Service Employees International Union v. Perdue

Carley, Justice.

In 1996 and again in 2000, the General Assembly amended OCGA § 45-20-2 (15), which defines “unclassified service” as that term relates to the State Merit System. Ga. L. 1996, pp. 684, 687, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, pp. 1377,1382, § 1. The effect of those amendments was to remove persons hired after July 1,1996 from that class of employees whose employment is subject to the rules of the merit system, as *380well to expand the definition of “unclassified service” to include those jobs created after that date and those persons who accepted employment in an unclassified position thereafter.…