It shall be the duty and responsibility of the governing authority of each county of this state to keep the county courthouse and the county offices maintained therein open during normal working hours for the transaction of the public's business. As used in this Code section, "normal working hours" means a minimum of 40 working hours during each calendar week, except for those weeks during which public and legal holidays, which are recognized and designated as such by Georgia law or by the governing authority of the county, are observed.
(Code 1933, § 23-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1522, § 1.)
Cross references.- Hours of operation of office of superior court clerk, § 15-6-93.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Courthouse and offices must be open for public's business.
- Under this section it is not only the duty of the county commissioners to keep the courthouse building and county offices therein available, but it is also the commissioner's duty to see that county offices are open for the transaction of the public's business. Mobley v. Polk County, 242 Ga. 798, 251 S.E.2d 538 (1979).
Governing authority to determine hours.
- Legislature has delegated to the governing authority the right to determine normal working hours with a minimum of 40 working hours during each week. Mobley v. Polk County, 242 Ga. 798, 251 S.E.2d 538 (1979).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Applicability of section.
- This section, in referring to "county offices", is intended to regulate the hours of only those offices over which the governing authority of the county exercises control. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-35 (see O.C.G.A. § 36-1-12).