O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-7-30 (2019)

Reimbursement for expenses of first-class air fare

✓ 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.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Except as provided in this Code section, no state official or employee, when traveling by commercial air carrier on a first-class basis, shall be reimbursed for that portion of the first-class air fare which exceeds the amount of the fare of the next lowest fare for the flight on which such

PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES

official or employee is traveling. This shall not prohibit the reimbursement for the entire cost of first-class air fare under any of the following conditions: (1) Space is not otherwise available; (2) A licensed medical practitioner certifies that because of a person’s mental or physical condition specific air travel arrangements are required; or (3) The commissioner of public safety certifies that specific air travel arrangements are necessary for security reasons.

History

(Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 2.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Resolution Act No. 48 (Senate Resolution No. 101), approved April 19, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 1365), relating to the development, issuance, review, and revision of employee travel re-

imbursement policies by the Department of Audits and the Office of Planning and Budget, was repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 41.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Public officer’s rights and duties in respect of mileage and other allowances incident to duties of his office but

which represented no actual expense or outlay by him, 81 ALR 493.