2020 Georgia Code
Title 38 - Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs
Chapter 4 - Veterans Affairs
Article 1 - Department of Veterans Service
§ 38-4-5. Veterans Service Board - Meetings; Place; Purpose; Called
The Veterans Service Board shall meet once each month and at the meetings shall give attention to all things and matters properly coming under the jurisdiction of the board. The board may meet in the offices of the Department of Veterans Service or at any other location within the state where such board is conducting business pertaining to veterans. The meetings provided for in this Code section shall be for stated regular periods but shall not exceed more than two days in any one session. Called meetings of the board may be held by the chairman thereof or by the commissioner of veterans service.
(Ga. L. 1945, p. 319, § 2; Ga. L. 1956, p. 584, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 371, § 1.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that: "It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes required by Article IV, Section V, Paragraph I, subparagraph (b) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia."
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Site of regular meetings.
- Regular meetings of the board may be held at a subdivision branch office. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 230.
Determination of compensation.- Compensation of the board must be determined by the General Assembly. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 635.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 5, 489 et seq., 516, 534, 538.
C.J.S.- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 270, 271, 275 et seq.
