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title: Title 45, Chapter 21. Employees’ Suggestion and Meritorious Awards Program
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date: 2025
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heading: EMPLOYEES’ SUGGESTION AND MERITORIOUS AWARDS PROGRAM
title_heading: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
section_count: 9
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21.md?full=1
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# Title 45, Chapter 21. Employees’ Suggestion and Meritorious Awards Program

Title 45. Public Officers and Employees

9 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 45-21-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-1.md
- 45-21-2, Establishment of employees’ suggestion and awards program; implementation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-2.md
- 45-21-3, Preparation of rules, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-3.md
- 45-21-4, Employment of staff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-4.md
- 45-21-5, Creation of agency committees; agency committees to review suggestions and report to commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-5.md
- 45-21-6, Further investigation of suggestions or ideas by commissioner; report of findings and recommendations; board to make final determination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-6.md
- 45-21-7, Awards to employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-7.md
- 45-21-8, Costs to be borne by board and appointing authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-8.md
- 45-21-9, Incentive payments not to be included in calculation of retirement benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-21-9.md