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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-9) › Section 45-7-9 - Compensation for line-of-duty injuries of full-time state employees; exceptions

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"Agency" means every state department, agency, board, bureau, commission, and authority, except the Department of Transportation.
(2)
"Full-time" means an employee who regularly works 30 hours or more each week.
(3)
"Injured in the line of duty" means an injury which arises out of or in the course of employment. Going to or from work shall not be considered in the line of duty.
(4)
"State employee" means a full-time employee of an agency.
(b)
Any state employee who becomes physically disabled as a result of a physical injury incurred in the line of duty and caused by a willful act of violence committed by a person other than a fellow employee shall be entitled to receive compensation as provided in this Code section.
(c)
Any person injured in the line of duty as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section shall continue to receive his regular compensation for the period of time that the employee or officer is physically unable to perform the duties of his employment; provided, however, that such benefits provided in this Code section shall not be granted for injuries resulting from a single incident for more than a total of 180 working days. An employee, firefighter, or officer shall be required to submit to his department head satisfactory evidence of such disability.
(d)
Benefits made available under this Code section shall be subordinate to any workers' compensation benefits which the employee is awarded and shall be limited to the difference between the amount of workers' compensation benefits actually paid and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.
(e)
Any employee of the Department of Corrections, employee of the Department of Community Supervision, employee of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, employee of the Department of Natural Resources, employee of the Department of Revenue, or law enforcement officer who qualifies for disability allowances pursuant to Code Section
47-2-221
shall not be entitled to any benefits provided in this Code section.
(f)
This Code section shall not apply to employees of the Department of Transportation covered by Code Section
32-2-7
.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 73,§ 5-93, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 787, § 4, eff. 7/1/2002.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 952, § 11, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 45-7-22 - Reimbursement for relocation expenses - Authorization generally

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a state department may reimburse an employee of state government for expenses incurred for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence from one part of the state to another as a result of an action of the state department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of the department; provided, however, that the Department of Economic Development may also reimburse an employee of that department for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence to a foreign country as a result of an action of that department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of that department.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 569, § 17, eff. 7/1/2004.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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:
(1)
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
(2)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 45-7-28.1 - [Repealed] 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 2005 Ga. Laws 140,§ 35, eff. 7/1/2005.
Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 35/HB 293, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 45-7-29 - Reimbursement for expenses of lodging and air fare - Supporting documentation required

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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:
(1)
Space is not otherwise available;
(2)
A licensed medical practitioner certifies that because of a person's mental or physical condition specific air travel arrangements are required; or
(3)
The commissioner of public safety certifies that specific air travel arrangements are necessary for security reasons.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 45-7-32 - Unlawful use of travel advance received from public funds for nongovernmental purposes; fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses; penalty for violations

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any travel advance received from public funds for nongovernmental purposes or to submit or approve, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request to the state for reimbursement of expenses.
(b)
Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any travel advance for nongovernmental purposes or submits or approves, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses valued in the aggregate at less than $500.00 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature which shall be punishable by not more than 12 months' imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $5,000.00. In addition to the foregoing criminal penalties, any such person shall also be subject to immediate termination of state employment and shall owe restitution to the state equal to the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursements, plus interest to be assessed at a rate of 12 percent per annum to be calculated from the date each misappropriated travel advance or fraudulent reimbursement payment was made.
(c)
Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any travel advance for nongovernmental purposes or submits or approves knowingly, or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request for reimbursement of expenses valued in the aggregate at $500.00 or more shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by not less than one nor more than 20 years' imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or triple the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursement payments, whichever is greater. In addition to such criminal penalties, any such person shall also be subject to immediate termination of state employment and shall owe restitution to the state equal to the amount of such misappropriated travel advances or fraudulent reimbursements, plus interest to be assessed at a rate of 12 percent per annum to be calculated from the date each misappropriated travel advance or fraudulent reimbursement payment was made.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 700,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 462, § 45, eff. 4/18/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 2 - REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (§§ 45-7-20 — 45-7-34) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 45-7-51 - Deductions for payment of insurance premiums

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 45-7-52 - Deductions for payments to credit unions

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 45-7-53 - Deductions for payment of parking and van pool fees

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 45-7-55 - Deductions for transit passes and other fare media

(a)
It is the purpose of this Code section to permit voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia for the purchase of transit passes and other fare media for the benefit of these employees and the State of Georgia through a process which involves minimal disruption of work time and provides reasonable assurance to the employees of reliable transportation to and from work.
(b)
Any department, agency, authority, or commission of the state is authorized to participate in any program to provide a mass transit employee benefit to its employees and may, but need not, bear all or a portion of the cost of such fare media from funds specifically appropriated for this purpose.
(c)
Any such participating state entity is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the wages or salaries of its employees for the purpose of facilitating employee purchase of transit passes and other fare media. No such deduction shall be made without the approval of the head of the participating state entity. No such deduction shall be made without the written request of the employee, who may withdraw that person's request upon one month's written notice.
(d)
The fiscal authorities or other employees of any participating state entity will not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the mass transit employee benefit program.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 3 - SALARY DEDUCTIONS (§§ 45-7-50 — 45-7-57) › Section 45-7-57 - Deduction from wages for contributions into savings trust accounts

(a)
Any department, agency, authority, commission, or other instrumentality of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the wages or salaries of its employees and remit such moneys to one or more savings trust accounts established under Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20.
(b)
No payroll deduction shall be made under this Code section without the employee's written and voluntary consent designating the exact amount to be deducted.
(c)
Any employee who has authorized a deduction under this Code section is authorized to end such salary deduction upon written notice to the employer.
(d)
The fiscal authorities or other employees of the various departments, agencies, authorities, commissions, or other instrumentalities of this state shall incur no liability for errors or omissions made in the administration of payroll deductions authorized under this Code section.
Added by 2004 Ga. Laws 552, § 1, eff. 5/13/2004.
Added by 2003 Ga. Laws V7, eff. 6/4/2003.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 4 - DISCLOSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES (§§ 45-7-70 — 45-7-74) › Section 45-7-70 - Purpose of article

It is in the best interests of a free society that citizens be fully informed as to the conduct of their government and that those who serve the public by performing services requiring special qualification, training, or knowledge and the exercise of discretion or judgment be known and identified. To ensure that the public may better evaluate the stewardship of elected and appointed officials in the use of public funds for the purchase of professional services from other than full-time employees, it is appropriate that disclosure be made of the use of professional personnel and of the fees and reimbursement paid for such services and incidental expenses.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 4 - DISCLOSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES (§§ 45-7-70 — 45-7-74) › Section 45-7-71 - Professional services fees to be identified in financial records

In the fiscal and financial records of any state agency which are submitted for audit to the state auditor, any fees for services or reimbursable expenses charged to any authority created, authorized, or otherwise provided for by state law or charged to any board, bureau, commission, committee, department, institution, office, retirement system, or any other agency of the state by any consultant, architect, or attorney at law shall be identified by type of fee or expense and the purpose for which paid, to whom paid, and the dates when such payment or payments of fees and expenses were made. Salaries paid and reimbursement of expenses made to professional persons employed on a full-time basis by the authorities or state agencies are not included within the reporting requirement set forth in this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 4 - DISCLOSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES (§§ 45-7-70 — 45-7-74) › Section 45-7-72 - Statements or reports to Attorney General and state auditor

A copy of each statement or report, referred to in Code Section
45-7-71
, of any authority or state agency in which a fee or expense paid to a consultant or member of a profession is identified and reported shall be provided to the Attorney General and the state auditor unless such statement or report is otherwise required by law to be provided to the Attorney General or the state auditor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 4 - DISCLOSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES (§§ 45-7-70 — 45-7-74) › Section 45-7-73 - State auditor to prescribe form and date for submission of reports

Where necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article, the state auditor shall by rule or regulation prescribe the form in which the reports of professional services shall be made by the authority or state agency. The state auditor shall also establish dates for the submission of the reports required by this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 4 - DISCLOSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES (§§ 45-7-70 — 45-7-74) › Section 45-7-74 - State auditor to provide report of fees to various state officials

The state auditor shall annually provide to the Governor, to each house of the General Assembly, to the Attorney General, and to the Secretary of State a report in which the accumulated totals of payments of fees and expenses to members of professions are set forth, identifying:
(1)
The person or persons to whom such payments were made;
(2)
The professions of such person or persons;
(3)
The totals of such payments; and
(4)
The authority or state agency which has retained such professional person or persons.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-90 - Creation; purpose

A State Commission on Compensation is established for the purpose of assisting the General Assembly in setting the compensation of constitutional state officers, including members of the General Assembly and full-time heads of state agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and departments whose compensation is set by the Constitution, by law, or by Act of the General Assembly.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-91 - Composition; qualifications, appointment, vacancies of members

(a)
As used in this article, the term "commission" means the State Commission on Compensation.
(b)
The commission shall be composed of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. No person shall be qualified for appointment to office as a member of the commission if he or she is an officer or employee of the state at the time of his or her selection for appointment nor shall such officer's or employee's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or the spouse of such individuals be qualified for such appointment. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be regularly engaged in the field of business finance or business management. Two members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(c)
Should any vacancy on the commission occur from death, resignation, or otherwise, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor member to serve during the unexpired term.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 225,§ 3-1, eff. 5/8/2017.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-92 - Oath; expenses of members; meetings generally

Members of the commission shall take an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Georgia and shall receive a daily expense allowance and reimbursement for transportation costs as provided for in Code Section
45-7-21
. All expenses incurred by the commission in the performance of its duties shall be paid from funds available to the General Assembly. The commission shall meet no more than 15 days in any year.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 225,§ 3-1, eff. 5/8/2017.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-93 - Organizational meeting; employment of staff

The commission shall meet immediately after a majority of its members have taken the oath of office, shall select from the members one of their members to serve as chairperson, and shall adopt such rules and procedures as may be deemed necessary for the expeditious accomplishment of the obligations of the commission. The commission shall be authorized to employ staff personnel as necessary to accomplish commission objectives.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 225,§ 3-1, eff. 5/8/2017.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-94 - Commission to make comparative study of compensation

The commission shall make a study of the compensation currently being paid by the state to all constitutional state officers, including members of the General Assembly and all full-time heads of state agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and departments whose compensation is set by the Constitution of Georgia, by law, or by an Act of the General Assembly; and the commission shall compare such compensation with that currently being received by officers and employees serving in comparable positions with the federal government, this state, other states, local governments, and in industry, business, and the professions. In making this comparative study, the commission shall utilize all available data pertaining to prevailing market rates and relating to the costs and standards of living of persons in comparable positions.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-95 - Commission to file written report of recommended compensation

The commission shall file a written report based upon its studies in which a recommended compensation shall be stated for each constitutional state officer, including members of the General Assembly and all full-time heads of state agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and departments whose compensation is set by the Constitution of Georgia, by law, or by Act of the General Assembly. A copy of such report shall be filed with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the Senate, and legislative counsel. The commission shall file the written report at least 90 days prior to the convening of the General Assembly in regular session at which the general appropriations bill is first considered. The written report of the commission shall be filed, notwithstanding a determination by the commission that no compensation increase or decrease is recommended.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 225,§ 3-1, eff. 5/8/2017.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 5 - STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION (§§ 45-7-90 — 45-7-96) › Section 45-7-96 - Construction of article

It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article shall not be construed so as to authorize the commission to reduce the compensation of constitutional state officers below that established by the Constitution of Georgia or so as to deprive the General Assembly of plenary power to enact laws affecting compensation in accordance with the Constitution of Georgia.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 7 - SALARIES AND FEES (§§ 45-7-1 — 45-7-110) › Article 6 - TEMPORARY FURLOUGHS (§ 45-7-110) › Section 45-7-110 - [Repealed] Criteria for order; notice; applicability; effect of other laws; effect on retirement or pension system; repealer

Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, Ex. Sess., p. 87, § 1, effective March 31, 1993.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-2 - Bonds - Requirement of officers holding state funds; requirement of additional bond or security; declaring office vacant upon failure to give additional security; reduction of bonds; substitution of new bonds

(a)
The state authorities shall require all collecting officers and all officers to hold public funds, so far as relates to moneys or revenues of the state, to give bond, on or before entering on the duties of their office, appointment, or employment, with good security for the faithful performance of the duties of their office and faithfully to account for all moneys coming into their hands, together with such other conditions as the laws may require as to the official bond of the particular officer in question.
(b)
If the state authority having supervision or control over the officer or the conduct of his office shall deem at any time that the bond given by such officer is insufficient in amount or is inadequate as to security, he shall notify such officer to give an additional bond or to increase the security. If within the time required by such state authority the officer fails to give the additional bond or to make adequate the security, the state authority shall, if the same be an office the incumbent of which such state authority has the jurisdiction or power to remove, declare the office vacant. If it is an office the incumbent of which such state authority does not have the power to remove, the state authority shall report the same to the Governor; and thereupon, if it be an office the incumbent of which the Governor has power to remove for cause, the Governor, after giving such officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant. If it relates to an officer who can be removed only by impeachment proceedings, the Governor shall report the same to the General Assembly. The Governor shall have concurrent jurisdiction with all other proper authorities to require any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds to give additional bond or security.
(c)
The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds of the state to reduce his bond by an order discharging the existing bonds of such officer from future liability and the giving of a new bond by said officer in the reduced amount which shall not be below the amount required of such officer as a minimum by the laws of this state.
(d)
The Governor or other proper state authority shall have the jurisdiction and authority to allow any such officer to substitute a new bond for his existing bond or bonds and to discharge the existing bond or bonds as to future liability by an order to that effect.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-3 - Bonds - Requirement of officers holding other than state funds; increase, reduction, or discharge of bonds

All municipality or county authorities and all other proper authorities shall, as to collecting officers and officers to hold public funds other than those dealt with in Code Section
45-8-2
, have the jurisdiction and authority to require bonds of such officers, of the same kind as is prescribed in Code Section
45-8-2
, and shall have the same power and authority to require such officers to increase their bonds or the security thereon, to permit the reduction of such bonds, and to give discharge to existing bonds as to future liability upon new bonds being given, all in like manner as is set forth in Code Section
45-8-2
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-4 - Bonds - Declaring office vacant upon officer's failure to give additional security

If any such officer is required to give additional bond or security pursuant to Code Section
45-8-3
and fails to do so within the time required, the proper authority shall:
(1)
Declare the office vacant, if such proper authority has the power of removal over such office; or
(2)
If such proper authority does not have the power of removal, it shall report the same to the Governor or officer having power of removal, who, after giving the delinquent officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-5 - Bonds - Fixing of amount and approval

The amount of the bonds of collecting officers and officers to hold public funds shall be in the amount fixed by the proper authority, unless the amount is fixed by existing general laws, and shall be approved by the proper authority and filed as required by law. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the proper authority to fix the amount of bonds and to approve the same is the officer or officers upon whom those duties are imposed by existing laws. Where the law does not designate what officer shall perform these duties, the proper authority shall be the officer, board, bureau, or commission having supervision over the particular office or officer. Municipality or county authorities shall be deemed the proper authorities as to fixing the amount and approving bonds of municipality or county treasurers and those acting as substitutes for municipality or county treasurers under local laws and as to all other collecting officers and officers holding public funds, so far as relates to municipality or county taxes or revenue, and shall be deemed the proper authority as to requiring additional bonds or strengthening security on bonds, as to allowing reduction or substitution of bonds, and as to discharging bonds from future liability, so far as relates to such officers.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-6 - Bonds - Liability of new or additional bond for defaults occurring prior to and subsequent to effective date

Where any collecting officer, officer to hold public funds, bank, or depository gives an additional bond or adds new security during his term, the bond in force at the time and securities thereon shall be liable for defaults occurring prior to the time the additional bond or security is given; and the existing bond or security and the additional bond or security shall be jointly, severally, and concurrently liable for subsequent defaults. If the order requiring a new bond so provides, the sureties on the old bond or bonds shall be discharged from future liability and the new bond alone shall be liable therefor. However, if the new bond so provides, it may assume concurrent liability with the old bond as to defaults occurring prior to the date of its being given, or, if the officer having the duty of approving the bond so consents, the new bond may assume sole liability from a date prior to the time of its being filed and the old bond or bonds may be discharged from liability from the date as of which such new bond is operative.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-7 - Bonds - Interest against principal and surety upon breach of bond; additional penalty for bad faith; attorneys' fees

Upon breaches of the bond of any officer, bank, or depository, interest shall run against the principal on the bond at the rate of 7 percent per annum from the date of the breach and against the surety at the same rate from the date of the demand on the surety. If the breach shall involve dishonesty on the part of the officer or bank, the official or county authority having jurisdiction to cite the officer, or any court acquiring jurisdiction over the subject matter, may, as against the offending principal in the bond, impose an additional penalty of not more than 10 percent of the amount of the loss and a reasonable sum for attorneys' fees. This penalty and award of attorneys' fees may also be imposed upon the surety by any court acquiring jurisdiction of the subject matter, in the event it is shown that the surety has acted in bad faith and has been vexatiously litigious or that it has filed defensive proceedings for delay only. Existing laws imposing higher rates of interest or penalties upon principals or sureties upon any of such bonds are superseded by this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-8 - Bonds - When principal and surety not liable

(a)
Neither the principal nor the surety on any bond of any collecting officer or any officer to hold public funds shall be liable for the failure of such officer to account for any public money coming into his hands which he shall have deposited in any designated depository or, if the proper authority shall have failed to designate a depository, in any bank selected by him, if it was deposited in the name of the public body to which it belongs, in his own name in his official title or with his official capacity disclosed, or if the bank receiving the same shall otherwise have notice of the public nature of the deposit, provided that said failure to account is attributable solely to the failure or insolvency of such depository.
(b)
Neither the principal nor the surety on the bond of the head of any state department or agency shall be liable for the failure of an employee of any such department or agency to account for any public money coming into the hands of such employee, if such employee is bonded in an amount deemed adequate by the head of the department or agency and the state auditor and the bond complies with this chapter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-9 - Bonds - Limitation of actions on bonds

No action on the bond of any collecting officer, officer to hold public funds, bank, or depository shall be maintained unless the action or proceeding is begun within six years from the date the alleged cause of action accrued; nor shall any action be maintained against any surety because of an alleged breach of the bond, unless, within three years from the date the alleged cause of action accrues, an action is begun against the surety or a citation is issued against the surety by the official, municipality, or county authority having jurisdiction to cite or an execution is issued against the surety as provided for in Code Section
45-8-25
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 8 - ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS (§§ 45-8-1 — 45-8-33) › Section 45-8-10 - Deposit of funds in banks or depositories - Requirement generally

All funds belonging to the state or to any of its bureaus, commissions, boards, or departments shall be deposited in designated state depositories. Every collecting officer and every officer to hold public funds who receives any money belonging to any public body shall promptly deposit the money in a designated state depository.