Title 50

The state auditor, the Attorney General, and all other agencies of state government, upon request by the committees, shall assist the committees in the discharge of their duties as set forth in this subpart. The committees may secure the services of independent accountants, engin…

The Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame Board shall cooperate with the committees, the Attorney General, the state auditor, the state accounting officer, and other state agencies in order that the charges of the committees, set forth in this subpart, may be timely and efficiently disch…

In the discharge of their duties, the committees shall evaluate the performance of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame Board consistent with the following criteria: (1) Prudent, legal, and accountable expenditure of public funds; (2) Efficient operation; and (3) Performance of its …

(a) The committees are authorized to expend state funds available to the committees for the discharge of their duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants, and paying all other necessary expenses in…

(a) There is created the Georgia Commission on Women. The commission shall be composed of 15 members to be appointed as follows: (1) Five members shall be appointed by the Governor; (2) Five members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; and (3) Five members shall be …

The commission shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and a secretary from among its members for terms of two years, and any member shall be eligible for successive election to such office by the commission. A quorum for transacting business shall be a majority of the members of …

(a) The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To determine the scope and nature of the studies and research to be undertaken by the commission, including, but not limited to: (A) Educational needs of and opportunities for women; (B) Social security and tax la…

The members of the commission shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while conducting the business of the commission from public or private grants, devises, or bequests received by the commission. History. Code 1981, § 50-12-83, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 820, § 1.

The commission shall publish in print or electronically an annual report summarizing the activities, findings, and recommendations of the commission. The report shall be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and all me…

There is created the Constitutional Amendments Publication Board to be composed of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The board shall provide for the publication of proposed constitutional amendments or of a proposed new Constituti…

(a) The Constitutional Amendments Publication Board shall assign to each proposed constitutional amendment and proposed new Constitution a number, which shall be used for the purpose of publishing the amendments and the Constitution. (b) The same number which shall be assigned by…

The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) During the period from 1933 through 1945, six million Jews and millions of other Europeans were murdered in Nazi concentra860 tion camps as part of a carefully orchestrated program of cultural, social, and political genocide known …

(a) There is created the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust in the executive branch of state government. The commission shall be assigned to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia for administrative purposes only. (b) The commission shall be composed of the fol…

The commission shall: (1) Provide, based upon the collective knowledge and experience of its members, assistance and advice to public and private schools, colleges, and universities with respect to the implementation of Holocaust education and awareness programs; (2) Meet with ap…

The commission is authorized to solicit and accept donations, contributions, grants, bequests, gifts of money and property, facilities, or services, with or without consideration, from any person, firm, or corporation or from any state, county, municipal corporation, or local gove…

(a) The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust shall design, procure, and place in a prominent location a Georgia Holocaust Memorial to recognize and commemorate the millions of people, including six million Jews, murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators before and during World…

COUNTIES. Aliens. Immigration compliance reporting by agencies and political subdivisions, §50-36-4. Atlanta-region transit link “ATL” authority. Generally, §§50-39-1 to 50-39-61. INDEX COUNTIES —Cont’d Coin-operated amusement machines. Class B machines. Removal. Local government…

Creation of council. Membership; appointment; terms; chairperson; meetings. Duties. Annual report. Powers and authority of Department of Economic Development as to council. Appointment of personnel. Article 4 Halls of Fame PART 1 GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 50-12-60 through 50-12…

Powers and duties. Assistance by direct-support organization; contract with organization; pattern and design of games; frequency and sites; subsidiary corporations. Authority of Governor to permit use of property, facilities, and services by direct-support organization. Audit of …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’ It is not intended that this chapter create or diminish any substantive rights or delegated authority, but this chapter is meant to provide a procedure for administrative determination a…

Davis & Co. v. Department of Revenue, 256 Ga. 709, 353 S.E.2d 195 (1987). Department manual not ‘‘rule.’’ — Department of Medical Assistance (now Department of Community Health) manual, which contained ‘‘the terms and conditions for receipt of medical assistance reimbursement in …

Each agency shall provide by rule for the filing and prompt disposition of petitions for declaratory rulings as to the applicability of any statutory provision or of any rule or order of the agency, provided that nothing herein shall limit or impair the right of an agency to seek …

(a) In addition to any other requirements imposed by common law, constitution, statutes, or regulations: (1) In any contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice served personally or by mail; (2) The notice shall include: (A) A s…

In contested cases: (1) Upon timely application, any person shall be permitted to intervene when a statute confers an unconditional right to intervene or when the representation of an applicant’s interest is or may be inadequate; or (2) Upon timely application, any person may be …

In contested cases: (1) Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. The rules of evidence as applied in the trial of civil nonjury cases in the superior courts shall be followed. When necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof u…

When in a contested case a majority of the officials of the agency who are to render the final decision have not heard the case or read the record, the decision, if adverse to a party to the proceeding other than the agency itself, shall not be made until a proposal for decision i…

(a) In contested cases in which the agency has not presided at the reception of the evidence, the agency representative who presided shall initially decide the case or the agency shall require the entire record before the agency representative to be certified to it for initial dec…

(a) When the grant, denial, or renewal of a license is required by law to be preceded by notice and opportunity for hearing, Code Section 50-13-13 shall apply. (b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or for a new license with re…

Dep’t of Cmty. Health, 293 Ga. App. 201, 666 S.E.2d 590 (2008). Record contained no showing that the trial court applied an incorrect standard to any legal conclusions made by the Georgia Public Service Commission because both at the hearing and in the court’s order, the trial co…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency’’ means each state board, bureau, commission, department, activity, or officer authorized by law expressly to make rules and regulations or to determine contested cases, except the General Assembly; the judiciary; the Governor; the …

Comm. v. Altamaha Riverkeeper, Inc., 304 Ga. App. 1, 695 S.E.2d 273, cert. denied, No. S10C1494, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 745 (Ga. 2010). Superior court order remanding a case back to the administrative tribunal does not constitute a final judgment. State Health Planning Review Bd. v. Piedm…

A petition for judicial review of a final decision in a contested case issued by an administrative law judge pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 50-13-41 shall be subject to judicial review in the same manner as provided in Code Section 50-13-19 except that the procedure an…

As to such regulations, standards, and plans as are required by law to be filed and kept on file with the office of the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of Insurance, when performing the duties as Safety Fire Commissioner, may comply with the filing requirements of this chapter …

Nothing in this chapter shall be held to diminish the constitutional rights of any person, to limit or repeal additional requirements imposed by statute or otherwise recognized by law, to diminish any delegation of authority to any agency, nor to create any substantive rights; bu…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any document required by law, rule, or regulation to be received by or filed with any agency pursuant to the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be received by or filed with such agency on the earlier of: (1) the dat…

(a) In addition to other rule-making requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: (1) Adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or req…

(a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, other than interpretive rules or general statements of policy, the agency shall: (1) Give at least 30 days’ notice of its intended action. The notice shall include an exact copy of the proposed rule and a synopsis of th…

Each agency shall prepare annually a report that specifies with detail those federal government mandates that require agency promulgation of rules and regulations rather than enactment of law by the General Assembly. Such report shall also identify state and federal regulatory dup…

(a) Within 20 days after July 1, 1965, each agency shall file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of all rules which were adopted by the agency prior to July 1, 1965, and which are still of full force and effect and a certified copy of all rules which were adopted by the ag…

(a) Each rule adopted after July 1, 1965, shall not become effective until the expiration of 20 days after the rule is filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Each rule so filed shall contain a citation of the authority pursuant to which it was adopted and, if an amendment, …

(a) The Secretary of State shall compile, index, and publish in print or electronically all rules adopted by each agency and remaining in effect. Compilations shall be supplemented or revised as often as necessary and at least once every two years. (b) The Secretary of State shal…

The courts shall take judicial notice of any rule which has become effective pursuant to this chapter. History. — Ga. L. 1964, p. 338, § 8.

An interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a rule. Each agency shall prescribe by rule the form for petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration, and disposition. Within 30 days after submission of a petitio…

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the strict application of rules can lead to unreasonable, uneconomical, and unintended results in particular instances. The General Assembly further declares that it is appropriate in such cases to adopt a procedure for agencies to …

(a) There is created within the executive branch of state government the Office of State Administrative Hearings. The office shall be independent of state administrative agencies and shall be responsible for impartial administration of administrative hearings in accordance with t…

(a)(1) Whenever a state agency authorized by law to determine contested cases initiates or receives a request for a hearing in a contested case which is not presided over by the agency head or board or body which is the ultimate decision maker, the hearing shall be conducted by t…