O.C.G.A. § 45-2-22 (2019)
Disabled veteran entitled to additional ten points on civil service examination score
Any veteran, as provided in Code Section 45-2-21, who has at least a 10 percent service connected disability, as rated and certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled to and shall have ten points added to his passing score on any competitive civil service examination, said ten-point preference being in lieu of and not in addition to any other similar preference accorded by law.
History
(Ga. L. 1969, p. 642, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Justification for preference. - The veterans’ hiring preference has traditionally been justified as a measure designed to reward veterans for the sacrifice of military service, to ease the transition from military to civilian life, to encourage
patriotic service, and to attract loyal and well-disciplined people to civil service occupations. Dash v. Department of Human Resources, 153 Ga. App. 633, 266 S.E.2d 305 (1980).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 37, 39, 69. ALR. - Character of service or connection with military or naval service necessary to entitle one to benefit of veterans’
prefer statute in relation to civil service, 87 ALR 1002. Constitutionality of state veterans’ public employment preference laws, 161 ALR 494.
PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES
ARTICLE 3 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES Cross references. - Confidentiality of medical information, § 24-12-10 et seq. Power of Department of Human Resources to require reporting of certain diseases and injuries, § 31-12-2. Disclosure of medical records and other medical information pertaining to the mentally ill,
the mentally retarded, alcoholics, etc. §§ 37-3-166, 37-4-125, 37-7-166. Medical and physical examination program: Prospective state employees, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Personnel Board, Chapter 478-4.