Georgia § 49-2-7 - Functions, duties, and authority transferred to the department from other state agencies.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 49-2-7 — Functions, duties, and authority transferred to the department from other state agencies., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-2-7. Functions, duties, and authority transferred to the department from other state agencies.
The functions, duties, and authority of the Board of Public Welfare, established by Ga. L. 1919, p. 222, as amended, as transferred and vested in the Board of Control of Eleemosynary Institutions by Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, Section 44A, are vested in the Department of Human Services. The functions, duties, and authority of the Department of Family and Children Services, created in Ga. L. 1937, p. 355, as amended, are vested in the Department of Human Services. The functions of the State Board for Children and Youth, created in Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, except for the policy-making functions transferred to the Board of Human Resources, are vested in the Department of Human Services. The functions, duties, and authority of the State Commission on Aging, created in Ga. L. 1962, p. 602, except the policy-making functions transferred to the Board of Human Services, are vested in the Department of Human Services. (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 15, 1203, 1204, 1212, 1213; Ga. L. 1978, p. 239, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1137, § 11; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-1/HB 228.)
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