O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-20-4 (2019)

Training of elected members of county governing authority

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) All persons elected as members of a county governing authority who were not serving as members of a county governing authority on July 1, 1990, shall enroll in, attend, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and education of at least 18 hours on matters pertaining to the administration and operations of county governments. Such course of training and education shall include, but not be limited to, orientation in local government finance and budgeting; methods of taxation; planning; public works and utilities; parks and recreation; environmental management; public safety, health, and welfare; personnel management; responsiveness to the community; the ethics, duties, and responsibilities of members of a county governing authority or a chief executive officer; and such other matters as may be deemed necessary and appropriate by the academy.

(b) All expenses incurred by a newly elected member of a county governing authority related to the course of training and education authorized and required by subsection (a) of this Code section, including the reasonable costs of housing, travel, and meals, shall be paid from public funds appropriated for such purposes. All expenses not paid for by state funds shall be paid from county funds by the county governing authority whose newly elected member or members shall attend such course.

History

Code 1981, § 36-20-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1642, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2021 · leading case: Grech v. Clayton Cnty., GA, 335 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2003).
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Grech v. Clayton Cnty., GA, 335 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2003). “§ 15-16-3(b) (2001), the state prescribes comparable training for county commissioners, all of whom must complete at least eighteen hours of training on matters pertaining to the administration of county governments.”
Oqueshia Andrews v. Carmel Biggers, Jr., 996 F.3d 1235 (11th Cir. 2021). “at 1343 (citing O.C.G.A. § 36-20-4 (requiring county commissioners to complete 18 hours of training on “matters pertaining to the administration and operations of county governments”)).”
Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Ga. Code Ann. §§ 36-20-4 , 36-1-14, 36-67A-2.”
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