Natural Gas Consumer Education Advisory Board; membership; responsibilities

(a) There is created the Natural Gas Consumer Education Advisory Board, whose duty it shall be to advise and make recommendations to the director of the consumers’ utility counsel division of the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs. The board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include at least one representative for each of the following: marketers, natural gas consumers, and electing distribution companies. There shall be one member appointed from each commission electoral district. Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) The board shall elect its chairperson and shall convene upon the call of the administrator at a time and place specified in writing by the administrator. Each member of the board shall serve without pay but shall receive standard state per diem for expenses and receive standard travel allowance while attending meetings and while in the discharge of his or her responsibilities. (c) The board shall assist the director in an advisory capacity only in carrying out the duties and functions of such official concerning policy matters relating to the development and implementation of state-wide education programs for natural gas consumers or consumers of any other utility that may be deregulated in the future. (Code 1981, § 46-4-160.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 475, § 18.) Effective date. — This Code section became effective April 25, 2002. Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 2002, p. 475, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, pro- vides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Natural Gas Consumers’ Relief Act.’ ’’ 415 Page: 416 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:56:5 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN 46-4-160.5 PUBLIC UTILITIES, ETC. 46-4-161 46-4-160.5. Retail customer recovery for violations.