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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 3. ACCOUNTANTS

43-3-23. Adjudicative hearings before board.

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    The board may initiate proceedings under this chapter either on its own motion or on the complaint of any person.#

  2. (b)

    Notice, rules of procedure, right to review, and any other matters arising with respect to all adjudicative hearings conducted by the board shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”#

  3. (c)

    Before the board shall revoke or suspend a license, a certificate, or mobility practice privileges, it shall provide for a hearing for the holder of such license, certificate, or practice privileges in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.” Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available within this chapter and who is aggrieved by a final decision in a contested case shall be entitled to judicial review in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50.#

  4. (d)

    Initial judicial review of a final decision of the board shall be held solely in the superior court of the county of domicile of the State Accounting Office.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 84-213, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1063, § 1; Code 1981, § 43-3-30; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 7/HB 1055; Code 1981, § 43-3-23, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291; Ga. L. 2025, p. 296, § 1-8/HB 148, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 43-3-23 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, substituted “mobility” for “substantial equivalency” in the first sentence of subsection (c).

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

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 60; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2878b50660ad.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  1. (a)

    The board may initiate proceedings under this chapter either on its own motion or on the complaint of any person.#

  2. (b)

    Notice, rules of procedure, right to review, and any other matters arising with respect to all adjudicative hearings conducted by the board shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”#

  3. (c)

    Before the board shall revoke or suspend a license, a certificate, or substantial equivalency practice privileges, it shall provide for a hearing for the holder of such license, certificate, or practice privileges in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.” Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available within this chapter and who is aggrieved by a final decision in a contested case shall be entitled to judicial review in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50.#

  4. (d)

    Initial judicial review of a final decision of the board shall be held solely in the superior court of the county of domicile of the State Accounting Office.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 84-213, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1063, § 1; Code 1981, § 43-3-30; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 7/HB 1055; Code 1981, § 43-3-23, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 43-3-23 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 59 to 60; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2878b50660ad.

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