. Bonds to Be Payable to Governor and Conditioned Upon Faithful Discharge of Duties

 The bonds of all public officers required by law to give bond, unless otherwise provided, shall be made payable to the Governor and his successor in office. In all cases in which a different condition is not prescribed, such bonds shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the office by the officer during the time he continues in the office or discharges any of its duties.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 143; Code 1868, § 138; Code 1873, § 148; Code 1882, § 148; Civil Code 1895, § 243; Civil Code 1910, § 278; Code 1933, § 89-402.)
GA Code § 45-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-2. Deputy's Bond

 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.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 157; Code 1868, § 152; Code 1873, § 163; Code 1882, § 163; Civil Code 1895, § 259; Civil Code 1910, § 294; Code 1933, § 89-426; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1779, §§ 2, 4.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    A deputy sheriff should give bond in the same amount as principal.  1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-100.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 473 et seq.   ALR.   - Liability of clerk of court, county clerk or prothonotary, or surety on bond, for negligent or wrongful acts of deputies or assistants, 71 A.L.R.2d 1140.
GA Code § 45-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-3. Return of Bonds; Actions on Bonds

 All bonds taken by public officers under the laws of this state shall be returned to the offices specified by law; and any person interested therein may bring an action thereon, in his own name, in any court having jurisdiction thereof.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 15; Code 1868, § 13; Code 1873, § 13; Code 1882, § 13; Civil Code 1895, § 13; Civil Code 1910, § 13; Code 1933, § 89-905; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 34.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 539 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 489 et seq.   ALR.    - Personal liability of officers of drainage or highway districts for negligence of subordinates or employees causing damage to person or property, 61 A.L.R. 300.    Liability of sureties on bond of public officer as affected by fact that it was not signed by him, 110 A.L.R. 959.    Suit against public officer to recover possession of property as suit against state or federal government, 160 A.L.R. 332.
GA Code § 45-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-4. Bonds of Officers Commissioned by Governor

 Official bonds of all officers who are entitled to commissions from the Governor and who are required to give bonds shall be prepared and furnished by the office of the Governor at the time of forwarding the dedimus potestatem.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 144; Code 1868, § 139; Code 1873, § 149; Code 1882, § 149; Civil Code 1895, § 244; Civil Code 1910, § 279; Code 1933, § 89-403; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   Cross references.   - Governor issuing a dedimus potestatem, § 45-12-20.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 134 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 74.
GA Code § 45-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-5. Bonds to Have Sureties; Number and Qualifications

 All bonds that this chapter applies to shall have at least two and not more than 20 good and solvent sureties who shall be worth the amount of said bond, over and above their homestead, in case of county officers, all of whom must be permanent residents of the state and two of whom must also be residents of the county; provided, however, that a surety insurance company which has complied with all requirements to transact business in this state may be accepted as surety upon the bond of any person required by law to execute bonds, in lieu of any other surety or sureties, as provided in Code Section 45-4-6. When the approving court or officers do not know that a surety is worth the required amount, they shall not accept him unless he swears that his means are sufficient in amount, which swearing they shall record on the bond.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 146; Ga. L. 1863-64, p. 124, § 3; Code 1868, § 141; Code 1873, § 151; Code 1882, § 151; Ga. L. 1889, p. 45, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 246; Civil Code 1910, § 281; Code 1933, § 89-414.)   Cross references.   - Authorizing corporate surety in lieu of personal surety, § 33-24-48.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Talmadge v. McDonald, 44 Ga. App. 728, 162 S.E. 856 (1932).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 352.   ALR.    - Construction and applicability of provision of public officer's bond exempting sureties from liability for loss due to failure of bank or other depository, 98 A.L.R. 719.
GA Code § 45-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-6. Corporate Sureties Authorized

 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.   (Ga. L. 1889, p. 178, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 247; Civil Code 1910, § 282; Code 1933, § 89-415.)   Cross references.   - Authorizing corporate surety in lieu of personal surety, § 33-24-48.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Corporate surety liable for full amount of sheriff's bond.   - Sheriffs must be bonded by at least one corporate surety liable for full amount of the statutory bond penalty; it is not permissible for sheriffs to file separate corporate surety bonds, each for less than the surety penalty even when the assumed but fictitious total of the penalties under each bond equals the statutory penalty. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-31.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Construction and applicability of provision of public officer's bond exempting sureties from liability for loss due to failure of bank or other depository, 98 A.L.R. 719.
GA Code § 45-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-8. Attorney at Law or County Officer Not to Be Surety

 No attorney at law or county officer shall be accepted as surety on the bond of any county officer.   (Ga. L. 1876, p. 13, § 1; Code 1882, § 152; Civil Code 1895, § 248; Civil Code 1910, § 283; Code 1933, § 89-416.)
GA Code § 45-4-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-9. New Bond and Surety When Surety Relieved or Insufficient

 The Governor shall require a new surety and bond for the performance of any public duty by any officer under this chapter when, in the Governor's discretion:    The surety gives written notice to the Governor of his desire to be relieved from future liability for good cause stated and sworn to; or   The surety becomes insufficient, based upon satisfactory evidence.    (Laws 1845, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1036; Code 1863, § 164; Code 1868, § 159; Code 1873, § 170; Code 1882, § 170; Civil Code 1895, § 266; Civil Code 1910, § 301; Code 1933, § 89-424.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 368.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 74.
GA Code § 45-4-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-10. Effect of Officer Failing to Comply With New Bond and Surety

 If any officer shall fail to comply with the requisition of the Governor to furnish a new bond and surety within ten days from the date such officer is served personally with a copy of the executive order containing such requisition, he shall on account of such failure be removed from office and a vacancy declared.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 165; Code 1868, § 160; Code 1873, § 171; Code 1882, § 171; Civil Code 1895, § 267; Civil Code 1910, § 302; Code 1933, § 89-425.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Nature of proceedings under statute providing for removal of officer on accusation by grand jury, etc., 81 A.L.R. 1089.    Power to remove public officer without notice and hearing, 99 A.L.R. 336.   Removal of public officers for misconduct during previous term, 42 A.L.R.3d 691.
GA Code § 45-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-11. Blanket Bonds Covering Two or More Political Subdivisions, Officers Authorized; Amount and Coverage Period; Recording; Entities

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the several counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of this state, including independent school districts, are authorized to purchase blanket bonds in lieu of individual bonds. Blanket bonds may cover any two or more officers, officials, agents, and any other employees of such political subdivisions where they are required by law to be bonded.   A blanket bond shall be in an amount sufficient to cover all or certain specified individual bonds otherwise required by law to be purchased by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision. The blanket bond shall specify the dates of coverage, the positions or persons covered by the bond, and the persons or entities to whom or to which the bond is payable.   A blanket bond shall be signed by the judge of the probate court of the county wherein the county, municipality, or school district purchasing the blanket bond is located. The bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the probate court. Such signing, filing, and recording shall be in lieu of any other endorsement, signing, filing, approval, or recording otherwise required by law for individual bonds. Where a municipality or school district is located in more than one county, the bond shall be signed, filed, and recorded by the probate judge of the county within which the municipality or school district is predominately located based upon population.   In addition to any other guaranty or surety companies authorized by this chapter, a blanket bond may be offered by an interlocal risk management agency created pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 36 or Article 29 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and may be in the form of a copy of an original annual coverage agreement providing the blanket bond.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 480, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 978, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article on bond liability and righting the wrongs of Georgia local government officers, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 747 (1979).
GA Code § 45-4-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-12. Approval and Filing of Bonds

 The approval of all official bonds shall be in writing, endorsed on the bonds, and shall show the day and year on which they were approved; and such bonds shall not be filed until thus approved.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 145; Code 1868, § 140; Code 1873, § 150; Code 1882, § 150; Civil Code 1895, § 245; Civil Code 1910, § 280; Code 1933, § 89-404.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 136.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 473 et seq.