Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CORPORATIONS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14-5-2. By whom powers granted.

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All corporate powers and privileges of banking, trust, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express, and telegraph companies shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State. Corporate powers and privileges of all other private companies shall be granted only as provided in Chapters 2 and 3 of this title.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 22-5101, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.

Cross references

Granting corporate powers and privileges, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.

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