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

43-4A-7 (2019)

Discipline of registered agents; notice and hearing required

✓ 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 Secretary of State may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration or may discipline a person registered by the Secretary of State for conduct that would have justified denial of registration under Code Section 43-4A-6.

(b) The Secretary of State may discipline, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration only after proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

(c) The provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,” shall be applicable to the Secretary of State and the provisions of this chapter.

History

Code 1981, § 43-4A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 651, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 370, § 5; Ga. L. 2003, p. 774, § 9; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 43/HB 95; Code 1981, § 43-4A-7, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149, effec-

tive July 1, 2010, redesignated former Code Section 43-4A-7 as present Code Section 43-4A-6. Law reviews. For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 298 (1989).