Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 45-20-1. Purposes; Principles

History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 2501; Ga. L. 1975, p. 79, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1547, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 13; Ga. L. 1996, p. 684, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1258, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1377, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 31/SB 49; Ga. L. 2008, p. 546, § 1/SB 230; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 1-1/HB 642; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-52/HB 242.
Cross references.
Discrimination in public employment on basis of race, sex, age, and other factors, § 45-19-20 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, “state-wide” was substituted for “statewide” in paragraph (c)(1).
Editor’s notes.
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.”
Law reviews.
For article advocating the inclusion of the Merit System under the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 269 (1965).

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