O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-16-28 (2019)
Creation of merit board; appeals from disciplinary actions
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In any county there may be created by local Act of the General Assembly a merit board to hear and decide appeals from disciplinary actions against deputies and other employees of the sheriff of the county; provided, however, that no such merit board or appeals procedure shall become effective until approved and adopted by the sheriff.
History
(Code 1981, § 15-16-28, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 536, § 1.)
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ARTICLE 2 SHERIFF EMERITUS
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ARTICLE 2 SHERIFF EMERITUS
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case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Taylor v. Bartow Cnty., Ga., 860 F. Supp. 1526 (N.D. Ga. 1994).
Taylor v. Bartow Cnty., Ga., 860 F. Supp. 1526 (N.D. Ga. 1994). “O.C.G.A. § 15-16-28 (providing that merit board for deputy sheriffs may be created if approved and adopted by sheriff); but see O.”
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