2020 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 5 - Ethics in Government
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 21-5-15. Notice to Local Officials Regarding Certain Actions to Be Given by Certified Mail or Statutory Overnight Delivery

When the commission gives notice to a local official referred to in subparagraph (F) or (G) of paragraph (22) of Code Section 21-5-3 of any of the actions listed in this Code section, such notice shall be given by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery. This Code section shall apply with respect to any notice of: the filing of a complaint; a technical defect in a filing; a failure to make a timely filing; or a late fee or other penalty.

(Code 1981, §21-5-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 3/HB 232.)

- Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 10/HB 232, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. It is the express intention of the General Assembly that this Act be applied retroactively to January 10, 2011, as well as prospectively." This Act became effective March 15, 2011.

ARTICLE 2 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Disclosure reports, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Ethics Commission, Chapter 189-3.

Committees, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Ethics Commission, Chapter 189-4.

Disposition of contributions, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Ethics Commission, Chapter 189-5.

Campaign contributions, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Ethics Commission, Chapter 189-6.

- For annual survey on administrative law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2014).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions decided under the former chapter are included in the annotations to this article.

- The members of a county board of education are county officers and candidates for these offices were subject to the requirements of the former chapter. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-129 (decided under former chapter).

- The former chapter did not mention and therefore does not apply to contributions and expenditures made in connection with a legislator's attempt to be elected speaker pro tem of the Georgia House of Representatives. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-100 (decided under former chapter).

- Nothing in any provision of the former chapter prohibited a corporate contribution to the election or reelection campaign of an incumbent candidate for state office. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-143 (decided under former chapter).

- The payment by a corporation of the cost of the administration of an employee participation plan established pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 114.11, which is a political giving program, was not subject to the disclosure provisions of the former Campaign and Financial Disclosure Act. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-11 (decided under former chapter).

- Prudence would seem to dictate that the candidate who in good faith is attempting to comply with all aspects of the former chapter should keep the candidate's records as evidence for a minimum period of four years from the date of the last contribution or expenditure made in connection with the campaign. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-108 (decided under former chapter).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Constitutionality and construction of statutes respecting political contributions or other political activities by labor organizations, 167 A.L.R. 1465.

Power of corporation to make political contribution or expenditure under state law, 79 A.L.R.3d 491.

State regulation of the giving or making of political contributions or expenditures by private individuals, 94 A.L.R.3d 944.

Constitutional validity of state or local regulation of contributions by or to political action committees. 24 A.L.R.6th 179.