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Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 8. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY · Article 8. APPEALS

34-8-220. Appointment of hearing officers to hear and decide appealed decisions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    The Commissioner shall appoint one or more impartial hearing officers to hear and decide appealed decisions. Each hearing officer shall be selected in accordance with Code Section 34-8-74. No person shall participate on behalf of the Commissioner in any case in which he or she is an interested party.#

  2. (b)

    Unless an appeal is withdrawn, an administrative hearing officer, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall affirm or modify the findings of fact and initial determination or shall make a decision after hearing on issues referred by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 34-8-192. The parties shall be duly notified of such decision, together with the reasons therefor, which shall be deemed to be the final decision of the Commissioner, unless within 15 days after the issue date printed on the decision further appeal is initiated pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 34-8-221.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 34-8-220, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 747, § 3/SB 191, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 34-8-220 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, substituted “after the issue date printed on the decision further” for “after the date of notification or mailing of such decision further” in the second sentence in subsection (b).

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t34-(v26)-pdf.pdf, Volume V26, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 85 to 86; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 fbb5a8d0f75f.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  1. (a)

    The Commissioner shall appoint one or more impartial hearing officers to hear and decide appealed decisions. Each hearing officer shall be selected in accordance with Code Section 34-8-74. No person shall participate on behalf of the Commissioner in any case in which he or she is an interested party.#

  2. (b)

    Unless an appeal is withdrawn, an administrative hearing officer, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall affirm or modify the findings of fact and initial determination or shall make a decision after hearing on issues referred by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 34-8-192. The parties shall be duly notified of such decision, together with the reasons therefor, which shall be deemed to be the final decision of the Commissioner, unless within 15 days after the date of notification or mailing of such decision further appeal is initiated pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 34-8-221.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 34-8-220, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 34-8-220 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t34-(v26)-pdf.pdf, Volume V26, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 85; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 fbb5a8d0f75f.