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Ga. Const. art. IX, § I, ¶ IV — Civil service systems | Georgia Constitution

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

ARTICLE IX. COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

Paragraph IV. Civil service systems.

The General Assembly may by general law authorize the establishment by county governing authorities of civil service systems covering county employees or covering county employees and employees of the elected county officers.

1976 Constitution.

- There was no similar provision in the 1976 Constitution.

Cross references.

- Civil service systems for county employees, § 36-1-21.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Sheriff's office under personnel system.

- County personnel system was not void as against public policy to the extent it attempts to restrain the sheriff's power to appoint and discharge the sheriff's employees. Wayne County v. Herrin, 210 Ga. App. 747, 437 S.E.2d 793 (1993).

Termination of employee.

- Employee who was hired by a county solicitor general under O.C.G.A. § 15-18-71 was not an employee of the county, and the solicitor general did not bring the employee into the county's civil service system under O.C.G.A. § 36-1-21(b). Therefore, the employee lacked a protected property interest in the job and could be terminated without cause and without a hearing. Thomas v. Lee, 286 Ga. 860, 691 S.E.2d 845 (2010).