| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 47 3381 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 524 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Bell of the 75 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Mitchell of the 88 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , McQueen of the 61 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Berry of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | th |
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| 12 | 12 | | , and Romman of the 97 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Chapter 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 19 | 19 | | general provisions regarding public officers and employees, so as to provide that elected2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | officers or officials shall not have their employment terminated solely as a result of being3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | elected to or holding an elected office; to provide for termination of such employment if4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | holding such office impairs more than half of the elected officer's or official's employment5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | duties; to provide for mandatory leave without pay for certain public employees holding6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | certain elected offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | purposes.8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1.10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Chapter 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | provisions regarding public officers and employees, is amended by adding a new Code12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | section to read as follows:13 |
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| 31 | 31 | | "45-1-9. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided or required by the Constitution of this state, an elected15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | officer or official of this state shall not have his or her public or private employment16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | H. B. 524 |
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| 37 | 37 | | terminated by his or her employer solely on the grounds that such officer or official holds17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or has been elected to an elected office. No public or private employer shall terminate the18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | employment of an elected officer or official on grounds related to his or her holding of or19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | election to an elected office unless the employer can establish that the official duties of20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | such elected officer or official prevent him or her from performing more than 51 percent21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the duties assigned to his or her position of employment.22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) Any appointed officer or employee of this state or a county, municipality, consolidated23 |
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| 44 | 44 | | government, school district, or other political subdivision of this state, who serves as an24 |
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| 45 | 45 | | elected official of this state or county, municipality, consolidated government, school25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | district, or other political subdivision of this state, is entitled to a leave of absence, without26 |
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| 47 | 47 | | pay, from such appointed office or position of employment while such elected official is27 |
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| 48 | 48 | | fulfilling the duties of his or her elected office."28 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2.29 |
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| 50 | 50 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 |
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| 51 | 51 | | H. B. 524 |
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| 52 | 52 | | - 2 - |
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