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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 60. GENERAL PROVISIONS

36-60-23. Volunteer firefighters for counties and municipalities.

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

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term “volunteer firefighter” means a person who is a volunteer firefighter, as defined in Code Section 47-7-1, relating to definitions regarding the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund, and who receives no compensation for services as a volunteer firefighter other than:#

    1. (1)

      Actual expenses incurred;#

    2. (2)

      A per diem for services;#

    3. (3)

      Contributions to the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund;#

    4. (4)

      Workers’ compensation coverage under Chapter 9 of Title 34; or#

    5. (5)

      Any combination of items specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection.#

  2. (b)

    Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 36-30-4, 45-2-2, or any other provision of law to the contrary, a volunteer firefighter for a county or municipal corporation shall be eligible to serve as a member of the governing authority of that county or municipal corporation.#

  3. (c)

    Nothing in this Code section shall require a county or municipal governing authority to make any of the payments or offer the benefits to volunteer firefighters specified in subsection (a) of this Code section.#

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, § 36-60-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1248, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, Code Section 31-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1248, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 36-60-23, and “Fund” was substituted for “fund” in paragraph (a)(3).

Cross references

Firefighter appreciation day, § 1-4-12. Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Act, § 25-4-1 et seq.

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

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