Operations reports by authority

The authority is authorized to publish in print or electronically annually, or at more or less frequent intervals determined by the board of directors, an operations report covering the activities of the authority, including, without limitation, a reporting of revenues and expenditures of the authority and a statement of the financial condition of the authority, and to furnish copies of such report to the Governor and members of the General Assembly and to other public and private persons and agencies as it may deem appropriate. The authority is further authorized to prepare and publish in print or electronically such other reports as may be required pursuant to Subpart 2 of this part. (Code 1933, § 32-3724, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.) 20-3-329. Employees of commission transferred to authority; status of authority employees hired after July 1, 1996; status of transferred employees; benefits of transferred employees not impaired. (a) All employees of the commission shall, on July 1, 1996, become employees of the authority, subject to the operating needs of the authority. Any employees of the commission whom the director gives the opportunity to elect to be transferred to the authority on July 1, 1996, shall be subject to the operating needs of the authority. 214 20-3-340 (b) Except for persons who transfer to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, no person who becomes an employee of the authority on or after July 1, 1996, shall be considered a state employee, no such person shall be considered an ‘‘employee’’ within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Title 47, and no such person shall be entitled to membership in the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia. (c) All persons who transfer to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section and who, immediately prior to such transfer, are state employees in the unclassified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 shall remain in the unclassified service. All such persons who, immediately prior to the transfer, are state employees in the classified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 may elect to remain in the classified service; provided, however, that if any such person accepts a promotion or transfer to another position, he or she shall become an employee in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2. (d) The rights and benefits in the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia and any employee benefits of any employee transferring to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be impaired. (Code 1981, § 20-3-329, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 837, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-26/HB 642.) Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.’’ This Act became effective July 1, 2012. Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.’’ Subpart 2 Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds 20-3-340. Legislative findings; purpose of subpart.