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O.C.G.A. § 34-8-74 — Appointment, compensation, powers, and duties of personnel administering chapter | Georgia Code
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TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 8. Employment Security, 34-8-1 through 34-8-280.

ARTICLE 3 ADMINISTRATION

34-8-74. Appointment, compensation, powers, and duties of personnel administering chapter.

Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts, and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of the Commissioner's duties under this chapter. The Commissioner may delegate to any such person such power and authority as deemed reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter and may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, bond any persons handling moneys or signing checks under this chapter.

(Code 1981, §34-8-74, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions decided under former Code Section 34-8-74, which was repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Attorney General to represent Department of Labor. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-48 (decided under former § 34-8-74).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Civil Service, § 23 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 241 et seq., 253, 262, 263, 437.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 199, 204 et seq., 374 et seq., 421 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 147 et seq. 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 480. 81A C.J.S., States, § 265.

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