Georgia § 20-3-546 - Powers of board.

Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 20-3-546 — Powers of board., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 20-3-546. Powers of board.

The board of trustees shall have the authority: To make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of its duties; To elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards, or any other officers necessary for the Georgia Military College; to discontinue or remove them as the good of the college may require; and to fix their compensations; To determine the policy and shape the conduct of the college; To receive donations, bequests, and contributions to the college; To sign, execute, and deliver in the name of the college all bonds that may be required of the college or its officers or trustees; To execute and deliver in the name of the college all contracts that may be needed or necessary; To borrow money, execute and deliver the note of the college, and to secure the same; To make purchases; To erect buildings and equip them on lands belonging to the college, on land loaned or leased to the college, and on lands of the state heretofore or hereafter granted to or set apart for use of the college; To administer scholarships, loans, and financial assistance programs as may become available; and To exercise any power usually granted to such board, necessary to its usefulness, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this state. (Code 1981, § 20-3-546 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 579, § 1.)

Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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