O.C.G.A. § 38-2-130 (2019)
Creation; executive head; definition
There shall be an agency of the state government to be known as the Department of Defense of the State of Georgia which shall be composed of the military agency as provided in the laws of this state. The adjutant general shall be the executive head of the Department of Defense.
History
Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 6; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 20; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 901; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1258, § 1.
Annotations
Cross references. - Creation of Emergency Management Division, Department of Defense, § 38-3-20.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Authority of Adjutant General. - State Defense Force is subject to the direct authority of the Adjutant General as ex-
ecutive head of the Department of Defense. 1992 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 92-2.