Georgia Legislative Watch

HB533 - Gwinnett County Merit System Act; enact
Sponsored by: Reese,Bobby 98th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing Gwinnett County and the governing authority thereof to appoint a Merit System Board, approved April 18, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 3051), as amended, so as to comprehensively revise and restate such Act; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to establish the Merit System Board and provide for its membership, qualifications, terms of office, compensation, removal, powers, duties, and responsibilities; to provide for meetings; to provide for officers and their duties; to provide for unclassified positions; to provide for certain hiring preferences; to prohibit certain activities by classified employees; to provide penalties for violations; to provide for oaths; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.