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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-131. Military division authorized; executive head; definition.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-131. Military division authorized; executive head; definition.

There shall be within the Department of Defense, as a division thereof, a state military agency which shall be styled and known as the ‘‘Military Division, Department of Defense’’ with the adjutant general as the executive head thereof.

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 7; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 21; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38.