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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 8. ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS

45-8-4. Bonds — Declaring office vacant upon officer’s failure to give additional security.

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

  1. If any such officer is required to give additional bond or security pursuant to Code Section 45-8-3 and fails to do so within the time required, the proper authority shall:

  2. (1)

    Declare the office vacant, if such proper authority has the power of removal over such office; or#

  3. (2)

    If such proper authority does not have the power of removal, it shall report the same to the Governor or officer having power of removal, who, after giving the delinquent officer opportunity to be heard, shall have the power to declare the office vacant.#

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

Ga. L. 1933, p. 78, § 4; Code 1933, § 89-808.

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

Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, page 161; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.