Georgia Code, Title 34, Chapter 8, Article 3 - Administration

• § 34-8-70 - Duties and Powers of Commissioner
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to administer this chapter.(b) The Commissioner shall have power and authority to adopt, amend, or...
• § 34-8-71 - Distribution of Text of Chapter and Other Materials
  The Commissioner shall make available to the public copies of the text of this chapter, any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter,...
• § 34-8-72 - Appointment of State and Local or Industry Advisory Councils
  The Commissioner shall appoint a State Advisory Council and may appoint local or industry advisory councils, composed in each case of an equal number...
• § 34-8-73 - Department to Administer Chapter and Programs; Authority to Create, and Delegate Powers and Duties To, Employment Security Agency
  (a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all programs relating to state employment services and unemployment compensation.(b) The Commissioner may,...
• § 34-8-74 - Appointment, Compensation, Powers, and Duties of Personnel Administering Chapter
  Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of, and prescribe the duties and powers of...
• § 34-8-75 - Experience Rating Committee
  The Commissioner shall designate an experience rating committee. The committee shall be composed of one representative of employers, one representative of employees, and one...
• § 34-8-76 - Duties of Commissioner to Reduce and Prevent Unemployment
  The Commissioner, with the advice and aid of the State Advisory Council and the local or industry advisory councils, shall take all appropriate steps...
• § 34-8-77 - Creation and Financing of State Employment Service; Cooperation With Federal Agencies; Authority to Establish and Maintain Free Public Employment Offices
  (a) The State Employment Service is established as a program administered by the department. The Commissioner shall establish and maintain free public employment offices...
• § 34-8-78 - Board of Review; Appointment, Term of Office, Compensation, and Removal of Members
  (a) There shall be a Board of Review of the Department of Labor, which board shall consist of three members. Each member shall be...
• § 34-8-79 - State and Federal Cooperation in Administration of Chapter
  (a) In the administration of this chapter, the Commissioner shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with this chapter, with the United States secretary...
• § 34-8-80 - Payment of Compensation Under Two or More State Unemployment Compensation Laws
  (a) The Commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered...
• § 34-8-81 - Creation of Employment Security Administration Fund; Sources of Money for Fund; Management and Control of Moneys
  (a) There is created a trust fund, with the Commissioner as trustee, to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund. All moneys which...
• § 34-8-82 - State Reimbursement of Employment Security Administration Fund for Moneys Lost, Wrongfully Expended, or Overexpended
  This state recognizes its obligation to replace and declares it to be the policy of this state that funds will be provided in the...
• § 34-8-83 - Establishment, Composition, and Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund
  There is established as a trust fund, separate and apart from all other public funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which shall...
• § 34-8-84 - Commissioner As Custodian of Fund; Establishment of Accounts Within Fund; Deposits of Money in Accounts
  The Commissioner shall be custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and shall administer the fund in accordance with such rules and regulations as the...
• § 34-8-85 - Withdrawals From Unemployment Trust Fund for Expenditures Under Chapter
  Moneys shall be requisitioned from this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of regular benefits and extended benefits and...
• § 34-8-86 - Management of Funds Upon Discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund
  Code Sections 34-8-83 through 34-8-85, to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund, shall be operative only so long as such...
• § 34-8-87 - Borrowing Funds From United States Treasury Upon Depletion of Unemployment Compensation Fund
  The Commissioner is authorized to borrow funds from the United States Treasury in accordance with standards and regulations promulgated by the United States Department...
• § 34-8-88 - Necessary Powers in Discharge of Duties
  In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the Commissioner, the chief administrative hearing officer, the members of the board of review,...
• § 34-8-89 - Application for Order Requiring Persons to Obey Subpoena Issued by Commissioner
  (a) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena by any person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which...
• § 34-8-90 - Authority to Lease Property
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 100, § 16/SB 158, effective April 12, 2005.
• § 34-8-91 - Benefits Limited to Extent Funds are Available
  Benefits shall be deemed due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that funds...
• § 34-8-92 - Disposition of Fines, Penalties, and Interest Collected; Amounts Collected Pursuant to Code Section 34-8-255 to Be Returned to Unemployment Compensation Fund
  (a) All fines, penalties, and interest collected under the terms of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury. The General Assembly shall...
• § 34-8-93 - Construction of Chapter; Severability
  (a) Any ambiguity in this chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with federal law applicable to the unemployment compensation program.(b) In the...

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