2025 Code of Georgia
Title 38 - Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs (Chs. 1 — 4)
Chapter 4 - Veterans Affairs (Arts. 1 — 2)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.By resolution (Ga. L. 1985, p. 576), the General Assembly designated the North Rome Connector between Highway 53 and Highway 27 in the City of Rome as the “Veterans Memorial Highway.” By resolution (Ga. L. 1988, p. 803), the General Assembly authorized the Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars to place a bust of the late James H. “Sloppy” Floyd in the foyer of the James H. “Sloppy” Floyd Veterans Memorial Building. By resolution (Ga. L. 1988, p. 2071), the General Assembly authorized the Georgia Building Authority to select a site on the grounds of the James H. “Sloppy” Floyd Veterans Memorial Building to erect the Vietnam Memorial.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Veterans civil service preference, Ga. Const.1983, Art. IV, Sec. III, Para. II and § 45-2-20 et seq.
Designation of “Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day,” § 1-4-9.
Designation of Confederate History and Heritage Month, § 1-4-20.
Designation of “Purple Heart Day,” §1-4-21.
Veterans court divisions, § 15-1-17.
False representation as veteran, § 16-9-63.
Instructional activities focusing on veterans and the armed forces, § 20-2-147.
Courtesy nonresident fishing licenses to certain paralyzed or disabled veterans, § 27-2-4.2.
Reports on veterans exposed to Agent Orange, § 31-30-1 et seq.
Department to fly POW-MIA flag at interstate rest areas, § 32-2-8.
Authority of counties, cities, and others to furnish buildings, offices, and meeting halls to nationally recognized veterans’ organizations, § 38-1-2.
Special license plates, § 40-2-65 et seq.
Veterans’, honorary, and distinctive drivers’ licenses, § 40-5-36.
Point credit for veterans taking examinations given by state examining boards, § 43-1-9 et seq.
Disabled veterans engaging in peddling, operating businesses, or practicing professions, § 43-12-1 et seq.
State agencies not to discriminate in employment against servicemen's wives, § 45-2-9.
Display of Honor and Remember flag, § 50-3-14.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Constitutionality of welfare acts for veterans of world war, 22 A. L. R. 1542.
Constitutionality of state statutes or ordinances providing for use of public funds or other public property for benefit of persons engaged in military service or veterans of such service, 162 A. L. R. 938.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 38
