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2018 Georgia Code 25-7-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 25-7-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 25-7-7

TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Section 7. Georgia Fire Academy, 25-7-1 through 25-7-8.

ARTICLE 2 AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS

25-7-7. Persons to whom training programs to be made available; establishing fees; eligibility.

Subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Public Safety, the training program of the academy shall be made available to all firefighters and may also be made available to other persons who evidence interest in entering the fire-fighting profession. The board is authorized to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of furnishing the training, under such rules and regulations as the board shall prescribe. The state, municipalities, and counties are authorized to expend funds for the purpose of paying such fees. The board is given full authority to decide who shall be allowed to enroll in the training program of the academy.

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 7.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Board of Public Safety is authorized to provide firefighting training to employees of firefighting organization.

- Board of the Georgia Fire Academy (now Board of Public Safety) is authorized to provide firefighting training to employees of a private, profit-making firefighting organization and to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of such training. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-43.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 25-7-7 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Harrell v. Lusk

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1994-02-07

Citation: 439 S.E.2d 896, 263 Ga. 895, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 484, 1994 Ga. LEXIS 73

Snippet: 15-14-22 (3); 15-14-29; fire fighters, OCGA §§ 25-7-7; 25-4-8. We find no merit in Lusk’s argument