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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-33 - Powers to prevent violence and maintain order - Publishing and posting of emergency rules and regulations

Whenever the Governor shall promulgate emergency rules and regulations, such rules and regulations shall be published and posted during the emergency in the area affected; and copies of the rules shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be a part of the public record.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-34 - Powers to prevent violence and maintain order - Enforcement of rules and regulations

The Governor shall have emergency power to call upon the military forces of the state or any other state or county law enforcement agency to enforce the rules and regulations authorized by Code Sections
45-12-29
through
45-12-33
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-35 - Reward for detection or apprehension of perpetrators of felonies or cattle, horse, or swine thieves

(a)
For the purposes of this Code section, the term "conviction" means a final judgment of conviction entered upon a verdict of guilty or upon a plea of guilty. Such judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment when the remittitur from the appellate court of this state affirming the conviction is filed in the court below or, if the proceeding is before a federal court, when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction.
(b)
The Governor and any county or municipal governing authority shall, in their discretion, offer and cause to be paid rewards for the detection or apprehension of the perpetrator of any felony committed within this state, such reward not to exceed the sum of $1,000.00 in felonies not capital, including arson, and not to exceed the sum of $10,000.00 in capital felonies and arson; provided, however, that the amount offered by any local governing authority shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $25,000.00.
(c)
The Governor shall, at the Governor's discretion, offer and cause to be paid rewards for the detection or apprehension of cattle, horse, ratites, or swine thieves stealing cattle, horses, ratites, or swine within this state; and such reward shall not exceed $1,000.00.
(d)
The Governor, at his discretion, may pay any reward authorized by this Code section after conviction.
(e)
No reward provided for in this Code section shall be paid to any officer who arrests such person in the regular discharge of his or her duty by virtue of process in his or her hands to be executed nor to any person who has arrested the offender prior to the publication of the reward.
Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 616,§ 6, eff. 4/28/2006.
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 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-36 - Reward for information leading to identification, apprehension, and conviction of persons who cause the death of a law enforcement officer

(a)
For the purposes of this Code section, "conviction" means a final judgment of conviction entered upon a verdict of guilty or upon a plea of guilty. Such judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment when the remittitur from the appellate court of this state affirming the conviction is filed in the court below or, if the proceeding is before a federal court, when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction.
(b)
Any person, except a person who shall be charged with the power, duty, and responsibility of enforcing the criminal laws of this state, who furnishes the necessary information which leads to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of a person who has committed the crime of murder or voluntary manslaughter, where the victim of such crime was a law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty at the time of the commission of such crime, may be entitled to receive a reward in an amount up to $10,000.00. No reward offered under this Code section shall be awarded unless the information furnished possesses such unique qualities that without the divulgence thereof by the person claiming the reward, the identity of the perpetrator of such crime and the evidence leading to his conviction would not have been readily ascertainable from other sources during the ordinary course of a routine investigation of the crime. In those instances where, in the judgment of the Governor, one or more persons should be entitled to the reward, the Governor shall direct the division of the reward among those entitled thereto at his discretion or he may rely upon the advice of the district attorney or other official prosecuting the case as to the appropriate division of the reward.
(c)
The Governor, at his discretion, may pay any reward authorized by this Code section after conviction.
(d)
The Governor may pay such reward to any such person from funds appropriated to the executive branch of the state government for such purpose.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-37 - Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of person selling dangerous or narcotic drugs generally; rewards by counties and municipalities

(a)
For the purposes of this Code section, "conviction" means a final judgment of conviction entered upon a verdict of guilty or upon a plea of guilty. Such judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment when the remittitur from the appellate court of this state affirming the conviction is filed in the court below or, if the proceeding is before a federal court, when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction.
(b)
Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling dangerous drugs in violation of Code Section
16-13-72
may receive a reward of up to $500.00. Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is charged with selling a controlled substance in violation of Code Section
16-13-30
or
16-13-31
, may receive a reward of $1,000.00.
(c)
The Governor, at his discretion, may pay any reward authorized by this Code section after conviction.
(d)
The Governor, at his discretion, may pay such reward to any such person from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the executive branch of the state government.
(e)
Counties and municipalities wherein the crime was committed are authorized, but not required, to supplement or make rewards to persons entitled to receive a reward, as provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, in an amount not to exceed $200.00 paid from county funds and $200.00 paid from municipal funds for each such person. Any rewards paid pursuant to this subsection shall be paid at the time the conviction becomes final, as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, from the funds of any such county or municipality, as the case may be. It is declared that any funds expended pursuant to this subsection are expended for a public purpose.
(f)
When more than one person furnishes information which would entitle them to receive the rewards pursuant to subsections (b) through (e) of this Code section, such rewards shall be paid to the first person furnishing such information; and, if more than one person furnishes such information at the same time, such rewards shall be prorated among all persons furnishing such information.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-38 - Temporary transfer of institution between departments or agencies authorized; special report to General Assembly

(a)
At any time during the interim period between regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Governor may make a temporary transfer of any penal, correctional, educational, or eleemosynary institution of this state from one department or agency of state government to another when in his opinion the public interest so demands, except that no such temporary transfer shall be made to or from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
(b)
Whenever a temporary transfer of a state institution is made by the Governor under this Code section, he shall submit to the next regular session of the General Assembly a special report detailing said transfer and stating the reasons therefor.
(c)
Any temporary transfer of a state institution by the Governor pursuant to this Code section shall become permanent upon the expiration of the next regular session of the General Assembly following this transfer unless during that session a resolution disapproving said transfer shall have been adopted by both houses.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-39 - Annual report to General Assembly on administration's policies and goals

(a)
On or before the fifth day of each regular session of the General Assembly, it shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish a written report to each member of the General Assembly stating his administration's policies and goals on the following subjects:
(1)
Intellectual development;
(2)
Human development;
(3)
Transportation and communications;
(4)
Economic development;
(5)
Protection of persons and property;
(6)
Natural environment; and
(7)
General government.
(b)
The reports required of the Governor by subsection (a) of this Code section may include any subjects in addition to those required by said subsection. Such reports may be in such form as the Governor shall determine; and the Governor, at his discretion, may elect not to issue the report during the last year of his term of office.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-40 - Cooperation with other states on federal grants

For the purpose of establishing and administering federal grant programs administered by the State of Georgia, the Governor or his designee is authorized to cooperate with or enter into agreements with any official of another state. The Governor or his designee is authorized to enter into contracts and perform all things necessary in his discretion to secure to this state and citizens of this state the benefits of federal grant programs.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-12-20 — 45-12-41) › Section 45-12-41 - Governor's delegation of powers under applicable federal transportation planning and air quality laws and regulations

The Governor may delegate to any department, authority, or qualified entity, by executive order, his or her powers under applicable federal transportation planning and air quality laws and regulations, including without limitation the power to approve state-wide transportation improvement programs under
23 U.S.C. Section 134
and
23 C.F.R. Sections 450.312(b)
,
450.324(b)
, and
450.328(a)
.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 409,§ 4-6, eff. 5/3/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-50 - Duty to appoint officers and fill vacancies

The Governor shall appoint all officers and fill all vacancies unless otherwise prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this state. All appointments to discharge a public duty by the General Assembly, or by the Governor under its authority, are offices within the meaning of the Constitution of Georgia.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-51 - General power to engage services of any person

The Governor shall have the power to engage the services of any competent person for the discharge of any duty required by the laws and essential to the interests of the state or necessary, in an emergency, to preserve the property or funds of the state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-52 - Filling of vacancies when advice and consent of Senate required; interim appointment

(a)
In case of a vacancy from any cause in any office, the full term of which, by the Constitution of Georgia, is to be filled by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint and commission some qualified person to fill the vacancy until the next meeting of the General Assembly, when said vacancy shall be filled in the manner described in the Constitution of Georgia for filling the full term of such office. All existing vacancies and all vacancies which may occur during the session of the General Assembly shall be filled pursuant to this Code section.
(b)
Where it shall be incumbent upon the Governor to appoint a public officer subject to confirmation of or by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the office shall be deemed vacant at the expiration of the term of such officer, and he shall not hold over until his successor shall have been appointed and confirmed. The Governor may make an appointment to fill such vacancy ad interim; and the appointee shall hold office until the Senate shall next convene, at which time the Governor shall submit an appointment to fill such vacancy to the Senate for confirmation. The appointee, if confirmed, shall hold over until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed; provided, however, that the Governor shall not appoint ad interim any person previously rejected by the Senate. Whenever the Senate is in session, the Governor shall submit the names of appointees to fill all vacancies which will occur within eight months after the date fixed for the convening of the Senate.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-53 - Appointments not subject to Senate confirmation

No appointment by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate unless the statute under which such appointment is made requires confirmation or confirmation is otherwise required by law.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-54 - Appointments to boards, commissions, and bureaus subject to Senate confirmation

All appointments made by the Governor to boards, commissions, and bureaus created and established by the laws of this state shall be made subject to confirmation by the Senate. It shall be the duty of the Governor to submit to the Senate the names of all such appointees appointed prior to the convening of the General Assembly or during the session, either regular or special, of the General Assembly. Unless such appointees are confirmed by the Senate, they shall cease to hold the office to which they have been appointed, and the name of another appointee to fill such office shall be immediately submitted by the Governor to the Senate.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-55 - Governor authorized to appoint attorneys as executive counsel; compensation

The Governor shall be authorized to appoint attorneys to serve as his or her executive counsel for such periods of time as he or she deems advisable. The salaries, expenses, and all other remunerations of the attorneys appointed by the Governor as his or her executive counsel shall be determined by the Governor and paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the office of the Governor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-56 - Appointment of secretaries and clerical personnel; compensation

The Governor shall have power to appoint his own secretaries and to provide such other clerical personnel as may be required in his office. The salaries and compensation of secretaries and clerical personnel so appointed shall be paid from funds appropriated for such purposes.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-57 - Governor's messenger - Authority to appoint; compensation

(a)
The Governor, in his discretion, may appoint a messenger for the office of the Governor or may have that duty performed by some other state employee engaged by him under the general authority granted to him.
(b)
The salary of a messenger appointed by the Governor shall be $950.00 per annum. If the duty is performed by some other state employee engaged by the Governor, it shall be done without additional compensation.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-58 - Governor's messenger - Duties

The messenger shall perform such duties for the office of the Governor and for other state officers and such other service connected with the state business at the capitol as the Governor shall prescribe and he shall be governed by such rules and regulations as the Governor may adopt.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-59 - Governor's messenger - Special messenger

Where there is no messenger or where the duty cannot be performed by the person acting as messenger, the Governor, if necessary, may employ some person, for a reasonable compensation, to perform any service which is the duty of a messenger.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-60 - Payment of compensation of persons whose compensation not prescribed

All persons who are employed by the Governor but for whom no compensation is prescribed shall be paid, at his discretion, out of the money appropriated therefor. If no money shall be thus appropriated and the employment shall be indispensable, he shall pay them out of any contingent funds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES (§§ 45-12-50 — 45-12-61) › Section 45-12-61 - Campaign contributions and judicial appointments

(a)
As used in this Code section, the terms "campaign committee," "contribution," and "expenditure" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section
21-5-3
.
(b)
No person shall be eligible for appointment to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the superior courts, or the state courts if such person has made a contribution to or expenditure on behalf of the Governor or the Governor's campaign committee either:
(1)
in the 30 day period preceding the vacancy, unless the person requests and is provided a refund of such contribution or reimbursement for such expenditure; or
(2)
on or after the date the vacancy occurs.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 212,§ 27, eff. 1/9/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-70 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Budget Act."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-74 - Budget report - Preparation and submission to General Assembly

The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall prepare and submit a budget report to the General Assembly within five days after its organization for consideration either with or without amendments and modifications by the General Assembly.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-75.1 - [Repealed] Zero-base budgeting; intent; departmental priority lists

Repealed pursuant to its own terms effective June 30, 2020.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 669,§ 45, eff. 4/29/2014.
Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 33,§ 45, eff. 4/24/2013.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 716,§ 1, eff. 5/2/2012.
Former § 45-12-75.1 repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. VO1, § 2-2, effective January 28, 2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-76 - Limitations on appropriations by General Assembly; supplementary appropriations

The General Assembly shall not appropriate funds for any given fiscal year which, in aggregate, exceed a sum equal to the amount of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the state treasury at the beginning of the fiscal year, together with an amount not greater than the total treasury receipts from existing revenue sources anticipated to be collected in the fiscal year, less refunds, as estimated in the budget report and amendments thereto. Supplementary appropriations, if any, shall be made in the manner provided in Article III, Section IX, Paragraph V of the Constitution of Georgia, but in no event shall a supplementary appropriations Act continue in force and effect beyond the expiration of the General Appropriations Act in effect when such supplementary appropriations Act was adopted and approved.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-77 - Requirement of emergency appropriation; manner of allocation

In order to provide for the emergency needs of the state agencies, which needs were not ascertainable at the time of the submission of the budget report to the General Assembly or at the time of the enactment of the General Appropriations Act, the General Appropriations Act shall contain a specific sum as an emergency appropriation. The manner of allocation of such emergency appropriation shall be as follows: the head of the budget unit desiring an allotment of funds from the appropriation shall present such request to the Governor, in such form and with such explanation as he may require, and the Governor may allow or disallow the request at his discretion. No allotment shall be made from this appropriation to a purpose which creates a continuing obligation for the state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-79 - Governor to examine estimates and make revisions; budget report printing and transmission to General Assembly; examination of report by Governor-elect and his designated budget representatives

(a)
The Governor shall examine the statements and estimates before their submission to the General Assembly and shall make or cause to be made such further investigations by the Office of Planning and Budget, with such hearings before him as he deems advisable, and shall direct such changes or revisions in policy and program and in specific details as he finds warranted.
(b)
The Governor shall have the budget report printed and copies thereof shall be transmitted to each member of the General Assembly within five days of the organization of the General Assembly.
(c)
The Governor-elect and his designated budget representatives shall be entitled to examine the budget report in process and the Office of Planning and Budget shall provide him with every practicable facility for familiarizing himself with its contents.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-80 - Appropriations Act to adopt financial plans; effect of annual appropriation Acts; supplementary appropriations Acts; submission of budget to Office of Planning and Budget

(a)
The financial plan for each fiscal year, as presented in the budget report, shall be adopted, with such modifications as are made by the General Assembly, by the passage of a General Appropriations Act and such revenue and other Acts as are necessary for the purpose.
(b)
Each General Appropriations Act, now of force or hereafter adopted, with such amendments as are adopted from time to time shall continue in force and effect for the next fiscal year after adoption; and it shall then expire except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution of Georgia or those required to meet contractual obligations authorized by the Constitution of Georgia or the continued appropriation of federal grants.
(c)
In addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriations Act and amendments thereto, the General Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts, which shall be known as supplementary appropriations Acts, provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the state treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid for such purpose and collected into the general fund of the state treasury. Neither house shall pass a supplementary appropriation bill until the General Appropriations Act shall have been finally adopted by both houses and approved by the Governor.
(d)
The annual operating budget for each budget unit shall be submitted for approval to the Office of Planning and Budget by May 31 of the fiscal year preceding the effective date; shall be submitted on forms and in the format as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget; and shall conform to approved appropriations Acts. The total annual operating budget, including such schedules and supplementary information as may be required by the Office of Planning and Budget, shall be considered the financial plan for the budget unit. The various schedules included in the annual operating budget shall govern the approved expenditures for the applicable object class and shall ensure that these expenditures conform to both the letter and the intent of approved appropriations Acts. The Governor through the Office of Planning and Budget shall direct to be made such changes in the submitted annual operating budget as the Governor deems necessary to bring the annual operating budget into conformity with approved appropriations Acts.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-81 - Procedure and restriction for expenditures by state and budget units thereof

All expenditures by the state and its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury shall be made under the authority of appropriations Acts, which shall be based upon a budget provided in this part; and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-82 - Periodic work programs to be filed; funds not to be allotted until program approved; content and form of program; amendment of program; filing of copies of program

The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall require each budget unit, other than those of the legislative branch and the judicial branch, to file periodic work programs with the Office of Planning and Budget at such time as the Office of Planning and Budget shall direct. As provided in Code Section
45-12-83
, no allotment of funds shall be approved for any budget unit until such budget unit has filed a periodic work program with the Office of Planning and Budget and the periodic work program has been approved by the Governor. The work program shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Office of Planning and Budget and shall contain such information as the Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, may require. The work program shall include the amount of the portion of the appropriation required for the period's expenditures based on the budget prepared as provided in this part. Periodic work programs may be amended from time to time in such manner as the Office of Planning and Budget may require. A duplicate copy of all of the periodic work programs and any amendments thereto shall be filed simultaneously with the Office of Planning and Budget, the state treasurer, the state auditor, the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and the House Budget and Research Office.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 669,§ 45, eff. 4/29/2014.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-83 - Requirement of filing of requests by budget units for allotment of funds; time and form of requests

No funds may be made available for expenditure by any budget unit, other than the units of the legislative branch and the judicial branch, until such budget unit has filed a request for allotment of appropriations with the Office of Planning and Budget and the request for allotment has been approved by the Governor. Requests for allotment of appropriations for ordinary, recurring expenses shall be filed not later than five days before the beginning of each month. Requests for allotment of appropriations for extraordinary expenses or capital outlay may be filed at such times as the Office of Planning and Budget may prescribe. The request for allotment shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Office of Planning and Budget and shall be supplemented by such information as the Office of Planning and Budget may require.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-83.1 - Display of state flag by agencies

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term "agency" means:
(1)
Every state department, agency, board, bureau, commission, public corporation, and authority;
(2)
Every county, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of this state;
(3)
Every department, agency, board, bureau, commission, authority, or similar body of each such county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state; and
(4)
Every city, county, regional, or other authority established pursuant to the laws of this state.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section
50-3-4.1
, any agency which is eligible to receive appropriated state funds shall be required to display the Georgia state flag provided for in Code Section
50-3-1
. No funds may be made available for expenditure by any agency which is not in compliance with the provisions of this subsection. The Office of Planning and Budget shall investigate any allegations of noncompliance with the provisions of this Code section. The Office of Planning and Budget and the Office of the State Treasurer shall enforce the provisions of this Code section.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
Added by 2001 Ga. Laws 1, § 2, eff. 1/31/2001.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-84 - Review of periodic work programs and requests for allotment of funds generally

(a)
The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the periodic work programs submitted by the budget units for conformity to the budget approved by the General Assembly.
(b)
The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall review the requests for allotment of funds for conformity to the approved periodic work program.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-85 - Examination and investigation of periodic work programs and requests for allotment of funds

(a)
The Governor shall examine the periodic work programs and shall make or cause to have made such further investigations by the Office of Planning and Budget, with such hearings before the Governor as he or she deems advisable, and shall direct changes in such provisions of the periodic work program as the Governor finds do not conform to the budget approved by the General Assembly.
(b)
The Governor through the Office of Planning and Budget shall seek to effect economy, efficiency, decentralization of state government, and sound fiscal management in reviewing budget allotment requests and may make such changes to the budget allotment requests to meet these goals and objectives and which are consistent with and subject to the method and provisions contained in the General Appropriations Act. Upon determination that the requested budget allotment conforms with the approved work program and meets the above-mentioned goals and objectives, the Governor shall execute his or her warrant on the treasury for the funds included in the approved budget allotment. Notwithstanding any authorization for expenditure included in an appropriations Act, all appropriations in excess of the approved budget allotments for the budget year, as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, shall cease to be an obligation of the state. The Office of Planning and Budget shall notify the House Budget and Research Office and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office of any such action with appropriate supporting information.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 669,§ 45, eff. 4/29/2014.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-86 - Governor authorized to require state agencies to reserve specified appropriations for budget reductions and withhold a percentage of agency allotments to maintain spending within actual revenues

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the Governor, during the first six months of a fiscal year period in which the current revenue estimate on which appropriations are based is expected to exceed actual revenues, is authorized to require state agencies to reserve such appropriations as specified by the Governor for budget reductions to be recommended to the General Assembly at its next regular session.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the Governor, during any fiscal year by which the current revenue estimate on which appropriations are based is expected to exceed actual revenues, is authorized to withhold a percentage of agency allotment requests as necessary to maintain spending within actual revenues.
(c)
During any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2009, in which the current revenue estimate on which appropriations are based is expected to exceed actual revenues and an appropriation for homeowner tax relief grants pursuant to Chapter 89 of Title 36 has been made which does not comply with the limitations specified under subsection (d) of Code Section
36-89-3
, the Governor shall either require the state agency to which the appropriation was made to reserve such appropriations as specified by the Governor for budget reductions to be recommended to the General Assembly at its next regular session or withhold the agency allotment request for such appropriation as necessary to maintain spending within actual revenues.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 45, eff. 4/14/2009.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 1,§ 2, eff. 2/17/2009.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 322,§ 4, eff. 5/9/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-87 - Requirement of authorization of payments and obligation; liability of persons authorizing payments or receiving payments

No payment shall be made and no obligation shall be incurred against any appropriation unless such payment or obligation has been authorized as provided in this part. Every official authorizing payments in violation of this part, or taking part therein, and every person receiving such payment, or any part thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable to the state for the full amount so paid or received.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-88 - [Repealed] Budget units to furnish information to Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee before instituting new programs

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. VO1, § 2-3, effective January 28, 2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-89 - Appropriations not expended or obligated at end of fiscal year to lapse

At the end of each fiscal year, the amount of each appropriation provided for in this part, except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution of Georgia, remaining unexpended and not contractually obligated in writing shall lapse and cease to be available; and the state treasury shall not pay any unallotted appropriations and shall make the necessary adjustments in its appropriation accounts to charge off the amount of the lapsed appropriations. All appropriated funds, except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution of Georgia, remaining unexpended and not contractually obligated at the expiration of the General Appropriations Act shall lapse.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-90 - Disposition of appropriation for duties, purposes, and objects which have been transferred

In the event that any duties, purposes, and objects for which appropriations are made shall be transferred to a budget unit other than that to which appropriated, the appropriations for such duties, purposes, and objects shall be made available, subject to this part, to such budget unit or budget units to which the duties, purposes, and objects are transferred. Should the appropriation to be transferred not be shown in the appropriation Act as a separate and identifiable item, the amount to be transferred shall be decided by the Office of Planning and Budget in accordance with the detailed estimates or other information embodied in the budget report.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-91 - Federal funds received by state continually appropriated

All federal funds received by the state are continually appropriated in the exact amounts and for the purposes authorized and directed by the federal government in making the grant.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-92.1 - Fees which are not revenue measures; utilization of proceeds

(a)
The General Assembly finds and determines that certain fees imposed or authorized by law are not "revenue measures" within the meaning of Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution but only incidentally create revenue pursuant to the facilitation of another primary purpose.
(b)
When any other provision of law imposes or authorizes the imposition of a fee and recites that such fee is subject to this Code section:
(1)
The agency or other entity imposing and collecting the fee shall not pay the proceeds of the fee into the general fund of the state treasury but shall rather retain and expend the proceeds for purposes of defraying the costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated; and
(2)
If the amount of the fee is fixed by the agency or other entity pursuant to the law authorizing the fee, the fee shall be fixed in a reasonable amount such that the proceeds of the fee do not exceed the total direct and indirect costs of administering the program or activity with which the fee is associated.
Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 360,§ 1-84.1, eff. 5/12/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-92.2 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Ga. Laws 290,§ 15, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 55,§ 4, eff. 6/30/2019.
Added by 2013 Ga. Laws 270,§ 5, eff. 5/7/2013.
Code 1981, § 45-12-92.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 856, § 5/HB 276; Ga. L. 2019, p. 261, § 4/HB 220.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-93 - Revenue shortfall reserve; reservation of surplus state funds; appropriation and release of funds; limitations

(a)
There shall be a reserve of state funds known as the "Revenue Shortfall Reserve."
(b)
The amount of all surplus in state funds existing as of the end of each fiscal year shall be reserved and added to the Revenue Shortfall Reserve. Funds in the Revenue Shortfall Reserve shall carry forward from fiscal year to fiscal year, without reverting to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year. The Revenue Shortfall Reserve shall be maintained, accumulated, appropriated, and otherwise disbursed only as provided in this Code section.
(c)
For each existing fiscal year, the General Assembly may appropriate from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve an amount up to 1 percent of the net revenue collections of the preceding fiscal year for funding increased K-12 needs.
(d)
The Governor may release for appropriation by the General Assembly a stated amount from funds in the Revenue Shortfall Reserve that are in excess of 4 percent of the net revenue of the preceding fiscal year.
(e)
As of the end of each fiscal year, an amount shall be released from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve to the general fund to cover any deficit by which total expenditures and contractual obligations of state funds authorized by appropriation exceed net revenue and other amounts in state funds made available for appropriation.
(f)
The combined Revenue Shortfall Reserve and the Midyear Adjustment Reserve existing on May 9, 2005, shall become the Revenue Shortfall Reserve provided for in this Code section.
(g)
Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the General Assembly is authorized to appropriate $7 million for State Fiscal Year 2005 from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve.
(h)
The Revenue Shortfall Reserve shall not exceed 15 percent of the previous fiscal year's net revenue for any given fiscal year.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 387,§ 1, eff. 6/4/2010.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 322,§ 5, eff. 5/9/2005.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 426, § 1, eff. 2/10/2004.
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 190, eff. 4/19/2001.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7) › Chapter 12 - GOVERNOR (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-216) › Article 4 - OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-178) › Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 45-12-70 — 45-12-95) › Section 45-12-94 - Striking of name of employee from requisition for allotment of funds

Neither the Governor nor the Office of Planning and Budget shall have the power to strike arbitrarily the name of any individual employed by the state from a requisition for allotment of funds or from the budget of any budget unit, department, or agency of the state government.