Title 45

The Lieutenant Governor shall be compensated in the amount and manner provided in Code Sections 45-7-3 and 45-7-4. He shall also be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier and the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal aut…

No member of a public agency, board, bureau, commission, authority, or body who is paid on a per meeting basis shall be paid for more than one meeting in any one calendar day. (Ga. L. 1976, p. 166, § 1.)

(a) The compensation or allowances of the officials listed in subsection (b) of this Code section shall not be changed by the governing board or body having the authority to do so unless public notice of such proposed action and amount shall have been given at least 30 days prior…

Any public officer who shall charge or take fees not allowed by law or for service not performed shall, on conviction or proof thereof, be dismissed from office. (Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 357; Code 1863, § 3634; Code 1868, § 3659; Code 1873, § 3710; Code 1882, § 3710; Pe…

(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…

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 o…

(a) Each member of the boards and commissions enumerated in this Code section shall receive the same expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly for each day such member of a board or commission is in attendance at a meeting of such board or com…

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 res…

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 a…

The Office of Planning and Budget shall establish such rules, regulations, and policies as are necessary to administer such a program of reimbursement for all state employees. (Ga. L. 1973, p. 708, § 3.)

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 …

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 adv…

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 ru…

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 agen…

(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 p…

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…

This Code section and Code Sections 45-7-29, 45-7-30, and 45-7-32 shall not apply to per diem allowances authorized by law for officials or employees. (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 3.)

(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,…

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…

The Office of Planning and Budget shall establish such rules, regulations, and policies as are necessary to administer such a program of reimbursement for all state employees. (Code 1981, § 45-7-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 131, § 1.) ARTICLE 3 SALARY DEDUCTIONS

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 a…

(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 li…

(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 corporatio…

(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 t…

(a) Any department, agency, authority, or commission of the state is authorized to deduct designated amounts from the salaries or wages of its employees and remit such moneys to not for profit organizations, associations, or corporations providing tangible services and benefits t…

(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 involv…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘local unit of administration’’ means any county or independent board of education. (b) It is the purpose of this Code section to permit voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia and local units of…

(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…

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 kno…

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, commiss…

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 suc…

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 submissi…

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: …

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, commiss…

The commission shall be composed of 12 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 is an officer or employee of the s…

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 salary of $59.00 per day for each day of service and such expenses and allowances while performing their duties of office as are r…

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 number to serve as chairman, and shall adopt such rules and procedures as may be deemed necessary for the expeditious accomplishment of …

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 department…

(a) 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, comm…

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 ple…

and allowances for executive officers, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. V, Sec. III, Para. III. ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS