Georgia § 43-15-4 - Adoption of rules and regulations; meetings; seal; division director as secretary of board.
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§ 43-15-4. Adoption of rules and regulations; meetings; seal; division director as secretary of board.
The board shall adopt all necessary rules, regulations, and bylaws, not inconsistent with this chapter and the Constitution and laws of this state or of the United States, to govern its times and place of meetings for organization and reorganization, for the holding of examinations, for fixing the length of terms of its officers, and for governing all other matters requisite to the exercise of its powers, the performance of its duties, and the transaction of its businesses. The board shall adopt an official seal. The board shall meet at such times as the business of the board shall require, as the board or its chairman may determine, but shall hold one annual meeting each year at which time the board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. The board shall be assigned to the office of the division director for those purposes described in Chapter 1 of this title. (Ga. L. 1937, p. 294, § 8; Ga. L. 1945, p. 294, § 11; Code 1933, § 84-2105, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1146, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, "vice chairman" was substituted for "vice-chairman" at the end of subsection (b). Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2018, p. 583, § 1/SB 425, effective July 1, 2018, reenacted this Code section without change.
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