Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 2. BOARD OF REGENTS AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Part 1. BOARD OF REGENTS

20-3-26. Duty of members to attend meetings; vacation of office for unexcused absences.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

It shall be the duty of the members of the board of regents to attend the meetings of the board so as to take part in its deliberations. The office of any member of the board shall be vacated if he neglects to furnish an excuse in writing to the board for absence from two consecutive meetings of the board. If any member fails to attend three successive meetings of the board, without good and valid cause or excuse or without leave of absence from the chairman, or, if the chairman for any cause cannot act, from the vice-chairman of the board, his office shall be declared vacant by the board. The secretary shall in either event notify the Governor of a vacancy on the board, and the Governor shall fill the vacancy as provided by this part.

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.

Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 56; Code 1933, § 32-109.

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