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

O.C.G.A. § 35-2-3 (2019)

Commissioner of public safety - Creation; appointment and removal; powers and duties; rules and regulations

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) There is created the position of commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer and shall be both appointed and removed by the board with the approval of the Governor. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the general policy established by the board, the commissioner shall supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, administer, and execute the functions vested in the department by law.

(b) The commissioner shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to carry out his or her official duties.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1602; Ga. L. 1996, p. 271, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Commissioner of public safety is a public officer. Blackmon v. State, 153 Ga. App. 359, 265 S.E.2d 320 (1980).

Cited in Williams v. State, 138 Ga. App. 662, 226 S.E.2d 816 (1976).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 31, 32.

C.J.S. - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 17 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2022 · leading case: Employees' Ret. Sys. of Georgia v. Melton, 669 S.E.2d 692 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
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Employees' Ret. Sys. of Georgia v. Melton, 669 S.E.2d 692 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “” See OCGA § 35-2-3. Approximately 54 employees of POST, the DPS, and other attached agencies were reported erroneously as being eligible for early retirement.”
Meshal v. Wright (S.D. Ga. 2022). · cites it 2× “); O.C.G.A. § 35-2-3. Because GSP is a division of GDPS, Wright oversees the policies and procedures pertaining to traffic stops conducted by GSP officers.”
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