reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
GA Code § 45-3-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-6. Filing of Oaths - Endorsement of Filing Time

 The officer in whose office the oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 are filed must endorse thereon the day and year of filing.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 139; Code 1868, § 134; Code 1873, § 144; Code 1882, § 144; Civil Code 1895, § 239; Civil Code 1910, § 274; Code 1933, § 89-307.)
GA Code § 45-3-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-7. Oaths of Deputies

 Before proceeding to act, all deputies shall take the same oaths as their principals take and the oaths shall be filed and entered on the minutes of the same office with the same endorsement thereon; but this Code section shall not apply to any deputy who may be employed in particular cases only. A deputy sheriff may take his oaths before the sheriff and the oaths may be filed in and entered in the records of the sheriff's office.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 140; Code 1868, § 135; Code 1873, § 145; Code 1882, § 145; Civil Code 1895, § 240; Civil Code 1910, § 275; Code 1933, § 89-308; Ga. L. 1980, p. 527, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Emergency squad members to be qualified as deputy sheriffs.   - A police intelligence unit should provide that members of emergency squads be qualified as de jure deputy sheriffs in all counties in which they intend to operate. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-473.   Procedure for qualifying emergency deputies.   - When a number of emergency deputies are to be appointed, they may all be qualified at a joint meeting by a superior court judge if all counties involved are within that circuit; if, however, other counties are to be served, proper oath must be taken within each such county. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-84.
GA Code § 45-3-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-8. Effect of Failure to Take and File Oath Generally

 No officer or deputy required by law to take and file the oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 shall enter upon the duties of his office without first taking and filing the same in the proper office.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 141; Code 1868, § 136; Code 1873, § 146; Code 1882, § 146; Civil Code 1895, § 241; Civil Code 1910, § 276; Code 1933, § 89-309.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Local board of education member to take oath prior to assuming duties.    - A local board of education member was required to take the oath specified in former Code 1933, § 89-302 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-3-1). Until the member takes the oath, the local board member was not to enter upon the duties of office. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-15.   Reelected or reappointed members may continue to serve.   - Members-elect of a local board of education shall not enter upon the duties of office until qualified, commissioned, and administered the appropriate oaths. An incumbent board member who has been reelected or reappointed may continue to serve as an official member of the board prior to receiving the commission and being administered the appropriate oaths for the new term. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-15.   Emergency squad members to be qualified as deputy sheriffs.   - A police intelligence unit should provide that members of emergency squads be qualified as de jure deputy sheriffs in all counties in which they intend to operate. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-473.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Constitutional, statutory, or charter provision as to time of taking oath of office and giving official bond as mandatory or directory, 158 A.L.R. 639.
GA Code § 45-3-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-9. Entry Into Duties of Office Without Oath

 Any officer or deputy required by law to take and file an official oath who shall enter upon the duties of his office without first taking and filing the same in the proper office shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 141; Code 1868, § 136; Code 1873, § 146; Code 1882, § 146; Penal Code 1895, § 270; Penal Code 1910, § 273; Code 1933, § 89-9901.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Effect of deputy's failure to take oath.   - Failure of a deputy to take the required oath does not render the deputy's acts taken under color of office to be invalid, inasmuch as notwithstanding the deficiency, the deputy is still a "de facto officer"; the same rule applies where the deficiency is a failure to furnish bond. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-211.   Emergency squad members to be qualified as deputy sheriffs.   - A police intelligence unit should provide that members of emergency squads be qualified as de jure deputy sheriffs in all counties in which they intend to operate. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-473.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 369.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officer and Public Employees, § 359.
GA Code § 45-3-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-10. Effect of Failure to Take and File Oath Upon Validity of Official Acts

 The official acts of an officer shall be valid regardless of his omission to take and file the oath, except in cases where so specially declared.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 142; Code 1868, § 137; Code 1873, § 147; Code 1882, § 147; Civil Code 1895, § 242; Civil Code 1910, § 277; Code 1933, § 89-310.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Official actions not invalidated for failure to take oath.   - Failure of a deputy to take the required oath does not render the deputy's acts taken under color of office to be invalid, inasmuch as notwithstanding the deficiency, the deputy is still a "de facto officer"; the same rule applies where the deficiency is a failure to furnish bond. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-211.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Right of de facto officer to salary or other compensation annexed to office, 151 A.L.R. 952.    Presumption and burden of proof as to one's status as a de facto officer upon which validity or effect of his act depends, 161 A.L.R. 967.
GA Code § 45-3-10.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-10.1. Applicability of Code Sections 45-3-1 Through 45-3-10

  Code Sections 45-3-1 through 45-3-10 shall apply to all municipal corporations and to all peace officers of this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof.   When taken by municipal officers, official oaths shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate court. When taken by peace officers, official oaths shall be filed in the records of such department or agency.     (Code 1981, §45-3-10.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 510, § 2.)
GA Code § 45-3-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-12. Loyalty Oath - Elected Officers

 The loyalty oath required by Code Section 45-3-11, this Code section, and Code Sections 45-3-13 through 45-3-15 shall apply to all elected officers of this state, including the Governor, constitutional officers, elected officials of any political subdivision of the government of Georgia, and local school board officials.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 5; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity of governmental requirement of oath of allegiance or loyalty, 18 A.L.R.2d 268.
GA Code § 45-3-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-13. Loyalty Oath - Form

 The oath prescribed in Code Section 45-3-11 shall be in the following form:   "I, ________________________ (Name) a citizen of ______________ and being an employee of ________________________ and the recipient of public funds for services rendered as such employee, do hereby solemnly swear and affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia."   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 3; Ga. L. 1950, p. 282, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 5-4/HB 252.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, deleted "and that I am not a member of the Communist Party" following "the Constitution of Georgia" at the end of this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"   Law reviews.   - For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316, 12 L. Ed. 2d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   For constitutionality of this section prior to the 1981 recodification.   - See Georgia Conference of Am. Ass'n of Univ. Professors v. Board of Regents, 246 F. Supp. 553 (N.D. Ga. 1965).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity of governmental requirement of oath of allegiance or loyalty, 18 A.L.R.2d 268.
GA Code § 45-3-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-14. Effect of Failure to Sign Loyalty Oath

 If any person required by Code Sections 45-3-11 through 45-3-13, this Code section, and Code Section 45-3-15 to execute a loyalty oath fails to sign said oath, then the governing authority under whom such person is employed shall cause such person's name to be taken from the payroll and such person shall not be permitted to receive any payment from the state.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 45.)   Law reviews.   - For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316, 12 L. Ed. 2d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Brown v. Blackmon, 272 Ga. 435, 530 S.E.2d 712 (2000).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity of governmental requirement of oath of allegiance or loyalty, 18 A.L.R.2d 268.
GA Code § 45-3-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-15. Proceeding for False Swearing When Loyalty Oath Violated

 If any person required to do so by Code Sections 45-3-11 through 45-3-14 and this Code section executes a loyalty oath and subsequently it is proved that said individual has violated the oath, then the governing authority shall institute proceedings in the proper court against such person for false swearing.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 6; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   Law reviews.   - For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316, 12 L. Ed. 2d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity of governmental requirement of oath of allegiance or loyalty, 18 A.L.R.2d 268.
GA Code § 45-3-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-16. Applicability of Article

 This article shall apply to the oaths of office of all public officers of this state unless the contrary is expressly provided.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 163; Code 1868, § 158; Code 1873, § 169; Code 1882, § 169; Civil Code 1895, § 265; Civil Code 1910, § 300; Code 1933, § 89-301.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Oath required of members of county board of health.    - Members of the county board of health were public officers within the meaning of former Code 1933, §§ 89-301 and 89-302 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-3-1 and § 45-3-16 and were required to take the oath as prescribed by Ga. L. 1961, p. 552, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-3-11). 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 432.
GA Code § 45-3-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 2 - Commissions|§ 45-3-30. Officers Commissioned Under Great Seal of State

 The commissions of the following officers shall have annexed thereto the great seal of the state, and shall be signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of State, namely: senators and representatives in Congress; Justices of the Supreme Court; Judges of the Court of Appeals, superior courts, and juvenile courts; the Attorney General; district attorneys; reporters of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; the Secretary of State; the Commissioner of Insurance; and all military officers of the grade of general. The commissions of all federal and judicial officers enumerated above shall be on parchment.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 129; Code 1868, § 124; Code 1873, § 133; Code 1882, § 133; Civil Code 1895, § 227; Civil Code 1910, § 262; Code 1933, § 89-201; Ga. L. 1984, p. 565, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-3-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 2 - Commissions|§ 45-3-31. Officers Commissioned Under Executive Seal

 The commissions of all other civil officers, except constables and clerks of magistrate courts, of the state or county shall be under the seal of the office of the Governor, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by one of his secretaries. All officers of the militia of the grade of lieutenant or higher shall have commissions under the seal of the office of the Governor.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 130; Code 1868, § 125; Code 1873, § 134; Code 1882, § 134; Civil Code 1895, § 228; Civil Code 1910, § 263; Code 1933, § 89-202; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-32; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 45; Ga. L. 1987, p. 398, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   County school superintendents entitled to commission.   - All county school superintendents, whether elected by the people under the Constitution or elected by the local board of education under a local constitutional amendment, are entitled to a commission under this section. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 193.    The sheriff is an officer commissioned by the executive department.  1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-29.
GA Code § 45-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-7-1. Payment for Personal Services by State Departments

 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.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 125, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 275.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 374 et seq, 381 et seq.
GA Code § 45-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-7-2. Compensation of State Official for Serving in Ex Officio Position

 No state official who receives, as a part of his compensation, pay for service on an ex officio office or position held by such officer shall receive any compensation for such service in any such ex officio office created subsequent to May 1, 1963, unless the statute creating the ex officio office shall specifically provide for compensation for the ex officio officer.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 586, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Compensation of public officers or employees for services rendered under an unconstitutional act, 101 A.L.R. 1417.    Validity and effect of agreement by public officer or employee to accept less than compensation of fees fixed by law, or of acceptance of reduced amount, 160 A.L.R. 490.
GA Code § 45-7-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-7-5. Compensation of Lieutenant Governor

 The Lieutenant Governor shall be compensated in the amount and manner provided in Code Sections 45-7-3 and 45-7-4. He shall also be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier and the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile while on official business, together with the actual cost of meals and lodging while on official state business, as provided in Code Section 45-7-20.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 106, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Governor, § 3. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 278.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers, §§ 374, 377, 382. 81A C.J.S., States, § 206.
GA Code § 45-7-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-7-6. Members of Boards and Other Public Entities Not to Be Paid for More Than One Meeting per Day

 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.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 166, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Constitutional provision fixing or limiting salary of public officer as precluding allowance for expenses or disbursements, 5 A.L.R.2d 1182.
GA Code § 45-7-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-7-8. Officer Dismissal for Charging or Taking Fees Not Allowed or for Services Not Performed

 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.   (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 357; Code 1863, § 3634; Code 1868, § 3659; Code 1873, § 3710; Code 1882, § 3710; Penal Code 1895, § 1098; Penal Code 1910, § 1125; Code 1933, § 89-702.)   Cross references.   - Acceptance of other compensated office or appointment by member of General Assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. IV.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Section indicative of public policy.    - When proceedings were not brought under former Code 1933, § 89-702 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-7-8) but were instituted under former Code 1933, § 24-2724 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-6-82), relating to removal of clerks for cause, former Code 1933, § 89-702 was at least indicative of the policy of this state that public officers shall not charge or take fees not allowed by law. Adamson v. Leathers, 60 Ga. App. 382, 3 S.E.2d 871 (1939).   Wrongful acts constituting malpractice in office.    - Any county commissioner who knowingly and willfully assists another public officer in charging and receiving unlawful fees was guilty of malpractice in office and of violating the provisions of former Code 1933, §§ 89-9907, 89-9908 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-11-4). Cargile v. State, 67 Ga. App. 610, 21 S.E.2d 326 (1942).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Arrest fees for sheriff.   - A sheriff is not entitled to an arresting fee for an arrest made by the county police, when the sheriff does not participate in the arrest, but sheriffs are entitled to an arresting fee when they arrest in an arrest made by the Georgia State Patrol. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 96.   Arrest fees for game warden.   - When a game warden arrests a violator of the game and fish laws, the arrest fees go into the general funds of court. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 231.   Voluntary contributions to board's expenses not to be encouraged.   - Neither the State Board of Examiners in Optometry (now the State Board of Optometry), nor any member thereof should encourage voluntary contributions to assist in meeting the expenses incurred in the administration of the affairs of the board. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 504.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 233, 406, 409.   ALR.    - Liability of public officer or his bond to public body in respect of fees or charges which he illegally or improperly collected from members of public, 99 A.L.R. 647.   Removal of public officers for misconduct during previous term, 42 A.L.R.3d 691.
GA Code § 45-7-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-20. Reimbursement of Travel Costs for Certain Officials

 Except as provided in Code Section 45-7-21, each state official designated in Code Section 45-7-4 shall be reimbursed from state funds for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier, the legal mileage rate for use of a personal automobile, and the actual cost of lodging and meals while away from his office on official state business. This Code section shall not apply to the adjutant general, superior court judges, district attorneys, members of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, all of whose expenses and allowances shall be paid as provided for in Code Section 45-7-4. This Code section shall not apply to the Lieutenant Governor during sessions of the General Assembly. During such sessions, the Lieutenant Governor shall receive the same expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly, plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier and the legal mileage rate for use of a personal automobile. No official provided for in Code Sections 45-7-3, 45-7-4, this Code section, and 45-7-21 shall be reimbursed from state funds for any transportation, mileage, lodging, or meals for which he is reimbursed from funds other than state funds.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 701, § 3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 4, § 3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 45.)   Cross references.   - Contingent expense and travel allowances for reporters of superior courts, § 15-14-6.    Legal mileage rate, § 50-19-7.   Editor's notes.   - Resolution Act No. 48 (Senate Resolution No. 101), approved April 19, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 1365), relating to the development, issuance, review, and revision of employee travel reimbursement policies by the Department of Audits and the Office of Planning and Budget, was repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 41.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 287 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 386, 388.   ALR.    - Per diem compensation of public officer, 1 A.L.R. 276.    Allowance of mileage or traveling expenses to officer as affected by the use of his vehicle for transportation, 112 A.L.R. 172.   Constitutional provision fixing or limiting salary of public officer as precluding allowance for expenses or disbursements, 5 A.L.R.2d 1182.