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§ 45-7-20. Reimbursement of Travel Costs for Certain Officials

Except as provided in Code Section 45-7-21, each state official designated in Code Section 45-7-4 shall be reimbursed from state funds for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier, the legal mileage rate for use of a personal automobile, and the actual cost of lodging and meals while away from his office on official […]

§ 45-7-22. Reimbursement for Relocation Expenses — Authorization Generally

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a state department may reimburse an employee of state government for expenses incurred for transportation of household goods and expenses incident to a change of residence from one part of the state to another as a result of an action of the state department requiring such […]

§ 45-7-23. Reimbursement for Relocation Expenses — Conditions

Before the reimbursement of expenses to transferred employees may take place, the following conditions must be satisfied: The department which employs the person transferred must certify that the move was in the best interest of the department and that the expenses incurred are reasonable and proper; and The employee must sign an agreement that he […]

§ 45-7-25. Advance Travel Funds — Employee Trust Accounts Authorized

Each department, agency, institution, and board of the state is authorized to establish employee trust accounts as are necessary to account for state funds which are advanced to employees for travel purposes in the conduct of official state business and as are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Code section and […]

§ 45-7-26. Advance Travel Funds — Rules and Regulations for Accounting of Funds

The director of the Office of Planning and Budget shall develop the necessary rules, regulations, and procedures to govern the advance of state funds to employees prior to travel in the conduct of official state business and to provide for proper accounting of the state funds advanced to such employees on a timely basis following […]

§ 45-7-27. Advance Travel Funds — Accounting and Reimbursement of Unused Funds

Each employee granted an advance of state funds under this Code section and Code Sections 45-7-25, 45-7-26, and 45-7-28 shall be the custodian of state funds entrusted to him, shall file an accounting of such funds, and shall reimburse unused travel advances as required by the rules and regulations adopted by the director of the […]

§ 45-7-30. Reimbursement for Expenses of First-Class Air Fare

Except as provided in this Code section, no state official or employee, when traveling by commercial air carrier on a first-class basis, shall be reimbursed for that portion of the first-class air fare which exceeds the amount of the fare of the next lowest fare for the flight on which such official or employee is […]

§ 45-7-31. Reimbursement for Expenses — per Diem Allowances

This Code section and Code Sections 45-7-29, 45-7-30, and 45-7-32 shall not apply to per diem allowances authorized by law for officials or employees. History. Ga. L. 1978, p. 1919, § 3. Editor’s notes. Resolution Act No. 48 (Senate Resolution No. 101), approved April 19, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 1365), relating to the development, […]

§ 45-7-32. Unlawful Use of Travel Advance Received From Public Funds for Nongovernmental Purposes; Fraudulent Request for Reimbursement of Expenses; Penalty for Violations

It shall be unlawful for any person to use any travel advance received from public funds for nongovernmental purposes or to submit or approve, knowingly or through willful and wanton neglect, a fraudulent request to the state for reimbursement of expenses. Any person who, in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, uses any […]