Georgia § 26-4-23 - Removal of board members.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 26-4-23 — Removal of board members., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26-4-23. Removal of board members.
Any member who has failed to attend three consecutive regular monthly meetings of the board for any reason other than illness of such member shall be subject to removal by the Governor upon request of the board. The president of the board shall notify the Governor in writing when any such member has failed to attend three consecutive regular monthly meetings. Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor in the same manner as provided in Code Section 43-1-17. (Code 1981, § 26-4-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 192, § 1-5/HB 132.) The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, inserted "in the same manner" in the last sentence of this Code section.
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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