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

O.C.G.A. § 35-2-7 (2019)

Deputy commissioner of public safety - Appointment; term of office; rank; membership in Uniform Division; duties; oath

✓ 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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(a) The commissioner is vested with authority to appoint a deputy commissioner of public safety, who shall have the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Uniform Division of the department.

(b) The deputy commissioner may be a member of the Uniform Division of the department and upon removal from office without prejudice he shall revert to the original rank in the Uniform Division which he held when he was appointed to office.

(c) His appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the board.

(d) The deputy commissioner shall perform such duties as he may be charged with by the commissioner, and in case of a vacancy shall act as commissioner until an appointment is made to fill the vacancy.

(e) The deputy commissioner shall take the same oath as that required of the commissioner, which oath shall be administered by the commissioner.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 332, art. 1, § 5; Ga. L. 1943, p. 196, § 3; Ga. L. 1949, p. 70, § 3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 296, § 2; Ga. L.

1967, p. 98, § 2; Ga. L. 1969, p. 145, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 409, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1285, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Deputy commissioner entitled to same longevity increases as battalion members. - Deputy director (now deputy commissioner) of public safety is enti-

tled to the same longevity increases as are members of the battalion. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-134.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 31, 32. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 1 et seq., 48 et seq., 70, 88, 105 et seq.

C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 21 et seq., 136 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 17 et seq., 73.