O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-8-4 (2019)

Bonds - Declaring office vacant upon officer’s failure to give additional security

✓ 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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If any such officer is required to give additional bond or security pursuant to Code Section 45-8-3 and fails to do so within the time required, the proper authority shall: (1) Declare the office vacant, if such proper authority has the power of removal over such office; or (2) If such proper authority does not have the power of removal, it shall report the same to the Governor or officer having power of removal, who, after giving the delinquent officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant.

History

(Ga. L. 1933, p. 78, § 4; Code 1933, § 89-808.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Requiring additional bond from school superintendent. - A county board of education may require a county

school superintendent to give an additional bond or to increase the security if in the opinion of the said board the present

PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES

bond is insufficient in amount or is inadequate as to security. 1957 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 105. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.

C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 163, 172.