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2018 Georgia Code 21-4-14 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 21-4-14 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 21-4-14

TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Section 4. Recall of Public Officers, 21-4-1 through 21-4-21.

ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

21-4-14. Recall election - Filing subsequent recall petition against officer following recall election or denial of recall petition.

  1. After a recall petition and election, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same officer until at least six months have elapsed from the date of the previous recall election; and any other recall petitions against that officer outstanding on the date of the recall election shall be void.
  2. If the election superintendent finds that a recall petition is insufficient and fails to verify the same, no further application for a recall petition shall be filed against the same officer until at least six months have elapsed from the date of the denial of such recall petition; provided, however, that such finding of insufficiency shall not bar the verification of any other recall petition against that officer which is available for signature or pending verification at the time of such finding of insufficiency.

(Code 1981, §21-4-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1721, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Determination of the legal insufficiency of the original application for a recall petition was not a bar to filing a second application within six months of the first application. Collins v. Morris, 263 Ga. 734, 438 S.E.2d 896 (1993).

A judicial determination that a recall petition was issued in violation of the Recall Act, O.C.G.A. § 21-4-1 et seq., is not a bar to a subsequent petition. George v. Baker, 265 Ga. 858, 463 S.E.2d 124 (1995).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the provisions, opinions decided prior to the 1989 revision of this chapter and under former Code 1933, § 89-1914 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Initiation of second recall effort.

- Former Code 1933, §§ 89-1905 and 89-1914 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 21-4-5 and21-4-14) represent only constraints upon initiation of second recall effort notwithstanding previous but unsuccessful recall efforts made against the same public officer. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-11 (decided under former Code 1933, § 89-1914).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 21-4-14 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

George v. Baker

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1995-11-13

Citation: 265 Ga. 858, 463 S.E.2d 124

Snippet: recall effort should be enjoined because OCGA § 21-4-14 (b) prevents the issuance of any further application

Collins v. Morris

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1994-01-24

Citation: 438 S.E.2d 896, 263 Ga. 734, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 319, 1994 Ga. LEXIS 52

Snippet: Eaves v. Harris, supra at 4-5 (2) (b). 2. OCGA § 21-4-14 (a) provides limitations as to the filing of additional