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# O.C.G.A. § 43-33-9. Division director as secretary of board; subpoena power; service of process and documents.

The division director shall be secretary of the board and shall perform such other administrative duties as may be prescribed by the board. In a contested case, the division director on behalf of the board shall have the power to subpoena, throughout this state, witnesses, designated documents, papers, books, accounts, letters, photographs, objects, or other tangible things. All legal process and all documents required by law to be served upon or filed with the board shall be served upon or filed with the division director at his or her office.

## History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 388, § 9; Ga. L. 1997, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2010, p. 266, § 36/SB 195; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 72/HB 24.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Evidence,’’ see 27 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).