2022 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 1A - Occupational Regulation Legislation Review
§ 43-1A-4. Occupational Regulation Review Council

1. There is created the Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Council.
2. The council shall consist of nine members:
   1. The comptroller general or his or her designee;
   2. The Secretary of State or his or her designee;
   3. The commissioner of public health or his or her designee;
   4. The director of the Office of Planning and Budget or his or her designee;
   5. The commissioner of natural resources or his or her designee;
   6. The state revenue commissioner or his or her designee;
   7. The Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee;
   8. The chairperson of the legislative committee of reference or that person’s designee from that committee, but only when legislation referred by such committee is being considered by the council; and
   9. The chairperson of that standing committee of the General Assembly appointed by the presiding officer thereof pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 43-1A-5 or that chairperson’s designee from that committee, but only when legislation of which that presiding officer was notified under subsection (b) of Code Section 43-1A-5 is being considered by the council.
3. The director of the Office of Planning and Budget or his or her designee shall serve as chairperson of the council.
4. Legislative members of the council appointed thereto pursuant to paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of this Code section shall receive for their attendance of meetings of the council the same expense and mileage allowance authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees.

History. Code 1981, § 43-1A-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 803, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 43; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 1/SB 149; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-5/HB 214; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 43/HB 79; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 27/SB 148.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (b), in the introductory language, substituted “nine members” for “ten members”, deleted former paragraph (b)(8), which read: “The administrator of the ‘Fair Business Practices Act of 1975’ or his or her designee;”, and renumbered former paragraphs (b)(9) and (b)(10) as present paragraphs (b)(8) and (b)(9); and substituted “paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection (b)” for “pargaraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (b)” in subsection (d).

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, the capitalization of “natural resources” was changed and “the Department of” preceding “natural resources” was deleted in paragraph (b)(5), and “state revenue commissioner” was substituted for “commissioner of the Department of Revenue” in paragraph (b)(6).

Law reviews.

For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).