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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-18-16. Certification of employer payment percentage for ensuing fiscal year; provision in budgets for funds for employer payments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-18-16. Certification of employer payment percentage for ensuing fiscal year; provision in budgets for funds for employer payments.

Not less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the plan year, the commissioner of community health shall certify to the director or chief administrative officer of each state department, bureau, institution, board, commission, or authority having employees covered by this part the amount of percentage adopted by the board as employer payments for the ensuing fiscal year; and they shall, in their annual budget, make provisions for funds with which to pay the board the required employer payments.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, § 14; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 23; Ga. L. 2006, p. 188, § 11/HB 1372; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 45/HB 1387.