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Georgia Statutes, Title 20

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Title 20

17 chapters · 1,343 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 201,343 Ch 2, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION668 Ch 3, POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION411 Ch 14, EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY50 Ch 4, VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDU…43 Ch 5, LIBRARIES37 Ch 1A, EARLY CARE AND LEARNING36 Ch 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS27 Ch 16, GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES …18 Ch 13, GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO…12 Ch 12, MARINE RESOURCES EXTENSION CENTERS A…9 Ch 2A, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS8 Ch 8, CAMPUS POLICEMEN7 Ch 11, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE7 Ch 6, EDUCATION COMPACTS6

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O.C.G.A. § 20-3-30 Procedural rules and regulations; terms of officers; powers and duties of former boards transferred
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The board of regents may establish such rules and regulations for its own direction as it may deem proper; may fix the term of office of its chairman, its vice-chairman, and its secretary; and is vested with all of the powers, privileges, and rights vested in former boards of tru…
O.C.G.A. § 20-3-31 General powers
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The board of regents shall have power: (1) To make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of its duties; (2) To elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards, or any other officers necessary for all of the schools in the university system, a…
O.C.G.A. § 20-3-31.1 Powers as to program for senior citizens to attend classes in University System of Georgia; continuation
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(a) The board of regents is authorized and directed to establish a program whereby citizens of this state who are 62 years of age or older may attend units of the University System of Georgia without payment of fees, except for supplies and laboratory or shop fees, when space is …
O.C.G.A. § 20-3-32 Powers as to institutions, departments, courses, and degrees of university system

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(a) The board of regents is authorized to consolidate, suspend, or discontinue institutions; merge departments; inaugurate or discontinue courses; and abolish or add degrees. (b) Whenever any such modifications, changes, consolidations, or suspensions are put into effect, the boa…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-33 Investment of trust funds in real estate or improvements

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It shall be lawful for the board of regents to invest any trust funds held by the board in real estate or in any improvements or buildings which the board in its discretion may see fit to make or erect thereon; provided, however, that no money belonging to any trust fund shall be…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-35 Annual reports to Governor

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The board of regents shall submit to the Governor annual reports of its transactions, together with such information as is necessary to show the condition of the university system and with such suggestions as it may deem conducive to the good of the system and the cause of educat…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-36 Applicability of sovereign immunity doctrine

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The applicability of the doctrine of sovereign immunity to the board of regents is reaffirmed, except to the extent that the General Assembly may expressly provide. (Ga. L. 1976, p. 452, § 1.)

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-37 Contracts with hospitals for clinics and training medical students

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The board of regents is authorized to contract with any hospital for clinical purposes and for the training of medical students of the university system. (Ga. L. 1945, p. 453, § 3.)

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-38 Agricultural extension work

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(a) The assent of the General Assembly is given to the act of Congress approved by the President on May 8, 1914, entitled ‘‘An act to provide for cooperative agriculture extension work between the United States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges of the severa…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-39 Reassignment of responsibilities for operation and management of public libraries; employees; transfer of funding; rules and regulations

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(a) Effective July 1, 2000, the board of regents shall carry out all the functions and exercise all of the powers formerly held by the Department of Technical and Adult Education, now known as the Technical College System of Georgia, for the operation and management of public lib…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-40 Georgia Capitol Museum

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(a) The operation of the Georgia Capitol Museum which was formerly under the control and supervision of the Secretary of State shall as of July 1, 2011, be transferred to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The board of regents shall designate one or more pe…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-41 Division of Archives and History transferred to University System

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(a) There is transferred to the University System of Georgia the Division of Archives and History formerly of the office of the Secretary of State which on and after July 1, 2013, shall be the Division of Archives and History of the University System of Georgia and may also be re…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-41.1 Objectives and purposes generally

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The objects and purposes of the Georgia Archives shall be to: (1) Ensure the retention and preservation of the records of any state or local agency with historical and research value by providing for the application of modern and efficient methods to the creation, utilization, ma…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-41.2 Surrender of materials to division for preservation; preparation of certified copies; ownership, operation, and management of electronic archival records; exemption for certain records under certain c

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(a) Any state, county, or other official is authorized, in his or her discretion, to turn over for permanent preservation in the Division of Archives and History any official books, records, documents, original papers, manuscript files, newspaper files, portraits, and printed vol…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-41.3 Study of historical documents; public displays of the Foundations of American Law and Government

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(a) The General Assembly finds and determines: (1) One of the purposes of the Division of Archives and History is to encourage the study of historical documents; (2) There is a need to educate and inform the public about the history and background of American law; (3) The public …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-45 Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council created; purpose; members; expenses; coordinator; officers; meetings; administrative assignment; staff

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(a) As used in this part, the term: (1) ‘‘Council’’ means the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council created under this part. (2) ‘‘Division’’ means the Division of Archives and History of the University System of Georgia. (b) There is created and established the Georgia His…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-45.1 Powers and duties of council

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The council shall have the following powers, duties, authorities, and functions to: (1) Serve as the state advisory body required by federal granting authorities for state projects and to follow the regulations and guidelines promulgated by those granting authorities; (2) Serve i…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47 Definitions

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As used in this part, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency head’’ means the official or body authorized to establish policy on behalf of a state agency. (1.1) ‘‘Division’’ means the Division of Archives and History of the University System of Georgia. (2) ‘‘Nonprofit organization’’ means a bon…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47.1 Division to administer part

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The division shall be the administrator of this part. (Code 1933, § 40-602a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, § 45-13-81; Code 1981, § 20-3-47.1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 20/HB 90.) The 2015 amendment, effective Mar…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47.2 Declaration of printed material as surplus; preparation of inventory of material; transmission of inventory to division; filing of duplicate copy

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The head of each state agency is authorized to declare printed material in the possession of such state agency as surplus printed material. At the time printed material is declared to be surplus printed material, the agency head shall make or cause to be made a complete inventory…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47.3 Determination of archival value of surplus printed material; release of material to division; notation of release on inventory; transmission of copy of inventory to originating state agency

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(a) When the division receives an inventory of surplus printed material as provided for by Code Section 45-13-82, the division shall make a determination of whether or not any of such surplus printed material has archival value within the meaning of Part 1A of this article. If th…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47.4 Authorization for donation to nonprofit organizations of surplus printed material not having archival value; rules and regulations

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(a) The return to the state agency of the copy of the inventory, signed by the director of the division or his or her designee, containing the notations thereon of the surplus printed material having archival value, as provided by Code Section 20-3-47.3, shall serve as the author…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47.5 Applicability of part

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This part shall not be construed to apply to surplus books or printed material owned by any county or independent school system, any city, county, or regional library, or any political subdivision of this state. (Code 1933, § 40-606a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 198…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-50 Institutions in system

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The university system shall consist of the University of Georgia and all of its branches. (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 46; Code 1933, § 32-102.)

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-51 Regents to govern system

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The government, control, and management of the university system and all of its institutions shall be vested in the board of regents. (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 48, 69; Code 1933, §§ 32-113, 32-115.)

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-52 Continuation of Acts as to University of Georgia

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All Acts of the General Assembly relative to the University of Georgia and to each of its branches in force on January 1, 1932, if not embraced in this article and not inconsistent with what is so embraced, are still of force and effect. (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 67, 75; Code 1933, …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-53 Authority to allocate appropriations among institutions

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All appropriations for the use of any or all institutions in the university system shall be paid to the board of regents in a lump sum, with the power and authority in said board to allocate or distribute them among the institutions under its control in such a way and manner and …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-54 Use of funds donated for particular institution

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Unless directed otherwise by the General Assembly, the board of regents shall not use any moneys or properties received from any source other than appropriations by the legislature except for the benefit of the institution for whose use the money or property was donated. (Ga. L. …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-55 Payment of appropriations; bond of official receiving funds; use of fees by institutions

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The Office of the State Treasurer is directed, out of any unexpended appropriation to the University of Georgia and any of its branches, to pay to the board of regents, at periods and times provided by law, such sums as may be requisitioned by the board and as may be approved by …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-56 Trust funds or property vested in regents on behalf of particular institution

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Any trust fund or property, real, personal, or mixed, that may have been created prior to January 1, 1932, by will or otherwise as a fund or gift or donation or devise to any board of trustees of any of the institutions in the university system, or to any executor or trustee to a…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-57 Property of institutions vested in regents separately

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Title to all real, personal, and mixed property of whatever nature of each of the branches of the University of Georgia is vested in the board of regents, to be held by the board in trust for the benefit and use of the institutions entitled thereto, it being the purpose and inten…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-58 Condemnation of private or public property for system

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(a) The board of regents is authorized to take or damage, by condemnation, private property for public purposes of the university system upon paying or tendering to the owner thereof just compensation. Condemnation proceedings by the board may take the forms provided in Chapter 2…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-59 Power of local school boards to add facilities to university system; bond issues

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The board of education of any county school district or the governing body of any independent school system in providing an adequate public school system shall have the right and authority either alone or in conjunction with another district or system: (1) To acquire real propert…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-60 When properties of system may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of; effect of restrictions on use; works of art

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(a) All properties owned or held by the board of regents pursuant to this chapter which have been declared to be the public property of the state may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the board subject to the approval of the Governor, whenever the board may deem such s…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-61 How conveyances executed

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In case of any sale, lease, or disposition of property under Code Section 20-3-60, the board of regents, through its proper officers, and the Governor, on behalf of the state, shall execute and deliver such written evidence of title or of the creation of a leasehold interest as m…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-63 Refunding state obligations held by regents — Authority to issue bonds

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The Governor and the Office of the State Treasurer are authorized and directed to issue to the board of regents the state’s obligation in the form of nonnegotiable bonds to become due 50 years from the date of issue and bearing interest at the rate of 4 1/4 percent per annum paya…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-64 Issuing state bonds to redeem obligations of university system — Option of regents; compliance with constitutional sinking fund provisions

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For the redemption of any valid matured bond of this state presented as the property of the university system, bonds may be issued at the option of the board of regents as provided in Code Section 20-3-63; provided, however, that this Code section shall not be operative in any ye…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-65 No exclusion from University of Georgia for religious beliefs

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No person of any religious denomination shall be excluded from equal advantages of education and the immunities of the University of Georgia on account of his religious beliefs. (Orig. Code 1863, § 1127; Code 1868, § 1208; Code 1873, § 1203; Ga. L. 1877, p. 17, § 1; Code 1882, § …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-66 Determination of in-state resident status of students for tuition or fees

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Dependent student’’ means an individual under the age of 24 who receives financial support from a parent or United States court appointed legal guardian. (2) ‘‘Emancipated’’ means a minor who, under certain circumstances, may be t…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-67 Powers of regents over system and institutions over students not limited by lowering age of majority

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Nothing in Code Section 20-3-66 and in Code Section 39-1-1 lowering the age of legal majority shall be construed to limit the power of the board of regents to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the government, control, and management of the university system nor shall su…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-68 Instruction in essentials of United States and Georgia history and Constitutions

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All colleges and universities sustained or in any manner supported by public funds shall give instruction in the history of the United States and the history of Georgia and in the essentials of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Georgia; and no undergraduate s…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-71 Nuclear facility liability insurance for schools under regents

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The board of regents is authorized to secure liability insurance covering the operation of any nuclear facility established at any school under the control of the board. Such liability insurance shall cover all teachers, instructors, employees, and any other person, firm, or corp…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-72 Hawkins v

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State, 281 Ga. App. 852, 637 S.E.2d 422 (2006). Campus police officer could arrest for moving violation more than 500 yards from campus. — Post-certified campus police officer who observed the defendant driving without lights in a heavy rainfall and failing to maintain the defend…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-73 Director of agricultural matters

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(a) The board of regents may add to its permanent staff the position of director of agricultural matters, such director to be selected by the board from a recommendation by the chancellor of the university system, the president of the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, the dea…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-73.1 Georgia Agrirama designated as State Museum of Agriculture

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The Georgia Agrirama is designated and shall be recognized as the State Museum of Agriculture. (Code 1981, § 12-3-651, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 894, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 135, § 1/HB 1090; Code 1981, § 20-3-73.1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 12/HB 142.)

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-73.2 Continuation of authority; governance of museum; transfer of assets

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(a) After June 30, 2010, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall be the successor to and a continuation of the former Georgia Agrirama Development Authority provided under former provisions of Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 as such existed on June 30, …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-73.3 Georgia Southern University Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; advisory board

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(a) The General Assembly, in recognition of the outstanding and patriotic services and accomplishments of a native Georgian, the Honorable Dr. Charles H. Herty, in the pulp and paper experimental work which he conducted at Savannah, and desirous not only of continuing this great …

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-74 Advisory board of College of Veterinary Medicine — Creation; officers; meetings

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(a) There is created the advisory board of the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Georgia, which shall consist of eight members as follows: the president of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, Inc., or his designee, the president of the Georgia Pork Producers As…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-75 Advisory board of the College of Veterinary Medicine — Duties; cooperation of college personnel

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The advisory board shall act in an advisory capacity to the admissions board of the College of Veterinary Medicine, but not on the acceptance of an individual applicant, and to the dean and department heads of the college relative to the curriculum, courses of instruction, and ot…

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-76 Advisory board of the College of Veterinary Medicine — Reports to General Assembly

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From time to time, the advisory board shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly through the standing committees of the House and Senate on the university system. (Ga. L. 1975, p. 210, § 3.)