History. Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 522; Code 1863, § 2733; Code 1868, § 2741; Ga. L. 1870, p. 69, § 1; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 23, § 1; Code 1873, § 2783; Ga. L. 1874, p. 19, § 1; Code 1882, § 2783; Ga. L. 1889, p. 72, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1893, p. 115, § 1; Ga. L. 1894, p. 47, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3692; Ga. L. 1897, p. 119, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 4284; Ga. L. 1929, p. 211, § 1; Code 1933, § 14-1808; Ga. L. 1935, p. 350, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 331, § 1; Ga. L. 1945, p. 123, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 986, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 9, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 363, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 986, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1274, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-1/HB 642; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 1/HB 737; Ga. L. 2022, p. 73, § 1/HB 1335.
The 2022 amendment, effective April 4, 2022, substituted “January 1, 2022” for “January 1, 1984” in paragraph (a)(1); and substituted “13 days” for “12 days” twice in subsection (b).
Cross references.
Distribution of federal funds; combined purchase of supplies and equipment; minimum school year; summer school programs; year-round operation, § 20-2-168 .
Place and time for holding probate court, § 15-9-82 .
State Merit System of Personnel Administration, T. 45, C. 20.
Editor’s notes.
As of January 1, 1984, the days which have been “designated” as public and legal holidays by the federal government (see 5 U.S.C. § 6103(a) , as amended by P.L. 98-144) are as follows: New Year’s Day; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Washington’s Birthday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans’ Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day. See subsection (b) of this Code section for powers of Governor to specify the days state offices and facilities shall be closed for observance of public and legal holidays.
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.
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Chapter 4 - Holidays and Observances
§ 1-4-3. Designation of “American History Month”
§ 1-4-4. Declaration of “Wildflower Week”
§ 1-4-5. Declaration of “Bird Day”
§ 1-4-6. Declaration of “Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation Day”
§ 1-4-7. Declaration of “Peace Officer Memorial Day”; Declaration of “Police Week”
§ 1-4-8. Declaration of “Children’s Day”
§ 1-4-9. Designation of “Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day”
§ 1-4-10. Designation of “Girls and Women in Sports Day”
§ 1-4-11. Designation of “Clean Water Week”
§ 1-4-12. Designation of “Firefighter Appreciation Day”
§ 1-4-13. Designation of “Bill of Rights Day”
§ 1-4-14. Declaration of “Home Education Week”
§ 1-4-15. Designation of “Bill Elliott day.”
§ 1-4-15.1. Designation of “Ronald Reagan day.”
§ 1-4-16. Designation of “Prison Chaplains Appreciation day.”
§ 1-4-17. Declaration of “Georgia day.”
§ 1-4-18. Designation of “School Bus Drivers Appreciation day.”
§ 1-4-19. Designation of “School Bus Safety week.”
§ 1-4-20. Designation of Confederate History and Heritage Month
§ 1-4-21. Designation of “Purple Heart day.”
§ 1-4-22. Designation of “Water Professionals Appreciation day.”
§ 1-4-23. Designation of “Childhood Cancer Awareness day.”
§ 1-4-24. Designation of “National Swearing-in Commitment day.”