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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-3-14. Effect of failure to sign loyalty oath.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-3-14. Effect of failure to sign loyalty oath.

If any person required by Code Sections 45-3-11 through 45-3-13, this Code section, and Code Section 45-3-15 to execute a loyalty oath fails to sign said oath, then the governing authority under whom such person is employed shall cause such person’s name to be taken from the payroll and such person shall not be permitted to receive any payment from the state.

## History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 45.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316, 12 L. Ed. 2d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).