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2018 Georgia Code 21-2-71 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Section 2. Elections and Primaries Generally, 21-2-1 through 21-2-604.

ARTICLE 2 SUPERVISORY BOARDS AND OFFICERS

21-2-71. Payment by county or municipality of superintendent's expenses.

The governing authority of each county or municipality shall appropriate annually and from time to time, to the superintendent of such county or municipality, the funds that it shall deem necessary for the conduct of primaries and elections in such county or municipality and for the performance of his or her other duties under this chapter, including:

  1. Compensation of the poll officers, custodians, and other assistants and employees provided for in this chapter;
  2. Expenditures and contracts for expenditures by the superintendent for polling places;
  3. Purchase or printing, under contracts made by the superintendent, of all ballots and other election supplies required by this chapter, or which the superintendent shall consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
  4. Maintenance of all voting equipment required by this chapter, or which the superintendent shall consider necessary to carry out this chapter; and
  5. All other expenses arising out of the performance of his or her duties under this chapter.

(Code 1933, § 34-402, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 7.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Expenses of school bond election must be borne by the county board of education and not the county board of commissioners. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-55.

Costs in examining nomination petition not assessable.

- The ordinary (now superintendent) is not authorized to assess the costs incurred in examining the nomination petition against the candidate submitting the petition. If no appropriations are made to cover such expenses, the ordinary may be compensated for services pursuant to the method prescribed in former Code 1933, § 24-110 (see O.C.G.A. § 15-1-12). 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-233.

Setting of election costs authorized.

- The board of commissioners of a county has the authority to set the amounts that will be received by the probate judge, acting as a superintendent of elections, for election costs. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-50.

Rejection of exorbitant bill.

- A county governing authority may reject a bill for expenses submitted by a probate judge, acting as a superintendent of elections, for the conduct of an election in the event the county governing authority determines such bill to be exorbitant; however, the county governing authority must pay the expenses of a special primary even though the need for the special primary arose solely as a result of an error on the part of the probate judge. 1978 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U78-44.

Compensation included in budget of election expenses.

- An ordinary (now superintendent), compensated under the fee system, may properly include in the ordinary's budget of election expenses, compensation computed from the schedule of costs found in former Code 1933, § 24-1716 (see O.C.G.A. § 15-9-60). 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-274.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 303.

C.J.S.

- 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 106, 117.

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