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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-7-22. Reimbursement for relocation expenses — Authorization generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-7-22. Reimbursement for relocation expenses — Authorization generally.

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a state department may reimburse an employee of state government for expenses incurred for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence from one part of the state to another as a result of an action of the state department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of the department; provided, however, that the Department of Economic Development may also reimburse an employee of that department for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence to a foreign country as a result of an action of that department requiring such relocation when such action is in the best interest of that department.

## History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 708, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 429, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1641, § 12; Ga. L. 2004, p. 690, § 17.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1989, p. 1641, § 18, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘In the event of any substantive conflict between this Act and any other Act of the 1989 General Assembly, such other Act shall control over this Act.’’