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GA Code § 20-3-47.4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 20-3-47.4. Authorization for Donation to Nonprofit Organizations of Surplus Printed Material Not Having Archival Value; Rules and Regulations

  The return to the state agency of the copy of the inventory, signed by the director of the division or his or her designee, containing the notations thereon of the surplus printed material having archival value, as provided by Code Section 20-3-47.3, shall serve as the authorization for the state agency to donate to any nonprofit organization the surplus printed material which does not have archival value.   Each state agency donating such surplus printed material to nonprofit organizations is authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing such donations, but such rules and regulations shall be consistent with this part and with rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Code Section 20-3-31.     (Code 1933, § 40-605a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, §45-13-84; Code 1981, §20-3-47.4, 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 § 20-3-47.5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1C - Surplus State Books|§ 20-3-47.5. Applicability of Part

 This part shall not be construed to apply to surplus books or printed material owned by any county or independent school system, any city, county, or regional library, or any political subdivision of this state.    (Code 1933, § 40-606a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, §45-13-85; Code 1981, §20-3-47.5, 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, § 235.
GA Code § 20-3-48.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1D - Free Speech and Expression at State Institutions of Higher Education|§ 20-3-48.1. Annual Report by Board of Regents

 The board of regents shall make and publish an annual report and provide a copy to the Governor and each chamber of the General Assembly on July 1 of each year addressing the following from the previous calendar year:    Any barriers to, or disruptions of, free expression within state institutions of higher education;   Administrative response and discipline relating to violation of regulations and policies established pursuant to Code Section 20-3-48;   Actions taken by state institutions of higher learning, including difficulties, controversies, or successes, in maintaining a posture of administrative and institutional neutrality with regard to political or social issues; and   Any assessments, criticisms, commendations, or recommendations the board of regents deems appropriate to further include in the report.     (Code 1981, §20-3-48.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1086, § 1/SB 339.)
GA Code § 20-3-48.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1D - Free Speech and Expression at State Institutions of Higher Education|§ 20-3-48.2. Reasonable Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions on Speech

  Nothing in Code Section 20-3-48 shall be construed to prevent institutions from regulating student speech or activity that is prohibited by law.   Except as further limited by this part, institutions shall be allowed to restrict student expression only for expressive activity not protected by the First Amendment and shall be able to require reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on expressive activities consistent with Code Section 20-3-48.     (Code 1981, §20-3-48.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1086, § 1/SB 339.)
GA Code § 20-3-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-50. Institutions in System

 The university system shall consist of the University of Georgia and all of its branches.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 46; Code 1933, § 32-102.)   Editor's notes.   - By resolution (Ga. L. 1985, p. 598), the General Assembly expressed its approval of the acquisition of DeKalb Junior College by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the operation of the college as a unit of the University System of Georgia.   Law reviews.   - For note, "Education Under Fire?: An Analysis of Campus Carry and University Autonomy in Georgia,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 387 (2019).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1910, § 1397, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section.    Section simply designates certain institutions as branches of the university and provides that such branches are to be governed "in the manner prescribed in the respective acts incorporating the same." Medical College v. Rushing, 1 Ga. App. 468, 57 S.E. 1083 (1907) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1397).    Trustees of the State Normal School have authority to ordain and establish rules and by-laws for the regulation of the school and the training and governing of the students as in their opinion may be proper to secure the success of the school. Davison-Nicholson Co. v. Pound, 147 Ga. 447, 94 S.E. 560 (1917) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1397).    Medical College of Georgia is liable for the torts of its agents in the conduct of its business and within the scope of its authority. Medical College v. Rushing, 1 Ga. App. 468, 57 S.E. 1083 (1907) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1397).    Cited in State v. Regents of Univ. Sys., 179 Ga. 210, 175 S.E. 567 (1934); Galer v. Board of Regents of Univ. Sys., 239 Ga. 268, 236 S.E.2d 617 (1977); McCafferty v. Medical College, 249 Ga. 62, 287 S.E.2d 171 (1982).
GA Code § 20-3-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-51. Regents to Govern System

 The government, control, and management of the university system and all of its institutions shall be vested in the board of regents.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 48, 69; Code 1933, §§ 32-113, 32-115.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   University boards and directors abolished and regents established in their place.   - It was not the intent of the General Assembly to repeal any of the laws creating the institutions comprising the University of Georgia or its branches; the effect of this statute was merely to abolish the boards of trustees or directors of these institutions and establish in the board's place the Regents of the University System of Georgia. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-173.    Former Code 1933,  §  32-911, strictly construed, applied only to county boards of education  and should not be extended by construction or implication so as to repeal or amend the constitutional and statutory provisions applicable to the powers of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to make rules and regulations with respect to entrance requirements for any of the university's institutions, including admission requirements concerning physical examinations, vaccination against smallpox, and immunization against tetanus and poliomyelitis. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 571 (rendered under former Code 1933, § 32-911, prior to revision by Ga. L. 1981, p. 756, § 1).    Board of regents may promulgate such rules regulating students' off-campus housing as are reasonably necessary  to the government, control, and management of the institution and its purpose of providing an education to the students; if the board finds it necessary that students living in off-campus facilities remain in such facilities for a specific period of time, it would be in order to promulgate a rule to that effect. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-59.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 4, 9, 12 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-52. Continuation of Acts as to University of Georgia

 All Acts of the General Assembly relative to the University of Georgia and to each of its branches in force on January 1, 1932, if not embraced in this article and not inconsistent with what is so embraced, are still of force and effect.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 67, 75; Code 1933, § 32-114.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Regents not empowered to waive sovereign immunity.   - Judiciary of this state would find that the powers delegated to the regents do not include by clear implication the power to waive sovereign immunity by the contractual assumption of tort liability. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-261.
GA Code § 20-3-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-53. Authority to Allocate Appropriations Among Institutions

 All appropriations for the use of any or all institutions in the university system shall be paid to the board of regents in a lump sum, with the power and authority in said board to allocate or distribute them among the institutions under its control in such a way and manner and in such amount or amounts as will further an efficient and economical administration of the system.   (Ga. L. 1933, p. 61, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-116.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Depository required to give security when deposits exceed maximum insured.   - All funds under the control of the board of regents belong to the state and a depository should be required to give security when the total state deposits exceed the $5,000.00 maximum insured by the federal government. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 226.   Purchase of motor vehicle legal when used only for transporting students.   - Purchase of a motor vehicle for the University of Georgia is legal when the vehicle is not to be used for the transportation of officers, officials, or employees of the state but only for transporting students carrying on lawful activities of the university. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 442.   Purchase with state funds of an automobile as an instrument carrier and field collections vehicle and to transport students on field trips in a course in plant sciences at the University of Georgia is authorized. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 443.   Board not authorized to transfer income to corporation for liquidating revenue bonds.   - Board of regents is not authorized to transfer income received by the board to a corporation for the purpose of liquidating the revenue bonds previously issued by that corporation. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 235.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, §§ 6 et seq., 14.
GA Code § 20-3-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-54. Use of Funds Donated for Particular Institution

 Unless directed otherwise by the General Assembly, the board of regents shall not use any moneys or properties received from any source other than appropriations by the legislature except for the benefit of the institution for whose use the money or property was donated.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 72; Code 1933, § 32-117.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 6 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-55. Payment of Appropriations; Bond of Official Receiving Funds; Use of Fees by Institutions

 The Office of the State Treasurer is directed, out of any unexpended appropriation to the University of Georgia and any of its branches, to pay to the board of regents, at periods and times provided by law, such sums as may be requisitioned by the board and as may be approved by the Governor, upon warrants of the Governor, to and for the use of the University of Georgia or any of its branches or any or each of them, respectively. All money or sums of money payable under this Code section to the board shall be paid to an official elected or appointed by the board, which official shall, on or before entering upon the discharge of his duties, give good and solvent bond with a surety company qualified to do business in this state as surety for the faithful performance of his duties and faithful accounting for all moneys coming into his hands as such official, which bond shall be payable to the Governor and his successor in office. The premium for such bond may be paid out of funds lawfully coming into the hands of the board. The board, however, in its discretion, may authorize the local treasurer of any of the educational institutions to retain such matriculation and other fees as the board deems proper to facilitate the prompt payment of incidental expenses of said institution, strict account being made to the board as to all such receipts and expenditures.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 73; Code 1933, § 32-132; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 408B; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.)   Cross references.   - Official bonds generally, T. 45, C. 4.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 36, 37, 38.
GA Code § 20-3-56 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-56. Trust Funds or Property Vested in Regents on Behalf of Particular Institution

 Any trust fund or property, real, personal, or mixed, that may have been created prior to January 1, 1932, by will or otherwise as a fund or gift or donation or devise to any board of trustees of any of the institutions in the university system, or to any executor or trustee to and for the use, benefit, or behoof of any such institution shall not lapse by virtue of any of the provisions of this article, but such trust shall remain valid and of full force and effect; and the beneficial interest under any such deed of gift or will or other conveyance shall vest in the board of regents as trustee to and for the use, benefit, and behoof of the institution intended to be benefited by such gift, devise, or other conveyance in its favor. In any case where provisions of any deed of gift, or will, or other conveyance referred to in this Code section require a trustee and no trustee shall in any contingency exist, the board shall be and become a substituted trustee to carry out the beneficial purposes of such gift, devise, or conveyance.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 49; Code 1933, § 32-118.)   Cross references.   - Charitable trusts, T. 53, C. 12, A. 6.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Regents of Univ. Sys. v. Trust Co., 186 Ga. 498, 198 S.E. 345 (1938).   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.
GA Code § 20-3-57 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-57. Property of Institutions Vested in Regents Separately

 Title to all real, personal, and mixed property of whatever nature of each of the branches of the University of Georgia is vested in the board of regents, to be held by the board in trust for the benefit and use of the institutions entitled thereto, it being the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that the board shall hold title to the property or assets of each institution so that each institution shall receive the use and benefit of the property devoted to its use; and in no event shall the property or assets of one institution be subject to the liabilities or obligations of any other institution; provided, however, that this restriction shall not prevent the board from utilizing the facilities, educational or otherwise, of one school for the advancement or assistance of another.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 71; Code 1933, § 32-119.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Board not precluded from establishing any form of compensation for employees.   - There is no constitutional provision or statute which would preclude the board of regents from establishing a trust fund or any other form of compensation for the board's own employees for performing educational work beneficial to the state. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-284.    State institution has no authority to execute property damage waiver in transactions involving state property.  1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 699.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 35.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 9.
GA Code § 20-3-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-58. Condemnation of Private or Public Property for System

  The board of regents is authorized to take or damage, by condemnation, private property for public purposes of the university system upon paying or tendering to the owner thereof just compensation. Condemnation proceedings by the board may take the forms provided in Chapter 2 of Title 22.     As used in this subsection, the term "public property" has the meaning provided for in Code Section 50-16-180.   The board of regents is also authorized to acquire public property or an interest therein by condemnation and the power of eminent domain when such acquisition is approved by the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property as provided in Code Section 50-16-183. Condemnation proceedings by the board may take the forms provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.      (Ga. L. 1939, p. 411, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1187, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20.)
GA Code § 20-3-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-59. Power of Local School Boards to Add Facilities to University System; Bond Issues

 The board of education of any county school district or the governing body of any independent school system in providing an adequate public school system shall have the right and authority either alone or in conjunction with another district or system:    To acquire real property and to acquire, construct, and equip buildings and facilities for education beyond the twelfth grade and to convey any such property so acquired to the board of regents, its successors, or assigns; and   To contribute funds to the board of regents, acting for and on behalf of the board of regents, to be applied toward the acquisition of real property and the acquisition, construction, and equipping of buildings and facilities for education beyond the twelfth grade.  In addition to the foregoing powers, each such governing body shall have the right and authority to issue bonds in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this state for any of the aforesaid purposes; provided, only, that prior to exercising such right or authority, any such board of education or governing body shall have agreed by contract to convey any such property so acquired or to contribute such funds, and the board of regents, acting as aforesaid, shall have agreed to accept any such property or contribution and to acquire, construct, and equip such buildings and facilities and to operate and maintain them as a unit of the university system rather than as a part of the public school system of this state.     (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 107; Code 1933, § 32-933; Ga. L. 1963, p. 617, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 6, 36 et seq. 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 45, 78, 86 et seq., 125 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, §§ 1, 4. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 452, 453. 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 756 et seq., 1068 et seq.   ALR.   - Zoning regulations as applied to public elementary and high schools, 74 A.L.R.3d 136.
GA Code § 20-3-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-61. How Conveyances Executed

 In case of any sale, lease, or disposition of property under Code Section 20-3-60, the board of regents, through its proper officers, and the Governor, on behalf of the state, shall execute and deliver such written evidence of title or of the creation of a leasehold interest as may be necessary.   (Ga. L. 1935, p. 168, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Authority of board of regents to convey or lease property to municipal or county housing authorities for construction of dormitory housing projects, § 8-3-17.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Sections consistent with budgetary provisions.   - Ga. L. 1935, p. 168, §§ 1 through 3, which authorize the regents to sell excess property and to retain the proceeds, have been ruled to be consistent with the Budget Act, Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1 et seq. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-77.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 6 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 2 - University System|§ 20-3-62. Use of Proceeds From Conveyances

 The proceeds arising from any sale or lease of property under Code Section 20-3-60 shall be used for the support of the university system and its branches or for the payment of any debts thereof as the board of regents may determine.   (Ga. L. 1935, p. 168, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Sections consistent with budgetary provisions.   - Ga. L. 1935, p. 168, §§ 1 through 3, which authorize the regents to sell excess property and to retain the proceeds, have been ruled to be consistent with the Budget Act, Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1 et seq. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-77.   Unusable property may be disposed of by regents.   - Property held by the regents may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the regents, subject to the approval of the Governor, whenever the regents may deem such sale, lease, or other disposition to be in the best interests of the university system, provided that the regents shall first determine that the property can no longer be advantageously used in the university system. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 40.   Practice of maintaining proceeds authorized.   - Practice followed by the regents of maintaining the proceeds from the sale of surplus personal property is authorized. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-73.    Proceeds of sale of property by the regents are used for support of system and branches.  1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 590.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 6 et seq.