Delayed effective date.

- Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 3-1, provides that the 2003 amendment by § 2-1 of that Act becomes effective only upon the effective date of an appropriation of funds for the specific purposes of Part II of that Act as expressed in a line item making specific reference to full funding of the Act in an Appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. Funds were not appropriated at the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, or 2018 session of the General Assembly. This Code section, as set out above, does not reflect the amendment by § 2-1 of that Act, owing to the delayed effective date.

The 2003 amendments. The 2003 amendment by § 1-1 of Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, effective July 1, 2003, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted "There shall be a" for "The", deleted "is created" following "Medicine", and substituted "confirmation" for "confirmed", inserted "or her" in the second sentence, deleted the former fifth sentence which read: "The initial appointment for the sixth member shall expire June 30, 1985; thereafter, successors shall be appointed for a term of five years.", and, in the present fifth sentence, substituted "State Board of Veterinary Medicine" for "Georgia State Board of Veterinary Examiners" and substituted "July 1, 2003" for "July 1, 1965"; added "or herself" in the last sentence of subsection (b); inserted "or her" in subsection (c); and substituted "chair the" for "serve as chairman of" in the last sentence of subsection (g). The 2003 amendment by § 2-1 of Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted "There shall be a" for "The", deleted "is created" following "Medicine", and substituted "confirmation" for "confirmed", in the second sentence, substituted "seven members" for "six members" and inserted "or her", substituted "The seventh member shall be a registered veterinary technician who has been registered and actively engaged in the practice of veterinary technology for at least five years prior to appointment. The initial appointment of the veterinary technician shall expire on June 30 in the fifth calendar year after this subsection becomes effective; thereafter, successors shall be appointed for a term of five years." for "The initial appointment for the sixth member shall expire June 30, 1985; thereafter, successors shall be appointed for a term of five years.", and, in the next to the last sentence, substituted "State Board of Veterinary Medicine" for "Georgia State Board of Veterinary Examiners" and substituted "the effective date of this subsection" for "July 1, 1965,". For effective date of 2003 amendment, see the delayed effective date note.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added the last sentence of subsection (a); deleted former subsection (c), which read: "No person may serve on the board who is, or was during the two years preceding his or her appointment, a member of the faculty, trustees, or advisory board of a veterinary school."; redesignated former subsections (d) through (f) as present subsections (c) through (e), respectively; substituted "session as set forth in Code Section 50-14-3" for "session to prepare, approve, administer, or grade examinations or to deliberate the qualifications of an applicant for license or the disposition of a proceeding to discipline a licensed veterinarian" in the second sentence of subsection (e); and redesignated former subsection (g) as present subsection (f).

Cross references.

- Opening meetings of public agencies to members of public generally, T. 50, C. 14.

Law reviews.

- For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass'n, 244 Ga. 151, 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), invalidating Georgia statute requiring Governor's appointments to Composite State Board of Medical Examiners be made solely from nominees submitted by state medical society as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L. J. 1183 (1980).

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