O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-2-8 (2019)

Comptroller - Appointment; membership in Uniform Division prohibited; bond

✓ 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 commissioner shall appoint a comptroller to ensure the proper receipt, accounting, and disbursement of funds of the department. The comptroller shall not be a member of the Uniform Division of the department. The comptroller shall give a good and sufficient surety bond in the amount of $100,000.00, payable to the Governor and his successors in office and to be approved by the commissioner, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties and the faithful accounting of all funds received by him.

History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 228, § 2.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 31, 32. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 48 et seq., 70 et seq., 227 et seq., 237, 247, 248, 250. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police and Constables, §§ 7 et seq., 41, 42, 45.

C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 323 et seq., 334 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 17 et seq., 73.