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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-9-3. Insurance and other protections afforded personnel employed by district attorney.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-9-3. Insurance and other protections afforded personnel employed by district attorney.

Personnel employed by the district attorneys of the state, irrespective of the source of the funds used to pay such personnel, may be covered by any liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs administered by the commissioner pursuant to this article and, for the purpose of this article, such personnel employed by a district attorney shall be considered to be state employees. The commissioner of administrative services shall prescribe the terms and conditions under which any liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs administered by the commissioner pursuant to this article shall be made available to personnel employed by a district attorney. The cost of such liability insurance policy or contract of indemnity, reimbursement, or other like or similar programs shall be paid by the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia out of such funds as may be appropriated to or otherwise available for the operations of district attorneys.

## History

Ga. L. 1980, p. 399, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 988, § 3.