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Following the Watergate scandal financial disclosure of public officials was made a requirement in the United States by its Ethics in Government Act of 1978. [2] In 1980-th most of European countries disclosed public assets declarations. Italy in 1982, [1] Portugal - 1983. [1]
The regulations are codified in the Rules and Regulations of Georgia (formally the Official Compilation, Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia). [4] Weil's Georgia Government Register (the Register) from LexisNexis and the Georgia Regulation Tracking database from Westlaw provide information on rulemaking activity. [4]
Paragraph II. Object of government. The people of this state have the inherent right of regulating their internal government. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the people; and at all times they have the right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require it. Paragraph III.
The Biden administration has approved a national disaster declaration in Georgia following Hurricane Helene, a move that comes a day after the state’s congressional delegation requested it. The ...
Georgia still had about 460,000 power outages Tuesday.
The Government of Georgia consists of a prime minister and ministers. The prime minister is the head of the government. In addition to ministers—who are in charge of ministries and manage a specific sector of public administration—one or several state ministers can be introduced in the government to oversee the government's tasks of particular importance. [2]
The Georgian Law on Self Government defines a municipality as a settlement (town or city; ქალაქი, k'alak'i) or a unity of settlement (community; თემი, t'emi) with defined boundaries, administrative center, as well as representative and executive bodies of government, and possesses their own assets, budget, and income.
Georgia is divided into 49 judicial circuits, each of which has a Superior Court consisting of local judges numbering between two and 19 depending on the circuit population. Under the 1983 Constitution, Georgia also has magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, state courts; the General Assembly may also authorize municipal courts. [9]