Georgia § 45-3-13 - Loyalty oath - Form.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 45-3-13 — Loyalty oath - Form., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-3-13. Loyalty oath - Form.
The oath prescribed in Code Section 45-3-11 shall be in the following form: "I, ________________________ (Name) a citizen of ______________ and being an employee of ________________________ and the recipient of public funds for services rendered as such employee, do hereby solemnly swear and affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia." (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 3; Ga. L. 1950, p. 282, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 5-4/HB 252.) The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted "and that I am not a member of the Communist Party" following "the Constitution of Georgia" at the end of this Code section. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'" Law reviews. - For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316 , 12 L. Ed. 2 d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).
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Section 45-3-13 ("Loyalty oath - Form.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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