O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-13-2 (2019)

Membership; appointment; terms of office; election of chairperson; vacancies

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) The commission shall be composed of nine members, who shall be appointed by the Governor from the general public. No person may serve on the commission who is also an official, officer, or employee of the state or any of its agencies or instrumentalities or an official, officer, employee, or representative of any public school system. (b) The term of office for members shall be four years, except for those members whose initial terms begin on July 1, 2001, which terms

shall expire on June 30, 2002. Thereafter, their successors shall serve for terms of four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. (c) The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. (d) Vacancies which occur in the membership of the commission shall be filled by the Governor.

History

(Code 1981, § 20-13-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 594, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 328, § 1.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For note on the 2001 amendment to this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 79 (2001).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Chandler v. Georgia Pub. Telecomm. Comm'n, 917 F.2d 486 (11th Cir. 1990).

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Chandler v. Georgia Pub. Telecomm. Comm'n, 917 F.2d 486 (11th Cir. 1990). “O.C.G.A. § 20-13-2 (Supp.1990). Besides the Republican and Democratic candidates, appellees are the only other ballot-qualified candidates in the races for governor and lieutenant-governor.”

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