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O.C.G.A. § 25-2-3 — Safety Fire Commissioner - Duties and responsibilities generally; delegation of powers | Georgia Code

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TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Section 2. Regulation of Fire and Other Hazards to Persons and Property Generally, 25-2-1 through 25-2-40.

25-2-3. Safety Fire Commissioner - Duties and responsibilities generally; delegation of powers.

Except as provided in Code Section 25-2-12, the Commissioner is charged with the duties and chief responsibility for the enforcement of this chapter. He may, consistent with this chapter, delegate to the officers and employees appointed under this chapter such duties and powers as in his discretion he shall deem necessary or advisable for the proper enforcement of this chapter and shall have full supervision and control over such officers and employees in the performance of their duties or in the exercise of any powers granted to such officers and employees by him or by this chapter. Except as provided in Code Section 25-2-12, the Commissioner shall be the final authority in all matters relating to the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter, except insofar as his orders may be reversed or modified by the courts.

(Ga. L. 1949, p. 1057, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1779, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Manufactured homes generally, § 8-2-130 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Authorized actions.

- In the absence of the state fire marshal, the Safety Fire Commissioner was authorized to act on an application for a license to maintain a liquefied petroleum gas bulk distribution facility. Safety Fire Comm'r v. U.S.A. Gas, Inc., 229 Ga. App. 807, 494 S.E.2d 706 (1997).

Cited in Douglas v. Smith, 578 F.2d 1169 (5th Cir. 1978).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 3, 230, 241.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 323, 324.

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