{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-28","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-16-28","heading":"Creation of merit board; appeals from disciplinary actions.","body":"In any county there may be created by local Act of the General Assembly a merit board to hear and decide appeals from disciplinary actions against deputies and other employees of the sheriff of the county; provided, however, that no such merit board or appeals procedure shall become effective until approved and adopted by the sheriff.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 16 Sheriffs","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"6fe90eedea1d91b8632ebf8dafc8b294ca951bd4a5ef05b7c08442afe4c0161b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-27","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}