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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-53. Certifying election or appointment of county board members.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-53. Certifying election or appointment of county board members.

In addition to certifications of elections now required to be made to the Governor, it shall be the duty of the elections superintendent of each system or other political subdivision to transmit to the Secretary of State and to the State School Superintendent a certified statement of the election of members of a local board of education. Where board members are appointed under any law to fill vacancies, it shall be the duty of the local superintendent of schools to certify these appointments to the Secretary of State, the State School Superintendent, and to the Governor. All resignations from such boards, in addition to being submitted to the Governor, shall be submitted to the local superintendent of schools and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State and to the State School Superintendent.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 80; Code 1933, § 32-905; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1175, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 16; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1279, § 3.