O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-21 (2019)

Composition; powers and duties generally

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The board of regents shall be composed of one member from each congressional district in the state and five additional members from the state at large, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of the board. The board shall have all the powers and duties now or hereafter provided by law. The board shall be subject to all provisions of law not inconsistent with this part.

History

(Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 50; Code 1933, § 32-104; Ga. L. 1937, p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 142, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 670, §§ 3, 6.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Appointee may act as attorney or hold political party office. - No impediment to membership on the board of regents exists by reason of an appointee acting as a county attorney, city attorney, or private attorney, or holding office in a political party. 1974 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 74-20. Regents may expend appropriated state funds for improvements on property leased from another govern-

ment branch, the title to which is held by the State of Georgia. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-450. Regents may lawfully purchase a lessee’s interest in property recently purchased by the regents. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-443. Regents may keep or dispose of unrestricted bequests of stock as the regents deem to be in the regent’s best interests. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-129.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Doe, 278 Ga. App. 878, 630 S.E.2d 85 (2006). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12, 13.

C.J.S. - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 14.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2021 · leading case: Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Doe, 630 S.E.2d 85 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
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Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Doe, 630 S.E.2d 85 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “(a) The Board of Regents is vested with the power to manage and control the University System, and the duties and powers of the Board are set forth in the Georgia Code.”
Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Ruff, 726 S.E.2d 451 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “I (b); OCGA §§ 20-3-21, 20-3-31. 10 Wilson, supra.”
Monroe v. Fort Valley State Univ. (M.D. Ga. 2021). · cites it 2× “Vill, § 4, [| O.C.G.A. § 20-3-21. The Board is also subject to strict oversight by the Governor and required to submit “annual reports of its transactions, together with such information as necessary to show the condition of | university system[]” 0.”
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