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GA Code § 20-3-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-26. Duty of Members to Attend Meetings; Vacation of Office for Unexcused Absences

 It shall be the duty of the members of the board of regents to attend the meetings of the board so as to take part in its deliberations. The office of any member of the board shall be vacated if he neglects to furnish an excuse in writing to the board for absence from two consecutive meetings of the board. If any member fails to attend three successive meetings of the board, without good and valid cause or excuse or without leave of absence from the chairman, or, if the chairman for any cause cannot act, from the vice-chairman of the board, his office shall be declared vacant by the board. The secretary shall in either event notify the Governor of a vacancy on the board, and the Governor shall fill the vacancy as provided by this part.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 56; Code 1933, § 32-109.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 4.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-27. Inspections of Institutions by Committees; Reports

 The board of regents shall make at least one annual visit and inspection of each of the institutions in the university system through committees of not less than two of its members, who shall report their visits and inspections to the board.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 58; Code 1933, § 32-110.)
GA Code § 20-3-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-28. Per Diem Allowances and Travel Expenses of Members

 Members of the board of regents shall receive the sum provided by Code Section 45-7-21 for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the board or for each day of travel, within or outside the state, as a member of a committee of the board, which travel has been authorized by the chairman or by action of the board, plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier or the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile to and from the place of meeting or places of visits or inspections. No member shall be authorized to receive the sums, expenses, and costs provided by this Code section for more than 60 days per year. Such sums, expenses, and costs shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the board.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 59; Code 1933, § 32-111; Ga. L. 1964, p. 454, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 233, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 226, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Legal mileage allowance, § 50-19-7.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Member may have laundry done at price less than commercial rate.    - This Code section does not make it unlawful for a member of the board of regents to have laundry and dry-cleaning done at a price which is less than the commercial rate for such a service. Villyard v. Regents of Univ. Sys., 204 Ga. 517, 50 S.E.2d 313 (1948).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Since board members' compensation is fixed by law,  board is without authority to increase compensation. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-167.    Board may lawfully include personal liability insurance as part of the compensation  the board pays to the board's officers and employees. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-167.
GA Code § 20-3-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-29. Separate Appropriation for Expense

 The expense of the board of regents, other than that of the institutions under its control, shall be met out of a separate appropriation enacted for its maintenance and support.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 77; Code 1933, § 32-133.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Board cannot donate supplies or services to credit union when expenses borne by General Assembly.   - Board of regents may not donate to a privately organized credit union any office space, supplies, or telephone services when the expenses for these are borne by appropriations of the General Assembly. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-418.
GA Code § 20-3-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-30. Procedural Rules and Regulations; Terms of Officers; Powers and Duties of Former Boards Transferred

 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 trustees of the University of Georgia and all former boards of trustees or directors of its branches. It is charged with all of the duties, obligations, and responsibilities incumbent upon or pertaining to the former boards.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 55, 65, 70; Code 1933, §§ 32-112, 32-127, 32-128.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Board vested with title to trusts of former trustees.   - Board of regents is vested with title to, and is thereby trustees of, any trust of which the Trustees of the University of Georgia were trustees. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-146.   Officials acting in good faith not liable to student expelled for breaking reasonable rules.   - As long as the officials of the colleges and universities of the State of Georgia act in good faith while discharging their duties and responsibilities in enforcing the reasonable rules and regulations set down by the colleges and universities, the officials are not liable to any student expelled for breaking such rules and regulations. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 583.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 4.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-31.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-31.1. Powers as to Program for Senior Citizens to Attend Classes in University System of Georgia; Continuation

  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 available in a course scheduled for resident credit. Such program shall not include attendance at classes in dental, medical, veterinary, or law schools. Persons who attend units of the University System of Georgia under the program established pursuant to this Code section shall not be counted as students by the board of regents for budgetary purposes. The board of regents shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Code section, to carry out the provisions of this Code section.   The program for senior citizens provided for by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be a continuation, without interruption, of the program for elderly citizens heretofore established by the board of regents pursuant to the requirements of Article VIII, Section IV, Paragraph II of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1976. Such heretofore established program is ratified, confirmed, and continued without the necessity of the reestablishment of such program by the board of regents.     (Code 1981, §20-3-31.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 496, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Authorization of educational assistance programs, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. VII, Para. I.
GA Code § 20-3-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-32. Powers as to Institutions, Departments, Courses, and Degrees of University System

  The board of regents is authorized to consolidate, suspend, or discontinue institutions; merge departments; inaugurate or discontinue courses; and abolish or add degrees.   Whenever any such modifications, changes, consolidations, or suspensions are put into effect, the board is authorized to readjust budgets to the extent necessary by the reallocation of the moneys appropriated for the institutions affected.   Where similarity in names among the several institutions gives rise to confusion, the board may rename them.    (Ga. L. 1933, p. 62, §§ 1-3; Code 1933, §§ 32-124, 32-125, 32-126.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 4, 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-33. Investment of Trust Funds in Real Estate or Improvements

 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 used for such purpose or purposes if such use or uses would be contrary to the specific provisions of the instrument setting up the trust; and provided, further, all investments made of trust funds under this Code section shall in the judgment of the board be revenue producing investments wherever the trust funds so invested are of a trust which requires investment to produce revenue.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 901, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Former Code 1933, § 108-417 (see now O.C.G.A. § 53-12-280) implemented Ga. L. 1937, p. 901, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 20-3-33) in providing legal investments which can be made by trustees. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-20.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, §§ 10, 11.
GA Code § 20-3-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-34. Fiscal Year

 The fiscal year of the board of regents and all institutions of the university system is from July 1 in each year through June 30 in the following year.   (Ga. L. 1933, p. 63, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-131; Ga. L. 1935, p. 169, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-35. Annual Reports to Governor

 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 education.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 60; Code 1933, § 32-129.)
GA Code § 20-3-37 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-37. Contracts With Hospitals for Clinics and Training Medical Students

 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.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 4.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 6 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-38. Agricultural Extension Work

  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 several states receiving and which may hereafter receive the benefits of an act of Congress of the United States, approved July 2, 1862, to encourage the states to provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and of acts supplementary thereto" (7 U.S.C.A. Sections 341 to 348).   The board of regents is authorized to receive the grants of money appropriated under the act of Congress referred to in subsection (a) of this Code section and to organize and conduct agricultural extension work which shall be carried on in connection with the terms and conditions expressed in such act of Congress.    (Ga. L. 1914, p. 1243.)   Cross references.   - Authority of county tax levying authorities and county boards of education with regard to agricultural extension work, § 20-2-62.
GA Code § 20-3-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-40. Georgia Capitol Museum

  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 persons to carry out any duties formerly carried out by the director of the museum. The transfer shall include real property relating to the museum.   The board of regents shall maintain the exhibits for the museum and may prepare and distribute publications concerning the museum's features, prepare semitechnical materials for distribution to the schools of this state, conduct tours of the museum and state capitol, and perform such other duties and functions as are ordinarily exercised in the operation of a museum.   The board of regents is authorized to receive, on behalf of the state, any grants, donations, or gifts of money or property for use in the museum.   Any funds appropriated for the operation of the Georgia Capitol Museum may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.     (Code 1981, §20-3-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 617, § 1/SB 190.)
GA Code § 20-3-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1A - Division of Archives and History|§ 20-3-41. Division of Archives and History Transferred to University System

  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 referred to as the Georgia Archives. The Georgia Archives so transferred shall be under the management and control of the board of regents and shall be the successor to and a continuation of the former Division of Archives and History of the Office of the Secretary of State. All persons employed in the former division as of June 30, 2013, shall be transferred to the new division effective July 1, 2013.   The change of the name and governance of the former Division of Archives and History of the Office of the Secretary of State and its continuation, as provided in this Code section, shall in no way affect any existing obligations, liabilities, or rights of the Georgia Archives, as such existed on June 30, 2013. All such obligations, liabilities, and rights are transferred to, vested in, and assumed by the board. All existing contracts and agreements between any party and the Georgia Archives shall not be affected by this Code section but shall continue in full force and effect, without interruption, as contracts or agreements of the board.   All right, title, interest, and ownership of all assets, including all real estate, of the former Division of Archives and History of the Office of the Secretary of State are transferred to and vested in the board.     (Ga. L. 1918, p. 137, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 234, § 1; Ga. L. 1929, p. 1516; Code 1933, § 40-801; Code 1981, §45-13-40; Ga. L. 2002, p. 532, § 9; Code 1981, §20-3-41, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-1/HB 287.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1980, p. 1199, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the State Archives and Records Building is designated the "Ben W. Fortson, Jr., State Archives and Records Building" in memory of and as a perpetual memorial to Honorable Ben W. Fortson, Jr.
GA Code § 20-3-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 20-3-47. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "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.    "Nonprofit organization" means a bona fide nonprofit civic, educational, or charitable organization.   "State agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, court, or other agency, by whatever name designated, of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state government.   "Surplus printed material" means books or other printed papers owned by the state or a state agency and in the possession of a state agency, which books and papers are no longer needed by that agency, which are declared surplus by such agency, and which need not be maintained by the agency as a part of its records.     (Code 1933, § 40-601a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, §45-13-80; Code 1981, §20-3-47, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2013, the redesignation of former Code Section 45-13-80 as Code Section 20-3-47, by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 3-1/HB 287, effective July 1, 2013, was implemented despite the failure to strike the Code Section 45-13-80 designation.
GA Code § 20-3-47.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 20-3-47.1. Division to Administer Part

 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 March 13, 2015, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "this part" for "this article" at the end of this Code section.   Code Commission notes.   - Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287, purported to amend Code Section 45-13-80 20-3-47. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2013, Code Section 45-13-80 was redesignated as Code Section 20-3-47.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 126. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 65.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 90. 81A C.J.S., States, § 139.
GA Code § 20-3-47.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 20-3-47.2. Declaration of Printed Material as Surplus; Preparation of Inventory of Material; Transmission of Inventory to Division; Filing of Duplicate Copy

 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 of the surplus printed material. The inventory shall describe the surplus printed material in sufficient detail, if practicable, to allow the division to make the determination provided for in Code Section 20-3-47.3. The inventory shall contain a statement of the declaration of the printed material as surplus printed material; such declaration shall be signed by the agency head; and the date signed shall be indicated thereon. As a part thereof or as an attachment thereto, the inventory shall show the physical location of the surplus printed material. Upon its completion, the agency head shall transmit the original of the inventory to the division. A duplicate of the original copy shall be retained in the files of the state agency as a part of the records of such agency.    (Code 1933, § 40-603a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, §45-13-82; Code 1981, §20-3-47.2, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 69, 70.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 168.
GA Code § 20-3-47.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 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

  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 the determination cannot be made on the basis of the description of the surplus printed material included in the inventory of such material, the director of the division or his or her designee shall visit the state agency which submitted the inventory for the purpose of examining the surplus printed material listed on such inventory; and the determination required in this Code section may be made on the basis of such examination.   If any surplus printed material is determined to have archival value as provided by subsection (a) of this Code section, the state agency which submitted the inventory shall release such printed material to the division. The division shall make or cause to be made a notation on the inventory for each item of surplus printed material so released; and a copy of such inventory, signed by the director of the division or his or her designee, containing the notations thereon shall be transmitted to the originating state agency. The state agency submitting the inventory shall be authorized to deliver surplus printed material having archival value to the division if the state agency has transportation available for such purpose. If the state agency does not have transportation available for such purpose, the division shall provide for the transportation of surplus printed material having archival value.     (Code 1933, § 40-604a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, §45-13-83; Ga. L. 2002, p. 532, § 20; Code 1981, §20-3-47.3, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 65.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 168.