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# O.C.G.A. § 42-9-6. Board chairman.

(a) Each year the board shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman of the board for the ensuing year.

(b) The chairman shall draw no salary from the state in addition to that which he receives as a member of the board.

## History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 185, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 500, § 3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 689, § 1.

## Cross References

Manner of selection of chairman of board, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. II, Para. I.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 500, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides as follows: “It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes required by Article IV, Section II of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.”