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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-2-74. Governor to prescribe coverage by State Personnel Board.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-2-74. Governor to prescribe coverage by State Personnel Board.

(a) The Governor is authorized, in his discretion, to direct by executive order that the employees of the Security Guard Division shall be covered by the rules of the State Personnel Board and in such order shall specify the date on which the rules shall become applicable to such personnel.

(b) The application of the rules of the State Personnel Board to employees of the Security Guard Division shall not affect any other personnel of the department.

## History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 475, § 6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-49/HB 642; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 35(42)(K)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

State Personnel Board generally, § 45-20-1 et seq.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “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: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.”

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “department” for “Department of Public Safety” in subsection (b).