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2021 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 24 - Librarians
§ 43-24-2. Creation of Board; Members

Universal Citation: GA Code § 43-24-2 (2021)
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  1. The State Board for the Certification of Librarians is created, to consist of six persons as follows:
    1. Three librarians certified under this chapter, including one public librarian, one special librarian, and one other currently practicing librarian, and one person who shall be a trustee of a public library;
    2. A member to be appointed from the public at large who shall have no connection whatsoever with the library profession; and
    3. The director of public library services of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
  2. The members referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be confirmed by the Senate.
  3. The terms of the five members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be five years. The term of the director of public library services of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall be coextensive with the term of office of this position.
  4. Members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2.
  5. If there is a vacancy on the board, the Governor shall appoint a member to serve the unexpired term.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 245, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 918, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1075, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1493, §§ 1, 6; Ga. L. 1987, p. 355, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 43; Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 14; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 95.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Education Reform Act of 1996.'"

Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.'"

Law reviews.

- For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass'n, 244 Ga. 151, 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), invalidating Georgia statute requiring Governor's appointments to Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (now Georgia Composite Medical Board) be made solely from nominees submitted by state medical society as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L.J. 1183 (1980).

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