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2018 Georgia Code 20-3-79 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 20-3-79 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 20-3-79

TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 3. Postsecondary Education, 20-3-1 through 20-3-660.

ARTICLE 2 BOARD OF REGENTS AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

20-3-79. Athletic associations - Not subject to limitations on state agencies; financial operation regulations; state audits not required; exception of appropriations.

  1. The athletic associations named in Code Section 20-3-78 are not agencies of the state and are not subject to the limitations, restrictions, and laws of general application imposed on state agencies by the Constitution of Georgia and the laws enacted by the General Assembly in compliance with the Constitution. The associations are authorized under their corporate charters issued by the superior courts or as otherwise incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state to make such rules and regulations for the financial operations of the associations as they deem necessary.
  2. The state auditor is not required to make an audit of the accounts of the athletic associations as is required of him in connection with the financial operations of state agencies.
  3. This Code section shall not apply to any tax money appropriated by the state.

(Ga. L. 1949, p. 29, §§ 2, 3, 5.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Financial records of University of Georgia Athletic Association are public records.

- Because the president of the University of Georgia is charged with controlling the intercollegiate sports program at the university and because the maintenance of documents relating to the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of the intercollegiate sports program is an integral part thereof, regardless of whether the documents are prepared by employees of a private athletic association or by the president as treasurer of that association, it is clear that they are documents, papers, and records prepared and maintained in the course of the operation of a public office, and are therefore "public records" under the Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq. Macon Tel. Publishing Co. v. Board of Regents, 256 Ga. 443, 350 S.E.2d 23 (1986).

Cited in Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130, 87 S. Ct. 1975, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1094 (1967).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 1, 3.

C.J.S.

- 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, §§ 45 et seq., 49 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 20-3-79 From Courtlistener.com

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MacOn Telegraph Publishing Co. v. Board of Regents of the University System

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1986-11-19

Citation: 350 S.E.2d 23, 256 Ga. 443, 13 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1748, 1986 Ga. LEXIS 923

Snippet: University System are private corporations. OCGA § 20-3-79 states that such athletic associations are not