Ga. Code § 36-8-4
Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
The county governing authority shall fix the salaries of the county police, which salaries, together with the expense of maintaining the police, shall be paid out of the county treasury. The county governing authority is authorized to levy such tax as may be necessary to pay such salaries and expenses over and above the sums for which it is otherwise authorized to levy a tax.
OCGA § 36-8-4