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GA Code § 25-4-11.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 4 - Firefighter Standards and Training|§ 25-4-11.1. Testing for Illegal Drug Usage in Firefighters; Requirements

  All firefighters qualified based upon successful completion of training set forth in subparagraph (a)(2)(A) of Code Section 25-4-8 shall be subject to random testing for evidence of use of illegal drugs. Such testing shall occur at least biannually for the first two years of licensure or certification. Such testing shall be noninvasive and may be conducted at any time during the calendar year, and the cost of all such testing shall be borne by the employer. If the drug test shows the presence of drugs in the firefighter's system, the results of the test will be confirmed with an alternative method by using the same urine sample.   The council shall adopt rules and regulations for purposes of testing and retesting for illegal drugs, including:   Which illegal drugs will be the subject of testing;   Methods for ensuring minimal privacy intrusions during collection of body fluid specimens for such testing;   Methods for ensuring proper storage, transportation, and handling of such specimens in order to maintain the integrity of the testing process;   Which persons should be entitled to the results of such tests and which methods should be used for ensuring that only authorized persons are given access to such results;   A list of laboratories qualified to conduct established drug tests; and   Procedures through which firefighters, prior to the collection of body fluid specimens for such testing, may provide information to their employers regarding use of any drug pursuant to a medical prescription or, as otherwise authorized by law, any substance which could affect the results of such test.     Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Code section shall be in compliance with Parts 40 and 382 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.     (Code 1981, §25-4-11.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 782, § 2/SB 46.)
GA Code § 25-4-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 4 - Firefighter Standards and Training|§ 25-4-12. Applicability of Chapter

 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to firefighters employed on July 1, 1971, and such firefighters are not required to meet the requirements of Code Section 25-4-8 or Code Section 25-4-9 as a condition of tenure or continued employment; nor shall their failure to fulfill such requirements make them ineligible for any promotional examination for which they are otherwise eligible, affect in any way any pension rights to which they are otherwise eligible, or affect in any way pension rights to which they may be entitled on July 1, 1971. The council shall have the authority to investigate qualifications of, and in its discretion to issue certificates to, those previously trained firefighters employed on July 1, 1971.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 693, § 10; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 25/HB 497.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "Nothing in this chapter" for "Except as otherwise provided in Article 2, nothing in this chapter" at the beginning of this Code section.
GA Code § 25-4-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 4 - Firefighter Standards and Training|§ 25-4-30. And 25-4-31

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 619, § 4/SB 308, effective July 1, 2005.
GA Code § 25-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Firefighter's Mediation Act."   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - First Amendment protection for publicly employed firefighters subjected to discharge, transfer, or discipline because of speech, 106 A.L.R. Fed. 396.
GA Code § 25-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Corporate authorities" means the proper officials within any municipality whose duty it is to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of firefighters, as defined in paragraph (2) of this Code section, whether they are the mayor, city manager, city administrator, city council, board of aldermen, director of personnel, personnel board, or any combination thereof, or by whatever other name the same may be designated. The term shall also mean the employing authority for firefighters at Central State Hospital.   "Firefighter" means the permanent members of any paid fire department of any municipality of this state having a population of 20,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census who are employed for and subject to fire-fighting duties.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 3.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Employment Law Responsibilities of Public Employers in Georgia," see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 10 (1999).
GA Code § 25-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-3. Declaration of Public Policy

  The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare demands that the permanent members of any paid fire department of a municipality should not be accorded the right to strike or engage in any work stoppage or slowdown. This necessary prohibition, however, shall not prohibit such municipal employees from being represented by a labor organization of their choice and from bargaining collectively concerning wages, rates of pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.   It is declared to be the public policy of this state to accord to the permanent members of any paid fire department of those municipalities which are covered by this chapter all of the privileges enumerated in subsection (a) of this Code section other than the right to strike or to engage in any work stoppage or slowdown. To provide for the exercise of these privileges, a method of mediation of disputes is established.   The establishment of a method of mediation referred to in subsection (b) of this Code section shall not, however, in any way whatever, be deemed to be a recognition by the state of compulsory mediation or arbitration as a superior method of settling labor disputes between employees who possess the right to strike and their employers but rather shall be deemed to be a recognition solely of the necessity to provide some alternative mode of settling disputes where employees are, as a matter of public policy, denied the right to strike.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 245 et seq., 300 et seq., 342 et seq., 458 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 35, 276. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 318.
GA Code § 25-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-4. Right of Firefighters to Bargain Collectively

 Firefighters shall have the right to bargain collectively with their respective corporate authorities and to be represented by a labor organization in such collective bargaining as to wages, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and all other terms and conditions of employment.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 157-159.   ALR.   - Who are supervisors for purposes of bargaining-unit determination in state public employment labor relations, 96 A.L.R.3d 723.
GA Code § 25-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-5. Selection of Bargaining Agent by Firefighters; Recognition by Corporate Authority

 The organization selected by vote of the majority of the firefighters in any fire department shall be recognized by the proper corporate authority, provided the organization does not advocate striking and has a "no strike" clause in its constitution and bylaws, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the members of the fire department unless and until recognition of the labor organization is withdrawn by vote of a majority of the firefighters of the fire department. In lieu of an organization, a person may be selected as the bargaining agent and have the same obligations and privileges.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 223, 224.   ALR.   - Effect of alleged misstatements or misrepresentations in campaign literature, material, or leaflets on validity of representation election, 3 A.L.R.3d 889.
GA Code § 25-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-6. Obligation of Corporate Authority and Agent to Meet and Confer in Good Faith; Reduction of Agreement to Written Contract; Limitation as to Duration of Contract

 It shall be the obligation of the proper corporate authority and the bargaining agent to meet and confer in good faith within 30 days after receipt of a written notice from the bargaining agent of the request for a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. This obligation may include the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiations to be reduced to a written contract. No such contract shall exceed the term of one year.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48A Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 2215 et seq., 2223, 2363 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 229-236.
GA Code § 25-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-7. Submission of Unresolved Issues to Mediation

 If the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within 30 days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to mediation.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 2428, 2691 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 487-488.
GA Code § 25-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-8. Mediation Board - Composition and Selection; Chairman

 Within five days from the expiration of the 30 day period referred to in Code Section 25-5-7, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one mediator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in writing of the name and address of the person so selected. The bargaining agent may name as its mediator a working firefighter who shall be an active member of the Professional Firefighters of Georgia; and the corporate authorities may name as its mediator a member of the Georgia Municipal Association. The two mediators so selected and named shall, within ten days from and after the expiration of the five-day period mentioned in this Code section, agree upon the selection of a third mediator. If, on the expiration of the period allowed therefor, the mediators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third mediator, the American Arbitration Association shall select him upon request in writing from either the bargaining agent or the corporate authorities. The third mediator, whether selected as a result of agreement between the two mediators previously selected or selected by the American Arbitration Association, shall act as chairman of the mediation board.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 2692.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 547.
GA Code § 25-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-9. Mediation Board - Time, Notice, and Conduct of Hearings; Transmittal of Findings and Opinion; Effect of Decision

  The mediation board, acting through its chairman, shall call a hearing to be held within ten days after the date of the appointment of the chairman and, acting through its chairman, shall give at least seven days' notice in writing to each of the other two mediators, the bargaining agent, and the corporate authorities of the time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be informal, and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any and all documentary evidence and other data deemed relevant by the mediators may be received in evidence. The mediators shall have the power to request by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, and other evidence relative or pertinent to the issues presented to them for determination.   Hearings conducted by the mediators shall be concluded within 20 days of the time of commencement. Within ten days after the conclusion of the hearings, the mediators shall make written findings and a written opinion upon the issues presented, a copy of which shall be mailed or otherwise transmitted to the bargaining agent or its attorney or other designated representative and the corporate authorities. A majority decision of the mediators shall be advisory in nature and shall not be binding upon either the bargaining agent or the corporate authorities.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 89.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 31.
GA Code § 25-5-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-10. Mediation Board - Factors to Be Considered in Reaching Decision

 The mediators shall conduct the hearing and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful, and just settlement of wage or hour disputes between the firefighters and the corporate authority. The factors, among others, to be given weight by the mediators in arriving at a decision shall include:    A comparison of wages or hourly conditions of employment of the fire department in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of fire departments in municipalities of comparable size;   The interest and welfare of the public; and   A comparison of the peculiarities of fire-fighting employment in regard to other trades or professions, specifically:   The hazards of employment;   The physical qualifications;   The educational qualifications;   The mental qualifications; and   The job training and skills.      (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 10.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 348.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 487-488.
GA Code § 25-5-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-11. Payment of Expenses of Mediation

 The expenses incurred by the bargaining agent in connection with the mediation shall be borne by the bargaining agent. The expenses incurred by the corporate authorities in connection with the mediation shall be borne by such authorities. The necessary expenses incurred by the third mediator shall be borne equally between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 11.)
GA Code § 25-5-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-12. Agreements Constituting Collective Bargaining Contracts; Required Provisions; Engaging in Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, or Strikes by Firefighters

  Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before or within 30 days after mediation shall constitute the collective bargaining contract governing firefighters and the municipality for the period stated therein. Such period shall not exceed one year.   Any collective bargaining agreement negotiated under this chapter shall specifically provide that the firefighters who are subject to its terms shall have no right to engage in any work stoppage, slowdown, or strike, the consideration for such provision being the right to a resolution of disputed questions. Whether or not a collective bargaining agreement has been negotiated, no firefighter shall engage in any work stoppage, slowdown, or strike at any time.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 12; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 25.)   Cross references.   - Strikes by state employees, § 45-19-1 et seq.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in  Burnley v. Thompson, 524 F.2d 1233 (5th Cir. 1975).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48A Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 2363 et seq., 2369 et seq., 2378.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 229.
GA Code § 25-5-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-13. Service of Notice of Request for Collective Bargaining Upon Corporate Authorities by Bargaining Agent

 Whenever wages, rates of pay, or any other matter requiring appropriation of money by any municipality are included as a matter of collective bargaining conducted under this chapter, it is the obligation of the bargaining agent to serve written notice of a request for collective bargaining on the corporate authorities at least 120 days before the last day on which money can be appropriated by the municipality to cover the contract period which is the subject of the collective bargaining procedure.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 161.
GA Code § 25-5-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters|§ 25-5-14. Applicability of Chapter

  Before a municipality with a population of 20,000 or more and its firefighters may come under this chapter, the governing authority of the municipality must agree by ordinance that the municipality will be so covered.   In no case may a city with a population of less than 20,000 come under this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 14.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Employment Law Responsibilities of Public Employers in Georgia," see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 10 (1999).
GA Code § 25-6-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-1. "Jurisdiction" Defined

 For the purposes of this chapter, the term "jurisdiction" means a federal agency, a state agency, a local governmental subdivision of this state or an adjoining state, or an industrial or private organization which has established a fire-fighting department that is responsible for fire protection services within the area under the control, supervision, or management of the specific "jurisdiction." A "jurisdiction" may be one of the following, but is not limited to the following: towns, cities, counties outside corporate limits, industrial complexes, specific fire protection areas, military bases, private fire departments, volunteer fire departments, and the like.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 955, §§ 2, 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 521.   ALR.    - Use beyond municipal limits of municipal equipment for extinguishment of fires, 122 A.L.R. 1158.
GA Code § 25-6-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-2. Formation of Pacts Authorized; Status of Members of Fire Departments of Member Jurisdictions; "Pact" Defined

 Whenever two or more jurisdictions, as defined by Code Section 25-6-1, within or adjacent to this state, by written resolution authorize their respective fire departments to render aid and assistance in the extinguishment of fires or other immediate response emergencies outside of their respective jurisdictions, they may, if they so desire, form a district mutual aid system or pact, which shall be a public corporation. It is the primary intent that such system or pact be established for fire emergencies; however, due to the diverse emergency services expected of fire departments, mutual aid systems or pacts may include responses for any form of immediate response emergency as specified by members of the system or pact. Members of fire departments of member jurisdictions shall be considered as officers of a public municipal corporation and shall enjoy the privileges, rights, exemptions, immunities, and duties of such; and this shall apply to paid, volunteer, or private members when responding to or returning from rendering aid in an emergency under a mutual aid system or a pact. As used in this chapter, "pact" means a mutual aid resource pact.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 955, §§ 1, 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 30. 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 192, 500, 501.   ALR.    - Use beyond municipal limits of municipal equipment for extinguishment of fires, 122 A.L.R. 1158.