2006 Georgia Code - 50-5-196

50-5-196. (a) There is established a Distance Learning and Telemedicine Network Governing Board. (b) The governing board shall consist of 11 members and shall be comprised of the following: the executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority, the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the State School Superintendent, the commissioner of technical and adult education, the executive director of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, a member of the Public Service Commission to be appointed by the Governor, a rural hospital administrator with telemedicine network experience to be appointed by the Governor, a rural physician with telemedicine network experience to be appointed by the Governor, a member of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a member of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, or their appointed representatives. The executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority shall serve as the chairperson of the governing board. The governing board shall elect from its members such other officers as are considered necessary to serve terms of one year each; provided, however, no person shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms. (c) It shall be the function of the governing board and the governing board shall have the power, duty, and authority to set policies, review applications, and award funding for the state-wide distance learning and telemedicine network in accordance with Code Sections 50-5-198 and 50-5-199. (d) The governing board shall hold meetings as often as it determines to do so. The governing board may establish a regular meeting schedule and a procedure for calling special meetings. Unless the governing board establishes another procedure, the chairperson or any six members of the governing board may call a special meeting upon adequate written, personal, telephone, e-mail, or facsimile notice to governing board members. Six members of the governing board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business, and a majority of those present at any meeting shall be required to approve any action taken by the governing board. A member must be present at a meeting to count for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists and to vote and otherwise act in matters which come before that meeting. The governing board may establish such additional rules and procedures as it deems appropriate for conducting its business from time to time. These rules and procedures may be established in bylaws or in such other form as the governing board deems appropriate. (e) Members of the governing board shall serve without compensation but, subject to fund availability, shall be reimbursed by the state department in which employed for all necessary expenses that may be incurred in the performance of their duties under this part in accordance with state travel regulations promulgated by the State Accounting Office in the same manner that employees of the state merit system are reimbursed. (f) The governing board shall prepare and submit annually to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing its activities and operations for the prior year, to include but not be limited to information as to the number of applications received, the identities of the applicants, the identities of those applicants awarded funding, and the respective award amounts. The governing board shall not be required to distribute copies of the annual report to the members of the General Assembly but shall notify the members of the availability of the report in the manner which it deems to be most effective and efficient.

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