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title: Title 45, Chapter 20. Personnel Administration
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heading: PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
title_heading: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
section_count: 41
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# Title 45, Chapter 20. Personnel Administration

Title 45. Public Officers and Employees

41 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 45-20-1, Purposes; principles, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-1.md
- 45-20-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-2.md
- 45-20-3, Duties and functions of State Personnel Board generally; compensation; quorum, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-3.md
- 45-20-3.1, Rule-making procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-3.1.md
- 45-20-4, Duties and responsibilities of commissioner in administration of this chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-4.md
- 45-20-5, Creation of Council for State Personnel Administration; membership; objectives; powers, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-5.md
- 45-20-6, Composition of classified and unclassified service; effect of exclusion from classified service on eligibility for membership in Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; working test period before obtaining rights of appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-6.md
- 45-20-7, Employees in legislative branch authorized to become covered employees; procedure, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-7.md
- 45-20-8, Procedure for adverse action against classified employees generally; appeals generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-8.md
- 45-20-9, Procedure for hearings and appeals relating to adverse personnel actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-9.md
- 45-20-10, Collection, compilation, consolidation, and submission of certain personnel data, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-10.md
- 45-20-11, , repealed through 45-20-12 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-11.md
- 45-20-13, , repealed through 45-20-14 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-13.md
- 45-20-15, Confidentiality of information received by staff in counseling; exceptions, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-15.md
- 45-20-16, Rules for accrual of leave, holidays, and compensation for closing of state offices; utilization of accumulated sick leave; conversion to and use of personal leave; disapproval, contesting, and reacquisition of sick leave, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-16.md
- 45-20-17, Parental leave; requirements for implementation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-17.md
- 45-20-18, Loss of eligibility for wage incentive payment due to abuse of member of public, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-18.md
- 45-20-19, Termination or elimination of positions or employees through reduction in force, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-19.md
- 45-20-20, Eligible employees must register with Selective Service System; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-20.md
- 45-20-21, Performance management system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-21.md
- 45-20-22, Role of Department of Administrative Services in reducing barriers to state employment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-22.md
- 45-20-30, Leave of absence for blood donation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-30.md
- 45-20-31, Leave of absence for organ or bone marrow donation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-31.md
- 45-20-32, Limited paid leave for the purpose of promoting education, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-32.md
- 45-20-50, Purpose of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-50.md
- 45-20-51, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-51.md
- 45-20-52, Board as policy-setting body for administration of article; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-52.md
- 45-20-53, Deduction from salaries or wages for contribution to charitable organizations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-53.md
- 45-20-54, Disclosure of amounts or designations of authorized charitable deductions; pressure, coercion, or intimidation of employee with reference to deductions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-54.md
- 45-20-54.1, Promulgation of regulations regarding distribution of deducted funds; disposition of undesignated funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-54.1.md
- 45-20-55, Reimbursement of cost of making deductions and remitting proceeds; delegation of activities related to management of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-55.md
- 45-20-56, Deduction and transmittal of funds as privilege; immunity from liability to employee or charitable organization for errors, omissions, or decisions regarding deductions; board as sole judge of eligibility of charitable organizations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-56.md
- 45-20-70, ‘‘Employee assistance program’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-70.md
- 45-20-70.1, Program authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-70.1.md
- 45-20-71, Confidentiality of program related records or activities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-71.md
- 45-20-90, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-90.md
- 45-20-91, Determination of employees subject to testing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-91.md
- 45-20-92, Rules adopted by State Personnel Board; certification of testing laboratories, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-92.md
- 45-20-93, Grounds for termination from employment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-93.md
- 45-20-110, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-110.md
- 45-20-111, Analysis of positions warranting established test; testing requirements, cost, and procedure; disqualification from employment for refusing test or showing positive results, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-20-111.md