O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 34-9-41 (2019)

Appointment and term of chairman of board

✓ 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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The Governor shall appoint one member of the board as chairman, and the appointee shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. Any vacancy in the office shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.

History

(Code 1933, § 114-701.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Duties of chairman. - Chairman of board is authorized to exercise two duties not common to the other members of the board: the chairman shall appoint and fix the salary of the secretary-treasurer, and shall approve, before payment, the expenses of the directors and their assistants which are incurred by them while

traveling on business of the department. 1945-47 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 659. Chairman of the board is proper parliamentary officer to preside at meetings of the board for the purpose of regulating its proceedings. 1945-47 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 659.