Georgia Code, Title 35, Chapter 2, Article 2 - Georgia State Patrol

• § 35-2-30 - Creation and Designation
  There is created and established a division of the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Uniform Division, the members of which...
• § 35-2-31 - Composition
  The Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety shall consist of: (1) The officers, noncommissioned officers, and troopers of the headquarters staff; (2)...
• § 35-2-32 - Jurisdiction; Primary Duty; Patrolling of Safety Rest Areas and Welcome Centers
  (a) The Uniform Division of the department shall have jurisdiction throughout this state with such duties and powers as are prescribed by law.(b) It...
• § 35-2-33 - Additional Duties
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Uniform Division: (1) To enforce the laws of this state relating to the use, ownership, control,...
• § 35-2-34 - Composition of Headquarters Staff
  The headquarters staff shall be composed of the commissioner, deputy commissioner, and such other commissioned and noncommissioned officers, troopers, and clerical personnel as the...
• § 35-2-35 - Performance of Clerical Duties by Headquarters Staff; Transfer of Members of Headquarters Staff by Commissioner
  The clerical duties at headquarters shall be performed by the headquarters staff. The commissioner, in his discretion, may transfer any member of the headquarters...
• § 35-2-36 - Composition of Battalion; Rank of Battalion Personnel; Employment of Recruits or Cadets by Commissioner; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations As to Enlistment and Training of Recruits or Cadets
  (a) The battalion of the Uniform Division shall consist of such personnel as the commissioner, with the approval of the board, may deem necessary...
• § 35-2-36.1 - Auxiliary Service of the Uniform Division; Appointment of Members; Salary; Authority and Powers; Equipment; Eligibility
  (a) There is created within the Uniform Division, a special service known as the Auxiliary Service. The members of the Auxiliary Service of the...
• § 35-2-37 - Employment of Communications Officers to Support Battalion Generally
  To support the battalion, the commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to employ such communications officers as may be necessary, within...
• § 35-2-38 - Division of State Into Districts or Divisions by Commissioner
  The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to divide the state into districts or divisions as may be necessary for the...
• § 35-2-39 - Provision of Barracks and Quarters for Officers and Troopers of Uniform Division
  The commissioner is authorized, with the approval of the board, to provide comfortable barracks and quarters for the officers and troopers of the Uniform
• § 35-2-40 - Purchase, Lease, or Construction of Barracks and Equipment for Districts or Divisions; Acceptance of Property, Equipment, or Services
  In the event any district or division headquarters is established by the commissioner, he shall be authorized, with the approval of the board, to...
• § 35-2-41 - Municipality and County Purchase or Conveyance of Property for Use As Division or District Headquarters; Effect If Property Has Reversionary Clause; Approval of Contracts
  Subject to the provisions of Code Section 35-2-41.1, any municipality or county of this state is authorized to purchase and convey property by deed,...
• § 35-2-41.1 - Donation or Conveyance of Property, Equipment, or Services to the Department; Procedure
  (a) Any offer to donate or convey by deed, gift, rent, lease, or other means any property, equipment, or services to the department shall...
• § 35-2-42 - Compensation of Members of Uniform Division, Communications Officers, Recruits, and Cadets; Subsistence and Per Diem Allowances; Receipt of Badge and Duty Weapon Upon Retirement; Incentive Pay
  (a) All members of the Uniform Division, all communications officers, and all recruits or cadets shall be governed by rules and regulations as now...
• § 35-2-43 - Eligibility for Appointment to or Enlistment in Uniform Division; Appointment or Reappointment of Discharged Members of National Guard, Armed Forces of the United States, and Law Enforcement Agencies
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1998, p. 852, § 1, effective April 10, 1998.
• § 35-2-44 - Enlistment, Examination, Preliminary Training, Subsequent Instruction, and Rules and Regulations for Discipline and Conduct of Recruits and Troopers of Uniform Division
  It shall be the duty of the commissioner, subject to the laws of this state, to arrange for the enlistment and examination of applicants...
• § 35-2-45 - Promotions of Personnel in Uniform Division
  (a) Any trooper first class of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of...
• § 35-2-46 - Dismissal of Officers, Troopers, and Communications Officers
  All officers, troopers, and communications officers who are in the classified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2 may be dismissed from their employment...
• § 35-2-47 - Suspension Pending Dismissal
  All officers, troopers, and communications officers who are in the classified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2 may be suspended pending their dismissal...
• § 35-2-48 - State Patrol Disciplinary Board; Composition; Appointment and Terms of Members; Conduct of Hearings by Board; Recommendation to Commissioner; Finality of Commissioner's Decision
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3131, § 7, effective July 1, 1992.
• § 35-2-49 - Provision of Uniforms and Equipment to Sworn Members of the Department of Public Safety and Radio Operators; Retention of Weapons and Badges Upon Retirement
  The commissioner shall, within the limit of the appropriation, provide the sworn members of the Department of Public Safety with proper uniforms, suitable to...
• § 35-2-49.1 - Retention of Badge and Weapon by Disabled Law Enforcement Officer
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "disability" means a disability that prevents an individual from working as a law enforcement officer.(b)...
• § 35-2-50 - Purchasing of Uniforms, Supplies, and Equipment
  (a) The uniforms, supplies, and equipment authorized by Code Section 35-2-49 shall be purchased by the Department of Administrative Services, with the consent and...
• § 35-2-51 - Storeroom for Excess Clothing, Equipment, and Other Articles; Disposition of Old and Worn Equipment
  (a) The commissioner shall provide a storeroom or rooms where all excess supplies of clothing, equipment, and other articles shall be stored and shall...
• § 35-2-52 - Clothing Allowance for Members of Uniform Division Assigned Permanently to Personal Security or Special Duty Assignments
  The commissioner, at his discretion and subject to available funds, shall be authorized to pay to members of the Uniform Division a clothing allowance...
• § 35-2-53 - Members of Uniform Division to Receive No Costs or Emoluments; Exception for Rewards; Payment and Distribution of Fines and Costs
  No member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety shall receive any costs, emoluments, or other compensation other than his salary...
• § 35-2-54 - Purchase of Group Insurance
  (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to purchase group life, group accident, and group hospitalization insurance contracts, policies, or...
• § 35-2-55 - Compensatory Time Off for Members of Uniform Division Working on State Holiday
  The commissioner is authorized and directed to arrange the work schedules of members of the Uniform Division in such a manner that each member...
• § 35-2-56 - Use of Motor Vehicles or Other Equipment by Members of Uniform Division
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, no department motor vehicles shall be used by any member of the...
• § 35-2-57 - Use of Retired Unmarked Pursuit Cars for Training
  When an unmarked pursuit vehicle used by the Georgia State Patrol for the purpose of enforcing the traffic laws of this state is first...
• § 35-2-58 - Approval by Board to Sell or Trade Surplus Motor Vehicles Towards Purchase of New Motor Vehicles
  (a) Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the commissioner, subject to approval by the board, shall have the power to sell or trade surplus...

Last modified: October 14, 2016