O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-4-7 (2019)

Academy training programs available to police and other persons; fees and enrollment at academy; state, municipalities, and counties authorized to pay academy fees

✓ 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) Subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the board, the training programs at the academy shall be made available to all police officers and may also be made available to other persons who evidence interest in entering the law enforcement profession. (b) The board is authorized to prescribe by rules and regulations fees to cover all or a part of the cost of furnishing such training. (c) The state and municipalities and counties of the state are authorized to expend funds for the purpose of paying the fees provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section. (d) The board is given full authority to decide who shall be allowed to enroll in the training programs at the academy.

History

Ga. L. 1962, p. 535, § 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 35.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Employers authorized to pay fees charged. - Intent of this section is that each of the employers (state, county, or municipality) is authorized to pay the fees which the employers are charged by the police academy; funds obtained from the

Governor’s emergency fund cannot be used for the purpose of paying the fees of county and municipal police officers for attending the academy. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 66-18.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 108 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 235, 236.