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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-3-50. Institutions in system.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-50. Institutions in system.

The university system shall consist of the University of Georgia and all of its branches.

## History

Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 46; Code 1933, § 32-102.

## Editor's Notes

By resolution (Ga. L. 1985, p. 598), the General Assembly expressed its approval of the acquisition of DeKalb Junior College by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the operation of the college as a unit of the University System of Georgia.

## Law Reviews

For note, “Education Under Fire?: An Analysis of Campus Carry and University Autonomy in Georgia,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 387 (2019).