Employment of Officers, Experts, and Other Employees by Commission; Compensation of Employees

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Public Utilities and Public Transportation
4. Public Service Commission
5. Organization and Members
6. Employment of Officers, Experts, and Other Employees by Commission; Compensation of Employees

The commission shall have power to employ such officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees as it may deem necessary to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the commission. The compensation of such employees shall be fixed by the commission at such sums as it may deem reasonable and proper.

(Ga. L. 1907, p. 72, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 2623; Ga. L. 1922, p. 143, § 2; Code 1933, § 93-207.)

Cross references.

- Applicability of conflicts of interest laws to full-time state employees hired by commission to assist commission in fulfilling duties and responsibilities, § 45-10-20.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Gas Light Co. v. Georgia Power Co., 313 F. Supp. 860 (M.D. Ga. 1970).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Power to hire and terminate employees.

- Pursuant to former Code 1933, § 93-207 (see O.C.G.A § 46-2-7), and subject to the provisions of the law creating the State Merit System of Personnel Administration (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 20, T. 45) only the Public Service Commission, acting as a constitutional entity, or persons to whom it delegates its authority, has the authority to hire personnel, and to terminate the employment of the personnel which it hires. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-61.

Types of employees protected by merit system.

- Provisions dealing with personnel administration (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 20, T. 45) modifies former Code 1933, § 93-207 (see O.C.G.A § 46-2-7) to the extent that the commission's officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and other employees who fall within the ambit of the merit system do not serve at the pleasure of the commission, but rather must be hired by the commission and terminated by the commission in accordance with the laws affecting and the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Personnel Board. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-61.

Termination of confidential, individually assigned secretary.

- Public Service Commission has authority to terminate employment of confidential secretary assigned to individual commissioner. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-61.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 73B C.J.S., Public Utilities, § 63.

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