O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-12-53 (2019)

Appointments not subject to Senate confirmation

✓ 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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No appointment by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate unless the statute under which such appointment is made requires confirmation or confirmation is otherwise required by law.

History

(Ga. L. 1941, p. 289, § 2.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article discussing control of tenure of executive officers by

the president and the Governor, see Ga. B.J. 13 (1941).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Construction of statutory provisions. - In the enactment of O.C.G.A. §§ 45-12-53 and 45-12-54, the General Assembly intended that gubernatorial appointments to statutory offices are not subject to senatorial confirmation unless:

(1) that requirement is specifically included with the statutory power of appointment; or (2) the appointment is to a ‘‘board,’’ a ‘‘commission,’’ or a ‘‘bureau’’ that is created or established by law. 2003 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2003-5.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Governor, §§ 4, 5.

C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers, §§ 47, 55, 61. 81A C.J.S., States, § 173.