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light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1910, § 1397, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section.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).
