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O.C.G.A. § 45-9-84.3 — Georgia State Indemnification Fund - Authority of department as to payments from fund | Georgia Code
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TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 9. Insuring and Indemnification of Public Officers and Employees, 45-9-1 through 45-9-110.

ARTICLE 5 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREMEN, PRISON GUARDS, AND PUBLICLY EMPLOYED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS

45-9-84.3. Georgia State Indemnification Fund - Authority of department as to payments from fund.

The department is authorized, subject to the limitations contained in this part:

  1. To pay the appropriate indemnification to the persons eligible for indemnification under this part from the proceeds of the Georgia State Indemnification Fund;
  2. To make such payments as may be necessary to defray the expenses and costs incurred by the department and the commission in administering this part; and
  3. With the approval of the commission, to utilize the resources of the Georgia State Indemnification Fund to purchase insurance to provide for such indemnification.

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 477, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 19; Ga. L. 1995, p. 877, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 1/SB 254.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 2000 amendment became effective July 1, 2001, only upon ratification of a constitutional amendment by the voters at the November 2000 general election. The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2000, p. 1999) was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 7, 2000.

Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 2/SB 254, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2008.

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