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GA Code § 45-7-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-23. Reimbursement for Relocation Expenses - Conditions

 Before the reimbursement of expenses to transferred employees may take place, the following conditions must be satisfied:    The department which employs the person transferred must certify that the move was in the best interest of the department and that the expenses incurred are reasonable and proper; and   The employee must sign an agreement that he will remain employed by the department in the location to which the move was made for a period of not less than one year following the effective date of the move, unless separated or transferred for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department concerned. In case of violation of such agreement, any funds expended by the state for expense reimbursement will be recoverable from the employee concerned as a debt due the state.    (Ga. L. 1973, p. 708, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Transfer to foreign country and transfer back to Georgia constitute separate moves.    - Under O.C.G.A. § 45-7-23, the General Assembly intended to pay both moving expenses for employee when the employee is transferred to a foreign country and again when transferred back and each transfer is a separate move. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-42.   Employee may be required to commit to remain employed for one year after move.   - Department of Industry and Trade [now Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism] is authorized to pay reasonable moving expenses for its employees who are transferred at convenience of department to a foreign country for both move to foreign country and for move back to Georgia so long as employee signs written commitment to remain in employ of department for at least one year after a reimbursable move. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-42.   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, § 388.
GA Code § 45-7-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-24. Reimbursement for Relocation Expenses - Rules, Regulations, and Policies

 The Office of Planning and Budget shall establish such rules, regulations, and policies as are necessary to administer such a program of reimbursement for all state employees.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 708, § 3.)   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, § 388.
GA Code § 45-7-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-25. Advance Travel Funds - Employee Trust Accounts Authorized

 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.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authorized purposes not unconstitutional.    - The use of public funds for the purposes authorized under Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, §§ 1 through 4 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28) does not violate Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. I, Para. II (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI) or Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. III, Para. IV (see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VII, Sec. IV, Para. VIII). 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Authorized purposes do not constitute a gratuity or a loan.    - The procedures authorized by Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, §§ 1 through 4 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28) do not constitute either a gratuity or a loan to an employee; payments to an employee to compensate the employee for expenses to be incurred in rendering services to the state clearly do not constitute a gratuity when the employee is accountable for failure to employ the funds for that purpose; nor do such payments constitute a loan simply because there is a requirement that the employee account for such funds. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Liability of employee for default on accounting obligation.    - A default by an employee in obligation to account for the funds advanced to the employee for the purposes stated in Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-7-25) is a failure "faithfully to account for all moneys coming into (his) hands," and thus is a claim cognizable under the bond required by former Code 1933, § 89-806 and Ga. L. 1964, p. 282, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-8-2 and45-8-8); in the event the employee was not bonded as required by former Code 1933, § 89-906 O.C.G.A. § 45-8-2), then the limitation of liability with respect to the principal and surety on the bond of the head of that state department contained in Ga. L. 1964, p. 282, § 1 was no longer applicable and the historical rules of liability would in that event apply to the department head and surety. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   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.
GA Code § 45-7-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-26. Advance Travel Funds - Rules and Regulations for Accounting of Funds

 The director of the Office of Planning and Budget shall develop the necessary rules, regulations, and procedures to govern the advance of state funds to employees prior to travel in the conduct of official state business and to provide for proper accounting of the state funds advanced to such employees on a timely basis following such employees' return from travel status.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authorized purposes not unconstitutional.    - The use of public funds for the purposes authorized under Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, §§ 1 through 4 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28) does not violate Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. I, Para. II (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI) or Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. III, Para. IV (see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VII, Sec. IV, Para. VIII). 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Authorized purposes do not constitute a gratuity or a loan.    - The procedures authorized by Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, §§ 1 through 4 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28) do not constitute either a gratuity or a loan to an employee; payments to an employee to compensate the employee for expenses to be incurred in rendering services to the state clearly do not constitute a gratuity when the employee is accountable for the employee's failure to employ the funds for that purpose; nor do such payments constitute a loan simply because there is a requirement that the employee account for such funds. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   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.
GA Code § 45-7-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-27. Advance Travel Funds - Accounting and Reimbursement of Unused Funds

 Each employee granted an advance of state funds under this Code section and Code Sections 45-7-25, 45-7-26, and 45-7-28 shall be the custodian of state funds entrusted to him, shall file an accounting of such funds, and shall reimburse unused travel advances as required by the rules and regulations adopted by the director of the Office of Planning and Budget.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, § 3.)   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.
GA Code § 45-7-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-28. Advance Travel Funds - Lien When Employee Fails to File Accounting or Reimburse Funds

 Should any employee granted a travel advance under this Code section and Code Sections 45-7-25 through 45-7-27 fail to file an accounting and reimbursement as provided by the rules and regulations adopted by the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the head of each agency shall file with the director of the Office of Planning and Budget a certification of the amount so advanced, which shall then become a lien against any and all funds or moneys due the employee from the state or from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia or the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authorized purposes not unconstitutional.    - TThe use of public funds for the purposes authorized under Ga. L. 1973, p. 842, §§ 1 through 4 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28) does not violate Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. I, Para. II (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI) or Ga. Const. 1945, Art. VII, Sec. III, Para. IV (see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VII, Sec. IV, Para. VIII). 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Authorized purposes do not constitute a gratuity or a loan.    - The procedures authorized by O.C.G.A. §§ 45-7-25 through45-7-28 do not constitute either a gratuity or a loan to an employee; payments to an employee to compensate the employee for expenses to be incurred in rendering services to the state clearly do not constitute a gratuity where the employee is accountable for failure to employ the funds for that purpose; nor do such payments constitute a loan simply because there is a requirement that the employee account for such funds. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Liability of employee for default on accounting obligation.    - A default by an employee in obligation to account for the funds advanced to the employee for the purposes stated in O.C.G.A. § 45-7-25 is a failure "faithfully to account for all moneys coming into (his) hands," and thus is a claim cognizable under the bond required by O.C.G.A. §§ 45-8-2 and45-8-8; in the event the employee is not bonded as required by O.C.G.A. § 45-8-2, then the limitation of liability with respect to the principal and surety on the bond of the head of that state department contained in O.C.G.A. § 45-8-8 is no longer applicable and the historical rules of liability would in that event apply to the department head and surety. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-87.   Employees' Retirement System assets cannot be encumbered by lien to secure unreimbursed travel advance.   - None of the assets of the Employees' Retirement System, including funds held in members' annuity savings fund accounts, can be encumbered by a lien created to secure unreimbursed travel advance; however, such a lien can attach to other funds due employee by state. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-114.
GA Code § 45-7-28.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-28.1. Employee Travel Reimbursement; Rules and Regulations to Be Issued by the Department of Audits and Accounts and the Office of Planning and Budget

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 35/HB 293, effective July 1, 2005.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1979, p. 1365; Code 1981, § 45-7-28.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.   Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79, repealed the reservation of this Code section, effective April 24, 2013.
GA Code § 45-7-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-29. Reimbursement for Expenses of Lodging and Air Fare - Supporting Documentation Required

  No official or employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government shall be reimbursed from public funds for expenses for lodging and air fare incurred in the performance of his duties unless a bill, receipt, or similar supporting document showing payment therefor or an explanation of the absence of such documentation shall be submitted when applying for reimbursement.   The requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be in addition to any other requirements relative to reimbursement for any expenses incurred by any such official or employee in the performance of his duties which are now or hereafter provided for by law. The requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section also shall not preclude the promulgation by any agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government of any rule or regulation or policy relative to reimbursement for any expenses.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 1.)   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, § 388.   ALR.    - Public officer's right and duties in respect of mileage and other allowances incident to duties of his office but which represented no actual expense or outlay by him, 81 A.L.R. 493.
GA Code § 45-7-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-30. Reimbursement for Expenses of First-Class Air Fare

 Except as provided in this Code section, no state official or employee, when traveling by commercial air carrier on a first-class basis, shall be reimbursed for that portion of the first-class air fare which exceeds the amount of the fare of the next lowest fare for the flight on which such official or employee is traveling. This shall not prohibit the reimbursement for the entire cost of first-class air fare under any of the following conditions:    Space is not otherwise available;   A licensed medical practitioner certifies that because of a person's mental or physical condition specific air travel arrangements are required; or   The commissioner of public safety certifies that specific air travel arrangements are necessary for security reasons.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 2.)   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   ALR.    - Public officer's rights and duties in respect of mileage and other allowances incident to duties of his office but which represented no actual expense or outlay by him, 81 A.L.R. 493.
GA Code § 45-7-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-31. Reimbursement for Expenses - per Diem Allowances

 This Code section and Code Sections 45-7-29, 45-7-30, and 45-7-32 shall not apply to per diem allowances authorized by law for officials or employees.   (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 3.)   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   ALR.    - Public officer's rights and duties in respect of mileage and other allowances incident to duties of his office but which represented no actual expense or outlay by him, 81 A.L.R. 493.
GA Code § 45-7-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-33. Reimbursement for Expenses in Filing Application for Commercial Driver's License

 Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a state department may reimburse an employee of state government for expenses incurred in filing an application for obtaining a commercial driver's license as such application fee is set forth in Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 40.    (Code 1981, §45-7-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-7-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 2 - Reimbursement of Expenses|§ 45-7-34. Rules and Regulations for Administering Reimbursement Programs

 The Office of Planning and Budget shall establish such rules, regulations, and policies as are necessary to administer such a program of reimbursement for all state employees.    (Code 1981, §45-7-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 131, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-7-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 3 - Salary Deductions|§ 45-7-50. Deductions for United States Savings Bonds

 The disbursing or fiscal officer of any state department, board, bureau, commission, agency, municipality, county, or other political subdivision thereof may deduct from the salary of any employee of this state, county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof such amount as the employee shall authorize in writing for the purchase of United States savings bonds for the employee. The written authorization shall be filed with the disbursing or fiscal officer of such state department, board, bureau, commission, agency, municipality, or county, and he shall make such rules and regulations governing the purchase of the bonds as he may deem necessary, which rules and regulations shall be incorporated in the employee's written authorization. The authorization of the employee may be withdrawn by the employee at any time upon filing written notice of withdrawal with said disbursing or fiscal officer.   (Ga. L. 1950, p. 323, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249.
GA Code § 45-7-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 3 - Salary Deductions|§ 45-7-51. Deductions for Payment of Insurance Premiums

  Any department or agency of the state is authorized to deduct voluntarily designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its full-time employees for the purpose of payment of insurance premiums to a designated insurance company or designated insurance companies which are licensed to do business in Georgia by the Commissioner of Insurance. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the department or agency employing the designating employee. No such deductions shall be made unless at least 15 percent of the full-time employees of a department or agency request such deductions which are to be paid to a particular insurance company. No such deductions shall be made without individual written requests of the employees, which requests shall designate the exact amount which is to be deducted. Any employee who consents to such a deduction is authorized to terminate the deduction upon two weeks' written notice. Each department head may discontinue allowing such deductions upon reasonable notice to the company and his employees.   The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments or agencies of the state will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the payroll deduction agreement between the department or agency and the employees, provided that no fiscal authority or employee of this state is protected from criminal or civil liability for conversion, theft by conversion, theft by taking, theft by extortion, theft by deception, or any other intentional misappropriation of the moneys or property of another for his own use.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1603, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Distinction between section's optional life insurance program and state deferred compensation law.   - State deferred compensation law pertains to deferred compensation plan which is aimed primarily at deferring compensation and taxable event of receiving compensation until later time. This section creates an optional life insurance program, which is to be administered by each separate agency, whereas deferred compensation plan is to be administered by State Personnel Board. Accordingly, there is no conflict between the two programs and both may exist simultaneously. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-6.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249.   ALR.    - Right to use public funds to carry insurance for public officers or employees, 16 A.L.R. 1089; 27 A.L.R. 1267.    Insurable interest of public in life of officer or employee, 62 A.L.R. 133.
GA Code § 45-7-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 3 - Salary Deductions|§ 45-7-52. Deductions for Payments to Credit Unions

  Any department or agency of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its employees for the purpose of payment of deposits or indebtedness to a department or agency credit union if such department or agency credit union is a corporation and existing under the laws of this state. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the department or agency. No such deductions shall be made without the written request of the employee, which request shall designate the exact amount which is to be deducted. Any employee who has consented to a deduction is authorized to withdraw from such plan upon two weeks' written notice.   The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments or agencies will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the agreement between the department or agency and the employee.    (Ga. L. 1964, p. 255, §§ 1, 2.)   Cross references.   - Credit unions generally, § 7-1-630 et seq.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    No state department, board, or agency can lawfully deduct labor union dues  from a public employee's salary regardless of whether those dues are paid directly to the union or through a collection agency, like the departmental credit union. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-119.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 2841 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249.
GA Code § 45-7-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - Salaries and Fees|Article 3 - Salary Deductions|§ 45-7-53. Deductions for Payment of Parking and Van Pool Fees

  Any department, agency, authority, or commission of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its employees for the purpose of payment of capitol hill parking and van pool fees. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the department, agency, authority, or commission and the Georgia Building Authority. No such deduction shall be made without the written request of the employee, which request shall designate the exact amount which is to be deducted. Any employee who has consented to a deduction is authorized to withdraw from such plan upon one month's written notice.   The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments, agencies, authorities, or commissions will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the agreement between the department, agency, authority, or commission and the employee.    (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1049, §§ 1, 2.)