TITLE 45
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 9. Insuring and Indemnification of Public Officers and Employees, 45-9-1 through 45-9-110.
ARTICLE 4A
INDEMNIFICATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES
45-9-71. Definitions.
As used in this article, the term:
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"Act of violence" means a willful act of violence committed by a person other than a fellow public school teacher or public school employee.
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"Commission" means the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Commission.
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"In the line of duty" means while on duty and performing services for and receiving compensation from the public school district which employs such public school teacher or public school employee.
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"Permanent disability" means disability due to:
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Loss of both eyes or blindness in both eyes with only light perception;
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Loss or loss of use of both hands;
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Loss or loss of use of both legs;
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Loss of a lower extremity or residuals of organic disease or injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without resort to a wheelchair; or
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Organic brain damage resulting from direct physical trauma incurred after July 1, 2001, which so affects the mental capacity as to preclude ability to function productively in any employment.
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"Public school employee" has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-910.
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"Public school teacher" has the meaning provided by Code Section 20-2-880.
(Code 1981, §45-9-71, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 768, § 2.)
Code Commission notes.
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, Code Section 45-9-101, as enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 768,
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2, was redesignated as Code Section 45-9-71.