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O.C.G.A. § 45-2-22 — Disabled veteran entitled to additional ten points on civil service examination score | Georgia Code

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TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 2. Eligibility and Qualifications for Office, 45-2-1 through 45-2-45.

ARTICLE 2 VETERANS' CIVIL SERVICE PREFERENCE

45-2-22. 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.

(Ga. L. 1969, p. 642, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1.)

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 A.L.R. 1002.

Constitutionality of state veterans' public employment preference laws, 161 A.L.R. 494.

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