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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-3. Vacancies on board.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-3. Vacancies on board.

In case of a vacancy on the State Board of Education by death, resignation, removal, or from any cause other than the expiration of such member’s term of office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed by Article VIII, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 9; Code 1933, § 32-401; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 636, §§ 5, 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 495, § 1.