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# O.C.G.A. § 34-9-3. Applicability of chapter to employers and employees — Public employees generally.

Neither any municipal corporation within the state, nor any political subdivision of the state, nor any employee of any such corporation or subdivision shall have the right to reject the provisions of this chapter relative to payment and acceptance of compensation; and Code Section 34-9-7 shall not apply to them.

## History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 8; Code 1933, § 114-109.

## Law Reviews

For comment on City of Brunswick v. Edenfield, 87 Ga. App. 434, 74 S.E.2d 133 (1953), see 15 Ga. B. J. 499 (1953).