O.C.G.A. § 2-6-10 (2019)
State advisory board
(a) The Cooperative Extension Service shall, by regulation, provide for the selection of five persons of legal age, resident in this state, to act as farmer members of a state advisory board. Such members shall be selected from the standpoint of their actual farming experience and comprehensive understanding of the agricultural problems of this state and shall represent, as nearly as possible, all sections of the state and all major types of farming.
(b) The state advisory board, upon the request of the Cooperative Extension Service, shall advise the Cooperative Extension Service with regard to all matters of major importance in carrying out this article and may, in the absence of such request, submit advice and information to the Cooperative Extension Service with respect to the administration of this article.
History
Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 9.
ARTICLE 2 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Annotations
Cross references. - Construction of dams, § 12-5-370 et seq.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Selected Oddities in Georgia Municipal Law,’’ see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 783 (1975).
For comment, ‘‘The Right to Rainwater: An Unlikely Fairy Tale,’’ see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 575 (2018).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Soil and Water Conservation Districts are agencies of this state. 1969 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 69-319. Merit system rules violated by employee elected as supervisor. - A state merit system employee holding public office as an elected Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor would be in
violation of the merit system rules. 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-45. Soil and water conservation district supervisors are eligible for comprehensive general liability insurance through the Department of Administrative Services. 1981 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 81-35.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Validity and construction of statutes regulating strip mining, 86 A.L.R.3d 27.