2025 Code of Georgia
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees (Chs. 1 — 25)
Chapter 9 - Insuring and Indemnification of Public Officers and Employees (Arts. 1 — 6)
Article 5 - Law Enforcement Officers, Firemen, Prison Guards, and Publicly Employed Emergency Medical Technicians (Pts. 1 — 2)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 3, designated Code Sections 45-9-80 through 45-9-91 of Article 5 as Part 1 of said Article, which became effective July 1, 2001, only upon ratification of a constitutional amendment by the voters of the state at the 2000 November 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.
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Liberal construction. —The Indemnification Law, O. C. G. A. § 45-9-80 et seq., is remedial in nature; its purpose is to confer a benefit upon survivors of those killed or permanently disabled while performing law enforcement (or other applicable) duties. With such a purpose, the law should be liberally construed. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-12.
Uniformed officers in Motor Carrier Certification and Enforcement Division. —Uniformed officers in Motor Carrier Certification and Enforcement Division, Georgia Public Service Commission, are not entitled to receive indemnification pursuant to this article with respect to death occurring in line of duty. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-119.
Effect of Officers Standards and Training Act. —The General Assembly does not want the requirements of Police Officers Standards and Training Act (now the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act), O. C. G. A. § 35-8-1 et seq., grafted on to the Indemnification Law, O. C. G. A. § 45-9-80 et seq. 1983 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 83-12.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Indemnification of law enforcement officers, firemen, prison guards, and publicly employed emergency medical technicians who are or were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI.
Offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated battery on peace officers and correctional officers, §§ 16-5-21, 16-5-24.
Educational grants to children of law enforcement officers, firemen, and prison guards killed or disabled in line of duty, § 20-3-450 et seq.
Compensation of persons for injuries suffered while preventing crime or aiding officers of the law, § 28-5-100 et seq.
Workers’ compensation generally, § 34-9-1 et seq.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 45
O. C. G. A. Title 45, Ch. 9
