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title: O.C.G.A. § 25-4-6. Meetings, quorum, and annual reporting of council.
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-4-6. Meetings, quorum, and annual reporting of council.

The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner:

(1) The council shall hold at least two regular meetings each year at the call of the chairperson or upon the written request of six members of the council. Six members of the council shall constitute a quorum. The council shall adopt such rules for the transaction of its business as it shall desire and may appoint such committees as it considers necessary to carry out its business and duties; and

(2) The council shall make an annual report of its activities to the Governor and to the General Assembly and shall include in such report its recommendations for appropriate legislation. The council shall not be required to distribute copies of such report to the members of the General Assembly but shall notify the members of the availability of the report in the manner it deems to be most effective and efficient.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 693, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1493, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 21/SB 49; Ga. L. 2008, p. 243, § 3/SB 414; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 25/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2020, p. 515, § 8/SB 342; Ga. L. 2025, p. 332, § 6-10/SB 96, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, rewrote this Code section.