All of the privileges and immunities from liability; exemption from laws, ordinances, and rules; and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, workers’ compensation, salary, death, and other benefits which apply to the activity of such officers, agents, or employees of any such political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits of their respective political subdivisions or campuses shall apply to such officers, agents, or employees to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this chapter relating to mutual aid. The provisions of this Code section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, and auxiliary employees.
History. Code 1981, § 36-69-6 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 5; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted “or the Technical College System of Georgia” after “University System of Georgia” in the first sentence of this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-6 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-6.
Structure Georgia Code
§ 36-69-2. “Local Emergency” Defined
§ 36-69-3.1. Out-of-State Contracts and Mutual Aid Agreements
§ 36-69-5. Responsibility for Expenses and Compensation of Employees
§ 36-69-6. Applicability of Privileges, Immunities, Exemptions, and Benefits
§ 36-69-7. Liability for Acts or Omissions of Responding Agency Employees
§ 36-69-8. Construction of Chapter