All employees of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, not including members of the commission, shall be subject to a merit system of employment as promulgated by the commission, under which all such employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency, according to law. All such employees are authorized to become and be members of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, as established by Chapter 2 of Title 47. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission all employer contributions required by Chapter 2 of Title 47 creating the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia. All rights, credits, and funds in such retirement system which were possessed by persons at the time of their employment by the commission are continued and preserved, it being the intention of the General Assembly that such persons shall not lose any rights, credits, or funds to which they may be entitled prior to becoming employees of the commission.
History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 5.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation
Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts
§ 2-6-21. Legislative Determinations and Declarations of Policy
§ 2-6-26. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Merit and Retirement Systems for Employees
§ 2-6-27. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Additional Duties and Powers
§ 2-6-30. District Supervisors — Election Procedure for Elected Supervisors
§ 2-6-33. Powers of Districts and Supervisors; Prerequisites to Exercise
§ 2-6-34. Conditions to Extending Benefits or Performing Work
§ 2-6-35. Land Use Regulations — Adoption Authorized; Public Hearings
§ 2-6-36. Land Use Regulations — Referendum
§ 2-6-37. Land Use Regulations — Provisions Authorized; Uniformity Required; Availability of Copies
§ 2-6-38. Land Use Regulations — Binding Effect
§ 2-6-40. Land Use Regulations — Amendment or Repeal
§ 2-6-41. Right of Eminent Domain for Small Watershed Project; Conditions Precedent; Procedure
§ 2-6-42. Cooperation Between Districts
§ 2-6-43. State Agencies to Cooperate With Districts and Observe Land Use Regulations
§ 2-6-44. Exemption From Taxation
§ 2-6-45. Discontinuance of District — Petition of Landowners; Hearings
§ 2-6-46. Discontinuance of District — Referendum
§ 2-6-49. Discontinuance of District — Effect of Dissolution
§ 2-6-50. Discontinuance of District — Frequency of Discontinuance Attempts
§ 2-6-51. District Not Liable for Loss, Damage, Injury, or Death