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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-21-5. Creation of agency committees; agency committees to review suggestions and report to commissioner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-21-5. Creation of agency committees; agency committees to review suggestions and report to commissioner.

Under meritorious award programs for suggestions and ideas, each agency head shall appoint a committee to be composed of not more than three members selected from the officers and employees of the agency to review suggestions submitted which pertain to the operations of that agency. The agency committee shall, within 45 days of receipt, report to the commissioner on all suggestions submitted to it pursuant to this chapter. Such report shall contain an estimate of the value of projected annual savings to be generated by a suggestion and a statement concerning the appointing authority’s plan with reference to adopting them.

## History

Ga. L. 1957, p. 336, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1377, § 6; Ga. L. 2001, p. 500, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 760, § 1/SB 472.