Georgia Code — 28
Browse 134 sections in division 28 of the Georgia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 28-1-1. Membership and apportionment of General Assembly.
- § 28-1-2. Time and place of meetings.
- § 28-1-3. Initial organization.
- § 28-1-4. Form and administration of oath of office to members.
- § 28-1-5. Commission of members.
- § 28-1-6. Powers and duties of President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.
- § 28-1-6. 1. Method for determining permanent disability of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- § 28-1-7. Failure of officer to organize emergency session.
- § 28-1-8. Salary and allowances of members and officers.
- § 28-1-8. 1. Failure of members to file state income tax returns.
- § 28-1-9. Service in General Assembly to be credited to pension plan of employee of political subdivision.
- § 28-1-10. Seals of the General Assembly and of each house.
- § 28-1-11. Maintenance of engrossed and enrolled bills and resolutions; Secretary of State to publish enrolled Acts.
- § 28-1-12. Election of state officers for whom manner and time of election not provided.
- § 28-1-13. Eligibility of elected county or municipal officials for membership in General Assembly.
- § 28-1-14. Notice of intention to introduce local bill; copies to governing authorities.
- § 28-1-14. 1. Requirements for revising districts; proposed plans submitted electronically; legislative requirements.
- § 28-1-15. Restrictions on population bills; "population bill" defined.
- § 28-1-16. Issuance of subpoenas by Superior Court of Fulton County on behalf of the Committees on Ethics of the Senate and House of Representatives.
- § 28-1-17. Prefiling of proposed bills and resolutions prior to each legislative session; administrative procedure.
- § 28-2-1. Apportionment and qualifications for the House of Representatives.
- § 28-2-2. Apportionment and qualifications for the Senate.
- § 28-3-1. Doorkeeper and messenger in House of Representatives; sergeant-at-arms in Senate.
- § 28-3-20. Election and term of office; procedure for filling vacancies.
- § 28-3-21. Bond for discharge of duties.
- § 28-3-22. Duties when both branches of the General Assembly meet in single chamber.
- § 28-3-23. Compensation, expenses, and allowances; travel expenses.
- § 28-3-24. Procedure for distributing bills, resolutions, and other documents; fees.
- § 28-3-24. 1. Public distribution of legislative information in electronic format.
- § 28-3-24. 2. "Official written communication" defined; electronic format and requirements.
- § 28-3-25. Oath of office.
- § 28-4-1. Legislative Services Committee; creation; membership; compensation; meetings.
- § 28-4-2. General powers and duties of the Legislative Services Committee.
- § 28-4-3. Office of Legislative Counsel; creation; qualifications; powers and duties.
- § 28-4-3. 1. Confidentiality of communications between Office of Legislative Counsel and certain persons.
- § 28-4-4. Election of legislative counsel.
- § 28-4-5. Attorney General to serve as advisor to legislative counsel.
- § 28-4-6. Employment, powers, and duties of legislative fiscal officer.
- § 28-4-7. Personnel to assist legislative counsel and legislative fiscal officer; offices and supplies.
- § 28-4-8. Merit system for and retirement for personnel; payment of contributions.
- § 28-4-9. Source of funds for operation of chapter.
- § 28-5-1. Introduction of bills changing compensation for state officials.
- § 28-5-2. Fiscal notes for bills changing compensation.
- § 28-5-3. Recording of votes on bills or resolutions fixing compensation or allowances of officials.
- § 28-5-4. Consideration of general appropriations bill.
- § 28-5-5. Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee; members; duties; other entities to cooperate with committee; annual report; allowances; performance audits.
- § 28-5-6. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office and the House Budget and Research Office.
- § 28-5-20. Creation.
- § 28-5-21. Selection and term of service of members.
- § 28-5-22. Meetings generally.
- § 28-5-23. Review of budget requests.
- § 28-5-24. Annual report to General Assembly.
- § 28-5-25. Joint meetings to review and approve budget unit object class transfers; limitations upon transfers.
- § 28-5-25. 1. Approval of leases.
- § 28-5-26. Allowances for members.
- § 28-5-27. Applicability of article to authority of Office of Planning and Budget.
- § 28-5-40. Short title.
- § 28-5-41. "Retirement bill" defined.
- § 28-5-42. Introduction of bills having significant impact upon anticipated revenues or expenditures; furnishing of fiscal notes.
- § 28-5-43. Preparation of actuarial investigations for inclusion in fiscal notes.
- § 28-5-44. Attachment of fiscal notes to bills; reading of notes at third reading of bills; distribution of notes relating to bills prior to final votes thereon.
- § 28-5-47. Short title.
- § 28-5-47. 1. Legislative intent and purpose.
- § 28-5-48. Definitions.
- § 28-5-48. 1. Applicability to proposed laws for which full funding to affected localities has been appropriated.
- § 28-5-49. Analysis of costs of proposed bills and joint resolutions to affected localities; filing of fiscal notes; requests by representatives of local political subdivisions for copies; waiver of requirements.
- § 28-5-50. Filing of notes for regulations, rules, or orders; requests by local political subdivisions for copies.
- § 28-5-51. Contents of fiscal note.
- § 28-5-52. Assistance of other departments and agencies in the preparation of fiscal notes for bills and joint resolutions; required names and signatures.
- § 28-5-53. Revision of fiscal note where fiscal effect of bill or joint resolution changed by amendment; waiver of such revision; processing of revised fiscal note.
- § 28-5-54. Preservation of copies of fiscal notes and waivers; availability for public inspection; publication in journals for each house of the General Assembly.
- § 28-5-55. Exemptions from this article.
- § 28-5-56. Presumption as to compliance with this article.
- § 28-5-60. Creation; membership; representation of members by deputies or other designated employees.
- § 28-5-60. 1. "The state or any of its departments or agencies" defined.
- § 28-5-61. Employment of secretarial, investigatorial, and other help.
- § 28-5-62. Unlawful compensation.
- § 28-5-63. Statement attached to checks issued for payment of claims.
- § 28-5-80. Introduction of compensation resolutions; general requirements as to filing of notice of claim.
- § 28-5-81. Notice of possibility of claims to be filed by state departments and agencies; effect of filing of notice and of failure to file notice.
- § 28-5-82. Board hearings.
- § 28-5-83. Investigation of claims by board; advisory recommendations.
- § 28-5-84. Restrictions on passage of resolutions and board powers.
- § 28-5-85. Payment of small claims by board.
- § 28-5-86. Time for filing notice of claim.
- § 28-5-100. Recommendations by board as to payment of compensation; procedural rules.
- § 28-5-101. Procedure for claims for compensation.
- § 28-5-102. Uniform standards for compensation.
- § 28-5-103. When compensation may be recommended; factors to be considered in making recommendations as to compensation.
- § 28-5-104. When award of compensation not to be recommended generally; limitations on amounts; action by General Assembly upon recommendations.
- § 28-5-105. Scope of compensation.
- § 28-5-106. Limitations on claims.
- § 28-5-107. Reports on claims transmitted to the General Assembly.
- § 28-5-108. Subrogation of state to claims of persons compensated; damage actions against persons responsible for injuries or death.
- § 28-5-120. Short title.
- § 28-5-121. Definitions.
- § 28-5-122. Publication of description of grant program by agency as prerequisite to making grants.
- § 28-5-123. Written application demonstrating eligibility as prerequisite to awarding of grant; award of grants to be determined independently by state agency.
- § 28-5-124. State agencies to compile annual list of grants awarded and disbursed in prior fiscal year; register of lists to be maintained by Secretary of State.
- § 28-5-125. Audits of recipients of grants.
- § 28-5-126. Grants in violation of article deemed void; effect of void grant on recipient.
- § 28-5-127. Separate appropriation for grants in appropriations Acts; appropriation to contain word "grant."
- § 28-6-1. Creation of Senate, House, and Governor's committees; membership.
- § 28-6-1. 1. "Nonpartisan legislative organization" defined.
- § 28-6-2. Creation of Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation; membership.
- § 28-6-3. Functions of commission.
- § 28-6-4. Establishment of delegations, committees, and advisory boards by commission.
- § 28-6-5. Reports by commission; compensation of members of commission, delegations, and committees.
- § 28-6-6. Informal names of committees and commission.
- § 28-6-7. Certain nonpartisan legislative organizations declared joint governmental agencies of the state.
- § 28-6-8. Appointment of delegates to Article V conventions called by the Congress of the United States for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
- § 28-7-3. Contingent compensation for lobbyists.
- § 28-7-4. Presence of certain persons on floor of House or Senate for purpose of privately discussing pending measures.
- § 28-7-5. Penalty for violation of Code Section 28-7-3 or 28-7-4.
- § 28-9-1. Definitions.
- § 28-9-2. Creation of the Code Revision Commission; membership, term of office, and vacancies; expenses and allowances; ratification of previous actions and contracts.
- § 28-9-3. Powers and duties of commission generally.
- § 28-9-4. Commission staff.
- § 28-9-5. Publication of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; authority to make corrections and editorial changes; effect of changes; treatment of multiple amendments; preparation and introduction of legislation reenacting and correcting Code; effect.
- § 28-10-1. Creation of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Overview Committee; membership; term of office; officers.
- § 28-10-2. Duties of committee.
- § 28-10-3. Availability of services of state auditor and Attorney General; committee employees; employment of professional services.
- § 28-10-4. Cooperation of Georgia Rail Passenger Authority; committee reports.
- § 28-10-5. Criteria for committee evaluation of Georgia Rail Passenger Authority.
- § 28-10-6. Expenses and allowances for committee members.
- § 28-10-7. Effect of chapter on responsibilities of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority.
- § 28-11-1. Short title.
- § 28-11-2. Legislative findings.
- § 28-11-3. Definitions.
- § 28-11-4. Availability of instructional classes and courses; payment of and reimbursement of expenses.
- § 28-11-5. Georgia General Assembly Training Institute.
- § 28-11-6. Supervision of Georgia General Assembly Training Institute.
- § 28-11-7. Authority of board to make contracts, leases, or agreements.
- § 28-11-8. Report on accomplishments of institute.