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# O.C.G.A. § 45-12-203. Council membership; chair; meetings.

(a) The members of the board of directors of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority provided by Code Section 50-32-4, upon their initial appointment and thereafter, shall constitute the membership of the council. Membership on that authority or the council shall not constitute an appointment to an office of honor or trust for purposes of subsection (a) of Code Section 50-32-4.

(b) The chair of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority shall serve as the chair of the council.

(c) The council shall hold meetings as often as the chair determines, but not more than 12 days each year. The chair may call special meetings upon adequate written, personal, telephone, or facsimile notice to members of the council. A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. No member may act through a proxy, designee, or delegate. The council may establish, from time to time, such additional rules and procedures as the council deems appropriate for conducting the council’s business. These rules and procedures may be established in bylaws or in such other form as the council deems appropriate.

## History

Code 1981, § 45-12-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 1.1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 45; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2039, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1399, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 112, § 5.

## Law Reviews

For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 233 (1999).