No member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety shall receive any costs, emoluments, or other compensation other than his salary and any additional compensation provided by or through federal funding to which he may be entitled, except a legal reward as otherwise stated in this article. All fines and costs shall be paid into the treasury of the tribunal having jurisdiction of the offense and distributed according to law.
(Ga. L. 1937, p. 322, art. 2, §§ 6, 15; Ga. L. 1973, p. 449, § 3.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALState patrol officer is not entitled to fees for performance of duties in criminal cases of whatever type the cases may be. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 49.
Participation in federal drug abuse program not prohibited "office".
- When additional compensation will be part of the salary of a member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety for additional work done for a federal drug abuse program, participation in such a program would not be an "office of profit or trust under the government of the United States" as prohibited by former Code 1933, § 89-101 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-2-1), primarily because participation would not be an "office" within the meaning of that section. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-69.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 5. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police, and Constables, §§ 41, 45.
C.J.S.- 63 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 634 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 381 et seq.
ALR.
- Right of officer to compensation for services in recovering stolen property, 58 A.L.R. 1125.
Construction of statute authorizing public authorities to offer rewards for arrest and conviction of persons guilty of crime, 86 A.L.R. 579.
Knowledge of reward as condition of right thereto, 86 A.L.R.3d 1142.