Rights of employees under State Personnel Administration

Any employee of any state institution, agency, or department who qualifies under Code Section 31-29-1 shall be given credit for all salary adjustments and the same eligibility for step increases to which he or she would have been entitled under the rules of the State Personnel Board had he or she not contracted tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis and had he or she remained on the job full time in the same capacity and with the same status as he or she had previously attained. 858 History. — Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 7; Code 1933, § 88-2407, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-42/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 Administra- 31-29-8 tion 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.’’ 31-29-7. Rules and regulations of employing authority; exclusion from right to compensation of employees not subject to exposure. The superintendent or director having the legal authority to appoint employees of any state institution, agency, or department affected by Code Section 31-29-1 is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with Code Sections 31-29-1 through 31-29-6, to effectuate and carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter. Such superintendent or director may exclude from the coverage of Code Section 31-29-1 the employees of divisions or units of the institution, agency, or department who, in the opinion of the superintendent or director, have no occupational exposure to tuberculosis or infectious hepatitis. History. — Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 513, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2409, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 737, § 1. 31-29-8. Specific inclusion of employees of certain institutions.