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Call Now: 904-383-7448(a) There shall be a State Transportation Board composed of as many members as there are congressional districts in the state. The member of the board from each congressional district shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives and Senate whose respective districts are embraced or partly embraced within such congressional district meeting in caucus. The members of the board in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the remainder of their respective terms. The General Assembly shall provide by law the procedure for the election of members and for filling vacancies on the board. Members shall serve for terms of five years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(b) The State Transportation Board shall select a commissioner of transportation, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Department of Transportation and who shall have such powers and duties as provided by law.
- Art. IV, Sec. VIII, Para. I.
- State Transportation Board generally, § 32-2-20 et seq.
Cited in Pye v. State Hwy. Dep't, 226 Ga. 389, 175 S.E.2d 510 (1970); Outdoor Adv. Ass'n v. DOT, 186 Ga. App. 550, 367 S.E.2d 827 (1988).
There must be a commissioner of transportation duly elected and qualified, in order to carry on certain functions of the Department of Transportation as its chief executive officer. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-198.
- Legislative power to prescribe qualifications for or conditions of eligibility to constitutional office, 34 A.L.R.2d 155.
Power and duty of highway officers as regards location or routes of roads to be constructed or improved, 91 A.L.R. 242.
Time as of which eligibility or ineligibility to office is to be determined, 143 A.L.R. 1026.