O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-2-45 (2019)

Promotions of personnel in Uniform Division

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Any trooper first class of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of corporal, provided he has served a period of 12 months in the Georgia State Patrol including the period of probation.

(b) Any noncommissioned or commissioned officer shall be eligible for promotion to a higher rank, provided he has served at least one year in the preceding rank.

(c) Promotions to ranks of corporal through lieutenant shall be made in accordance with the Georgia State Patrol Promotion System.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 322, art. 2, § 4; Ga. L. 1939, p. 135, § 4; Ga. L. 1949,

p. 70, § 6; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1115, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 35; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3131, § 4.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 48 et seq., 70 et seq. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police and Constables, §§ 7 et seq., 41 et seq.

C.J.S. - 63 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 650 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 201 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1989–1989 · leading case: Nix v. Hardison, 712 F. Supp. 185 (N.D. Ga. 1989).

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Nix v. Hardison, 712 F. Supp. 185 (N.D. Ga. 1989). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff contends, however, that Pinyan never informed him of the opportunity to have his case heard by the State Patrol Disciplinary Board pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-2-45(d). On March 13, 1986, Major Pinyan issued a notice of proposed adverse action, charging plaintiff with…”

— 35-2-45(d) — 1 case

Nix v. Hardison, 712 F. Supp. 185 (N.D. Ga. 1989). “Plaintiff contends, however, that Pinyan never informed him of the opportunity to have his case heard by the State Patrol Disciplinary Board pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-2-45(d). On March 13, 1986, Major Pinyan issued a notice of proposed adverse action, charging plaintiff with…”

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