Title 20 — Education
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O.C.G.A. § 20-13-10 Personnel; status as state employees; benefits
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(a) The executive director and his deputy director, division directors, and other employees shall be considered state employees in the unclassified service of the merit system for the purposes of benefits administered by the merit system and for retirement purposes. (b) Upon the …
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-11 Powers
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The commission shall have the power: (1) To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) Subject to the approval of the State Properties Commission, to acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to hold, lease, and dispose of real property of every kind and character for its corpo…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-12 Purpose; exemptions
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20-13-1. Establishment of Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission. (a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporatio…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-3 Remuneration for members
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The members of the commission shall receive for each day of service expended as a member of the commission the per diem and expense allowances authorized for members of other state boards and commissions, as provided by Code Section 45-7-21. (Code 1981, § 20-13-3, enacted by Ga. …
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-4 Meetings
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The commission shall hold regular meetings bimonthly or as necessary as determined by the chairperson. Additional meetings may be called by the chairperson or at the request of three or more of the members. (Code 1981, § 20-13-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 594, § 1.) 20-13-5. Fun…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-5 Functions; responsibilities
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(a) The Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission is declared to be a public charitable organization created, designed, and intended for the purpose of providing educational, instructional, and public broadcasting services to the citizens of the State of Georgia and making ava…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-6 Executive director; appointment
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The Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission shall appoint an executive director of the commission and shall fix his compensation, duties, and responsibilities consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The executive director of the commission shall exercise the overall …
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-7 Executive director; functions; powers; duties
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The executive director shall be responsible for implementing the policies of the commission and for the day-to-day operations of the commission. The executive director shall develop job descriptions for the necessary administrative, production, liaison, and clerical personnel and…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-8 Licensure
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(a)(1) The commission is authorized and empowered to hold licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission or other appropriate governmental agencies necessary for the operation of public telecommunications facilities and to operate such facilities in the State of Georgia…
O.C.G.A. § 20-13-9 Content of instructional television
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It is the intent of this chapter that the content of instructional television is clearly and unequivocally the responsibility of the Board of Education, the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia, and the board of regents for programs and courses within their resp…