Georgia § 33-24-34 - Authorization of group insurance for government employees; deduction of premiums from wages or salaries.

§ 33-24-34. Authorization of group insurance for government employees; deduction of premiums from wages or salaries.

Each and every county, county board of education, city, town, governmental unit, department, board, or bureau of this state or of the cities and towns of this state is authorized to make deductions periodically from the wages or salaries of its employees with which to pay the premium for life, accident and sickness, hospitalization, or annuity insurance, or any other kind of insurance, for the benefit of such employees upon a group insurance plan and to that end to enter into agreements with insurance companies whereby the kind of group insurance desired by the employees may be furnished to them and the premiums for the group insurance remitted periodically by the counties, boards, cities, towns, units, departments, or bureaus. (Code 1933, § 56-2431, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 47/SB 133.) The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "county board of education" for "county board of public instruction" near the beginning, and substituted "towns, units, departments, or bureaus" for "towns, bureaus, or departments" at the end. Law reviews. - For article discussing the development of group marketing of insurance, with emphasis on recent attempts in the area of property and liability insurance, see 20 J. of Pub. L. 479 (1971).