Georgia Code
Part 4 - Rights, Privileges, and Prohibitions
§ 38-2-279. Rights of Public Officers and Employees Absent on Military Duty as Members of Organized Militia or Reserve Forces

(e.1) (1) On and after July 1, 2002, every public officer or employee may be paid by the government employer the difference between his or her government salary and his or her military salary for any or all periods of absence while engaged in the performance of ordered military duty and while going to and returning from such duty, after expiration of the payment period provided for in subsection (e) of this Code section.
(2) To the extent that funds are appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Community Affairs for such purpose, the department may provide grants to counties, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions to reimburse them for their costs incurred under paragraph (1) of this subsection. The department shall provide by rule for the administration of such grant program; and such rules shall provide for pro rata distribution in the event that the funds available are insufficient to reimburse all such costs.
History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 86; Ga. L. 1959, p. 114, § 7; Ga. L. 1979, p. 623, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1299, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1538, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 38; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1152, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1159, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1160, §§ 2, 3.
Cross references.
Qualifying in absentia for magistrates serving on active duty, § 15-10-20.1 .
Effect of service in armed forces of United States during World War II on retirement benefits under county and municipal retirement systems, § 47-1-6 .
Code Commission notes.
The amendment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1159, § 1, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1160, § 3. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Law reviews.
For article, “Protecting America’s Reservists, Application of State and Federal Law to Reservists’ Claims of Unfair Labor Practices,” see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 10 (2002).

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