§ 45-18-56. Execution of Contracts by Commissioner; Bidding Procedure
The commissioner is authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the benefits as approved in the plan or plans in accordance with this article. Such contract or contracts may be executed with one or more corporations licensed to transact business in this state, or the plan or plans, except for life, disability, or […]
§ 45-18-57. Contributions From State Departments, Boards, and Agencies
The various departments, boards, and agencies of the state government may contribute such portions of the cost of such benefits and the administration thereof as may be established by the general appropriations Act. History. Code 1981, § 45-18-57 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 441, § 1.
§ 45-18-58. Liability for Errors or Omissions
The various departments, boards, agencies, and their employees shall not incur any liability for errors or omissions made in the performance of the agreement between the departments, boards, and agencies and the employee. History. Code 1981, § 45-18-58 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 441, § 1.
§ 45-18-50. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: Reserved. “Council” means the Employee Benefit Plan Council established in Code Section 45-18-51. “Employee” means a member of the General Assembly or a person who works full time for the state and receives his or her compensation in a direct payment from a department, agency, authority, or institution […]
§ 45-18-51. Creation and Operation of Council
There is created an Employee Benefit Plan Council consisting of the following ten members appointed by the Governor: The five members of the State Personnel Board who shall serve for terms of office which correspond with their terms of office on the State Personnel Board; Two department heads who have employees eligible to participate in […]
§ 45-18-52. Establishment of Flexible Employee Benefit Plans
The council is authorized to establish a flexible employee benefit plan for employees of the state and public schoolteachers and public school employees and to promulgate rules and regulations for its administration, subject to the limitations contained in this article and in Articles 1 and 2 of this chapter. The flexible employee benefit plan may […]
§ 45-18-53. Authorization for Payroll Deductions
In order to carry out the provisions of the flexible employee benefit plan, the head of each department, agency, authority, county department of health, the Federal-State Shipping Point Inspection Service, the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund, or local school system is authorized to deduct or reduce from salary or wages voluntarily designated amounts by his employees […]
§ 45-18-54. Continuation of Optional Plans; Approval of Optional Plans or Contracting With New or Additional Insurers
The head of each department, agency, authority, or county department of health shall have the option to determine whether or not the employees within his respective agency shall continue any optional program that is in operation on January 1, 1986. New optional employee benefit plans or any contracting with new or additional insurers under existing […]
§ 45-18-55. Commissioner of Administrative Services as Executive Officer and Custodian
The commissioner of administrative services shall be the executive officer for the administration of this article and the custodian of such fund or funds as may be required in the implementation of this article. The commissioner of administrative services shall employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out his or her duties and […]