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

O.C.G.A. § 45-12-55 (2019)

Governor authorized to appoint attorneys as executive counsel; compensation

✓ 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 Governor shall be authorized to appoint attorneys to serve as his or her executive counsel for such periods of time as he or she deems advisable. The salaries, expenses, and all other remunerations of the attorneys appointed by the Governor as his or her executive counsel shall be determined by the Governor and paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the office of the Governor.

History

(Ga. L. 1967, p. 102, § 3; Ga. L. 1975, p. 879, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 797, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Lively v. Fulcher, 244 Ga. 771, 262 S.E.2d 93 (1979).

PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 1, 10, 17 et seq.

C.J.S. - 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, §§ 3, 13.